Article 96

Roles and responsibilities of the Commission regarding the functioning of the EHDS

In short: The Commission shall develop, maintain, host and operate the infrastructures and central services required to support the functioning of the EHDS.

(Note that wording related to seondary use of data has been removed from the wording below)

1. In addition to its role in making available electronic health data held by Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, in accordance with its tasks under Chapter III, in particular Article 40, the Commission shall develop, maintain, host and operate the infrastructures and central services required to support the functioning of the EHDS, for all relevant connected entities, by means of:
   • (a) an interoperable, cross-border identification and authentication mechanism for natural persons and health professionals, in accordance with Article 16(3) and (4);
   • (b) the central services and infrastructures for digital health of MyHealth@EU, in accordance with Article 23(1);
   • (c) compliance checks for connecting authorised participants to MyHealth@EU, in accordance with Article 23(9);
   • (d) the supplementary cross-border digital health services and infrastructures referred to in Article 24(1);
2. The services referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall meet sufficient quality standards in terms of availability, security, capacity, interoperability, maintenance, monitoring and development to ensure the EHDS functions effectively. The Commission shall provide those services in accordance with the operational decisions of the relevant steering groups established in Article 95.
3. The Commission shall prepare a report on the infrastructures and services supporting the EHDS that it provides in accordance with paragraph 1 every two years and make it publicly available.

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