(4)In accordance with Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371, following an alert notification pursuant to Article 19 thereof, at the request of the Commission or of a Member State and on the basis of the available information, including the information referred to in Article 19 and the risk assessments referred to in Article 20, Member States are to consult each other and coordinate within the HSC and in liaison with the Commission, with regard to national responses, to risk and crisis communication aimed at providing consistent and coordinated information, to the adoption of opinions and guidance and to the support for the EU Integrated Political Crisis Response Arrangements in the event of its activation. In accordance with Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371, in exceptional emergency situations, a Member State or the Commission may request the coordination of response within the HSC for serious cross-border threats to health other than those referred to in Article 2(1), if it is considered that public health measures taken previously have proven insufficient to ensure a high level of protection of human health.
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