• | 1 European country with designated CE RD in the scope of a national plan for rare diseases |
• | 5 European countries with officially designated CE RD |
• | 15 European countries with non-designated CE RD acknowledged by health authorities to varying degrees |
• | 9 European countries with CE RD recognised by reputation only |
• | 16 European countries with plans to designate CE RD in their national plans/strategies for RD |
• | EUCERD Recommendations on quality criteria for centres of expertise for rare diseases in Member States adopted on 24 October 2011 |
• | Consensus on 45 recommendations covering the mission and scope, criteria for designation, process of designation and evaluation, and European dimension of CE RD |