1. For the duration of the public health emergency, the MDSSG shall regularly report the results of the monitoring referred to in Article 23 to the Commission and the single points of contact referred to in Article 25(2), point (a), and, in particular, shall signal any actual or potential shortages of medical devices included on the public health emergency critical devices list.
2. Where requested by the Commission, Member States or one or more single point of contact referred to in Article 25(2), point (a), the MDSSG shall provide aggregated data and demand forecasts to support its findings and conclusions.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, the MDSSG shall liaise with the ECDC to obtain epidemiological data to help forecast medical device needs, and with the MSSG where medical devices included on the public health emergency critical devices list are used jointly with a medicinal product.
The findings and conclusions of the MDSSG referred to in the first subparagraph may be made available to other actors in the medical device sector, where appropriate, in accordance with competition law, with a view to better preventing or mitigating or actual or potential shortages.
3. As part of the reporting referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the MDSSG may provide recommendations on measures that the Commission, Member States, medical device manufacturers, notified bodies and other entities could take to prevent or mitigate actual or potential shortages of medical devices.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, the MDSSG shall liaise, where relevant, with the MDCG, with the HSC and with any other relevant advisory committee on public health emergencies established pursuant to Union law.
4. The MDSSG, on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission, may provide recommendations on measures that the Commission, Member States, manufacturers of medical devices, notified bodies and other entities could take to ensure preparedness for dealing with actual or potential shortages of medical devices caused by public health emergencies.
5. Where requested by the Commission, the MDSSG may coordinate measures taken by the national competent authorities for medical devices, manufacturers of medical devices, notified bodies, and other entities, as relevant, to prevent or mitigate actual or potential shortages of medical devices in the context of a public health emergency or major event.