A committee of national reference centres shall be placed under the authority of the Director General of the Agence nationale de santé publique.
This committee is responsible for:
1° Proposing to the Director General of the Agence nationale de santé publique, for a period of five years, in the light of the epidemiological situation, the list of pathogens requiring a national reference centre;
2° Drawing up the specific specifications mentioned in article D. 1413-47;
3° Analysing projects and ranking applications as part of a call for applications;
4° Assessing the activity of the national centres of reference annually and at the end of their five years of activity.