På grundlag af de fremlagte oplysninger konkluderede autoriteten i sin udtalelse, som Kommissionen og medlemsstaterne modtog den 16. februar 2011, at de angivne risikofaktorer er indikatorer for vandmangel og dermed for sygdommen.
On the basis of the data presented, the Authority concluded in its opinion received by the Commission and the Member States on 16 February 2011 that the proposed risk factors are measures of water depletion and thus are measures of the disease.