Parlamentet og professor Cabrol har mange gange anmodet om, at der blev oprettet et europæisk overvågningscenter eller agentur med ansvar for indsamling og centralisering af data, overvågning af udviklingen i sygdomme og for at slå alarm i tide.
The creation of a European observatory or agency responsible for collecting and centralizing data, monitoring the development of diseases and sounding the alarm in good time, has been repeatedly demanded by the European Parliament and Professor Cabrol in particular.