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4. Where, following a health and security threat assessment, the Agency draws up a health and security threat assessment report, that report shall describe the identified threat, the current situation based on available evidence and the potential outcomes in the event of no action. The health and security threat assessment report shall set out options for preparedness and response that can be adopted to mitigate and to respond to the threat identified, including, where possible, evidence-based interventions on demand reduction, risk and harm reduction and recovery. The health and security threat assessment report may also contain potential follow-up measures. The Agency shall send the health and security threat assessment report to the Commission and, as appropriate, to the Member States.

5. The Agency shall cooperate closely with Member States, other Union bodies, offices and agencies and international organisations in carrying out a health and security threat assessment by involving them in the assessment as appropriate. Where the potential threat is already subject to an analysis under another Union mechanism, the Agency shall not carry out a health and security threat assessment.

6. With the agreement of the Commission, the Agency shall conduct health and security threat assessments on drug-related threats emerging from outside the Union, which have the potential to impact health, social matters, safety or security within the Union.

7. The Agency shall monitor the evolution of the situation and, where necessary, update the health and security threat assessments accordingly.

1. The Agency shall develop a strategic evidence-based health and security threat assessment capability to identify at an early stage new developments of the drugs phenomenon that have the potential to impact negatively on health, social matters, safety or security in the Union and, by doing so, to help increase the preparedness of the relevant stakeholders to respond to new threats in an effective and timely manner.

2. The Agency may launch a health and security threat assessment on its own initiative based on an internal appraisal of signals arising from routine monitoring, research or other appropriate information sources. The Agency may also launch a health and security threat assessment at the request of the Commission or of a Member State, provided that the criteria set out in paragraph 1 are met.

3. A health and security threat assessment shall consist of a rapid evaluation of existing information and, where necessary, the collection of new information through the Agency’s information networks. The Agency shall develop appropriate scientific rapid assessment methods.