Points out that pandemic influenza simulation exercises are vital in order to test the effectiveness of each Member States' national pandemic influenza plans and that they should be conducted regularly, as a precautionary measure, even if there is no pandemic outbreak; emphasises that the results of and lessons learned from these exercises will be important to the efforts to improve plans and their interoperability;
10. norāda, ka gripas pandēmiju simulējoši treniņi ir svarīgi, lai pārbaudītu katras dalībvalsts nacionālo gripas pandēmijas plānu efektivitāti, un tie jāveic regulāri kā piesardzības pasākumi, pat ja nav pandēmiskas izplatības; uzsver, ka šādu treniņu rezultāti un atziņas palīdzēs uzlabot plānus un veicināt to savstarpējo izmantojamību;