According to the Article 3 of the  Founding Regulation , ECDC's mission is to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health posed by infectious diseases.
V skladu s členom 3  ustanovne uredbe  so njegovi glavni cilji ugotavljanje in ocenjevanje obstoječih in nastajajočih nevarnosti za zdravje ljudi zaradi nalezljivih bolezni ter obveščanje o teh nevarnostih.