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 Uredbe o ustanovitvi so glavni cilji centra ECDC ugotavljanje in ocenjevanje obstoječih in nastajajočih nevarnosti za zdravje ljudi zaradi nalezljivih bolezni ter obveščanje o teh nevarnostih.