Recital 90

The use of funds should also contribute to attaining the objectives of the EHDS. Public procurers, national competent authorities in the Member States, including digital health authorities and health data access bodies, and the Commission should make references to applicable technical specifications, standards and profiles on interoperability, security and data quality, as well as other requirements developed under this Regulation, when defining the conditions for public procurement, calls for proposals and allocation of Union funds, including structural and cohesion funds. Union funds need to be distributed transparently among the Member States, taking into account the different levels of health system digitalisation. Making data available for secondary use requires additional resources for healthcare systems, in particular public healthcare systems. That additional burden should be addressed and minimised during the implementation phase of the EHDS.