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Official Control Regulation (OCR) 2017/625, article 101

National reference laboratories shall, in their area of competence:

collaborate with the European Union reference laboratories, and participate in training courses and in inter-laboratory comparative tests organised by these laboratories;
coordinate the activities of official laboratories designated in accordance with Article 37(1) with a view of harmonising and improving the methods of laboratory analysis, test or diagnosis and their use;
where appropriate, organise inter-laboratory comparative testing or proficiency tests between official laboratories, ensure an appropriate follow-up of such tests and inform the competent authorities of the results of such tests and follow-up;
ensure the dissemination to the competent authorities and official laboratories of information that the European Union reference laboratory supplies;
provide within the scope of their mission scientific and technical assistance to the competent authorities for the implementation of MANCPs referred to in Article 109 and of coordinated control programmes adopted in accordance with Article 112;
where relevant, validate the reagents and lots of reagents, establish and maintain up-to-date lists of available reference substances and reagents and of manufacturers and suppliers of such substances and reagents;
where necessary, conduct training courses for the staff of official laboratories designated under Article 37(1); and
assist actively the Member State having designated them in the diagnosis of outbreaks of foodborne, zoonotic or animal diseases or of pests of plants and in case of non-compliance of consignments, by carrying out confirmatory diagnoses, characterisation and epizootic or taxonomic studies on pathogen isolates or pest specimens.

The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 144 to supplement this Regulation concerning the establishment of responsibilities and tasks for national reference laboratories in addition to those provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article. Such delegated acts shall be limited to ensuring coherence with any additional responsibilities and tasks adopted in accordance with Article 99(2).

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)

Institute for Veterinary Disease Control
Mödling Robert Koch-Gasse 17
A-2340 Moedling

Website

Dr. Friedrich Schmoll

friedrich.schmoll@ages.at

Phone +43 50555 38246

Sciensano

Veterinary Bacteriology
Rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14
1050 Brussels

Website

Dr. David Fretin

David.Fretin@sciensano.be

Phone +32 23790440

National Diagnostic Research Veterinary Medical Institut

NRL of Animal Tuberculosis and Anthrax
Pencho Slavejkov str. 15A
Sofia 1606

Dr. Tanya Savova

tanja_1979@abv.bg

Phone +359 29521277

Croatian Veterinary Institute

Laboratory for bacterial zoonoses and molecular diagnostic of bacterial diseases
Department for bacteriology and parasitology
Savska cesta 143, p.p. 883,
10000 Zagreb

Website

Dr. Silvio Špičić

spicic@veinst.hr

Phone +385 16123 672

State Veterinary Laboratories

Animal Health Laboratory
Bacteriology - Serology Section
1417 Athalassa
Nicosia

Dr. Maria Liapi

mliapi@vs.moa.gov.cy

Phone +357 22805125

State Veterinary Institute Prague

Sídlištní 24
165 03 Praha 6

Dr. Ilona Parmová

Ilona.parmova@svupraha.cz

Phone +420 251031266

Statens Serum Institut

Artillerivej 5
2300 Copenhagen S
Denmark

Website

Dr. Øystein Angen

ysan@ssi.dk

Phone +45 3268 3268

Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences

Estonian University of Life Sciences
Department of Basis Veterinary Sciences and Population Medicine
Kreutzwaldi 62
Tartu 51014

Website

Dr. Kristi Praakle

kristi.praakle@emu.ee

Phone +372 7313250

Finish Food Authority

Veterinary Bacteriology
Mustialankatu 3
00790 Helsinki

Website

Dr. Tarja Pohjanvirta

tarja.pohjanvirta@ruokavirasto.fi

Phone +358 44 720 1493

Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES)

Unité Zoonoses Bactériennes
Laboratoire de Maisons-Alfort (Santé Animale)
23, avenue du Général de Gaulle
F-94706 Maisons-Alfort Cedex

Website

Dr. Maria Laura Boschiroli

maria-laura.boschiroli@anses.fr

Phone +33 149771321

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI)

Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
Naumburger Str. 96a
07743 Jena

Website

Dr. Stefanie Barth

Stefanie.barth@fli.de

Phone +49 36418042270

Directorate of Athens Veterinary Center

Ministry of Rural Development & Food
Directorate of Athens Veterinary Center
Department of Microbiology and Diagnostic Pathology
NRL for Bovine TB
25 Neapoleos str.
153 10 Agia Paraskevi

Dr. Ourania Karaoulani

okaraoulani@minagric.gr

Phone +30 2106399521

National Food Chain Safety Office

Directorate of Veterinary Diagnostic
Laboratory of Bacteriology
Tàbornok 2
1143 Budapest

Website

Dr. Szilard Janosi

janosisz@nebih.gov.hu

Phone +36 14606327

Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (CVRL)

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Backweston Campus
Young's Cross
Celbridge
Co. Kildare

Website

Dr. James O’Shaughnessy

James.OShaughnessy@agriculture.gov.ie

Phone +35 316157358

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia-Romagna (IZSLER)

Reparto Tecnologie Biologiche Applicate
Via Bianchi 9
25124 Brescia

Website

Dr. Beatrice Boniotti

mariabeatrice.boniotti@izsler.it

Phone +39 0302290273

Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Enviroment (BIOR)

Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment BIOR
Microbiology and Pathology Laboratory
Bacteriology Group
Lejupes street 3, Riga
LV-1076 Latvia

Website

Dr. Madara Streikisa

madara.streikisa@bior.lv

Phone +371 67620358

Department National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute (NFVRAI)

Molecular Biology and GMO Section, Laboratory
Kairiukscio-10
08409 Vilnius

Website

Dr. Simona Pileviciene

simona.pileviciene@nmvrvi.lt

Phone +370 52780459

State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine

1, rue Louis Rech
L-3555 Dudelange

Dr. Manon Bourg

manon.bourg@asv.etat.lu

Phone +352 24782543

National Veterinary Laboratory

Agriculture and Fisheries Regulation Department
Veterinary Regulation Directorate
Abattoir Square
Albertown
Marsa MRS 1123

Dr. Susan Chircop

susan.chircop@gov.mt

Phone +356 22925307

National Veterinary Research Institute

57 Partyzantow Street
24-100 Pulawy

Website

Dr. Marec Lipiec

mlipiec@piwet.pulawy.pl

Phone +48 818893021

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, I.P. (INIAV, I.P.)

National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinary Research Animal Health and Production Unit (UEISPSA)
Av. da República, Quinta do Marques
Edificio Principal, Piso 1
2780-157 Oeiras
Portugal

Website

Dr. Ana Botelho

ana.botelho@iniav.pt

Phone +351 214403500 / +351 214403601