The legislation concerning the designation and tasks of the European Union Reference Laboratories and the European Union Reference Centres is Regulation (EU) No 2017/625 starting 29 April 2018.
Animal Health
Reference Laboratory for |
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African Horse Sickness and Bluetongue |
LCV Laboratorios de Sanidad y Genética Animal |
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African swine fever |
CISA Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal |
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Avian influenza and Newcastle disease |
IZSVE Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie |
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Bivalve mollusc |
IFREMER L'Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer |
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Bovine Tuberculosis |
VISAVET Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria |
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Brucellosis |
ANSES Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail |
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Capripox viruses |
SCIENSANO |
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Classical Swine Fever |
INSTITUT FUR VIROLOGIE Institutes für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover |
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Equine diseases (other than African Horse Sickness) |
ANSES Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail |
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Fish and crustacean diseases |
DTU Danmarks Tekniske Universitet |
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Foot and Mouth disease |
ANSES & CODA-CERVA |
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Honeybee Health |
ANSES Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail |
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Peste de Petits Ruminants |
CIRAD Recherche agronomique pour le développement |
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Rabies |
ANSES Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail |
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Rift Valley Fever |
IZS Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale” |
Food and Feed
Reference Laboratory for |
Organisation |
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Additives for use in animal nutrition |
JRC Joint Research Centre |
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Animal proteins in feedingstuffs |
CRA-W Centre wallon de Recherches agronomiques |
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Antimicrobial resistance |
DTU Danmarks Tekniske Universitet |
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Campylobacter |
SVA Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt |
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Coagulase positive Staphylococci (including S. aureus) |
ANSES Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail |
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Escherichia coli |
ISS Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
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Foodborne viruses |
SLV Livsmedelsverket |
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Genetically Modified organisms |
JRC Joint Research Centre |
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Halogenated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) |
CVUA Chemische und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt |
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Listeria monocytogenes |
ANSES Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail |
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Material intended to come into contact with foodstuffs |
JRC Joint Research Centre |
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Metals and nitrogenous compounds |
DTU Danmarks Tekniske Universitet |
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Monitoring of marine biotoxins |
AESAN Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición |
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Mycotoxins and plant toxins |
WFSR Wageningen Food Safety Research |
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Parasites (Trichinella, Echinococcus, Anisakis) |
ISS Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
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Processing contaminants |
DTU Danmarks Tekniske Universitet |
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Residues of pesticides (cereals and feedingstuffs) |
DTU Danmarks Tekniske Universitet |
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Residues of pesticides (food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content) |
CVUA Chemische und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt |
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Residues of pesticides (fruits and vegetables, including commodities with high water and high acid content) |
LAGV Laboratorio Agroalimentario de la Generalitat Valenciana |
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Residues of pesticides (single residues methods) |
CVUA Chemische und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt |
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Residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin (Annex I, Group A 1 2 3 4, B2d, B3d Directive 96/23/EC) |
WFSR Wageningen Food Safety Research |
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Residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin (Annex I, Group B1, B3e Directive 96/23/EC and carbadox and olaquindox) |
ANSES Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail |
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Residues of veterinary medicines and contaminants in food of animal origin (Annex I, Group A5, B2 a b e Directive 96/23/EC) |
BVL Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit |
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The analysis and testing of Zoonoses (Salmonella) |
RIVM Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu |
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Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) |
IZSTO Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta |
Plant Health
Reference Laboratory for |
Organisation |
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Pests on plants - Bacteria (consortium NL leader) |
NVWA Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority - Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive plants and Plant health (NIVIP) (The Netherlands) Other members of the consortium:
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Pests on plants - on Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas (consortium NL leader) |
NVWA Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority - Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive plants and Plant health (NIVIP) (The Netherlands) Other members of the consortium:
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Pests on plants - on Nematodes (consortium FR leader) |
ANSES Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and safety (France) Other members of the consortium:
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Pests on plants - on Insects and mites (consortium FR leader) |
ANSES Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and safety (France) Other members of the consortium:
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Pests on plants - on Fungi and oomycetes |
ANSES Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and safety (France) |
For additional information regarding the European Union Reference Laboratories, please see our "Funding of Official Controls" page.