S.L. 437.105 Art. 13Designation of a national reference laboratory.

(1) The competent authority shall designate a National

Reference Laboratory as specified in Schedule I(A) to carry out the laboratory examinations provided for in these rules, and shall make the details of that laboratory, and any subsequent changes thereto, available to the other Member States and to the public. Detailed rules for the uniform application of this sub-rule shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure provided in the definition "Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health" in rule 2(2).

(2) The functions and duties of the National Reference Laboratory designated in accordance with sub-rule (1) are set out in Schedule I(B).

(3) The National Reference Laboratory designated in accordance with sub-rule (1) shall liaise with the Community Reference Laboratory specified in Schedule II(A).