About EURL
Legal background
The concept of the EU Reference Laboratories (EURLs, former CRLs) and National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) is layed down in the Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The overall objective of the EURLs and NRLs is to improve the quality, accuracy and comparability of the results at official control laboratories.
According to Article 32 of R 882/2004 the EURLs are responsible for:
- Providing NRLs with details of analytical methods, including reference methods;
- Organisation of Proficiency Tests;
- Development and validation of new analytical methods;
- Organisation of workshops & training of laboratories in the Members States;
- Providing scientific and technical assistance to the Commission, e.g. for the establishment of co-ordinated programmes;
- Collaborating with laboratories responsible for analysing feed and food in third countries;
- Development of the analytical control guidelines;
The main tasks of the EURLs for residues of pesticides can be summarized as follows:
- To promote research, development and validation of new analytical methods;
- To inform NRLs about new advances in methods and equipment;
- To assist NRLs and official control laboratories by:
- helping them to implement quality assurance systems,
- providing them technical advice,
- organising training courses,
- organising comparative tests;
- To act as arbiter in analytical disputes between Member States;
- To provide the Commission with technical and scientific advice and prepare annual reports;
- To help the Commission in creating guidelines and monitoring programs
- To establish a network between EURLs-NRLs-official control laboratories
- To assist the harmonisation process by increasing the current analytical scope through EU in quantity and quality of the results.
Nominated EURLs for residues of pesticides
Cereals and feedingstuffs
National Food Institute
Department of Food Chemistry
Danish Technical University (DTU)
DK-2860 Soeborg
Denmark
Food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content
Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Freiburg
Postfach 100462
D-79123 Freiburg
Germany
Fruits and vegetables, including commodities with high water and high acid content
Laboratorio Agrario de la Generalitat Valenciana (LAGV)
Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas de la Universidad de Almería (PRRG)
LAGV: E-46100 Burjassot-Valencia
PRRG: E-04120 Almería
Spain
Single residue methods
Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Stuttgart
Postfach 1206
D-70702 Fellbach
Germany
Additional information
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Published 19-10-2006, 20:28:57
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