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List of EU quarantine insects and mites (Page in construction)
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EURL Work programme
This page contains the work programmes of the EURL for Insects and Mites since the beginning of the mandate in 2019.
They are structured in four main sections, grouping activities related to:
- ensuring NRLs high quality performance
- providing support and assistance to NRLs
- providing assistance to European Commission and other organizations
- verifying the quality of reagents and creating/maintaining a EURL reference collections
The full work programmes can be downloaded here below.
NRLs Network
Find here location and contact persons for the National Reference Laboratories of the European Union
EURL Missions
The main objective of the EURL-Insects and Mites is to coordinate the network of EU National Reference Laboratories (EU NRLs) to ensure accurate identification of regulated or invasive insect and mite species. Provision of validated reference methods, reagents and technical information on the pests, annual proficiency tests and training of NRL staff should improve the quality of the diagnosis and harmonise the diagnostic procedures at European level.
The functions and duties of the EURL for Insects and Mites are laid in the art.94 of the REGULATION (EU) 2017/625 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 March 2017 as follows: