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Evaluation of the Community Plant Health Regime: Final Report
DG SANCO Evaluation Framework Contract Lot 3 (Food Chain)
Country Laboratories (central-regional level) Delegation NRL for PH Additional information
Poland
The Central Laboratory is part of the State
Plant Health and Seed Inspection Services
(SPHSIS) and is the NRL for plant health
issues.
Regional Laboratories are responsible for
examination of plants, plant products and
objects. Diagnostic units of the BIPs
perform some analysis of the imported
materials.
inspection bodies, develops
new testing methods and is
in contact with laboratories
in other MS.
The NRL conducts PH
testing, supervises the
regional laboratories and
BIPs and verifies positive
and doubtful results.
Portugal - - - Capacity considered adequate for
general surveillance but not
emergencies
Spain
There are 29 diagnostic laboratories (at least
one for each Autonomous Community; with
the exception of Madrid which has an
agreement with other laboratories)
Sweden No internal laboratories competences All laboratory activities are
contracted: to two national
Universities and to two
There are 6 NRLs in Spain,
one for each group of HOs
(insects, nematodes, viruses
for woody plant species,
viruses for non-woody plant
species, bacteria, fungi).
NRLs perform analysis of
non-routine samples, of
organisms which are
difficult to identify,
confirmatory analysis and
analysis in cases when a HO
has been detected for the
first time in Spain.
NRLs are either universities
or research centres, selected
based on expertise on a
national level, with the
agreement of the CAs.
There is no true need of an
official NRL in the country
as volumes are too small to
The diagnosis of the NRL is not
legally binding, whereas the
diagnosis of the CA laboratory is
legally binding.
If the inspection services detect
something different that they have not
seen before, they take samples and
send them to laboratories. If
necessary, the NRLs can help too.
The main problem is detecting the
problem as soon as possible, and not
the diagnosis. So far there have been
no problems with the diagnosis,
either within the CA laboratory, or
with the help of the relevant NRL.
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