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The Community reference laboratories for feed and food referred to in Annex VII shall be responsible for: providing national reference laboratories with details of analytical methods, including reference methods; coordinating application by the national reference laboratories of the methods referred to in (a), in particular by organising comparative testing and by ensuring an appropriate follow-up of such comparative testing in accordance with internationally accepted protocols, when available; coordinating, within their area of competence, practical arrangements needed to apply new analytical methods and informing national reference laboratories of advances in this field; conducting initial and further training courses for the benefit of staff from national reference laboratories and of experts from developing countries; providing scientific and technical assistance to the Commission, especially in cases where Member States contest the results of analyses; collaborating with laboratories responsible for analysing feed and food in third countries.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.