european union reference laboratory for african swine fever
The EURL for African swine fever (ASF) was initailly set up under Council Directive 2002/60/EC in the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), belonging to Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Council Directive 2002/60/EC was repealed as from 21 April 2021 by Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) but the EURL designation is effective in accordance with Articles 147 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625[CGF1] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products (‘Official Control Regulation’).
The EURL for ASF is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 on “General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories by the Spanish Accreditation Service (ENAC).
