Article 4 · Commission Decision 2007/516/EC

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Article 4Performance of sampling and analyses#

1.Sampling shall be performed by the competent authority or under its supervision in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex I.

2.National reference laboratories (NRLs) for Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp. and antimicrobial resistance testing shall perform the relevant parts of the analyses of samples and isolates.

3.However, the competent authority may decide to designate other laboratories involved in official controls of Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp. and antimicrobial resistance testing, to perform the analyses of samples and isolates.In such cases, the NRLs shall provide support and training to the designated laboratories and ensure that they comply with rules on quality controls by arranging regular ring tests.The laboratories designated in accordance with the third paragraph of this Article which perform testing must comply which the following conditions:

(a)they must have proven experience of using the methods required for the testing;

(b)they must have a quality assurance system complying with EN/ISO standard 17025;

(c)they must be subjected to the supervision of the relevant NRLs.

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competent authority
means the authority or authorities of a Member State as designated under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
flock
means all poultry (such as broiler) of the same health status kept on the same premises or in the same enclosure and constituting a single epidemiological unit;
slaughter batch
means a delivery of broilers which have been raised in the same flock to a slaughterhouse on one single day;

Commission Decision 2007/516/EC

Article 4Performance of sampling and analyses#

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