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Article 3Sampling framework and analysis#

1.Member States shall sample the different food-producing animal populations and fresh meat derived thereof, as referred to in Article 1(4), and test the bacterial isolates obtained therefrom for antimicrobial susceptibility in accordance with the technical requirements set out in Part A of the Annex.However, for the monitoring of Salmonella spp. in populations of broilers, laying hens and fattening turkeys, Member States may use bacterial isolates already obtained within the sampling framework of the national control programmes provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003.

2.National reference laboratories for AMR, or other laboratories designated by the competent authority in accordance with Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, shall be responsible for carrying out:

(a)the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates, referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the technical requirements set out in Part A, point 4, of the Annex;

(b)the specific monitoring of ESBL-, AmpC- or CP-producing E. coli in accordance with the technical requirements set out in Part A, point 5, of the Annex;

(c)the specific monitoring of MRSA in accordance with the technical requirements set out in Part A, point 5a, of the Annex;

(d)the alternative method referred to in Part A, point 6, of the Annex.