S.L. 437.103 Art. 4National reference laboratories.

(1) The competent authority shall designate a national reference laboratory as referred to in Schedule I, to be responsible for coordinating the diagnostic methods provided for in these rules and their use by the approved laboratories located in Malta.

(2) The competent authority shall make the details of its OF POULTRY AND HATCHING EGGS)

national reference laboratory, and any subsequent changes thereto available to the other Member States and to the public. Detailed rules for the uniform application of this rule may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in the definition "Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health" as provided under rule 2(2).