# Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002 laying down specific provisions for the control of African swine fever and amending Directive 92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine fever (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2: The functions and duties of the Community Reference Laboratory for African swine fever are:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) to coordinate, in consultation with the Commission, the methods employed in the Member States for diagnosing African swine fever, specifically by:
storing and supplying cell cultures for use in diagnosis,
typing, storing and supplying strains of African swine fever virus for serological tests and the preparation of anti-sera,
supplying standardised sera, conjugate sera and other reference reagents to the national laboratories in order to standardise the tests and reagents employed in the Member States,
building up and holding an African swine fever virus collection,
organising periodic comparative tests of diagnostic procedures at Community level,
collecting and collating data and information on the methods of diagnosis used and the results of tests carried out,
characterising isolates of the virus by the most up-to-date methods available to allow greater understanding of the epizootiology of African swine fever,
keeping abreast of developments in African swine fever surveillance, epizootiology and prevention throughout the world,
retaining expertise on the virus causing African swine fever and other pertinent viruses to enable rapid differential diagnosis;
(b) to make the necessary arrangements for training or re-training experts in laboratory diagnosis with a view to harmonising diagnostic techniques;
(c) to have trained personnel available for emergency situations occurring within the Community;
(d) to perform research activities and whenever possible coordinate research activities directed towards an improved control of African swine fever;
(e) to draw up technical protocols relating to procedures to verify the efficacy of disinfectants against the African swine virus.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/60/annex/V/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-60/annex-V/division-2
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