Division 2.5.2.2 Viable residues

Member States shall evaluate the methods proposed to identify the specific strain concerned and especially methods that discriminate that strain from closely related strains.

This evaluation will take into consideration the information on analytical methods provided for in Annex IIB and IIIB and the results of the evaluation thereof. In particular, the following information must be taken into account:

1. (a)

   the specificity of the proposed methods,

2. (b)

   the precision (repeatability) of the proposed methods,

3. (c)

   the importance of interferences,

4. (d)

   the quantifiability of the proposed methods.