# Council Directive 2009/158/EC of 30 November 2009 on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 4

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

Each Member State shall designate a national reference laboratory to be responsible for coordinating the diagnostic methods provided for in this Directive and their use by the approved laboratories located in its territory.
Each Member State shall make the details of its national reference laboratory, and any subsequent changes, available to the other Member States and to the public.
Detailed rules for the uniform application of this Article may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/158/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-158/article-4
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