1. 5. work program 2018 and other developments

2. Coordination of calls and designation of EURLs
Role of Desk Officers
Developments in EURL work program 2018
Development of dedicated performance indicators for EURL
Modernized suggested protocol underperformance NRL
Coordination of calls and designation of EURLs
Satisfaction survey for NRLs on EURLs postponed
SANTE Website+Database with EURLs, NRLs, work programs

3. DG SANTE
Directorate G
EURL
Coordination of OCR – SANTE G.3

4. What to expect from Desk Officers?
Set priority areas for their EURL/C
Guide, asses, agree EURL work program
Ensure regular/daily contact with EURL
Evaluation of EURL/C report and performance
These are some aspects of the activities done by EC regarding EURLs.
-EC organizes the annual Directors meeting and address horizontal issues and improvements.
The last directors meeting was in Due to internal reorganisation we were not able to schedule a meeting in So now we pick up the routine from 2016.
-all EURLs are linked through the desk officer to their specific policy area in DG SANTE;
-the work programme and reports are evaluated by these policy areas on the technical aspects; the financial aspects are coordinated by the financial unit.
-new calls are managed by the relevant policy area and the coordinating unit;
-DG SANTE manages currently a database with details of the different EURL and their NRLs, data protection rules do not allow us to share these data for instance in the contact details.
Since granting direct access to the database to EURLs for adding modifications is not possible, EURLs should send alerts to DG SANTE for updating the database.

5. Developments in EURL work programme
On-line submission
Harmonized structure
It should be noted that the different programs have a high quality, but they differ from each other by including the same information in different sections.
The activity report involves answering the work programme, so the structure would be similar with a list of task scoring and a time planning scoring.
An harmonised presentation/a template regarding the EURLs work programmes and their technical interim and final reports would be useful.
It would allow an easier comparison for standardised activities, for instance.
It would allow an easier and better reading and understanding of all WPs/TRs.
For next year is expected the on-line submission of financial and technical aspects.
A uniform structure for Work Programme and Activity report are been developed.

6. WORK PROGRAME TEMPLATE

7. Work Program template 2018 New harmonized work program template !
4 chapters directly related to Article 94 new OCR
1 chapter related to other legal requirements
(mainly animal diseases)
Deadline WP 2018 was 30 November
Evaluation by Desk Officers and Financial Unit
Final work programmes available on website

8. Where to find the work programs?
a Link box
to Work Programmes

9. Work Programmes page

10. Tasks in new OCR for EURLs, art 94
1. To ensure availability of high quality methods and to ensure test methods of analyses (PT)
Providing NRLs with details and guidance
Providing references materials
Proficiency Tests
Cooperation to develop new methods
2. To ensure availability of scientific and technical assistance for NRLs (workshop)
Coordinating practical arrangements
Conducting training courses
Providing information

11. Tasks in new OCR for EURLs art 94
3. To ensure scientific and technical assistance for cooperation with COM and other organisations
Providing assistance to the Commission
Collaborating with 3rd countries, EFSA, EMA and ECDC
Diagnosis Outbreaks
4. Reference materials
Tests to verify reagents and lots of reagents
Where relevant: - Collections plant pests and material
- Lists of reference substances and reagents

12. Dedicated Performance indicators
DG SANTE process
To ensure availability and use of high quality methods and ensure testing of NRL methods of analyses (PT)
To ensure availability of scientific and technical assistance to NRLs
(workshop, evaluation of EURLs by NRLs)
To ensure scientific and technical assistance to COM and other organisations
-internal DG SANTE process -results of 3 groups of tasks from work program template -to be evaluated by Desk Officer;

13. Underperformance of NRL's
Art 101 (EC) 2017/625: NRLs shall collaborate with EURLs
participate in training courses and
in inter-laboratory comparative tests organised by EURLs
2007: 'Suggested protocol for management of underperformance in comparative testing and/or lack of collaboration of NRLs with EURLs activities'
2017: Modernized suggested protocol for underperformance of NRLs
Phase 1 EURL to assist NRL, confidential
Phase 2 EC to be informed, EC will inform CA
Underperformance in comparative testing i.e. failure in proficiency test
Lack of collaboration with EURL activities as no participation in the proficiency test or a workshop
Draft update of the protocol available in July 2017
In CIRCABC and/or via SANTE desk officer
To be discussed in EURL-dir-meeting 2017

14. Underperformance of NRL in:. -comparative testing and/or
Underperformance of NRL in: -comparative testing and/or -lack of collaboration
EURL
Communicate the results to NRL
Ask for clarification
NRL
Clarify this underperformance
Repetition of comparative test
Assist or take corrective measures
In case of repetitive underperformance: Officially inform EC + report main findings EC
EC to inform Competent Authority
Requirement of appropriate actions by CA
Underperformance in comparative testing i.e. failure in proficiency test
Lack of collaboration with EURL activities as no participation in the proficiency test or a workshop
Draft update of the protocol available in 2017
In CIRCABC and/or via SANTE desk officer
'Protocol for management of underperformance in comparative testing and/or lack of collaboration of NRLs with EURLs activities'

15. questionnaire for NRLs on functioning EURLs will be postponed why?
timing …. because of changing to new Official Control regulation in April 2018 for EURLs and NRLs
will probably be part of a new EURL review strategy
(to be developed)

16. EURLs/NRLs on website DG SANTE
All general information about EURLs in one tab in "Horizontal Topics":
List of all EURL with links to
the website of the EURL
the connected NRL network
Link to EURL work programmes of the last years
Newly updated

17. EURLs web section

18. Link to EURLs and NRLs network on DG SANTE web
NRL list
EURL web
Link to EURLs and NRLs network on DG SANTE web

19. To get access to CIRCABC-EURL group
Link to EURL Interest Group in CIRCABC
Create an ECAS account
Enter in CIRCABC and join EURL Group

20. Thanks for your attention!