A network of National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) assists the EURL in its tasks and duties. The NRLs are officially designated by the respective EU Member States and EFTA countries as defined in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/94, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 378/2005.
National Reference Laboratories - Member States
| Member State | Designated NRL |
|---|---|
| AUSTRIA | Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety - AGES - Wien (AT) |
| BELGIUM | Sciensano - Transversal activities in Applied Genomics - TAG - Bruxelles (BE) |
| BELGIUM | Federaal Laboratorium voor de Veiligheid van de Voedselketen Tervuren - FLVVT - FAVV - Tervuren (BE) |
| BULGARIA | Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety - AGES - Wien (AT) |
| CROATIA | Croatian Veterinary Institute - HR - Zagreb (HR) |
| CYPRUS | Feeding Stuffs Quality Control Laboratory - Analytical Laboratories Section - Department of Agriculture - Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment - EZL - Nicosia (CY) |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Ústřední kontrolní a zkušební ústav zemědělský - ÚKZÚZ - Brno (CZ) |
| DENMARK | The Official Laboratory of The Danish Veterinary, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Agency - Ringsted (DK) |
| ESTONIA | Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge Laboratory department - METK - Saku (EE) |
| FINLAND | Finnish Food Authority - Helsinki (FI) |
| FRANCE | Service Commun des Laboratoires des ministères économiques et financiers – DGCCRF et DGDDI - SCL35 - Rennes (FR) |
| GERMANY | Landwirtschaftliche Untersuchungs- und Forschungsanstalt Speyer - LUFA - Speyer (DE) |
| GERMANY | Staatliche Betriebsgesellschaft für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft - BfUL - Nossen (DE) |
| GERMANY | Thueringer Landesamt fuer Landwirtschaft und Laendlichen Raum - TLLLR - Jena (DE) |
| GERMANY | Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Westfalen - CVUA Westfalen - Bochum (DE) |
| GREECE | Εργαστήριο Ελέγχου Κυκλοφορίας Ζωοτροφών Θεσσαλονίκης - Thessaloniki (GR) |
| HUNGARY | National Food Chain Safety Office - Food Chain Safety Laboratory Directorate - Analytical National Reference Laboratory - Budapest (HU) |
| IRELAND | State Laboratory - Kildare (IE) |
| ITALY | Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Dipartimento di Sicurezza alimentare, nutrizione e sanità pubblica veterinaria, Reparto Sicurezza chimica degli alimenti - ISS - DSANV - Roma (IT) |
| ITALY | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Centro di referenza nazionale per la sorveglianza ed il controllo degli alimenti per gli animali - IZSPLV- CReAA - Torino (IT) |
| LATVIA | Pārtikas drošības, dzīvnieku veselības un vides zinātniskais institūts - BIOR - Rīga (LV) |
| LITHUANIA | Nacionalinis maisto ir veterinarijos rizikos vertinimo institutas (National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute) - Vilnius (LT) |
| LUXEMBOURG | Administration des Services Techniques de l’Agriculture - ASTA - Ettelbruck (LU) |
| NETHERLANDS | Wageningen Food Safety Research - WFSR - Wageningen (NL) |
| POLAND | Instytut Zootechniki - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Krajowe Laboratorium Pasz - IZPIB-KLP - Lublin (PL) |
| POLAND | Państwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy/National Veterinary Research Institute - PIWet-PIB - Pulawy (PL) |
| PORTUGAL | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária - INIAV - Oeiras (PT) |
| SLOVAKIA | The Central Control and Testing Institute in Agriculture, Section of Laboratory Activities, Department of Analytical Laboratories Feed and Pesticide Analysis Division - Bratislava (SK) |
| SLOVENIA | University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty, National Veterinary Institute - UL VF NVI - Ljubljana (SI) |
| SLOVENIA | Agricultural institute of Slovenia, Central Laboratories - KIS - Ljubljana (SI) |
| SPAIN | Laboratorio Arbitral Agroalimentario – Ministerio Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación - LAA - Madrid (ES) |
| SPAIN | Laboratorio Agroalimentario de la Generalitat de Cataluña, Cabrils - LAC - Cabrils (ES) |
| SWEDEN | Statens veterinärmedicinska anstalt / Swedish Veterinary Agency - SVA - Uppsala (SE) |
National Reference Laboratories - EFTA Countries
| NORWAY | Institute of Marine Research - IMR - Bergen (NO) |