Commission Regulation (EU) No 415/2013Dangos y teitl llawn

2. The EU reference laboratory for bee health shall also:

(a)

assist actively in the diagnosis of outbreaks of the relevant disease in Member States by receiving pathogen isolates for confirmatory diagnosis, characterisation and epizootic studies and communicating without delay the results of any investigations to the Commission, the Member States and the national reference laboratories concerned;

(b)

facilitate the training or retraining of experts in laboratory diagnosis with a view to harmonising diagnostic techniques throughout the Union;

(c)

organise workshops for the benefit of national reference laboratories as agreed in the work programme and estimated budget referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 926/2011, including training of experts from the Member States and, as appropriate, from third countries, in new analytical methodologies;

(d)

provide technical assistance to the Commission and, at its request, participate in international forums concerning, in particular, the standardisation of analytical methods and their implementation;

(e)

develop monitoring activities and whenever possible coordinate activities directed towards an improvement of the bee health status in the Union, in particular by:

(i)

carrying out or collaborating with national reference laboratories concerned in carrying out test validation trials;

(ii)

providing scientific and technical support to the Commission and collecting information and reports associated with the activities of the EU reference laboratory;

(iii)

establishing and coordinating a survey on honeybee colony losses in the Union with regard to establishing a baseline for ‘normal’ seasonal mortality of bees;

(f)

collaborate with the relevant competent laboratories in third countries where those diseases are prevalent as regards methods of diagnosing bee diseases;

(g)

collaborate with the relevant regional laboratories designated by the OIE with regard to exotic diseases (Tropilaelaps mites and the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) and any other disease exotic to the Union);

(h)

collate and forward information to the Commission and to national reference laboratories concerned on exotic and endemic diseases or pests that are potentially emerging and could affect the Union, including honeybee colony losses.