ANNEX IU.K.
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B.TASKS OF THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES FOR BLUETONGUEU.K.
The national laboratories for bluetongue are responsible for the coordination of the standards and diagnostic methods laid down by each diagnostic laboratory in the Member State, the use of reagents and the testing of vaccines. To this end:
(a)
they may supply diagnostic reagents to diagnostic laboratories which request them;
(b)
they check the quality of all the diagnostic reagents used in the Member State;
(c)
they organise comparative tests at regular intervals;
(d)
they preserve isolates of the bluetongue virus taken from confirmed cases in the Member State;
(e)
they ensure confirmation of positive results obtained in regional diagnostic laboratories.