Details
- Status
- Open
- Opening date
- Deadline
Target audience
Public Health, Microbiology
Why we are consulting
The Regulation 2022/2371 on Serious Cross-Border Threats to Health introduced a legal mandate for the establishment of EU reference laboratories (EURLs) in public health.
EURLs in the area of public health should provide support to national reference laboratories to promote good practice and alignment by Member States on a voluntary basis on diagnostics, testing methods, use of certain tests for the uniform surveillance, notification and reporting of diseases.
The first round of calls for application was launched in 2023.
The European Commission is now issuing three new calls for applications related to EURLs in public health, in the following areas:
- EURL for food- and water-borne bacteria: Terms of the Call - Online form to apply
- EURL for food-, water-, and vector-borne helminths and protozoa: Terms of the Call - Online form to apply
- EURL food- and water-borne viruses: Terms of the Call - Online form to apply
Respond to the consultation
Interested public health microbiology laboratories in EU Member States and EEA countries are invited to apply no later than Wednesday 14 August 2024 at 12:00 (noon) Central European Summer Time.
We strongly encourage potential applicants to read carefully the instructions for submitting an application, available in the Call for applications
- Template for letter of endorsement (Annex I in the call for applications) can be downloaded as a Word document.
- Template for authorisation of coordinator by beneficiary, and Confirmation of joint and several liability for the execution of the tasks (Annex II in the call for applications) can be downloaded as a Word document.
- Template for the Technical Description (Annex III in the call for applications) can be downloaded as a Word document.
For further information on the procedure, candidate laboratories may refer to the Guidance document.
Additional information
Webinars
A webinar for interested candidate laboratories will take place on 15 May 2024 - 13:30-15:00 CEST.
A separate webinar for national endorsing authorities will take place on 15 May 2024 - 15:30-17:00 CEST.
Questions and answers
Additional questions for which answers are provided that may be of interest to all possible applicants will continuously be published in revised versions of the Guidance document.
Please note that once the information has been published, it is considered to have been made available to all applicants. It is therefore the responsibility of the applicants to regularly check and review the Guidance document to use the information there during the preparation of their application.