According to Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Article 100(1), each EU Member State shall designate one or more National Reference Laboratories (NRLs National Reference Laboratories) for each European Union Reference Laboratory designated in accordance with Article 93(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The responsibilities and tasks of the NRLs are listed in Article 101 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. 

Our Network of NRLs for TSE includes the 27 EU Member States. However, part of our activities involves also other NRLs i.e. from EU candidate countries as well as EFTA countries and the former EU Member State United Kingdom.  

  • Austria

    • Contact Person: Alexandra Bastian
    • AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety – Division for Animal Health Institute for Veterinary Disease Control
    • Address: Robert Koch-Gasse 17 A-2340 Mödling Austria
    • Phone: 0043 50555 38342

  • Belgium

    • Contact Person: Severine Matthijs
    • Address: Sciensano Groeselenberg 99 B 1180 Bruxelles Belgium
    • Phone: 0032 2379 0554
    • Mobile: 0032 475871036

  • Bulgaria

    • Contact Person: Dafina Atanasova
    • National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute 15
    • Address: 'Pencho Slaveykov' Blvd. 1606 Sofia Bulgaria
    • Phone: 00359 2 952 3903
    • Fax: 00359 2 952 5306

  • Croatia

    • Contact Person: Karmen Branovic Cakanic
    • Croatian Veterinary Institute
    • Address: Savska cesta 143, P.O. Box 883 10000 Zagreb Croatia
    • Phone: 00385 1 612 36 37

  • Cyprus

    • Contact Person: Sotiria Georgiadou
    • Veterinary Services (1417) State Veterinary Laboratories
    • Address: 79 Athalassa Avenue, Alangtzia 2109 Nicosia, Cyprus
    • Phone: 0035722805193
    • Fax: 00357 22332138

  • Czech Republic

    • Contact Person: Petr Václavek
    • Státní veterinární ústav Jihlava Národní referenční laboratoř pro diagnostiku BSE a animálních TSE
    • Address: Rantířovská 93/20, Horní Kosov, 58601 Jihlava, Czechia
    • Phone: 00420 567 143 297

  • Denmark

    • Contact Person: Tim Kåre Jensen
    • Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen
    • Address: Ridebanevej 3, DK - 1870 Frederiksberg C Denmark
    • Mobile: 0045 93565283

  • Estonia

    • Contact Person: Katrin Peik
    • National Center for Laboratory Research and Risk Assessment Kreutzwaldi
    • Address: Kreutzwaldi 30 51006 Tartu Estonia
    • Phone: 00372 7386 123

  • Finland

    • Contact Person: Sirkka-Liisa Korpenfelt
    • Finnish Food Authority, Animal Health Diagnostic Unit - TSEs
    • Address: Mustialankatu 3 FI-00790 Helsinki Finland
    • Phone: 00358 29 530 0400

  • France

    • Contact Person: Thierry Baron
    • France
    • Address: ANSES 31, av. Tony Garnier 69364 Lyon Cedex 07 France
    • Phone: 0033 4 7872 6543

  • Germany

    • Contact Person: Christine Fast
    • Friedrich - Loeffler Institut, Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases
    • Address: Südufer 10 D- 17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems Germany
    • Phone: 0049 383 5171274

  • Greece

    • Contact Person: Vaia Palaska
    • National Reference Laboratory for TSEs of Greece Veterinary Laboratory of Larissa
    • Address: 6th Km of Larissa - Trikala Highway 41500 Larissa Greece
    • Phone: 0030 2410 617980

  • Hungary

    • Contact Person: Peter Malik
    • Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate National Food Chain Safety Office (VDD NFCSO)
    • Address: 1143 Budapest Tabornok u.2 Hungary
    • Phone: 0036 1460 6360

  • Iceland

    • Contact Person: Stefania Thorgeirsdottir
    • The Institute for Experimental Pathology,  University of Iceland, Keldur
    • Address: Keldnavegur 3 112 Reykjavík  Iceland
    • Phone: +354 585 5100

  • Ireland

    • Contact Person: Ann Sharpe
    • TSE NRL Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Backweston Campus Young’s Cross Celbridge Co Kildare Ireland
    • Address: Backweston Laboratory Complex, Youngs Cross, Ballymadeer, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, Irlanda
    • Phone: 00353 1615 7217

  • Italy

    • Contact Person: Maria Caramelli
    • Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle D’Aosta Centro di Referenza per le Encefalopatie Animali (CEA)
    • Address: Via Bologna, 148 10154 Torino Italy
    • Phone: 0039 011 2686 361

  • Latvia

    • Contact Person: Inga Pigiņka-Vjačeslavova / Laura Krivko / Marta Lizuma
    • Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment (BIOR)
    • Address: 3 Lejupes Street Riga LV 1076 Latvia
    • Phone: +37128627123 / +37128387638

  • Lithuania

    • Contact Person: Viktoras Maskaliovas
    • National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute
    • Address: J. Kairiukscio st. 10 LT- 08409 Vilnius Lithuania
    • Phone: 00370 5278 0475

  • Malta

    • Contact Person: Susan Chircop
    • Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment Veterinary Affairs and Fisheries
    • Address: Division Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory Albertown Marsa Malta
    • Phone: 00356 25905301

  • Netherlands

    • Contact Person: Lucien van Keulen
    • Wageningen Bioveterinary Research
    • Address: Houtribweg 39, 8221 RA, Lelystad P.O. Box 65, 8200 AB, Lelystad the Netherlands
    • Phone: 0031 320 238800

  • Norway

    • Contact Person: Sylvie Benestad
    • Norwegian Veterinary Institute Department of Pathology/ Biosafety
    • Address: Postboks 64, 1431 Ås – Norway
    • Phone: +47 97 53 68 30

  • Poland

    • Contact Person: Miroslaw Polak
    • National Veterinary Research Institute
    • Address: Partyzantow 57 24-100 Pulawy Poland
    • Phone: 0048 81 889 3316

  • Portugal

    • Contact Person: Maria Leonor Orge
    • Setor diagnóstico EET, Laboratório de Patologia, Unidade de Sanidade Animal Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária
    • Address: Avenida da Republica Quinta do Marquês (edifício sede) 2780-157 OEIRAS Portugal
    • Phone: 00351 21 440 3500/3520

  • Republic of North Macedonia

    • Contact Person: Igor Djadjovski
    • University Ss. Cyril and Methodius - Skopje, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
    • Address: Lazar Pop-Trajkov 5-7, 1000, Skopje Macedonia
    • Phone: +389 2 32 40 755
    • Mobile: +389 70 277 394

  • Romania

    • Contact Person: Florica Barbuceanu
    • Florica Barbuceanu Institute for Diagnosis and Animal Health, Department of Morphology,
    • Address: Dr. Staicovici 63, sector 5, Bucharest, postal code 050557, Romania
    • Phone: 0040 74 434 21 13

  • Slovakia

    • Contact Person: Daniela Korytarova
    • NRL for TSE State Veterinary and Food Institute, Veterinary Institute in Zvolen Štátny veterinárny a potravinový ústav, Veterinárny ústav vo Zvolene
    • Address: Pod dráhami 918, 960 01 Zvolen-Pod Dráhy, Slovacchia
    • Phone: 00421 45 532 0803-4

  • Slovenia

    • Contact Person: Kristina Tekavec
    • National Veterinary Institute, University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty
    • Address: Gerbiceva 60 SI- 1000, Ljubljana Slovenia
    • Phone: 00386 1 4779 148

  • Spain

    • Contact Person: Alba Marín Moreno
    • Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria (LCV) Departmento de EETs
    • Address: Ctra. M106, km 1,4 28110 Algete (Madrid), Spain
    • Phone: 0034 913 479244

  • Sweden

    • Contact Person: Viktor Ahlberg
    • Swedish Veterinary Agency, SVA
    • Address: SVA S-751 89, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Phone: +46 18 674211

  • Switzerland

    • Contact Person: Torsten Seuberlich
    • University of Bern
    • Address: Bremgartenstrasse 109a 3012 Bern – Switzerland
    • Phone: +41 31 684 2206