Commission Implementing Decision of 12 November 2013 on the monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic and commensal bacteria (notified under document C(2013) 7145) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/652/EU)

Article 4 U.K. Analysis by national reference laboratories

1. National reference laboratories for AMR shall perform the following analysis:

(a) the antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the isolates set out in points 2 and 3 of Part A of the Annex;

(b) the specific monitoring of ESBL- or AmpC- or carbapenemase-producing Salmonella spp. and E. coli set out in point 4 of Part A of the Annex.

2. The competent authority may designate laboratories other than the national reference laboratory for AMR in accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 to perform the analysis provided for in paragraph 1.