State General Laboratory Annual Report 2018

19 State General Laboratory Annual Report 2018 In 2018, the SGL actively participated in the following European bodies / networks / meetings / programmes/ studies:  European Food Safety Authority (EFSA):  Advisory Forum (AF)  Focal Point (FP) https://bit.ly/2qulSL4 .  Communication Experts Network (CEN)  Scientific Networks: Chemical Occurrence Data, Pesticide Residues Monitoring, Veterinary Medicinal Products Residues, Food Consumption and Exposure Data, Emerging Risks Exchange Network (EMRISK), Food Contact Materials, Microbiological Risk Assessment, Risk Assessment of GMO’s (Food & Feed).  European Reference Laboratories (EURL-NRL) meetings.  Collaborative studies on standardisation of methods (ISO) under the coordination of the competent EURLs.  EU Comitology expert groups and Standing Committees.  "Ring Tests" of the European Customs Laboratories CLEN for the harmonisation, integration and the publication of official CLEN methods  "Customs 2020" Programme :  EU Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN) for harmonisation and joint actions, and Working Groups of the Programme (Actions 1 to 6).  EU Customs Laboratories Expert Team (CLET) on a programme to collect and exchange specific analytical experiences at EU level.  EU Customs Working Groups (CLEN) Project Group on Compliance Assessment, Use of Precision Data and Statistics.  EU Customs Laboratories Working Groups dealing with new psychoactive substances.  European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) for drugs, arson, gunshot residues and explosives.  Expert Working Group on Analytical Methods of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).  Network of Official Medicines Control Laboratories of the Council of Europe (EDQM-OMCL) in cooperation with the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and other subcommittees of the Network. Furthermore, in 2018, the SGL:  Co-chaired and coordinated the discussion in one of the sessions of the "European Pesticide Residues Conference (EPRW 2018)", an established and internationally recognised floor for the exchange of information and experience in the field of pesticide residues, held in Munich, Germany (May 2018).