This contract concerns the designation of a National Reference Laboratory (NRL) for the designation of a national reference laboratory in the field of food microbiology and food-borne diseases on behalf of the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC)

The contract comprises, on the one hand, an item relating to the tasks of the NRL in terms of advice, coordination and decision-making, for which a maximum annual overall price is fixed and, on the other hand, a certain number of items with price schedules (carrying out specialised analyses on behalf of the FASFC, organising training for approved laboratories).