The European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL) is a consortium of official enforcement laboratories designated by the EU Member States plus Norway, Switzerland and Turkey.
The primary purpose of the ENGL is to assist the EURL GMFF in its tasks laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and to help solving the challenges of detection, identification and quantification of GMOs.
This objective is achieved through various activities:
The network was inaugurated in Brussels on December 4th 2002 and is governed by the ENGL Consortium Agreement (PDF). The EURL GMFF chairs the ENGL and provides its secretariat.
As stated in Article 2.1 of the ENGL Consortium Agreement (PDF):
"New Parties designated by National Competent Authorities operating under one of the Community Acts or under corresponding equivalent Regulations and Directives of EEA, EFTA member states and Candidate Countries and Potential Candidate Countries related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), may join the ENGL."
ENGL members collaborate and share documents in the CIRCABC interest group area.
To request access to the area, or for issues, contact the ENGL secretariat (JRC-ENGL-SECRETARIAT@ec.europa.eu).
As stated by Article 9.3 of the ENGL Consortium Agreement (PDF):
"The Contracting Party may share all information distributed within ENGL with other GMO laboratories of their countries that have similar obligations as those stipulated in the current Agreement but that are not or cannot be nominated as a formal ENGL Member."
Title | Status | Downloads |
|---|---|---|
Detection of genetically modified microorganisms in food and feed | Active | |
Working group on Method Performance Requirements (WG-MPR) | Completed | |
Working group on DNA extraction (WG-DNAex) | Completed | |
Working Group on good practice/quality of DNA sequencing data (WG-seq) | Completed | |
Working Group on multiplex PCR Methods (WG-mpPCR) | Concluded | |
Working group on update of methods (WG-UpMeth) | Active | |
Working group on digital PCR (WG-dPCR) | Concluded | |
Working group on unit of measurement (WG-UoM) | Concluded | |
Working group on Seed Testing (WG-ST) | Concluded | |
Working group on Detection, Interpretation and Reporting on the presence of authorised and unauthorised genetically modified materials (WG-DIR) | Concluded | |
Working group on Sample Preparation Procedure (WG-SPP) | Concluded | |
Working group on identification of stacked GM events (WG-IGSE) | Concluded | |
Working group on “Method Verification” (WG-MV) | Concluded | |
Working group on “unauthorised GMOs” (WG-UGM) | Concluded |
Since its establishment in 2002, the European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL) has normally held two plenary meetings and two meetings of its Steering Committee each year. More recently, the two plenary meetings are substituted by an Annual Meeting. Until 2013 the reports of the ENGL meetings were not published but made available to ENGL members only. Since June 2013, however, they are made available via this ENGL site.
Title | Date | Place | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
46th Steering Committee | 14/04/2024 | Online meeting | |
34th Plenary | 27/09/2023 | Seville, Spain | |
45th Steering Committee | 20/06/2023 | Online meeting | |
44th Steering Committee | 09/03/2023 | Online meeting | |
33nd Plenary | 30/09/2022 | VC meeting | |
43rd Steering Committee | 30/08/2022 | VC meeting | |
42nd Steering Committee | 24/02/2022 | VC meeting | |
32nd Plenary | 19/11/2021 | VC meeting | |
41th Steering Committee | 10/06/2021 | VC meeting | |
40th Steering Committee | 10/03/2021 | VC meeting | |
31st Plenary | 30/9/2020 | VC meeting | |
39th Steering Committee | 23/06/2020 | VC meeting | |
38th Steering Committee | 18-19/02/2020 | Ispra, Italy | |
30th Plenary | 1-2/10/2019 | Ispra, Italy | |
37th Steering Committee | 18-19/06/2019 | Ispra, Italy | |
36th Steering Committee | 19-20/02/2019 | Ispra, Italy | |
29th Plenary | 2-4/10/2018 | Ispra, Italy | |
35th Steering Committee | 12-13/06/2018 | Ispra, Italy | |
34th Steering Committee | 20-21/02/2018 | Ispra, Italy | |
28th Plenary | 20-21/09/2017 | Ispra, Italy | |
33rd Steering Committee | 20-21/06/2017 | Ispra, Italy | |
27th Plenary | 6-7/04/2017 | Ispra, Italy | |
32nd Steering Committee | 15-16/02/2017 | Ispra, Italy | |
26th Plenary | 21-22/09/2016 | Ispra, Italy | |
31st Steering Committee | 21-22/06/2016 | Ispra, Italy | |
25th Plenary | 13-14/04/2016 | Ispra, Italy | |
30th Steering Committee | 3-4/02/2016 | Ispra, Italy | |
24th Plenary | 22-23/09/2015 | Ispra, Italy | |
29th Steering Committee | 24-25/06/2015 | Ispra, Italy | |
23rd Plenary | 15-16/04/2015 | Ispra, Italy | |
28th Steering Committee | 10-11/02/2015 | Ispra, Italy | |
22nd Plenary | 01-02/12/2014 | Ispra, Italy | |
27th Steering Committee | 15-16/09/2014 | Ispra, Italy | |
21st Plenary | 04-05/06/2014 | Ispra, Italy | |
26th Steering Committee | 25-26/03/2014 | Ispra, Italy | |
20th Plenary | 04-05/12/2013 | Ispra, Italy | |
25th Steering Committee | 10-11/09/2013 | Ispra, Italy | |
19th Plenary | 19-20/06/2013 | Ispra, Italy |