1. In the areas governed by the rules referred to in Article 1(2), a European Union reference laboratory shall be established where the effectiveness of official controls and other official activities also depends on the quality, uniformity and reliability of:
the methods of analysis, test or diagnosis employed by the official laboratories designated in accordance with Article 37(1); and
the results of the analyses, tests and diagnoses performed by those official laboratories.
2. A European Union reference laboratory shall be established where there is a recognised need to promote uniform practices in relation to the development or use of the methods referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1.
3. The Commission shall review regularly the mandate and operation of the European Union reference laboratories.
4. The Commission shall supplement this Regulation by adopting the decision to establish a European Union reference laboratory by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 144.