EFSA Networking Organisations Notice

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Published April 1st, 2026

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The European Food Safety Authority published Notice C/2026/1982 in Official Journal C-series on 1 April 2026 regarding networking of organisations operating within EFSA's mission. The notice provides information about how organisations collaborate with EFSA in food safety domains. This is an administrative notice without binding requirements or compliance obligations.

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The European Food Safety Authority issued Notice C/2026/1982 (PUB/2026/385) in the Official Journal C-series dated 1 April 2026 concerning networking arrangements for organisations operating within EFSA's mission areas. The notice describes how various organisations collaborate with EFSA in food safety-related fields. This is an informational notice published under ELI http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1982/oj.

As this is a routine informational notice rather than binding legislation, no compliance actions, deadlines, or penalties are associated with it. Organisations interested in networking with EFSA should review the notice for guidance on collaboration arrangements. No comment period or response deadline applies to this final notice.

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Networking of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA’s) mission

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Networking of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA’s) mission

(C/2026/1982)

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 (1), Article 36(2), provides that the European Food Safety Authority's ‘Management Board, acting on a proposal from the Executive Director, shall draw up a list to be made public of competent organisations designated by the Member States which may assist the Authority, either individually or in networks, with its mission.’

The list was first drawn up by EFSA’s Management Board on 19 December 2006, and since then is:

| (i) | updated regularly, on the basis of proposals from EFSA’s Executive Director, taking account of reviews or new designation proposals from the Member States (in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 2230/2004 (2), Article 2(4)), and |

| (ii) | made public on EFSA’s website, where the latest updated list of competent organisations is published. |
This respective information is available on the EFSA website, at the following locations:

| (i) | the latest amendment to the list of competent organisations by EFSA’s Management Board on 26 March 2026 –

[https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/103rd-management-board-web-meeting-public-session ], and |

| (ii) | the updated list of competent organisations – http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/partnersnetworks/scorg. |
EFSA will keep this Notice updated, specifically regarding the provided website links.

For more information please contact Cooperation.Article36@efsa.europa.eu.

(1) Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2230/2004 of 23 December 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 with regard to the network of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority’s mission (OJ L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 64), as last amended.

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ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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