Criteria for the conduct of proficiency testing

Recalling that the Commission, in its PC-Xlll/18, paragraph 7.5, adopted the Criteria for the Conduct of OPCW/PTS Proficiency Testing , 

Adopts the Criteria for the Conduct of OPCW/PTS Proficiency Testing . 

One of the criteria for laboratories seeking designation for the analysis of authentic samples is that those laboratories should regularly partieipate and perform suecessfully in inter-laboratory proficiency tests (PC-VI/B/WP.4). Criteria for aeeeptable performance of laboratories in a single proficiency test have been estabhshed (PC-XI/B/WP.6, Annex 1) and adopted by the Commission. 

Proficiency testing is conducted by the Seeretariat. In this process the Secretariat may be assisted by laboratories preparing the test samples and evaluating the results in accordance with the following standard operating procedures (SOPs)  

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