Who is a member of the Network?

Independant laboratories responsible for the quality control of medicines for human and veterinary use in the following countries:
-     member states of the Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia and the observer states which are involved in the general activities of the Network; all the official control laboratories are invited to participate in meetings and in collaborative studies in all the areas of general interest;
-     member states restricted to the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA); a number of activities take place within the more restrictive regulatory framework for medicines in the European Union, notably those connected to the centralised Community authorisation procedures and to batch release of biologicals.
are entitled to participate in the network activities.

They shall be nominated by each national authority in charge of the Quality Control of medicines in European countries.

Other non European Countries can also participate as observer in the work programme of the network.
Their participation are discussed and accepted or rejected during the annual seminar of the Network.