This data providers package provides the data collection configuration and supporting materials for reporting veterinary medicinal product residues (VMPR) results according to Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products and repealing Directives 85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC and 91/664/EEC. These are to be used for the 2017 data reporting test phase. The package includes; Advice on the values to be reported for the mandatory fields specified for this data collection The Standard Sample Description Version 2 XML schema definition for VMPR reporting The STX transformation file which automatically assigns sampEventId and sampAnId when this information is not provided The general and VMPR specific business rules applied for the automatic validation of the submitted datasets The VMPR specific terminologies to be used for reporting analytical methods and the residues included in the scope of the analytical methods An excel tool which can support users in creating the required XML file for submission where automated data collation tools are not available and a manual for the tool

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