The first proficiency test organized by EURL will start in September 2019 and will be due by January 2020. This PT is based in the morphological and molecular detection and identification of Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of the pine pitch canker.

Online registration is opened from the 26^th of September, through Leila platform (https://leila.anses.fr/), and will close on the 14^th of October.

Samples will be sent to the participants the 4^th of November. The deadline to send back the results is the 9^th of December.

The second week of January, all participants will receive the final report with the results of the proficiency test.