63rd Meeting of the SPS Committee
Communication from the World Organisation for Animal
Health (OIE)
The
following communication, received on 29 June 2015, is being circulated at the
request of the OIE.
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The
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is pleased to provide this report
for information of WTO Members attending the 63rd meeting of the SPS
Committee.
1 83rd General Session
1.1. On 24-29 May 2015 the OIE held its 83rd General Session.
This is the annual event for OIE members to examine and adopt new
intergovernmental standards and guidelines aimed at preserving and improving
animal health and welfare throughout the world. Nearly 900 participants,
representing national Delegates from among the 180 member countries of the OIE
and around 40 international, intergovernmental, regional and national
organisations took part in the event, along with many eminent scientists.
1.2. Another highlight of the week's proceedings were the elections to
renew the membership of all the governance bodies of the Organisation.
1.3. After three consecutive five-year terms of office and fifteen years
as the Director General of the OIE, Dr Bernard Vallat will pass the baton to Dr
Monique Eloit, currently Deputy Director General, from 1 January 2016, for the
coming five-year term. Dr Eloit will be the first woman to lead the OIE.
1.4. OIE Delegates also elected Dr Botlhe Michael Modisane, Delegate of
South Africa as President, and Dr Mark Schipp, Delegate of Australia, as the
new Vice-President of the Council.
1.5. One of the OIE's key missions is to ensure transparency of the
global situation with regard to animal diseases, including zoonoses, and the
General Session gave member countries the opportunity to exchange information
on their national problems in this field. Placing the emphasis on efficient and
timely sharing of animal health information, the technical session dealt with
the use of new information technology in collecting animal health information,
disease reporting, conducting surveillance and emergency response.
1.6. Numerous exchanges of views also took place between member countries
during the week's proceedings, special attention being given to the current
global epizootic of avian influenza, African swine fever, Middle East
respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and the rabies situation in the
world, as well as to cross-cutting issues such as the sanitary safety of food
products of animal origin and the strategy for reducing biological threats
whatever their origin.
1.7. The Final Report of the 83rd General Session is available
on the OIE website (http://www.oie.int/en/about-us/final-reports-of-the-general-session-of-the-oie-international-committee/).
1.1 Standard setting activities at the 83rd General Session
1.8. The OIE Delegates adopted or revised OIE standards and guidelines on
terrestrial and aquatic animal disease prevention and control, on diagnostic
methods and vaccine quality and on animal welfare.
1.9. In total, the World Assembly adopted:
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the revision of 18
Chapters and the addition of three new Chapters in the OIE Terrestrial
Code; and
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the revision of
12 Chapters and the addition of two new Chapters in the OIE Aquatic Code.
1.10. The main amendments are described below.
1.1.1 Standards relating to terrestrial animal diseases: foot and mouth
disease, infection with Taenia solium
and bovine spongiform encephalopathy
1.11. An important update of the chapter on foot and mouth disease was
approved, the fruit of several years' work by the OIE's Scientific Commission
for Animal Diseases and Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission. The new
provisions are designed to limit restrictions on international trade while
maintaining its safety, by placing greater importance on zoning and
compartmentalisation procedures.
1.12. A new chapter on Taenia solium,
a type of tapeworm transmissible to humans via contaminated pig meat, was added
to the Terrestrial Code. This text constitutes
a considerable advance in terms of human health protection in many developing
countries.
1.13. A specific provision relating to atypical forms of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) was adopted. It is designed to minimise the impact of
their detection on the official disease status of the countries concerned, the
detection and reporting of atypical cases simply reflecting highly effective
surveillance systems.
1.1.2 Standards relating to aquatic animal diseases
1.14. Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is now one of the
diseases listed by the OIE, bringing to 118 the number of diseases included in
this list. AHPND is an emerging disease that can have devastating effects on
productivity in farmed shrimp, notably in Asia and Latin America.
1.15. A new chapter of recommendations for surface disinfection of
salmonid eggs was approved, and a chapter on the control of pathogenic agents
in aquatic animal feed was updated.
1.1.3 Standards relating to antimicrobial resistance and animal welfare
1.16. The OIE Delegates continued their work on the prevention of
antimicrobial resistance and were presented with a proposed update of two OIE Terrestrial Code chapters, namely national antimicrobial
resistance surveillance (Chapter 6.7.) and risk analysis for antimicrobial
resistance arising from the use of antimicrobials in animals (Chapter 6.10.).
The latter topic was also the subject of a new chapter of the Aquatic Code.
1.17. The OIE is constantly looking at ways to improve animal welfare. A
new chapter on the welfare of dairy cattle was added to the already wide range
of standards relating to welfare of terrestrial and aquatic animals, in
particular with regard to animal production systems.
1.18. Lastly, new terms were incorporated into the Terrestrial
Code, such as the definition of "biosecurity", an
increasingly important means of reducing the spread of certain epizootic
diseases, such as avian influenza and porcine epidemic diarrhoea. The
definition of this term was adopted unanimously by OIE member countries.
1.2 Rinderpest post-eradication phase
1.19. Following the adoption, in 2014, by the World Assembly of a legal
framework for the approval of facilities holding rinderpest virus-containing
material, developed jointly by the OIE and FAO, five facilities in four
countries were approved as "rinderpest holding facilities". This
approval was granted subsequent to on-site inspections carried out by OIE and
FAO teams of experts. Another institute that applied has yet to be inspected,
and is expected to be approved in May 2016.
1.3 Official OIE recognition of disease status and control programmes of
Member Countries
1.20. The status of member countries with respect to priority diseases was
examined with a view to granting official recognition. OIE member countries can
apply to be included in the list of countries with an officially recognised
status with regard to the following six priority diseases: BSE, foot and mouth
disease (FMD), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), African horse
sickness, peste des petits ruminants (PPR) and, since May 2014, classical swine
fever (CSF).
1.21. At this General Session, a number of new countries or zones of
countries obtained official recognition of their status:
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For the first
time, 23 countries were recognised as "free from CSF" in Europe, the
Americas, Asia and a zone in Brazil;
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Four new
countries were recognised as "free from PPR", as well as a zone in Namibia;
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Morocco was
recognised as "free from AHS";
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Six countries of
Europe were recognised as having a "negligible BSE risk";
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France was
recognised as "free from CBPP";
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The Philippines
was recognised as "FMD free where vaccination is not practised"; and
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New zones were
officially recognised as free from the disease, either with or without
vaccination, in Ecuador, Kazakhstan and Botswana.
1.22. In the case of FMD, South America has now almost completely achieved
the eradication of the disease, and, for the first time, a country of Eastern
Europe, Kazakhstan, has achieved an officially recognised FMD status for a part
of its territory.
1.23. Member countries can also apply for official OIE endorsement of
their national control programme for FMD, PPR and, from this year, CBPP.
Namibia, for example, gained official endorsement of its control programme for
CBPP. The OIE endorsed the national control programmes for FMD submitted by the
People's Republic of China, India, Namibia and Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
1.24. In total, more than 50 national applications for official
recognition of a given status or endorsement of a control programme were
presented for adoption by the World Assembly of Delegates.
1.25. The full list of countries and their recognised disease status for
AHS, BSE, CBPP, CSF, FMD, and PPR is attached in Annex 1.
1.4 Towards a world free from PPR
1.26. At the end of the OIE/FAO International Conference for the Control
and Eradication of PPR, held in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) in April 2015, a global
strategy was adopted. This strategy was elaborated within the OIE/FAO Global
Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases
(GF-TADs). The PPR eradication programmes will be modelled on the successful
strategy that resulted in the eradication of rinderpest in 2011, based on
global and regional coordination under the auspices of the OIE and FAO.
1.5 Quality of Veterinary Services
1.27. To improve animal health and welfare throughout the world, the OIE
constantly strives to help its member countries to strengthen the governance of
their animal health systems so that they can all comply with the standards of
quality adopted by the World Assembly. The Delegates of the OIE once again
repeated their commitment to strengthen the governance of Veterinary Services
in all countries and to implement the Resolutions adopted, if necessary with
recourse to the support programmes proposed by the OIE through its PVS Pathway,
including various programmes of evaluation, costing of required investments,
follow-up, modernisation of national veterinary legislation and capacity
building, such as twinning projects between laboratories, between veterinary
education establishments and between Veterinary Statutory Bodies.
1.28. The state of play of OIE members' engagement in the PVS Pathway can
be found in Annex 2.
1.29. The OIE reaffirmed its commitment to support traditional pastoral
systems as a factor for development, poverty alleviation and sustainable
management of land without crop production alternatives. Effective control of
animal diseases in pastoral areas is essential to safeguard the livestock
capital of vulnerable populations and preserve their unique know-how. A Global
Conference on safeguarding pastoralism is in preparation with OIE support.
1.6 OIE Scientific Network
1.30. A new global platform aimed at optimising the collection and
analysis of the genetic dynamics of animal pathogens is currently being
developed. This will allow major advances to be made in pathogen genotyping by
the OIE's global network of Reference Centres, with the results being stored in
a public database integrated into the OIE World Animal Health Information
System (WAHIS). This concept was unveiled at the Global Conference of OIE
Reference Centres at the end of 2014, which has already served to strengthen
the networking of the OIE's many Reference Centres.
1.31. This strong veterinary scientific network continues to grow and the
exchange of information between these Centres of excellence is proving decisive
for the successes achieved in terms of animal health surveillance around the
world. The OIE's scientific network has been further strengthened by five new
Reference Laboratories approved by all the Delegates, bringing the number of
official Centres of scientific excellence within the OIE's global network to
more than 300, located in nearly fifty countries on all five continents.
Annex 1
RESOLUTION No. 17
Recognition of the Foot and Mouth Disease Status of
Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 62nd eneral Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) established a procedure for
annually updating a List of Member Countries and zones recognised as free from
foot and mouth disease (FMD) according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial
Code),
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve official recognition and
maintenance of status for certain animal diseases, including FMD,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 16, which specified and updated the
financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official
recognition of disease status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in
the evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of Member Countries' or zonal
disease free status based on inaccurate information or untimely reporting to the
OIE Headquarters of changes in epidemiological status or other significant
events subsequent to the time of declaration of freedom from FMD,
THE
ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
1. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as FMD free where vaccination is not
practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.7. of the Terrestrial Code:
Albania
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Brunei
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican
Republic
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
Former Yug.
Rep.
of Macedonia
France
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lesotho
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia1
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of
America
Vanuatu
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Excluding Kosovo administered by the United Nations.
2. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as FMD free where vaccination is practised,
according to the provisions of Chapter 8.7. of the Terrestrial
Code:
Uruguay.
3. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries having FMD free zones[2]
where vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.7.
of the Terrestrial Code:
Argentina: one zone designated by
the Delegate of Argentina in a document addressed to the Director General in
January 2007;
the summer pasture zone in the Province of
San Juan as designated by the Delegate of Argentina in a document addressed to
the Director General in April 2011;
Patagonia Norte A as designated by the
Delegate of Argentina in a document addressed to the Director General in
October 2013;
Bolivia: one zone in the
Macro-region of the Altiplano designated by the Delegate of Bolivia in
documents addressed to the Director General in November 2011;
Botswana: four zones designated by
the Delegate of Botswana in documents addressed to the Director General in
August and November 2014 as follows:
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one zone
consisting of Zones 3c (Dukwi),
4b, 5, 6a, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12 and 13;
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one zone
consisting of Zone 3c
(Maitengwe);
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one zone covering
Zone 4a;
- one zone covering Zone 6b;
Brazil: State of Santa
Catarina designated by the Delegate of Brazil in a document addressed to the
Director General in February 2007;
Colombia: one zone designated by
the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in
November 1995 and in April 1996 (Area I - Northwest region of Chocó
Department);
one zone designated by the Delegate of
Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in January 2008 (Archipelago
de San Andrés and Providencia);
Ecuador: one zone consisting of
the insular territory of the Galapagos, as designated by the Delegate of
Ecuador in a document addressed to the Director General in August 2014;
Kazakhstan: one zone consisting of the
regions of Akmola, Aktobe, Atyrau, West Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kostanay,
Mangystau, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan, as designated by the Delegate of
Kazakhstan in a document addressed to the Director General in August 2014;
Malaysia: one zone covering the
provinces of Sabah and Sarawak as designated by the Delegate of Malaysia in a
document addressed to the Director General in December 2003
Moldova: one zone designated by
the Delegate of Moldova in a document addressed to the Director General in July
2008;
Namibia: one zone designated by
the Delegate of Namibia in a document addressed to the Director General in
February 1997;
Peru: one zone
consisting of three merged zones as designated by the Delegate of Peru in
documents addressed to the Director General in December 2004, in January 2007
and in August 2012;
South
Africa: one zone designated by the Delegate of South Africa in documents
addressed to the Director General in May 2005 and January 2014.
4. The Director General publish
the following List of Member Countries having FMD free zones[3]
where vaccination is practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.7. of
the Terrestrial Code:
Argentina: two separate zones designated by the
Delegate of Argentina in documents addressed to the Director General in March
2007 and October 2013, and in August 2010 and February 2014;
Bolivia: one zone consisting
of four merged zones covering the regions of Amazonas, Chaco, Chiquitania,
Valles and part of Altiplano as designated by the Delegate of Bolivia in
documents addressed to the Director General in January 2003 and March 2007, in
August 2010, in August 2012 and in October 2013 and February 2014;
Brazil: four separate
zones designated by the Delegate of Brazil in documents addressed to the
Director General as follows:
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one zone covering
the territory of State of Rio Grande do Sul (documentation of September 1997);
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one zone
consisting of State of Rondônia (documentation of December 2002), State of Acre
along with two adjacent municipalities of State of Amazonas (documentation of
March 2004) and an extension of this zone into the territory of State of
Amazonas (documentation of December 2010);
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one zone
consisting of three merged zones: one zone covering the middle southern part of
State of Pará (documentation of February 2007), States of Espírito Santo, Minas
Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Paraná,
São Paulo, parts of State of Bahia, parts of State of Tocantins (documentation
of May 2008), and the zone in State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of
July 2008); one zone located in States of Bahia and Tocantins (documentation of
December 2010); and one zone covering States of Alagoas, Ceará, Maranhão,
Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, and the northern region of State
of Pará (documentation of October 2013);
- one zone in State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of August
2010);
Colombia: one zone consisting of
five merged zones designated by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed
to the Director General in January 2003, in December 2004 (two zones), in
January 2007 and in January 2009;
Ecuador: one zone consisting of
the continental Ecuador, as designated by the Delegate of Ecuador in a document
addressed to the Director General in August 2014;
Paraguay: two separate zones
designated by the Delegate of Paraguay in documents addressed to the Director
General in March 2007 and August 2010;
Peru: one zone
consisting of the regions of Tumbes and parts of Piura and Cajamarca as
designated by the Delegate of Peru in a document addressed to the Director
General in August 2012;
Turkey: one zone as
designated by the Delegate of Turkey in a document addressed to the Director
General in November 2009.
AND
5. The Delegates of these Member Countries
shall immediately notify the OIE Headquarters if FMD occurs in their countries
or zones within their territories.
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May 2015)
RESOLUTION No. 18
Endorsement of Official Control Programmes for Foot and
Mouth Disease
of Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 79th General Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) adopted Resolution No. 19
establishing a new step in the procedure for recognising the foot and mouth
disease (FMD) status of a Member Country, namely the endorsement by the OIE of
a national official control programme for FMD being in compliance with the
provisions of the chapter on FMD in the Terrestrial Animal Health
Code (Terrestrial Code),
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve endorsement of their
official control programme for FMD,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 16, which specified and updated the
financial implications for Member Countries applying for endorsement of their
official control programme for FMD to meet part of the costs defrayed by the
OIE in the evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of the endorsement of Member
Countries' official control programme for FMD based on inaccurate information
or non-reporting to the OIE Headquarters of significant changes in the
implementation of relevant measures in the Member Country subsequent to the
time of endorsement of the official control programme for FMD,
THE ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
The
Director General publish the following List of Member Countries with endorsed
official control programme for FMD, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.7.
of the Terrestrial Code:
Algeria, Bolivia, China (People's Rep. of), Ecuador, India, Morocco,
Namibia and Venezuela.
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May
2015)
RESOLUTION No. 19
Recognition of the Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
Status of Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 71st General Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) established a procedure for
annually updating a List of Member Countries and zones, recognised as free from
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial
Code),
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve official recognition and
maintenance of status for certain diseases, including CBPP,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 16, which specified and updated the
financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official
recognition of disease status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in
the evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of Member Countries' or zonal
disease free status based on inaccurate information or untimely reporting to
the OIE Headquarters of changes in epidemiological status or other significant
events subsequent to the time of declaration of freedom from CBPP,
THE
ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
1. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as free from CBPP according to the
provisions of the Chapter 11.7. of the Terrestrial Code:
Argentina
Australia
Botswana
Canada
China (People's Republic of)
France
India
Portugal
Singapore
Switzerland
United States of America
AND
2. The Delegates of these Member Countries
shall immediately notify the OIE Headquarters if CBPP occurs in their countries
or their territories.
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May
2015)
RESOLUTION No. 20
Endorsement of Official Control Programmes for
Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia of Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 82nd General Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) adopted Resolution No. 31
establishing the endorsement by the OIE of a national official control
programme for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), in accordance to the
relevant provisions of the chapter on CBPP in the Terrestrial
Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code),
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve endorsement of their
official control programme for CBPP,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly also adopted Resolution No. 16, which specified the financial
implications for Member Countries applying for endorsement of their official
control programme for CBPP to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in the
evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of the endorsement of Member
Countries' official control programme for CBPP based on inaccurate information
or non-reporting to the OIE Headquarters of significant changes in the implementation
of relevant measures in the Member Country subsequent to the time of
endorsement of the official control programme for CBPP,
THE
ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
The
Director General publish the following List of Member Countries with endorsed
official control programme for CBPP, according to the provisions of Chapter
11.7. of the Terrestrial Code:
Namibia.
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May
2015)
RESOLUTION No. 21
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Risk Status
of Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 67th General Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) established a procedure for
annually updating a List of Member Countries and zones, categorised by their
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial
Code),
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve official recognition and
maintenance of status of certain diseases, including BSE risk status,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 16, which specified and updated the
financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official
recognition of BSE risk status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in
the evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of Member Countries' or zonal risk
status based on inaccurate information or untimely reporting to the OIE Headquarters
of changes in epidemiological status or other significant events subsequent to
the time of declaration of the BSE risk status,
THE
ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
1. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as having a negligible BSE risk in
accordance with Chapter 11.4. of the Terrestrial Code:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea (Rep. of)
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
United States of
America
Uruguay
2. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as having a controlled BSE risk in
accordance with Chapter 11.4. of the Terrestrial Code:
Canada
Chinese
Taipei
Costa Rica
Germany
Greece
Lithuania
Mexico
Nicaragua
Poland
Spain
United Kingdom
3. The Director General publish
the following List of Member Countries having a zone[4]
recognised as having a negligible BSE risk in accordance with Chapter 11.4. of
the Terrestrial Code:
China (People's Rep. of): a zone designated by the
Delegate of China in a document addressed to the Director General in November
2013, consisting of the People's Republic of China with the exclusion of Hong
Kong and Macau.
AND
4. The Delegates of these Member Countries
shall immediately notify the OIE Headquarters if BSE occurs in their countries
or their territories.
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May
2015)
RESOLUTION No. 22
Recognition of the African Horse Sickness Status of
Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 80th General Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) adopted Resolution No. 19,
which amended the chapter of the Terrestrial Animal Health
Code (Terrestrial Code) on African
horse sickness (AHS). These standards provide a pathway for Member Countries or
zones to be recognised by the OIE as free from AHS,
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve official recognition and
maintenance of status for certain animal diseases, including AHS,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 16, which specified and updated the
financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official
recognition of disease status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in
the evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of Member Countries' or zonal
disease free status based on inaccurate information or untimely reporting to
the OIE Headquarters of changes in epidemiological status or other significant
events subsequent to the time of declaration of freedom from AHS,
THE
ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
1. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as AHS free according to the provisions of
Chapter 12.1. of the Terrestrial Code:
Algeria
Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China (People's
Rep. of)
Chinese Taipei
Colombia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Estonia
Finland
Former Yug.
Rep.
of Macedonia
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea (Rep. of)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Mexico
Morocco
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab
Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of
America
Uruguay
AND
2. The Delegates of these Member Countries
shall immediately notify the OIE Headquarters if AHS occurs in their countries
or their territories.
_______________
(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May
2015)
RESOLUTION No. 23
Recognition of the Peste des Petits Ruminants Status of
Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 81st General Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) adopted Resolution No. 29,
which amended the chapter of the Terrestrial Animal Health
Code (Terrestrial Code) on peste des
petits ruminants (PPR). These standards provide a pathway for Member Countries
or zones to be recognised by the OIE as free from PPR,
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve official recognition and
maintenance of status for certain animal diseases, including PPR,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 16 which specified and updated the financial
implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official
recognition of disease status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in
the evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of Member Countries' or zonal
disease free status based on inaccurate information or untimely reporting to
the OIE Headquarters of changes in epidemiological status or other significant
events subsequent to the time of declaration of freedom from PPR,
THE
ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
1. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as PPR free according to the provisions of
Chapter 14.7. of the Terrestrial Code:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Chinese
Taipei
Colombia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Korea (Rep. of)
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Norway
Paraguay
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States of
America
2. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries having a PPR free zone[5]
according to the provisions of Chapter 14.7. of the Terrestrial
Code:
Namibia: one zone located south
to the Veterinary Cordon Fence, designated by the Delegate of Namibia in a
document addressed to the Director General in November 2014.
AND
3. The Delegates of these
Member Countries shall immediately notify the OIE Headquarters if PPR occurs in
their countries or their territories.
_______________
(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May
2015)
RESOLUTION No. 24
Recognition of the Classical Swine Fever Status of
Member Countries
CONSIDERING
THAT
1. During the 81st General Session,
the OIE World Assembly of Delegates (the Assembly) adopted Resolution No. 29,
which amended the chapter of the Terrestrial Animal Health
Code (Terrestrial Code) on classical
swine fever (CSF). These standards provide a pathway for Member Countries or
zones to be recognised by the OIE as free from CSF,
2. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 15, which specified and updated the
procedure for Member Countries to follow to achieve official recognition and
maintenance of status for certain animal diseases, including CSF,
3. During the 83rd General Session,
the Assembly adopted Resolution No. 16 which specified and updated the
financial implications for Member Countries applying for evaluation of official
recognition of disease status to meet part of the costs defrayed by the OIE in
the evaluation process,
4. Information published by the OIE is derived
from declarations made by the OIE Delegates of Member Countries. The OIE is not
responsible for publication and maintenance of Member Countries' or zonal
disease free status based on inaccurate information or untimely reporting to
the OIE Headquarters of changes in epidemiological status or other significant
events subsequent to the time of declaration of freedom from CSF,
THE
ASSEMBLY
RESOLVES
THAT
1. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries recognised as CSF free according to the provisions of
Chapter 15.2. of the Terrestrial Code:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Chile
Finland
France
Hungary
Ireland
Japan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States of
America
2. The Director General publish the following
List of Member Countries having a CSF free zone[6],
according to the provisions of Chapter 15.2. of the Terrestrial
Code:
Brazil: one zone composed
of the States of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina as designated by the
Delegate of Brazil in a document addressed to the Director General in September
2014.
AND
3. The Delegates of these Member Countries
shall immediately notify the OIE Headquarters if CSF occurs in their countries
or their territories.
_______________
(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates
of the OIE on 26 May 2015
in view of an entry into force on 30 May
2015)
Annex 2
A summary of progress on PVS Pathway evaluations
PVS Evaluation missions: State of play (18 May
2015)
|
|
OIE members
|
PVS Evaluation requests
received
|
PVS Evaluation missions
implemented
|
Reports available for
(restricted) distribution to Donors and Partners
|
|
Africa
|
54
|
53
|
51
|
42
|
|
Americas
|
29
|
25
|
23
|
19
|
|
Asia, the Far East and Oceania
|
32
|
24
|
22
|
11
|
|
Europe
|
53
|
18
|
16
|
11
|
|
Middle East
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
6
|
|
TOTAL
|
180
|
133
|
123
|
89
|
PVS Gap Analysis: State of play (18 May 2015)
|
|
OIE members
|
PVS Gap Analysis requests
received
|
PVS Gap Analysis missions
implemented
|
Reports available for
(restricted) distribution to Donors and Partners
|
|
Africa
|
54
|
46
|
43
|
26
|
|
Americas
|
29
|
15
|
12
|
9
|
|
Asia, the Far East and Oceania
|
32
|
18
|
13
|
7
|
|
Europe
|
53
|
9
|
8
|
3
|
|
Middle East
|
12
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
|
TOTAL
|
180
|
96
|
80
|
45
|
Veterinary Legislation: State of play (18 May 2015)
|
|
OIE members
|
PVS Legislation mission
requests received
|
PVS Legislation missions
implemented
|
|
Africa
|
54
|
40
|
24
|
|
Americas
|
29
|
7
|
6
|
|
Asia, the Far East and Oceania
|
32
|
6
|
6
|
|
Europe
|
53
|
5
|
3
|
|
Middle East
|
12
|
4
|
4
|
|
TOTAL
|
180
|
62
|
43
|
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[2] For detailed information on the delimitation of zones of Member
Countries recognised as FMD free, enquiries should be addressed to the Director
General of the OIE.
[3] For detailed information on the delimitation of zones of Member
Countries recognised as FMD free, enquiries should be addressed to the Director
General of the OIE.
[4] For detailed information on the delimitation of the zone of the
Member Country recognised as having a negligible BSE risk, enquiries should be
addressed to the Director General of the OIE.
[5] For detailed information on the delimitation of the zone of the Member
Country recognised as PPR free, enquiries should be addressed to the Director
General of the OIE.
[6] For detailed information on the delimitation of the zone of the Member
Country recognised as CSF free, enquiries should be addressed to the Director
General of the OIE.