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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/305
12 March 2002
(02-1260)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French/
Spanish
INTERNATIONAL MEETING SCHEDULE IN 2002:
PARTICIPATION OF THE OFFICE INTERNATIONAL
DES EPIZOOTIES (OIE)G/SPS/GEN/305
Page 2 As of 6 March
Month Name of the meeting Date Place
Ad hoc Group for Evaluation of Country Submissions for
Recognition as Complying with the International AnimalHealth Code as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Free7-9 OIE headquarters (France)
Interagency Group 11 Geneva (Switzerland)
Ad hoc Group on the Hypothetical Presence of BSE in
Sheep and Goats14-16 OIE headquarters (France)
Fish Diseases Commission 14-17 OIE headquarters (France)
International Animal Health Code Commission 16-25 OIE headquarters (France)
Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics
Commission21-25 OIE headquarters (France)
Seminar on Health Surveillance and Emerging Diseases 28-31 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Global Forum of Food Safety Regulators 28-30 Marrakech (Morocco)January
Standards Commission 29-1 February OIE headquarters (France)
SPS Seminar 3-5 Abu Dhabi (United Arab
Emirates)
FAO/OIE/EC Conference 5-8 Rome (Italy)
Tripartite Group FAO/OIE/WTO Meeting 5-6 Rome (Italy)
Meeting on the Foot and Mouth Disease Control
Programme in Caucasia7 Rome (Italy)
Ad hoc Group on Rift Valley Fever 11-13 OIE headquarters (France)
Conference on the Organisation and Competence of
Veterinary Services in the FRY13-15 Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
International Dairy Federation (IDF) Meeting 18 Milan (Italy)
Wildlife Working Group 18-20 OIE headquarters (France)
Codex Committee on Meat and Poultry Hygiene (8th
Session)18-22 Wellington (New Zealand)
Round Table Exploring Closer Co-operation between the
EU and Developing Countries25-26 London (England)February
FAO/WHO Pan-European Conference on Food Safety
and Quality25-28 Budapest (Hungary)
Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection
and Certification Systems (10th Session)25-1 March Brisbane (Australia)
Administrative Commission 27-1 March OIE headquarters (France)G/SPS/GEN/305
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OIE Regional Commission for the Americas
(16th Conference)5-8 Puerto Montt (Chile)
SPS Seminar 4-6 Tallinn (Estonia)
OIE Sub-Commission for FMD in South-East Asia
(8th Meeting)4-8 Penang (Malaysia)
International Conference on Food Safety Control in
Russia11-14 Moscow (Russia)
WTO Committee on Technical Barriers To Trade 14-15 Geneva (Switzerland)
Internal Seminar of the Central Bureau 20-21 Geneva (Switzerland)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 19-21 Geneva (Switzerland)March
Multi-Agency Task Force Meeting (CGIAR1, FAO, the
World Bank)26-28 OIE headquarters (France)
International Conference on Infectious Diseases 3-5 Yugoslavia
PACE2 Meeting 9-11 Bamako (Mali)April
Regional Conference of CIS countries 16-19 Vilnius (Lithuania)
May Administrative Commission and 70th General Session of
the OIE International Committee22-31 OIE headquarters (France)
International Conference on Animal Diseases (at the same
time as the World Food Summit)FAO headquarters (Italy)
Standards Commission 12-14 OIE headquarters (France)
Fish Diseases Commission 17-20 OIE headquarters (France)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 19-20 Geneva (Switzerland)
Ad hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Animal Feeding
(3rd Session)17-20 Copenhagen (Denmark)
International Animal Health Code Commission 24-28 OIE headquarters (France)
Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics
Commission24-28 OIE headquarters (France)June
Seminar on Fulfilment of the Third OIE Strategic Plan 24-29 Teramo (Italy)
July
August
OIE Regional Commission for Europe (20th Conference) 10-13 Kuusamo (Finland)
World Veterinary Congress 25-29 Tunis (Tunisia)September
Conference of Balkan Black Sea Veterinary Association
(BaBSea VA)25-29 Tunis (Tunisia)G/SPS/GEN/305
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Seminar on Role of National Veterinary Services in Free
Customs Zones in East European Countries & Regional
Conference of CIS Countries7-10 Bakou (Azerbaijan)
Training Course on the Analysis 19-25 Teramo (Italy)October
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 23-24 Geneva (Switzerland)
November Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics
Commission25-29 OIE headquarters (France)
International Animal Health Code Commission 27-6 December OIE headquarters (France)
Fish Diseases Commission 2-5 OIE headquarters (France)
Working Group on Biotechnology 3-4 OIE headquarters (France)December
Standards Commission 9-11 OIE headquarters (France)
1 CGIAR: Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
2 PACE: Pan-African Control of Epizootics Programme
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