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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/351
28 October 2002
(02-5908)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
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Spanish
INTERNATIONAL MEETING SCHEDULE IN 2002 AND 2003:
PARTICIPATION OF THE OFFICE INTERNATIONAL
DES EPIZOOTIES (OIE)G/SPS/GEN/351
Page 2 International Meeting Schedule in 2002 and 2003: Participation by the OIE
As of 22 October
Month Name of the meeting Date Place
OIE Ad hoc Group for evaluation of country submissions for
Recognition as complying with the OIE Animal Health Code as
BSE free7-9 OIE headquarters (France)
Interagency Group (WTO1, OIE, WHO2, Codex Alimentarius,
IPPC3, FAO4 and WB5) meeting11 Geneva (Switzerland)
OIE Ad hoc Group on the Hypothetical Presence of BSE in Sheep
and Goats14-16 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Fish Diseases Commission 14-17 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE International Animal Health Code Commission 16-25 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizoo tics Commission 21-25 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
OIE Standards Commission 29-1 February OIE headquarters (France)
SPS Seminar 3-5 Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
Tripartite Group FAO/OIE/WTO Meeting 5-6 Roma (Italy)
Meeting on the Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme in
Caucasia7 Roma (Italy)
OIE Ad hoc Group on Rift Valley Fever 11-13 OIE headquarters (France)
Conference on the Organisation and Competence of Veterinary
Services in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia13-15 Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
International Dairy Federation (IDF) 18 Milan (Italy)
OIE Wildlife Disease 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)
FAO/WHO Pan-European Conference on Food Safety and Quality 25-28 Budapest (Hungary)
Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and
Certification Systems (10th Session)25-1 March Brisbane (Australia)February
OIE Administrative Commission 27-1 March OIE headquarters (France)G/SPS/GEN/351
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OIE Regional Commission for the Americas
(16th Conference)5-8 Puerto Montt (Chile)
SPS Seminar 4-6 Tallin (Estonia)
OIE Sub-Commission for FMD in South-East Asia
(8th Meeting)4-8 Penang (Malaysia)
International Conference on Food Safety Control in Russia 11-14 Moscow (Russia)
WTO TBT Committee 14-15 Geneva (Switzerland)
WTO SPS Committee 20-21 Geneva (Switzerland)March
Multi-Agency Task Force Meeting (CGIAR6, FAO, WB) 26-28 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Ad hoc Group on Animal Welfare 2-4 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Ad hoc Group for the preparation of a handbook on import risk
analysis9-11 Teramo (Italy)
PACE7 Meeting 10-12 Bamako (Mali)
Conference of Chiefs of Veterinary Services of CIS8 and Baltic
countries and representatives of the OIE Regional Commission forEurope16-19 Vilnius (Lithuania)
OIE Ad hoc Group on Food Safety 18-19 OIE headquarters (France)April
27th General Assembly of AOAD928-30 Abu Dhabi (the United Arab Emirates)
Workshop on the Surveillance and Control of the main Epizootics
in the Middle East4-7 Cairo (Egypt)
IPPC Standards Committee 13-17 Rome (Italy)
OIE Administrative Commission 23-24 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootic s Commission 25-26 and 31 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE International Animal Health Code Commission 25 OIE headquarters (France)May
70th General Session of the OIE International Committee 25-31 OIE headquarters (France)
International Symposium on FMD Control Strategies 2-5 Lyon (France)
FAO-OIE meeting on foot and mouth disease during World Food
Summit10-13 Rome (Italy)
2nd Meeting of the Commonwealth Veterinary Association 13-15 Cyprus
3rd Session of the Ad hoc Intergovernmental CODEX Task Force
on Animal Feeding17-20 Copenhagen (Denmark)
OIE Fish Diseases Commission 24-28 OIE headquarters (France)
WTO SPS Committee 25-26 Geneva (Switzerland)June
Seminar on Fulfilment of the Third OIE Strategic Plan after one
year in Eastern European countries24-29 Teramo (Italy)G/SPS/GEN/351
Page 4Month Name of the meeting Date Place
Bureau of the OIE International Animal Health  Code Commission 1-5 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics Commission 2-4 OIE headquarters (France)
SPS Seminar 2-6 Lusaka (Zambia)July
ASEM10/TFAP11 Workshop 8-10 Noordwijk (Netherlands)
August World Buiatrics Congress 21-23 Hanover (Germany)
Ad hoc Group for evaluation of country submissions for
recognition as complying with th e OIE International Animal Health
Code as BSE free2-4 OIE headquarters (France)
SPS Workshop 2-6 Moscow (Russia)
Ad hoc Group on antimicrobial resistance 5-6 OIE headquarters (France)
Interagency meeting on biosecurity in food and agriculture 9-10 Rome (Italy)
OIE Regional Commission for Europe (20th Conference) 10-13 Kuusamo (Finland)
International Symposium - Vaccines for OIE List A and Emerging
Animal Diseases16-17 Ames (USA)
Codex Taskforce on export certificate for milk and milk products 20 Paris (France)
Ad hoc Group on brucellosis 23-25 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Standards Commission 25-27 OIE headquarters (France)
World Veterinary Congress 25-29 Tunis (Tunisia)
Conference of Balkan Black Sea Veterinary Association (BaBSea
VA)25-29 Tunis (Tunisia)
OIE/FAO/WB Seminar on the Organization of Veterinary Service 27-28 Tunis (Tunisia)
SPS Workshop 30-October 1 Tunis (Tunisia)September
GREP12/EMPRES1330-October 4 Rome (Italy)
Ad hoc group on Nonstructural Protein Tests for Foot and Mouth
Disease diagnosis2-4 OIE headquarters (France)
Workshop on Role of National Veterinary Services in Free
Customs Zones in East European Countries & Regional Conference
of CIS Countries7-10 Bakou (Azerbaijan)
OIE Working Group on Animal Welfare 16-18 OIE headquarters (France)
OECD Seminar on the quality of health and international trade 22-23 OIE headquarters (France)
Ad hoc Group on BSE 23-25 OIE headquarters (France)October
Ad hoc Group on Avian Influenza 29-31 OIE headquarters (France)G/SPS/GEN/351
Page 5Month Name of the meeting Date Place
Ad hoc Group on boundary animal diseases 4 OIE headquarters (France)
FAO/OIE/EC14Conference on the Control of FMD in Causasus 5 OIE headquarters (France)
WTO SPS Committee   6-8 Geneva (Switzerland)
Ad hoc Group on carcass disposal 6-8 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Working Group on Animal Production Food Safety 18-20 OIE headquarters (France)
18th Pan-American Congress of Veterinary Sciences 18-22 Havana (Cuba)
OIE Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics Commission 25-29 Panaftosa Laboratory (Brazil)November
OIE International Animal Health Code Commissi on 25-December 5 Panaftosa Laboratory (Brazil)
2nd conference of EUROVET on challenge to Food Safety and the
enlargement of the European Union12-13 OIE headquarters (France) December
OIE mediation meeting on avian influenza for Japan-USA 19-20 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Fish Diseases Commission 6-14 OIE headquarters (France)
OIE Standards Commission 14-17 OIE headquarters (France)January 2003
OIE Workshop on Risk Analysis 18-23 Teramo (Italy)
OIE Regional Commission for Africa (15t h Conference) 18-21 Maputo (Mozambique) February 2003
OIE Wildlife diseases Working Group 17-19 OIE headquarters (France)
April 2003 UFAW15 Symposium 2-4 Edinburgh
OIE International Animal Health Code Commission undecided OIE headquarters (France) May 2003
71th General Session of the OIE International Committee 18-23 OIE headquarters (France)
June 2003 Bureau of OIE International Animal H ealth Code Commission 23-27 OIE headquarters (France)
1WTO = World Trade Organization.
2WHO = World Health Organization.
3IPPC = International Plant Protection Convention.
4FAO = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
5WB = World Bank.
6CGIAR = Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.
7PACE= Pan-African Control of Epizootics Programme.
8CIS = Commonwealth of Independent States.
9AOAD = Arab Organization for Agricultural Development.
10ASEM = the Asia-Europe Meeting.
11TFAP = Trade Facilitation Action Plan.
12GREP = Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme.
13EMPRES = Emergency Prevency Prevention System.
15UFAW = The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.
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