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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/328 
19 June 2002 
 (02-3414) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
                 French/  Spanish 
 
   
INTERNATIONAL MEETING  SCHEDULE IN 2002: 
 
PARTICIPATION OF THE OFFICE INTERNATIONAL  
DES EPIZOOTIES (OIE) 
   
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  As of 6 June 
Month Name of the meeting Date Place 
OIE Ad hoc Group for Evaluation of Country Submissions for 
Recognition as Complying with the International Animal Health 
Code as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Free 7-9 OIE headquarters (France) 
Interagency Group (WTO1, OIE, WHO2, Codex Alimentarius, 
IPPC3, FAO4 and the World Bank) Meeting 11 Geneva (Switzerland) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on the Hypo thetical Presence of BSE in 
Sheep and Goats 14-16  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 Epizootics 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) 
SPS5 Seminar 3-5 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 
Tripartite Group FAO/OIE/WTO Meeting 5-6 Roma (Italy) 
Meeting on the Foot and Mouth Disease Control Programme in 
Caucasus 7 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 Yugoslavia  13-15 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 Countries 25-26 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)  
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OIE Regional Commissi on 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 TBT6 Committee 14-15 Geneva (Switzerland) 
WTO SPS7 Committee  20-21 Geneva (Switzerland) March 
 
Multi-Agency Task Force Meeting (CGIAR8, FAO, the World 
Bank) 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 analysis 9-11 Teramo (Italy) 
PACE9 Meeting 10-12 Bamako (Mali) 
Conference of Chiefs of Veterinary Services of CIS10 and Baltic 
countries and representatives of  the OIE Regional Commission 
for Europe  16-19 Vilnius (Lithuania) 
OIE Ad hoc Group on Food Safety 18-19 OIE headquarters (France) April 
27th General Assembly of AOAD11 28-30 Abu Dhabi (the United Arab 
Emirates) 
Workshop on the Surveillance and Control of the main Epizootics in the Middle East  4-7 Cairo (Egypt) 
Administrative Commission 23-24 OIE headquarters (France) 
OIE Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics 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 Summit 10-13 Rome (Italy) 
2nd Meeting of the Commonwealth Veterinary Association 13-15 Cyprus 
Codex Committee on Animal Feeding  17-20 Copenhagen (Denmark) 
OIE Fish Diseases Commission 24-28 OIE headquarters (France) 
WTO SPS Committee 25-26 Geneva (Switzerland) June 
Seminar on Fulfilment of the Th ird OIE Strategic Plan one year 
after its implementation 24-29 Teramo (Italy)  
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OIE International Animal Health Code Commission 1-5 OIE headquarters (France) July 
OIE Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics Commission 2-4 OIE headquarters (France) 
August    
Ad hoc Group for evaluation of country submissions for 
recognition as complying with the OIE International Animal 
Health Code as BSE free 4-6 OIE headquarters (France)  
OIE Regional Commission for Europe (20th Conference) 10-13 Helsinki (Finland) 
OIE Standards Commission 25-27 OIE headquarters (France) 
World Veterinary Congress 25-29 Tunis (Tunisia) September 
Conference of Balkan Black Sea Veterinary Association 
(BaBSea VA)  25-29 Tunis (Tunisia) 
Workshop on Role of National Veterinary Services in Free 
Customs Zones in East European Countries & Regional 
Conference of CIS Countries  7-10 Bakou (Azerbaijan) October 
Training Course on Risk Analysis 19-25 Teramo (Italy) 
WTO SPS Committee 7-8 Geneva (Switzerland) 
Ad hoc group on carcasses di sposal. Undecided Undecided 
FAO/OIE/EC12 Conference on the Control of FMD in Caucasus 5 OIE headquarters (France) 
18th Pan-American Congress of Veterinary Sciences 18-22 Havana(Cuba) November 
OIE Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics Commission 25-29 Pan Aftosa Laboratory (Brazil) 
OIE International Animal Health Code Commission November25-5 Pan Aftosa Laboratory (Brazil) 
OIE Fish Diseases Commission 9-13 OIE headquarters (France) December 
OIE Working Group on Biotechnology 3-4 OIE headquarters (France) 
January 2003 OIE Standards Commission 15-17 OIE headquarters (France) 
 
                                                      
1 WTO = World Trade Organization 
2 WHO = World Health Organization 
3 IPPC =  International Plant Protection Convention  
4 FAO =  Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nations 
5 SPS Agreement =  Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phyt osanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization 
6 TBT Committee = Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade of the World Trade Organization 
7 SPS Committee = Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanit ary Measures of the World Trade Organization 
8 CGIAR = Consultative Group on Inte rnational Agricultural Research 
9 PACE = Pan-African Contro l of Epizootics Programme  
10 CIS = Commonwealth of  Independent States  
11 AOAD = Arab Organization for Agricultural Development 
12 EC = European Commission 
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