G/SPS/GEN/1277  
 
8 October 2013  
(13-5442)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French/Spanish  
 
 OIE UPDATE TO THE 58TH MEETING OF THE SPS COMMITTEE 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH (OIE) 
The following communication, received on 7 October 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
OIE. 
 
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 The OIE is pleased to provide this update to the 58
th meeting of the SPS Committee. The report 
summarises key developments in the OIE standard-setting work programme, with a focus on the 
September 2013 meeting of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission (Code 
Commission). The report of the Code Commission meeting will be available on the OIE website 
shortly. Key topics addressed at that meeting include: 
1  CRITERIA FOR LISTING DISEASES 
1.  There was an extensive discussion during the OIE General Session in May 2013 with respect to 
delisting of vesicular stomatitis and swine vesicular disease from the OIE list. The OIE invited its 
member countries to provide their comments with relevant scientific rationale for retaining or 
removing these diseases from the OIE list. Reviewing the member comments submitted, the Code Commission proposed at the September meeting that these two diseases be delisted. The proposal will be sent to OIE member countries for comment. 
2  ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE  
2.  Considering the increasing importance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animal health and 
public health, OIE continues to tackle the issue under its mandates. Updating the OIE standards on 
AMR is an important ongoing role for the OIE. Four out of five chapters in the OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Standards dedicated to AMR have already undergone major revision and been 
adopted by the OIE member countries. The remaining chapter, which provides for risk analysis 
standards, was updated by experts. The Code  Commission decided to circulate the updated 
chapter for member comments with an aim to ad opt the chapter at the OIE General Session in 
May 2014. 
3  CONTAGIOUS BOVINE PLEUROPNEUMONIA (CBPP) 
3.  In addition to official recognition for dise ase status of certain important animal diseases 
(African horse sickness, Bovine spongiform enceph alopathy, Classical swine fever, CBPP, foot and 
mouth disease (FMD), and peste des petits ruminants (PPR)), the OIE provides its endorsement for 
national control programme for FMD and PPR with a view to support national efforts to eradicate 
these diseases. In response to member country requests, the OIE proposed to offer its endorsement for national CBPP control programmes.  Necessary amendments were introduced in 
the CBPP chapter and are being circulated for member country comments before being presented 
for adoption at the 2014 OIE General Session. 
4  INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT OF COMPETITION HORSES  
4.  In light of the growing need for facilitating  temporary international movement of competition 
horses with effective management of the risk of disease spread, the OIE developed, in close G/SPS/GEN/1277 
 
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  collaboration with relevant international organizations of this industry, draft standards for 
establishing a horse subpopulation with high health status. These proposed standards are based on the concepts of compartmentalisation and animal identification, both of which have already been incorporated in the OIE standards. The draft text is to be circulated for OIE member country 
review. 
5  OIE CAPACITY-BUILDING: PVS PATHWAY 5.  The OIE continues its global initiative to support member countries wishing to comply with 
quality standards of national Veterinary Services and Aquatic Animal Health Services (AAHS) by 
following the PVS Pathway. A summary of progress on PVS Pathway missions is attached as Annex. 
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  ANNEX 
A SUMMARY OF PROGRESS ON PVS PATHWAY EVALUATIONS 
PVS Evaluation missions: Stat e of play (12 August 2013) 
 OIE members PVS Evaluation 
requests 
received PVS Evaluation 
missions 
implemented Reports 
available for 
(restricted) 
distribution to 
Donors and 
Partners 
Africa 52 53 50 38 
Americas 29 25 22 18 
Asia, the Far East 
and Oceania 32 19 18 11 
Europe 53 16 16 12 
Middle East 12 12 11 5 
TOTAL 178 125 117 84 
 
PVS Gap Analysis: State of play (12 August 2013) 
 OIE members PVS Gap 
Analysis 
requests 
received PVS Gap 
Analysis 
missions 
implemented Reports 
available for 
(restricted) 
distribution to 
Donors and 
Partners 
Africa 52 43 36 21 
Americas 29 15 10 10 
Asia, the Far East 
and Oceania 32 15 11 7 
Europe 53 8 6 2 
Middle East 12 8 4 0 
TOTAL 178 89 67 40 
 
Veterinary Legislation: Stat e of play (12 August 2013) 
 OIE members PVS Legislation 
mission requests 
received PVS Legislation 
missions 
implemented 
Africa 52 27 17 
Americas 29 7 4 
Asia, the Far East and 
Oceania 32 5 5 
Europe 53 3 2 
Middle East 12 4 4 
TOTAL 178 46 32 
 
 
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