G/SPS/GEN/1427  
 
3 July 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French/Spanish  
 
 63RD MEETING OF THE SPS COMMITTEE 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE WORLD ORGA NISATION 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 63
rd 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 th e 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 Austra lia, as the new Vice-President of the Council. 
1.5.  One of the OIE's key missions is to ensure tr ansparency 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 nation al 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 83
rd General Session is available on the OIE website 
(http://www.oie.int/en/about-us/final-reports-of-t he-general-session-of-the-oie-international-
committee/ ). G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  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:  
 the revision of 18 Chapters and the addition of three new Chapters in the OIE Terrestrial 
Code; and 
 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 ag ents in aquatic animal feed was updated. 
1.1.3  Standards relating to antimicr obial 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 wi de 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. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  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 co untries or zones of countries obtained official 
recognition of their status:  
 For the first time, 23 countries were recognised as "free from CSF" in Europe, the 
Americas, Asia and a zone in Brazil; 
 Four new countries were recognised as "free from PPR", as well as a zone in Namibia; 
 Morocco was recognised as "free from AHS"; 
 Six countries of Europe were recognised as having a "negligible BSE risk"; 
 France was recognised as "free from CBPP"; 
 The Philippines was recognised as "FMD free where vaccination is not practised"; and 
 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 no w 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 offi cial 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 Framewor k 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 ri nderpest in 2011, based on global and regional 
coordination under the auspices of the OIE and FAO. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  1.5  Quality of Veterinary Services 
1.27.  To improve animal health and welfare thro ughout 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, su ch 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 de veloped. 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 co ntinues to grow and the exchange of information 
between these Centres of excellence is proving de cisive 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. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  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 diseas e (FMD) according to the provisions of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code  (Terrestrial Code ), 
2. During the 83
rd 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 83
rd 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 Li st 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 Serbia
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Singapore 
Slovakia 
Slovenia Spain 
Swaziland 
Sweden Switzerland 
Ukraine 
United Kingdom United States of  America 
Vanuatu
 
1 Excluding Kosovo administered by the United Nations. 
 
2. The Director General publish the following Li st of Member Countries recognised as FMD free 
where vaccination is practised, according to  the provisions of Chapter 8.7. of the Terrestrial 
Code: 
Uruguay. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  3. The Director General publish the following List of Member Countries having FMD free zones2 
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 th e 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: 
 one zone consisting of Zones 3c (Dukwi ), 4b, 5, 6a, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13; 
 one zone consisting of Zone 3c (Maitengwe);  
 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 Delega te 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. 
                                               
2 For detailed information on the delimitation of zones of Member Countries recognised as FMD free, 
enquiries should be addressed to the Director Gene ral of the OIE. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  4. The Director General publish the following List of Member Countries having FMD free zones3 
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:  
 one zone covering the territory of State of Rio Grande do Sul 
(documentation of September 1997); 
 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);  
 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 merg ed 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 continen tal 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 Delega te 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)
                                               
3 For detailed information on the delimitation of zones of Member Countries recognised as FMD free, 
enquiries should be addressed to the Director Gene ral of the OIE. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  RESOLUTION NO. 18 
ENDORSEMENT OF OFFICIAL CONTROL PROG RAMMES FOR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 
OF MEMBER COUNTRIES 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 79th General Session, the OIE World Asse mbly 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 83
rd 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 
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  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 83
rd 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 83
rd 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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  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 Asse mbly of Delegates (the Assembly) 
adopted Resolution No. 31 establishing the endo rsement 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 pa rt 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 
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  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 Asse mbly of Delegates (the Assembly) 
established a procedure for annually updating a List of Member Countries and zones, categorised by their bovine spongiform encephal opathy (BSE) risk according to the provisions 
of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code  (Terrestrial Code ),  
2. During the 83
rd 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 83
rd 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 accordan ce 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 
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  3. The Director General publish the following List of Member Countries having a zone4 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)
                                               
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. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  RESOLUTION NO. 22 
RECOGNITION OF THE AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS STATUS OF MEMBER COUNTRIES 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 80th General Session, the OIE World Asse mbly 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 reco gnised 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 83
rd 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. 
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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)G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  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 83
rd 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. 
                                               
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 Gene ral of the OIE. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  AND 
3. The Delegates of these Member Countries shall immediately notify the OIE Headquarters if 
PPR 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)G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  RESOLUTION NO. 24 
RECOGNITION OF THE CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER STATUS OF MEMBER COUNTRIES 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 81st General Session, the OIE World Asse mbly 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 83
rd 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. 
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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)
                                               
6 For detailed information on the delimitation of the zone of the Member Co untry recognised as CSF 
free, enquiries should be addressed to  the Director General of the OIE. G/SPS/GEN/1427 
 
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  ANNEX 2 
A SUMMARY OF PROGRESS ON PVS PATHWAY EVALUATIONS 
PVS Evaluation missions: St ate 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: St ate 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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