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G/SPS/GEN/1096 
24 June 2011 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
  
RELEVANT ACTIVITIES 
 
Communication from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) 
  
 The following communication, received on 21 June 2011, 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 the 
information of WTO Members attending the 51
st meeting of the SPS Committee. 
 On 22-27 May 2011 the OIE held its 79th General Session.  More than 600 participants 
representing OIE members and intergovernmental, re gional and national orga nizations attended the 
meeting.  The Final Report of the 79th General Session will be available on the OIE website 
(http://www.oie.int ) shortly. 
1. Administrative matters 
1. At the 79th General Session the OIE adopted revisions to the Basic Texts, including 
amendments to the General Rules.  These amendmen ts provide for the adoption of standards on the 
basis of consensus, and if consensus cannot be obta ined, on the basis of a two-thirds majority vote.  
They also contain provisions addressing potential conflict of interest for members of Specialist 
Commissions, Working Groups, ad hoc Groups, OIE Reference Centres and other experts;  and 
provisions concerning the protection of legitimate confidentiality. 
2. Declaration of global eradication of rinderpest 
2. In accordance with the new offi cial recognition of rinderpest free status of 13 OIE members 
and nine non-OIE members, together with the a nnual reconfirmation of official recognition of free 
members and non-members, the World Assembly adopted Resolution 18 (see Annex 1), which 
officially recognized global freedom from rinderpest.   This is the first animal disease eradicated 
globally, and represents a great achieveme nt of national Veterinary Services.  
3. The OIE in collaboration with FAO will deve lop a plan of action for post-eradication 
activities in light of the need to ensure sequestra tion of the rinderpest virus and to support OIE 
members in the maintenance of adequate su rveillance systems and national preparedness. 
4. Recognizing this development, the OIE will make necessary revisions to the relevant chapters 
of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code and the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for 
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  3. Contribution of veterinary activities to global food security for food derived from 
terrestrial and aquatic animals  
5. Dr Martinez, CIRAD, France, reported on global livestock production and food security, 
based on the results of an OIE Questionnaire to members.  
6. Following discussion, the World Assembly of  OIE delegates recommended that the OIE 
continue to implement the PVS Pathway to strengthe n the capacity of members' veterinary services to 
ensure the sanitary quality of products derived fro m animals, including aquatic  animals and continue 
to contribute to improved animal production wo rldwide through control of animal health.  
7. The World Assembly also recommended that the OIE continue to promote the "One Health" 
concept by demonstrating the important role played  by veterinary activities in the field of public 
health.  
8. The relevant resolution is attached as Annex 2.  
4. Implementation of a global strategy for FMD control 
9. Dr Domenech, Adviser to the OIE, presented a report on the global strategy for foot and 
mouth disease (FMD) control, which would be pr epared jointly by the OIE and FAO within the 
framework of the Global Framework for the contro l of Trans-boundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs).  
10. The report highlighted the special role of th e OIE and, inter alia, the criteria for the 
endorsement by the OIE of official control programmes for FMD, which are proposed to be 
incorporated into the Terrestrial Animal Health Code . 
11. The World Assembly of OIE Delegates resolved  that the OIE, in collaboration with FAO, 
should define and manage a global strategy for FM D control and eradication, and gave the OIE a 
mandate to evaluate and endorse nationa l programmes for the control of FMD. 
12. The relevant resolution is attached as Annex 3. 
5. Standard setting activities of the OIE  
13. The OIE adopted updated texts in its norma tive publications, including 44 new or revised 
chapters in the Terrestrial Animal Health Code . 
14. The World Assembly of OIE delegates supporte d the continuation of the OIE's standard 
setting work to ensure safe internationa l trade in animal and animal products. 
6. Official OIE recognition of the sanitary status of members 
15. The OIE is the unique global organization grantin g an official status for specified animal 
diseases i.e. FMD, rinderpest (before global eradic ation), contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) 
and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).  The World Assembly of the OIE delegates approved 
the list of countries and zones that had achieved official OIE recognition:  
16. Seven members (Argentina, Bolivia, Plurina tional State of, Botswana, Brazil, Japan, 
Paraguay and the Philippines) were recognized or  reinstated as free of FMD with or without 
vaccination for part or all of their territory (Annex 4).   G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  17. The OIE granted 13 members and nine non-OIE members the official status of rinderpest 
freedom (Annex 5). 
18. The People's Republic of China was recognized as a country free from CBPP (Annex 6). 
19. Denmark and Panama were recognized as having a "negligible risk" status for BSE 
(Annex 7).  
7. Capacity building of members 
20. The OIE maintains a keen focus on activities to strengthen the capacities of members to meet 
the OIE and, as appropriate, WTO provisions releva nt to animal health and zoonotic diseases, notably 
by following the OIE PVS Pathway.  
21. The OIE's activities on capacity building ar e described in a separate report.  
 
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  ANNEX 1 
 
RESOLUTION No. 18 
 
Declaration of Global Eradication of Rinderpest and Implementation of Follow-up Measures 
to Maintain World Freedom from Rinderpest 
 
 
ACKNOWLEDGING the efforts made by Members, non-Members, OIE, FAO, IAEA, other international organisations, regional organisati ons, the veterinary profession, the scientific 
community, donors and other partners to eradicate rinderpest;  CONSIDERING the contributions made by OIE a nd FAO towards global freedom from rinderpest; 
NOTING the conclusions of the Final Report of the Joint FAO/OIE Committee on Global Rinderpest 
Eradication that rinderpest virus h as ceased to circulate in animals; 
 
REITERATING the importance of reducing the number of existing rinderpest virus stocks through the 
destruction of virus in a safe manner and/or the tran sfer of virus stocks to internationally recognised 
reference institutions;  and  
MINDFUL of the need for the in ternational community and the responsibility of national authorities 
to take the necessary measures to ensure that the world remains free from rinderpest, 
 THE ASSEMBLY  
1. DECLARES solemnly that the world has achieved freedom from rinderpest in its natural 
setting, one of the most dreadful animal diseases with severe impacts on livelihoods. 
2. EXPRESSES its deep gratitude to all nations, or ganisations and individuals who contributed 
to the fight against rinderpest and the successful eradication of the disease. 
3. UNDERTAKES to reduce, around the world, the nu mber of institutions holding rinderpest 
virus-containing material other than attenuated vaccines, under approved conditions and according to 
relevant guidelines. 
4. URGES the membership: 
 – To maintain, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the OIE Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code , appropriate surveillance systems for rinderpest and immediately notify 
the OIE of suspect or confirmed cases of rinderpest; 
 
 – To collaborate with OIE and FAO in managing confirmed or suspected outbreaks of 
rinderpest, through the provision of in formation, suppor t and facilitation; 
  – To put in place and update national conti ngency plans consistent with international 
guidance from OIE and FAO;  
 
 – To destroy, under the supervision of the Veterinary Authority, rinderpest virus-
containing materials or assure the storage or use of these materials in a biosecure 
facility in their country or, where applicable, assure the safe transfer to an approved laboratory in another countr y in agreement with the Veterinary Authority of the 
receiving country and complying with the standards of the OIE Manual of Diagnostic  G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals and the Guidelines elaborated by the Joint 
FAO/OIE Committee on Global Rinderpest Eradication (Appendix); 
  – To take effective measures to forbid sy nthesis of rinderpest full-length infectious 
clones unless approved by the relevant authorities, OIE and FAO; 
 
 – To use rinderpest vaccines solely for the emergency management of confirmed 
rinderpest outbreaks under the authority  of the Veterinary Services following 
international and regional guidelines and not to use rinderpest vaccines to protect animal populations from other morbillivirus infections; 
 
 – To ensure that rinderpest occupies an appropriate place in veterinary education 
curricula and training programmes to main tain professional know ledge and adequate 
diagnostic capabilities at national levels. 
 
5. REQUESTS the Director General: 
 – To approve, jointly with FAO, facilities in which rinderpest virus-containing material 
can be held, and conduct regular  site visits to those facilities to verify whether their 
biosafety/biosecurity conditions are adequate; 
  – To maintain and regularly update, jointly with FAO, an inventory of facilities holding 
rinderpest virus-containing material;  
  – To establish, jointly with FAO, an adviso ry body that assists both Organisations in (i) 
the approval of facilities for holding rinderp est virus-containing material and of 
facilities that produce and/or hold rinderpest vaccines, (ii) the approval of requests for 
research and other manipulations of the rinde rpest virus, (iii) reviewing the plans and 
results of regular site visits of virus re positories, and (iv) planning and implementing 
other rinderpest-related activities as required; 
  – To develop and update, in collaboration with FAO, a plan of action for the post-
eradication activities at the international level; 
 
 – To facilitate and make sustainable, in  collaboration with FAO, the provision of 
technical assistance to OIE Members in the maintenance of adequate surveillance 
systems and national preparedness, and to f acilitate their access to diagnostic reagents 
or facilities and relevant rinderpest vaccines; 
 
 – To ensure that OIE Members are info rmed of the status of rinderpest virus 
sequestration and research involving rinderpest virus. 
 6. REQUESTS the relevant Specialist Commissions to  complete the necessary revisions to the 
relevant chapters of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code  and the Manual of Diagnostic Tests and 
Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals  as soon as possible. 
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 25 May 2011) 
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  APPENDIX 
 
Global Rinderpest Eradication:  Guidel ines for Rinderpest Virus Sequestration 
 
Endorsed with amendments on 28 January 2010  
by the Biological Standards Commission of the OIE 
 
Endorsed with amendments on 14 April 2010  
by the Joint FAO/OIE Committee on Global Rinderpest Eradication 
 
 
Introduction  
The global eradication of rinderpest creates a duty fo r the international community to prevent the re-
emergence of the disease through release of virus from laboratory sources.  To this end FAO and OIE 
shall establish the principle of international overs ight and regulation of facilities holding rinderpest 
virus containing material.  The objective of the pr esent guidelines is to ensure secure handling and 
sequestration of rinderpest virus in the post-eradication era.  FAO and OIE and Member states undertake to reduce the number of virus repositories in order to minimise the risk of accidental release.   
FAO and OIE, in collaboration with Member stat es, will put in place global contingency plans and 
will ensure approval of a minimum number of repositories and Reference Centres/Reference 
Laboratories necessary to maintain preparedness agains t releases of the virus into the environment.  
These plans will include, amongst others, vaccine production, vaccine banks and deployment of 
vaccines in case of emergency.  Vaccines shoul d be available to countries for immediate 
dissemination in case of emergency.  The follo wing guidelines deal with biosafety and bio-
containment measures to be observed in laborat ories and other facilities holding rinderpest virus 
containing material.  
Definitions 
 
For the purpose of these guidelines th e following definitions apply: 
 An approved BSL3 facility  means a facility that is jointly approved by FAO and OIE and subject to 
joint regular inspection.  The facility meets BSL3 standards as defined in chapter 1.1.2 of the OIE 
Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vacci nes for Terrestrial Animals , is certified by the Veterinary 
Authority, and in addition has mandatory shower out  for staff and either an exclusion zone or a 
restricted movement zone for rinderpest-susceptible  species around the facility.  Staff are subject to 
restriction on contact with susceptible species (e.g. on farms, in zoos).1 
 Rinderpest virus-containing material  means field and laboratory strains of rinderpest virus;  vaccine 
strains of rinderpest virus including valid and expire d vaccine stocks;  tissues, sera and other clinical 
material from infected or suspect animals;  and diag nostic material containing or encoding live virus.  
Recombinant morbilliviruses (segmented or non-seg mented) containing unique rinderpest virus 
nucleic acid or amino acid sequences are considered to be rinderpest virus.  Full length genomic 
material including virus RNA and cDNA copi es of virus RNA is considered to be rinderpest virus-
containing material .  Sub-genomic fragments of morbillivirus  nucleic acid that are not capable of 
being incorporated in a replicating morbillivirus or morbillivirus-like virus are not considered as 
rinderpest virus-containing material . 
                                                      
1 A detailed protocol on the approval and inspection process for BSL3 facility will be jointly developed 
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  Veterinary Authority  means the Governmental Authority of an OIE/FAO Member, comprising 
veterinarians, other professionals and para-prof essionals, having the responsibility and competence 
for ensuring or supervising the implementation of an imal health and welfare measures, international 
veterinary certification and other stan dards and recommendations in the OIE Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code  in the whole territory. 
 
Guidelines for rinderpest virus sequestration 
 
1. All manipulation of rinderpest virus-containing materials , including vaccine production, shall 
be forbidden unless approved the Veterinary Authority  and by FAO and OIE.  An advisory 
body, jointly established by FAO and OIE, shall be  tasked to approve in advance and monitor 
any activities involving the use of rinderpest virus-containing material .  
2. All countries shall either destroy or tran sparently audit and manage all remaining rinderpest 
virus-containing material  under biologically secure conditions.  The Veterinary Authority  
shall be kept aware of and be held  responsible for any activity involving rinderpest virus-
containing material . 
3. Rinderpest virus-containing material , with the exception of stocks of packaged, manufactured 
vaccines, must only be kept, and can only be manipulated, in an approved BSL3 facility .  
4. Master seed stocks must be maintained in, and tested by, the approved BSL3 facilities  
designated by FAO and OIE.  Stocks of p ackaged, manufactured vaccines, as covered under 
rinderpest virus-containing material , shall only be kept in FAO and OIE approved facilities 
which are subject to joint regular inspection.  Any expired vaccine stocks shall be destroyed 
by a validated process. 
5. Rinderpest virus-containing material  t h a t  i s  n o t  i n  a n  approved BSL3 facility  shall be 
destroyed by a validated pr ocess or transferred to an approved BSL3 facility .  Its relocation or 
destruction shall be superv ised and documented by the Veterinary Authority  and be notified to 
FAO and OIE.  
6. Transfers of rinderpest virus-containing material  to an approved BSL3 facility  located in 
another country must be notified to FAO and OIE;   such material may remain the property of 
the country of origin.  
7. Transport (intra and inter-country) arrangements for rinderpest virus-containing material  
shall be agreed by the relevant Veterinary Authorities  in advance and in accordance with 
chapter 1.1.1 of the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals . 
8. FAO and OIE shall establish and maintain a single global inventory on all existing rinderpest 
virus-containing materials , including vaccine stocks and the facilities holding such stocks and 
any movement of such materials.  The glob al database shall be kept up-to-date on a 
permanent basis. 
9. FAO and OIE shall develop a mechanism to  facilitate and standardise reporting of rinderpest 
virus-containing material  by Veterinary Authorities  to update the global database.  
10. FAO and OIE shall widely publicise the availa bility of internationally accessible rinderpest 
vaccine stocks to assist in convincing national authorities that they do not need to continue 
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  11. FAO and OIE shall develop a set of guidelin es and standard operating procedures to govern 
the maintenance of rinderpest vaccine stoc ks and their use for emergency purposes.  
12. FAO and OIE, through their Reference Centres and Reference Laboratories, (including the 
laboratory of the Joint FAO/IAEA division) sh all advise regional, nati onal and international 
partners on laboratory-related issues having to do with rinderpest virus, including virus 
sequestration, destruction and disinfection protocols and diagnostic quality control. 
13. FAO and OIE shall oversee the development of di agnostic kits that do not require the use of 
live virus within the kit itself or during the manufacture of the kit. 
 
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  ANNEX 2 
 
RESOLUTION No. 27 
 
Contribution of veterinary activities to global food security 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT  
1. The Millennium Development Goals include ha lving, between 1990 an d 2015, the proportion 
of the population living on less than one dollar a day and the proportion of people who suffer 
from hunger, 
2. In the context of the fight against poverty, undernutrition and malnutrition, agriculture is now 
facing the challenge of feeding 9 billion peopl e by the year 2050 while at the same time 
preserving natural resources,  
3. The continuing growth in demand for food products, especially those of animal origin, in a 
context of globalisation of trade and climat e change, requires a major transformation of 
agricultural and livestock production practices, with  the focus on responsible intensification, 
rather than purely on productivity, and on reducing post-harvest waste of food, 
4. Animal production makes a significant year-round contribution to a balanced diet worldwide 
as a source of energy, protein with a high nutritional value and micronutrients, to the production of fertiliser and to agricultural work through the use of draught animals, as well as 
contributing to the income of smallholder mi xed farmers and other livestock sector operators, 
both nationally and internationally, and ultimately to countries' GDP, 
5. Sanitary problems, including biosecurity problems, whether they occur at the production stage 
or during the processing or marketing of anim al products, have major consequences for food 
security and food safety both directly at the consumption stage and indirectly via their wide-ranging impact on the economy of animal production sectors, 
6. Veterinary activities complying with internati onal standards contribute to safeguarding the 
quality of animal products and help to ensure not only food security, but also public health 
and the sanitary safety of trade, 
7. Sanitary and economic optimisation of the liv estock production chain "from farm to fork", 
which requires a wide range of competencies and activities, especially in the veterinary field, must be achieved in a framework that is both operational and regulatory, involving public-private partnerships, based on appropriate le gislation and coordination implemented by 
Veterinary Services organised for this purpose,  
8. Access to veterinary services varies across vulnerable stakeholder groups from the 
perspective of socio-econom ic status and gender, 
9. The globalisation of trade in animals and anim al products, combined with the mobility of 
human populations and movement of animals, great ly increases the risk of the rapid and wide-
ranging spread of pathogens and contaminants, requiring national Veterinary Services that are 
open to the world for timely reporting, tran sparency and cooperation with others,  
10. The core activities of the OIE are developing international sanitary standards and helping 
Veterinary Services (1) to improve their quality and performance, (2) to promote the G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  prevention and control of animal diseases, incl uding zoonoses, and (3) to improve the safety 
of trade in animals and animal products.  
THE ASSEMBLY 
 RECOMMENDS 
 
1. That the OIE continue to devel op international standards, notif ication systems and guidelines, 
including on disease control methods, supporting na tional Veterinary Services to help them 
meet their obligations, 
2. That the OIE, while addressing its core activities, consider the possible impact on food 
security, 
3. That the OIE continue to implement the PVS Pa thway in order to strengthen the capacity of 
Member Countries to exercise good veterinary g overnance and consolidate activities aimed at 
ensuring the sanitary quality and safety of an imal products and safe trade in animals and 
animal products at a national and internati onal level, including in aquatic animals, 
4. That the OIE support the development of regional animal health and veterinary public health 
networks jointly with OIE Regional Represen tations, OIE/FAO Regional Animal Health 
Centres where they exist and other regional bodies concerned, in order to address matters relating to existing or emerging sanitary risks with an impact on food security, 
5. That the OIE work with its Reference Labor atories and Collaborating Centres and engage 
with other relevant partners at  global and regional levels, to en sure the continuation of studies 
and research on the determinants of diseas e dynamics (environmental change, animal 
movements, etc.) and integrated control methods  for animal diseases, and to ensure that new 
knowledge is disseminated and used to e nhance international sanitary standards, 
6. That the OIE continue to promote the "One He alth" concept, by demonstrating the important 
role played by independent Veterinary Services – and veterinary activities in general – in the 
field of public health, through the control of zoonoses and contaminants, and in the field of 
environmental protection, by contributing to a move towards more appropriate agricultural 
practices, and also by participating in the supe rvision and facilitation of terrestrial and aquatic 
animal production with the aim of guaranteeing an adequate supply of safe and nutritional 
food for all,  
7. That the OIE promote the active participation of the Veterinary Services in national and 
international surveys to establish the charact eristics of and quantified indicators for food 
security, in order to ensure that animal pr oduction and animal products are appropriately 
represented in the collected data and subsequent assessments, 
8. That the OIE envisage the creation of one or more Collaborating Centres in Animal Health 
Economics to carry out economic analyses of an imal health programmes and quantify their 
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  9. That the G20 Members take into account in  their current work on food security the 
importance of strengthening international and regional networks, inte rnational standard-
setting, information and surveillance systems, good governance in public health, terrestrial 
and aquatic animal health, and plant health systems, as well as encouraging international 
organisations, especially FAO, WHO and the OIE to continue their efforts towards 
reinforcement of their cooperation to ensure global biological security. 
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  ANNEX 3 
 
RESOLUTION No. 19 
 
Towards Global Control and Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT  
1. The "OIE/FAO Global Conference on Foot and Mouth Disease: The way towards global 
control"  held from 24 to 26 June 2009 in Asunción, Paraguay, summarised the key findings on the 
global FMD situation and adopted a set of recomm endations supporting a coordinated approach to 
achieve control and eradication of FMD at the worldwide level; 
2. The strong commitment of all countries at the highest political level is key to harmonisation 
of global, regional and national policies for th e control and eventual eradication of FMD; 
3. Global control and eradication of FMD can only be achieved if the international community 
recognises that the control of FMD is a global pub lic good that will benefit a ll populations and future 
generations; 
4. The OIE and FAO, through the GF-TADs coordi nating mechanism, Refe rence Laboratories, 
Collaborating and Reference Centres, provide polic y and technical support to Members to ensure 
elaboration and implementation of  sustainable FMD control progra mmes, taking into account regional 
specificities; 
5. The FAO and OIE, in support of non-FMD free c ountries and regions that need implementing 
FMD control activities and programmes, have de veloped a tool called the Progressive Control 
Pathway (PCP) for FMD Control to assist Members to monitor their achievements in their national 
FMD control programmes before reaching an FMD free status officially recognised by the OIE;  
6. The OIE and FAO are currently developing a global strategy for FMD control, the overall 
objective of which is the gradual reduction in th e incidence of FMD through maintenance of the 
officially recognised status in FMD free countri es and zones without vaccination, the progressive 
cessation of vaccination in FMD free countries or zones practising it so as to move, where 
appropriate, towards the status of FMD free wit hout vaccination, and the gradual improvement of 
FMD control in infected countries with the eventu al aim of achieving an official OIE recognised 
status; 
7. The following requirements are essential to the development of a global strategy for FMD 
control: 
 – Compliance with OIE standards of qualit y of Veterinary Services supported, if 
requested, by the use of the PVS Pathway; 
  – Application of OIE guidelines for FMD surveillance and control;   – Control of movements of FMD su sceptible animals and their products; 
 
 – Production and use of vaccines that comply with the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests 
and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals (Terrestrial Manual) ; 
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   – Regional programmes for the progressive, long term control of FMD that address the 
principal virus pools, using successful experiences having accumulated knowledge to 
be incorporated in the global strategy; 
  – Regional Agreements between countries having common epidemiological 
ecosystems, using when necessary the concept of high protection zones; 
  – Strong public–private partnerships involvi ng in particular farmers and private  
  veterinarians;  
 – Support from national and reference laborat ories, preferably working in networks, 
that build scientific capacity to support national and regional programmes and which 
contribute to and are advised by the global OIE/FAO FMD Reference Laboratory network; 
 
 – Relevant training and communication activities. 
 8. OIE official recognition of FMD free status and OIE endorsement of official control 
programmes for FMD, with the potential aim of obtaining country or zonal freedom from FMD, are important elements in the drive towards the global control of FMD and the safe trade in animals and 
animal products.  
THE ASSEMBLY 
 RECOMMENDS THAT  1. The OIE, together with Members, FAO and ot her international, regi onal and national role 
players and stakeholders, confirm and communicat e the economic and social justification for 
recognising the global control and eventual eradication of FMD as a global public good. 
2. A global strategy for FMD control and eradica tion be defined  and ma naged jointly by the 
OIE and FAO using the GF-TADs platform, in c onsultation with the relevant international, 
regional and national stakeholders and experts and the donor community. 
3. The joint FAO-OIE PCP tool for FMD be used to monitor and assess the achievements of the 
global strategy implementation as often as appropr iate at national and regional levels on the 
basis of a voluntary participation of countries. 
4. The OIE, in collaboration with FAO, continue to support FMD control programmes at 
national and regional levels, using the results of specific successful regional strategies and 
programmes. 
5. The OIE develop its capacities for disease status  recognition to adequately support the 
expected increase in the number of countries and zones requesting official recognition of disease status or endorsement of official FMD control programmes, following the implementation of a global strategy for the FMD control. 
6. The OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (Scientific Commission), during the 
evaluation of evidence provided by a Member for the endorsement of an official FMD control 
programme, could, in consultation with the Direct or General of the OIE, as is currently done 
for any disease status recognition, request, if n eeded, a mission of experts to the applicant 
Member to verify compliance by that Memb er with the relevant provisions of the Terrestrial 
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  7. The OIE Members give a full consideration to  the essential requirements enumerated above 
(in the preamble paragraph No. 7) for the global strategy for FMD control. 
8. The OIE, in collaboration with FAO and the international donor community, consider the 
establishment of FMD vaccine banks in strate gic locations and in support of regional FMD 
control programmes. 
9. The OIE continues to update its existing standa rds for FMD, encouraging worldwide use of 
diagnostic tests and vaccines that are compliant with the standards of the Terrestrial Manual  
and official certification of FMD diagnostic tests for inclusion into the OIE Register of Diagnostic Tests. 
10. The OIE in addition to its collaboration w ith FAO in this area further enhance the 
establishment of and access to diagnostic laborator ies for the rapid and accurate detection of 
FMD through initiatives such as the OIE laboratory twinning programme. 
11. The OIE, in collaboration with FAO and othe rs relevant sources of expertise, support 
strategies of epidemiological networks and strengthen cooperation for national, regional and 
global surveillance systems for FMD, while Memb ers continue to increase transparency and 
timely disease reporting to OIE to protect FMD free countries and zones and to enable better 
monitoring the progress of FMD control in endemic areas.  
12. The OIE, jointly with FAO, organise an inte rnational pledging conference, with FMD free 
and infected countries, and relevant organisa tions and donors, to support the goal of global 
FMD control. 
AND DECIDES THAT 
 
1. The Working Group preparing the global stra tegy will include re nowned and recognised 
experts of the five OIE Regions.  
2. The OIE Scientific Commission be given a mandate to evaluate and endorse national 
programmes for the control of FMD and to annually present for adoption by the World 
Assembly a proposed list of Members with an "OIE-endorsed official FMD control 
programme" . 
3. The Scientific Commission should, in making their evaluation of national programmes, take 
into account the epidemiological and virological situation in the neighbouring areas e.g.  through adopting border protection measures. 
 
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  ANNEX 4 
 
RESOLUTION No. 14 
 
Recognition of the Foot and Mouth Disease Status of Members 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT 
 1. During the 62nd General Session, the OIE Inte rnational Committee established a procedure 
for annually updating a list of Member countries and zones recognised as free from foot and mouth disease (FMD) according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
(Terrestrial Code) , 
2. The Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (t he Scientific Commission) has continued to 
apply the procedure approved by the Inte rnational Committee, and has supported the 
recognition of the FMD free status of additio nal countries and zones for annual adoption of 
the list by the International Committee, 
3. During the 76th General Session, the Interna tional Committee adopted Resolution No. XXII, 
which specified and updated the procedure fo r Members to follow to achieve official 
recognition and maintenance of status for certain animal diseases,  
4. During the 76th General Session, the Interna tional Committee adopted Resolution No. XXIII, 
which specified the financial implications fo r Members applying for evaluation of official 
recognition or re-instatement of disease status to  meet part of the costs sustained by the OIE 
in the evaluation process, 
5. Information published by the OIE is derive d from declarations made by the official 
Veterinary Services of Members.  The OIE is  not responsible for inaccurate publication of 
country or zonal disease free status based  on inaccurate information, changes in 
epidemiological status or other significant even ts that were not promptly reported to the 
Headquarters subsequent to the time of declaration of freedom from FMD. 
THE ASSEMBLY 
 RESOLVES THAT  1. The Director General publish the following list of Members recognised as FMD free where 
vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial 
Code : 
Albania 
Australia 
Austria 
Belarus Belgium 
Belize 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei 
Canada Germany 
Greece 
Guatemala 
Guyana Haiti 
Honduras 
Hungary Iceland 
Indonesia New Caledonia  
New Zealand 
Nicaragua 
Norway Panama 
Poland 
Portugal Romania 
San Marino G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  Chile 
Costa Rica Croatia 
Cuba 
Cyprus Czech Rep. 
Denmark 
Dominican Republic 
El Salvador 
Estonia Finland 
Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia  
France Ireland 
Italy Japan 
Latvia 
Lesotho Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Madagascar 
Malta 
Mauritius Mexico 
Montenegro 
Netherlands Serbia
1 
Singapore Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Spain Swaziland 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Ukraine 
United Kingdom United States of America 
Vanuatu 
 
2. The Director General publish the follow ing Members recognised as FMD free where 
vaccination is practised, according to th e provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code : 
 Uruguay 
 
3. The Director General publish the following list of Members having FMD free zones where 
vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial 
Code.2 
 Argentina: zone designated by the Delegate of Argentina in a document addressed to the 
Director General in January 2007; 
  Botswana: one zone designate d by the Delegate of Botswana in documents addressed to 
the Director General in November 2010; 
  Brazil:  State of Santa Catarina; 
  Colombia: one zone designate d by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to 
the Director General in November 1995 and in April 1996 (Area I - 
Northwest region of Choco Department),  
   one zone designated by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to 
the Director General in January 2008 (Archipelago de San Andres and 
Providencia); 
 
 Malaysia: zone covering th e provinces of Sabah and Sarawak as designated by the 
Delegate of Malaysia in a document addressed to the Director General in 
December 2003; 
  Moldova: zone designated by the Delegate of Moldova in a document addressed to the 
Director General in July 2008; 
  Namibia: zone designated by the Delegate of Namibia in a document addressed to the 
Director General in February 1997; 
 
                                                      
1 Excluding Kosovo administer ed by the United Nations. 
2 For detailed information on the delimitation of zones of Members recognised as FMD free, enquiries 
should be addressed to the Director General of the OIE.  G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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   Peru: one zone consisting of two merged  zones as designated by the Delegate of 
Peru in two documents addressed to th e Director General in December 2004 
and in January 2007; 
  Philippines: one zone consis ting of the Mindanao Islands, 
 
  one zone consisting of the Islands of Visayas and the provinces of Palawan 
and Masbate, as designated by the Dele gate of the Philippines in a document 
addressed to the Director General in August 2000 and December 2001,  
 
  three separate zones that cover the whole Island of Luzon as designated by 
the Delegate of the Philippines in a document addressed to the Director General in December 2009 and November 2010; 
 4. The Director General publish the following list of Members having FMD free zones where 
vaccination is practised, according to the provisi ons of Chapter 8.5. 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 in August 2010; 
  Bolivia:: zone of Chiquitania designated by  the Delegate of Bolivia in documents 
addressed to the Director General in January 2003  and March 2007, 
 
  zone located in the western part of  the Department of Oruro in documents 
addressed to the Director General in September 2005,  
   zone adjacent to the east of Chiqu itania designated by the Delegate of Bolivia 
in documents addressed to the Director General in August 2010; 
  Brazil: five separate zones designated by  the Delegate of Brazil in documents 
addressed to the Director General as follows:  
   zone covering the territory of the St ate Rio Grande do Sul (documentation of 
September 1997),  
   zone consisting of State of Rond ônia (documentation of December 2002), 
State Acre along with two adjacent municipalities of Amazonas State (documentation of March 2004 and an extens ion of this zone into the territory 
of the State of Amazonas (December 2010),  
   zone consisting of the middle southern  part of the State Parà (documentation 
of February 2007), the States of Espírito  Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, 
Sergipe, parts of Tocantins, parts of Bahia,Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Paraná, São Paulo (documentati on of May 2008) and the zone in the 
State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of July 2008),  
   zone in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (documentation of August 2010),    zone located in the States of Bahia and Tocantins (documentation of 
December 2010); 
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   Colombia: one merged zone consisting of originally five zones designated by the 
Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in 
January 2003, December 2004 (two zones), January 2007 and January 2009; 
  Paraguay: two separate zones designated by  the Delegate of Paraguay in documents 
addressed to the Director Genera l in March 2007 and August 2010; 
  Turkey:: zone designated by the Delegate of Turkey in documents addressed to the 
Director General in November 2009 and in March 2010. 
 
AND 
 5. The Delegates of these Member s will immediately notify the He adquarters 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 24 May 2011)  G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  ANNEX 5 
 
RESOLUTION No. 15 
 
Recognition of the Rinderpest Disease Status of Members 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT 
 1. During the 63rd General Session, the OIE In ternational Committee established a procedure 
for annually updating a list of Member count ries and zones, recognised as free from 
rinderpest according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Terrestrial Code), 
2. During the 76th General Session, the Interna tional Committee adopted Resolution No. XXII, 
which specified and updated the procedure fo r Members to follow to achieve official 
recognition and maintenance of status for certain animal diseases, 
3. During the 76th General Session, the Interna tional Committee adopted Resolution No. XXIII, 
which specified the financial implications fo r Members applying for evaluation of official 
recognition or re-instatement of disease status , excluding rinderpest be cause participation in 
the cost of rinderpest disease status evaluation could be obtained, from sources other than direct payment by Members,  
4. Information published by the OIE is derive d from declarations made by the official 
Veterinary Services of Members.  The OIE is  not responsible for inaccurate publication of 
country disease free status based on inaccurate info rmation, changes in epidemiological status 
or other significant events that were not promp tly reported to the Headquarters subsequent to 
the time of declaration of freedom from rinderpest infection, 
5. During the 75th General Session the Internati onal Committee adopted the proposed update in 
the "OIE rinderpest pathway" of the Terrestri al Code.  In view of the progress in global 
rinderpest eradication, the provisions of Chap ter 2.2.12. of the Terrestrial Code 2007 were 
restricted to the sole recognition of rinde rpest free status representing a country-wide 
infection free status.  Therefore new applications from Members for zones free from rinderpest or "rinderpest disease free" status were no longer applicable or listed,  
6. The International Committee and relevant organisa tions having an official agreement with the 
OIE accepted that the OIE assess and publish in a separate list the rinderpest status of non-
OIE Members in accordance with the provisions of the OIE Terrestrial Code .  However, to be 
recognised as free from rinderpest, specific conditions applied to the obligations of the Veterinary Services of countries or territories not yet Members of the OIE, 
THE ASSEMBLY 
 RESOLVES THAT 
 
1. The Director General publish the complete list of Members, now all recognised as free from 
rinderpest, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.12. of the Terrestrial Code : G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  Afghanistan Czech Rep. Laos Russia 
Albania Denmark Latvia Rwanda Algeria Djibouti Lebanon Sao Tomé and Principe 
Andorra Dominican Rep. Lesotho San Marino 
Angola Ecuador  Libya Saudi Arabia Argentina Egypt Liechtenstein Senegal 
Armenia El Salvador Lithuania Serbia
1 
Australia Equatorial Guinea Luxembourg Seychelles  
Austria Eritrea Madagascar Sierra Leone 
Azerbaijan Estonia Malawi Singapore Bahamas Ethiopia Malaysia Slovakia 
Bahrain Fiji  Maldives Slovenia 
Bangladesh Finland Mali Somalia Barbados Former Yug. Rep. of 
Macedonia Malta South Africa 
Belarus France Mauritania Spain 
Belgium Gabon Mauritius Sri Lanka 
Belize Gambia Mexico Sudan 
Benin Georgia Micronesia (Federated) Suriname Bhutan Germany  Moldova Swaziland 
Bolivia Ghana Mongolia Sweden 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece Montenegro Switzerland 
Botswana Guatemala Morocco Syria 
Brazil Guinea Mozambique Tajikistan Brunei Guinea Bissau Myanmar Tanzania 
Bulgaria Guyana Namibia Timor Leste 
Burkina Faso Haiti Nepal  Thailand 
Burundi Honduras Netherlands Togo 
Cambodia Hungary New Caledonia Trinidad and Tobago Cameroon Iceland New Zealand Tunisia 
Canada India Nicaragua Turkey 
Cape Verde Indonesia Niger Turkmenistan Central African Rep.  Iran Nigeria Uganda 
Chad Iraq Norway  Ukraine 
Chile Ireland Oman United Arab Emirates China (People's Rep. 
of)  Israel Pakistan United Kingdom 
Chinese Taipei Italy Panama  United States of America 
Colombia Jamaica Papua New Guinea Uruguay 
Comoros Japan Paraguay Uzbekistan 
Congo Jordan Peru Vanuatu Congo (Dem. Rep. of 
the) Kazakhstan Philippines Venezuela 
Costa Rica Kenya Poland  Vietnam 
Côte d'Ivoire Korea (Dem. People's Rep.) Portugal  Yemen 
Croatia Korea (Rep. of) Qatar Zambia 
Cuba Kuwait Romania Zimbabwe 
Cyprus Kyrgyzstan   
 
2. The Director General publish the following list of all non-OIE Members which have 
rinderpest susceptible livestock and which are now all recognised as free from rinderpest according to the provisions of Chapter 8.12. of the Terrestrial Code : 
                                                      
1 Excluding Kosovo administer ed by the United Nations.  G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  Antigua and Barbuda Marshall Islands St. Kitts and Nevis 
Cook Islands Nauru St. Lucia Dominica Niue  St. Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada Palau  Tonga Kiribati Palestinian Auton. Territories Tuvalu 
Kosovo Samoa  Vatican 
Liberia Solomon Islands 
 3. In accordance with the current provisions on rinderpest in the Terrestrial Code  that shall 
remain applicable until the adoption of future  revisions thereto in the context of global 
eradication of rinderpest, each Member mainta ins its recognised rinderpest free status.  
AND 
 4. The Delegates of Members and competent authorities of non-OIE Members will immediately 
notify the Headquarters if rinderpest or a suspicion thereof occurs in their countries. 
 
 
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  ANNEX 6 
 
RESOLUTION No. 16 
 
Recognition of the Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Disease Status of Members 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT 
 1. During the 71st General Session, the OIE Wo rld Assembly of Delegates established a 
procedure for annually updating a list of Memb er 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 76th General Session, the World Assembly of Delegates adopted Resolution 
No. XXII, which specified and updated the pr ocedure for Members to follow to achieve 
official recognition and maintenance of status for certain diseases,  
3. During the 76th General Session, the World Assembly of Delegates adopted Resolution 
No. XXIII, which specified the financial impli cations for Members applying for evaluation of 
official recognition or re-instatement of disease st atus to meet part of the costs sustained by 
the OIE in the evaluation process, 
4. Information published by the OIE is derive d from declarations made by the official 
Veterinary Services of Members.  The OIE is  not responsible for inaccurate publication of 
country or zonal disease free status based  on inaccurate information, changes in 
epidemiological status or other significant even ts that were not promptly reported to the 
Headquarters subsequent to the time of declaration of freedom from CBPP. 
THE ASSEMBLY 
 RESOLVES THAT  
1. The Director General publish the following list of Members recognised as free from CBPP 
according to the provisions of the Chap ter 11.9. of the Terrestrial Code: 
Australia 
Botswana China (People's Republic of) India 
Portugal Switzerland 
United States of America 
 
AND  2. The Delegates of these Members will immediatel y notify the Headquarters if CBPP occurs in 
their countries. 
 
 
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(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 24 May 2011) 
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  ANNEX 7 
 
RESOLUTION No. 17 
 
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Members 
 
 
CONSIDERING THAT 
 1. During the 67th General Session the OIE World Assembly of Delegates established a 
procedure for annually updating a list of Memb ers, categorised by their Bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy (BSE) risk according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
(Terrestrial Code) ,  
2. During the 76th General Session, the OIE adopt ed Resolution No. XXII, which specified and 
updated the procedure for Members to follow to achieve official recognition and maintenance 
of status of certain diseases, 
3. During the 76th General Session, the World Assembly of Delegates adopted Resolution 
No. XXIII, which specified the financial impli cations for Members applying for evaluation of 
official recognition or re-instatement of a BSE ri sk status to meet part of the costs sustained 
by the OIE in the evaluation process, 
4. Information published by the OIE is derive d from declarations made by the official 
Veterinary Services of Members.  The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of a Member disease status based on inaccurate informat ion, changes in epidemiological status or 
other significant events that were not promptly  reported to the Headquarters, subsequent to 
the time of declaration of the BSE risk status. 
THE ASSEMBLY 
 RESOLVES THAT  
1. The Director General publish the following list of  Members recognised as having a negligible 
BSE risk in accordance with Chapter 11.6. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Argentina Iceland Paraguay 
Australia India Peru Chile New Zealand Singapore 
Denmark Norway Sweden 
Finland Panama Uruguay 
 2. The Director General publish the following list of Members recognised as having a controlled 
BSE risk in accordance with Chapter 11.6. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Austria 
Belgium 
Brazil Canada Chinese Taipei Colombia 
Cyprus 
Czech Republic Greece 
Hungary 
Ireland Italy Japan Korea (Rep. of) 
Latvia 
Lichtenstein Mexico 
Netherlands 
Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia 
Spain 
Switzerland G/SPS/GEN/1096 
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  Estonia 
France Germany Lithuania 
Luxembourg Malta United Kingdom 
United States of America 
 
AND 
 
3. The Delegates of these Members will immediately notify the 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 24 May 2011) 
 
 
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