WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
22 June 2010 
 (10-3406) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
  
RELEVANT ACTIVITIES 
 
Submission by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
 
 
  The following communication, received on 17 June 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the OIE
. 
 
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  The OIE is pleased to provide this update for the information of SPS Committee Members.  On 23-28 May 2010 the OIE held its 78
th General Session.  More than 600 participants representing 
the 176 OIE members and intergovernmental, re gional and national orga nizations attended the 
meeting (Annex 1). 
 
1. Administrative matters 
1. At the 78th General Session of the OIE, Dr. Va llat was re-elected as Director General for a 
third term.  He committed to continue to work closely with OIE members to implement the 5th 
Strategic Plan (2011-2015), which was adopted by the World Assembly of OIE delegates this year.  In 
the context of the Global ‘One Health’ Initiative, he noted the very active collaboration between the 
FAO, OIE and WHO, which is described in the tr ipartite Concept Note "Sharing responsibilities and 
coordinating global activities to address health risk s at the animal-human-ecosystems interfaces"  
(http://www.oie.int/downld/FINAL_CONCEPT_NOTE_Hanoi.pdf  ). 
 
2. Capacity building for members 
2. The OIE maintains a keen focus on activities to strengthen the capacities of members to meet 
the OIE and WTO standards relevant to animal h ealth and zoonotic diseases, including by following 
the ‘OIE PVS Pathway’.  This is based on assessmen ts of the quality of veterinary services using the 
OIE Tool for the Evaluation of Performance of Vete rinary Services, and related activities, including 
missions for strengthening veterinary legislation.  With this in mind, the OIE is holding a Global 
Conference on Veterinary Legislation in Djerba  Tunisia on 7-9 December 2010 and welcome your 
participation in this first global conference on a topic th at is crucial to animal health and food safety.  
More detailed information on the Conference may be found at:  
http://www.oie.int/eng/A_LEG_VET2010/Home_eng.htm   
3. Annex 2 shows the current status of the OIE Global PVS Initiative.  
4. The OIE is encouraging all members to nomin ate National Focal Points for six strategic 
issues, including animal production food safety and ve terinary products (e.g. medicines).The creation 
of OIE Focal Points, under the overall authority of the OIE National Delegate , will contribute to the G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  OIE expertise and strengthen comm unication between the OIE, its members and focal points for other 
global organizations, including the SPS contact point  and national Codex representatives.  Specific 
training for all Focal Points is underway worldwide on an annual basis. 
3. Joint OIE – Codex Standards 
5. The OIE welcomed the decision by the W HO Assembly in May 2010 to modify the 
cooperation agreement between the OIE and the W HO.  This provides the legal basis for the 
development of joint standards on relevant aspects of animal production food safety.  
6. Given that there is already similar text in the FAO - OIE Agreement, the way is now open for 
the OIE and the Codex Alimentarius Commission (C AC) to decide how joint standards could be 
developed, as appropriate to the subject under consideration and our respective mandates.  
7. The OIE secretariat will continue to collaborate with its CAC counterpart in the refinement of 
a discussion paper on the development of joint C odex/OIE standards that was prepared for the 
26
th Session of the Codex Committee on General Principles (CCGP) in April 2010. 
4. Private standards for sanitary safety 
8. As previously reported, the OIE has been wo rking to assess the implications of private 
standards, which may conflict with the OIE standard s, and to provide appropriate advice to members.  
9. At the OIE General Session in May 2010 the private sector’s views on private standards were 
presented by a representative of the not for profit gl obal alliance for a Safe Supply of Affordable Food 
Everywhere (SSAFE) (Annex 3).  In the relate d General Session Resolu tion (Annex 4), members 
recommended that the OIE maintain and strengthen appropriate links and dialogue with relevant 
global private standard setting bodies and global pr ivate industry organizations, with the aim of 
encouraging the compatibility of private standards with OIE standards and to foster communication 
with national governments and consumers on the safeguards offered by official standards. 
10. The OIE will continue to collaborate closel y with this Committee and with the Codex 
Alimentarius Commission (CAC) on this issue. 
5. Standard-setting activities of the OIE  
11. As in previous years, the OIE adopted update d texts in its normative publications.  In the 
Terrestrial Animal Health  Code  the OIE adopted 53 texts including a new chapter on the welfare of 
animals used in research and education.  A ne w article on the compartmentalization concept was 
introduced in the Chapter on foot and mouth disease. 
12. The OIE continued to work in close collaboration with the CAC on food safety, with the OIE 
particularly focusing on animal production food safety. 
13. National delegates encouraged the OIE to contin ue its work to ensure the sanitary safety of 
international trade in animal and animal products through its standard setting activities. 
6. Official OIE recognition of the sanitary status of members 
14. The OIE is the unique global organization grantin g an official status for specified animal 
diseases i.e.:  BSE, foot and mouth disease, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and 
rinderpest.  The World Assembly approved the list of countries and zones that had achieved official 
OIE recognition:  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  • Five members (Botswana, Lesotho, the Philippin es, San Marino and Turkey) were recognized as 
free of FMD with or without vaccination for all or a part of their territory (Annex 5).  
• Four members (India, Peru, Republic of Kor ea and Panama) were recognized as having a 
"controlled risk" or a "negligible risk" status for BSE (Annex 7).  
• The OIE granted 17 members and three non-OIE members the official status of rinderpest 
freedom (Annex 6).  OIE members are making good progress towards the achievement of the goal of global eradication of rinderpest expected by the year 2011. 
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  ANNEX 1 
 
78TH ANNUAL GENERAL SESSION OF THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OF  
THE WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH (OIE) 
 
23 – 28 May 2010 
 
The OIE World Assembly of national delegates adopts a 5th strategic plan for pursuing 
 
OIE global missions in animal health and welfare  
 
 
1. Paris, 26 May 2010  – The delegates of the 176 OIE members adopted the 5th Strategic Plan 
which sets a roadmap for OIE global missions in an imal health and welfare over the years 2011-2015. 
2. The Plan sets new fields of action for the organisation: 
• More activities directed to food security, poverty a lleviation and animal health and veterinary 
public health; 
• More focus on the "One Health" concept and other matters of cooperation with partner 
organisations; 
• The impact of climate and environmenta l changes on animal disease emergence and 
occurrence as well as the impact of animal production on climate change. 
3. The Plan also provides for a continuation of pr iorities emphasized in the previous Plans, in 
particular the 4th Strategic Plan (2006-2010): 
• Communicating international animal disease and zoonoses information globally; 
• Development and implementation of scientif ically-based standards and guidelines; 
• Prevention, control and eradication methods of animal diseases including zoonoses; 
• Compliance with the Good Governance con cepts and capacity building for national 
Veterinary Services; 
• Strengthening the Organisation’s influen ce on policy design, applied research and 
governance; 
• Communicating OIE information. 
4. For leading the implementation of the new Plan, the World Assembly of delegates renewed its 
trust in Dr. Bernard Vallat and elected him by secret  ballot for a third five-year mandate as Director-
General of the OIE. 
A global review of animal health and key issues debated 
5. The worldwide animal health situation con cerning 118 diseases of terrestrial or aquatic 
animals was examined in detail with OIE members during the Assembly. 
6. Two technical items on issues of interest for the international community in the field of 
animal health and welfare were debated during the Session: 
• Private Sector’s point of view on the use of public and private standards; 
• Economic aspects of the Veterinary Services  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  Key work of the Assembly 
7. The delegates approved the new list of countries and zones that had applied for official OIE 
recognition of their status with respect to one or more of four priority diseases:  bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), foot and mouth disease, cont agious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and 
rinderpest. 
8. With regard to BSE, the OIE newly recognised  India and Peru as having a "negligible risk" 
status, while the Republic of Korea and Panama were recognized as having a "controlled BSE risk 
status". 
9. Botswana, Lesotho, the Philippines, San Mari no and Turkey were newly recognized as being 
"free of foot and mouth disease, with or without vaccin ation, for all or a part of their territory".  And 
after close to nine years, Swaziland recovered its foot and mouth disease "free status without 
vaccination". 
10. The Organisation reiterated the aim that it shares wi th FAO, namely to be able to declare that 
rinderpest has been eradi cated worldwide in 2011. 
11. Within the framework of its annual standard -setting work, the Assembly adopted and/or 
updated 56 chapters of the OIE Terrestrial  Animal Health Code, among others on: 
• The use of animals in research and education; 
• Some welfare aspects in farmed fish activities; 
• The control of antimicrobial resistance in aquatic animals; 
• The handling, disposal and treatme nt of aquatic animal waste. 
Working for high-quality national  Veterinary Services everywhere 
12. The delegates welcomed the North-South or S outh-South twinning of  about 30 laboratories 
within the framework of the OIE’s Twinning Programme, which encourages the exchange of 
competencies and experience between existing OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating 
Centres, and candidate laboratories in intransition or developing countries. 
13. The delegates also accredited two new Colla borating Centres and four new Reference 
Laboratories, bringing the number of official centres of scientific excellence within the OIE worldwide network to 227. 
14. Furthermore in line with OIE’s continuous e ngagement to support Veterinary Services to 
comply with OIE standards on quality, 93 PVS (Pe rformance of Veterinary Services) independent 
evaluations made by OIE accredited experts were reported to the Assembly.  To date, 22 PVS gap 
analysis missions and 11 missions supporting the mode rnisation of legislation have also been carried 
out worldwide. 
15. Other notable events marked the proceedings of the Assembly, including the presentation of 
the World Veterinary Day Award 2010 to the University  of Veterinary and Anim al Science in Lahore, 
Pakistan for its successful celebration of World Vete rinary Day under the theme:  "One World, One 
Health:  more cooperation between veterinarians and physicians".  The OIE Gold Medal was given to 
Dr. Emerio Serrano from Cuba. G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  16. Around 600 participants, representing OIE memb ers and intergovernmental (FAO, WHO, 
World Bank, WTO, etc.), regional and national orga nisations took part in the event.  Highranking 
authorities including the HRH Princess Haya Bint  El Hussein and numerous Ministers of OIE 
members honoured the Assembly with their presence.   G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  ANNEX 2  
 
OIE PVS evaluation missions (as at 17 May 2010) 
 
Region Official requests Missions 
completed Reports available 
Africa 45 41 31 
Americas 19 17 15 
Asia/Pacific 16 13 11 
Europe 12 12 7 
Middle-East 12 10 3 
Total 104 93 67 
 
Official requests: 
Africa (45):  Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Rep. , 
Chad, Côte D'Ivoire, Congo (DR), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,  Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, 
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho,  Liberia (non OIE Member), Libya, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mo zambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone,  Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambi a, 
Zimbabwe .  
Americas (19):  Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,  Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, 
El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad 
and Tobago,  Uruguay.  
Asia/Pacific (16):  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Iran, Korea (PDR), Laos 
PDR,  Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippi nes, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam . 
Europe (12):  Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Ge orgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, 
Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.  
Middle-East (12):  Afganistan, Bahrein, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian National 
Authority (non OIE Member), Qatar,  Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, Yemen.  
Italics:  Completed missions  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  PVS Gap Analysis Missions (as at 17 May 2010) 
 
Region Official requests Missions 
completed 
Africa 27 14 
Americas 8 2 
Asia/Pacific 10 1 
Europe 5 3 
Middle-East 2 2 
Total 52 22 
 
 
Legislation Missions (as at 17 May 2010) 
 
Region Official requests Missions 
completed 
Africa 15 5 
Americas 0 0 
Asia/Pacific 3 3 
Europe 3 1 
Middle-East 4 2 
Total 25 11 
 
Official requests: 
Africa (15):  Benin, Burkina Faso,  Congo (DR) , Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau,  
Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Togo , Uganda, Zambia 
Asia/Pacific (3):  Bhutan, Cambodia, Viet Nam  
Europe (3):  Armenia, Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan 
Middle-East (4):  Afghanistan, Kuwait, Lebanon,  UAE 
 Italics:  Completed missions  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  ANNEX 3 
 
78TH ANNUAL GENERAL SESSION OF THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES 
OF THE WORLD ORGANISATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH (OIE) 
 
23 – 28 May 2010 
 
 
Private agri-food industry expresses its views on public and private standards  
1. Paris, 24 May 2010  – The OIE gave an open forum to representatives from the agri-food 
private sector to speak in front of the World Assemb ly of OIE national delegates on public and private 
commercial standards in international tr ade of animals and animal products.  
2. OIE Director -General, Dr. Vallat said:  "The OIE an d its partners will continue the dialogue 
with agri-food industry and priv ate standard-setting bodies to avoid potential conflict between public 
and private standards and to explore the possibiliti es for collaboration and find complementarities of 
action - except on sanitary issues - to the benefit of all developing and de veloped countries and both 
world producers and consumers."  
3. Over  the past two decades world consumers have become increasingly concerned about 
systems of production as well as aspects of food saf ety and animal welfare, leading food system 
stakeholders to develop private standards in order to try to meet these consumer requirements and 
spending patterns.  
4. An OIE group  of experts who dealt with the topic in 2009 analysed the concerns most 
frequently caused by private standards in internatio nal trade of animals and animal products.  They 
pointed the lack of scientific justification, tran sparency and democracy in these private standard 
setting and certification schemes.  The extra cost of compliance and certification have also been indicated as being among the main negative effects of private standards on small producers, 
particularly from developing countries.  
5. Experts stated  that conversely for producer s able to meet their requirements, private standards 
can sometimes result in a competitive advantag e and an access to international markets.  
6. Speaking at the 78
th General Session, Michael Robach, Vice President of Corporate Food 
Safety and Regulatory Affairs at Cargill and pr evious chairman of the NGO SSAFE (Safe Supply of 
Affordable Food Everywhere, Inc.) presented the different ways in which, public and private 
standards could co-exist and even complement each  other.  "The food industry recognizes the critical 
importance of the work undertaken by the OIE, and the Codex Alimentarius and has started to take 
steps which better align standard and private certif ication schemes with existing public standards", he 
said.  
7. He underlined  one of the issues concerning the devel opment of private standards was their 
profusion, the related demand by food system stakehol ders for private certification, which itself led to 
duplication of efforts and the proliferation of auditing schemes possibly detrimental to public 
certification.  
8. The OIE World  Assembly of Delegates agreed and felt there was a potential for 
complementarities in the area of compliance with public and private standards and agreed future 
cooperation and harmonisation were targets for th e OIE, both public and private standard-setting 
bodies and industry representatives working at a global level.  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  9. The Assembly  agreed too that it was important to make a clear distinction between 
complementarities of public and private standards in the field of sanitary aspects and in the field of animal welfare.  
Background  
10. The issue  of private standards in international trad e of animals and animal products was first 
raised at the 76
th OIE General Session (2008) with an insight on the "Implication of private standards 
in international trade of animals and animal products" provided by Representatives of the World 
Trade Organisation (WTO) and of the European Union DG-Sanco.  
11. Public food system-related standards elaborated by Codex Alimentarius, International Plant 
Protection Convention (IPPC) and the World Organiza tion for Animal Health (OIE) are officially 
recognized by the WTO Sanitary and PhytoSanitary Agreement.  
12. Food system  stakeholders include farm input supp liers, farm producers, primary collection 
and processing facilities, food ingredient and packaging manufacturers, food manufacturing firms, distributors, importers, exporters, retailers, food service and restaurant  operators, and all consumers.  
Links :  http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/en_Implica tions%20of%20private%20standards.htm
  
World Organisation for Animal Health    G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  ANNEX 4 
 
RESOLUTION NO. 26 
 
Roles of public and private standards in animal health and animal welfare  
  
CONSIDERING THAT 
 1. OIE Members adopted, at the 76th Genera l Session in 2008, Resolution No. XXXII 
"Implications of private standards in interna tional trade of animals and animal products"; 
2. The World Trade Organization (WTO), under the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement), fo rmally recognises the OIE as the reference 
organisation for establishing international sta ndards on animal diseases, including zoonoses; 
3. In areas not covered by the SPS Agreement, th e OIE international standards could be 
considered as a basis for national techni cal regulations under the WTO Agreement on 
Technical Barriers to Trade; 
4. The OIE Members and the international community at large recognise the OIE as the 
organisation responsible for setting standards fo r animal health (including zoonoses), animal 
production food safety and animal welfare, with the objective of providing a scientific basis for safe international trade in animals and an imal products and improving animal health and 
welfare worldwide; 
5. The OIE World Assembly of Delegates has a dopted and continues to adopt international 
standards covering animal health, animal we lfare and animal production food safety; 
6. While private standards can be beneficial in promoting good practice and supporting 
producers to meet public standards, it is of ma jor concern to OIE Members that some private 
standards for sanitary safety and animal welfare relating to animal products have the potential 
to conflict with OIE standards; 
7. Private sanitary standards have the potential to create doubts or confusion on the part of 
consumers regarding the safety of foods that meet official standards; 
8. The OIE has signed official Agreements a nd works in close collaboration with the 
international industry organisations such as In ternational Federation of Agricultural Producers 
(IFAP), International Dairy Federation (IDF) , International Meat Secretariat (IMS), 
International Egg Commission (IEC), Internationa l Poultry Council (IPC) and Safe Supply of 
Affordable Food Everywhere (SSAFE); 
9. Formal linkages and channels of communi cation between private standard setting 
organisations and the OIE have so far been limited and coul d be strengthened. G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  THE ASSEMBLY 
 RECOMMENDS  1. That standards for sanitary safety, which are covered by the WTO SPS Agreement, and 
animal welfare standards should be addressed separately; 
2. To reaffirm the standards published by the OI E in the field of animal health, including 
zoonoses, as the official guarantees for safe in ternational trade in animals and animal 
products, while avoiding unjustified sanitary ba rriers to trade and promoting the prevention 
and control of animal diseases worldwide;  
3. That for sanitary safety, because the mandate  of the international standard setting 
organisations is clearly recognised under th e WTO SPS Agreement, the role of private 
standards should be limited to supporting th e implementation of official standards; 
4. To promote the implementation of the OIE anim al welfare standards as reference standards 
that apply globally; 
5. That the Director General continue undertaki ng relevant activities to further strengthen the 
OIE’s activities in standard setting for animal health, including zoonotic diseases, and animal 
welfare and speed up work on new animal welfare standards; 
6. To continue to implement and reinforce capac ity building programmes to help Members to 
implement the OIE standards; 
7. That the Director General continue to provide advice on the steps that may be available to 
advocate that private animal health and animal welfare standards, where used, are consistent 
with and do not conflict with those of the OIE; 
8. That the Director General ma intain close cooperation on sanita ry standards with relevant 
international organisations, notably the WTO and the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius 
Commission, to establish a transparent framework  for dealing with private sanitary standards 
that affect international trade within the WTO; 
9. That the Director General maintain and st rengthen appropriate links and dialogue with 
relevant global private standard setting bodies and global private industry organisations with 
the aim to allow compatibility of private st andards with OIE standards while ensuring 
communications with national governments and consumers; 
10. To encourage global private standard setting bodies to promote the use of official standards as 
benchmarks against which private standards are referenced for international trade in animals 
and animal products; 
11. To encourage global private standard setting bodies to strengthen or develop transparent 
mechanisms and to work towards increased  harmonisation with public standards and 
transparency of private standards. 
 
(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 27 May 2010) 
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  ANNEX 5 
 
RESOLUTION NO. 15 
 
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 th e provisions of Chapter 8.5.  of the Terrestrial 
Code:  
Albania 
Australia Austria Belarus Belgium 
Belize 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Brunei Bulgaria France 
Germany Greece Guatemala Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras Hungary Iceland New Caledonia  
New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama 
Poland 
Portugal Romania San Marino G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  Canada 
Chile Costa Rica Croatia Cuba 
Cyprus 
Czech Rep. Denmark Dominican Republic El Salvador 
Estonia 
Finland Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia Indonesia 
Ireland Italy 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 Argen tina in a document addressed to the Director 
General in January 2007; 
 Botswana
: zones designated by the Delegate of Bo tswana in documents addressed to the 
Director General in January 2009 and in November 2009; 
 
Brazil :  State of Santa Catarina; 
 Colombia
: zones designated by the Delegate of Co lombia in documents addressed to the 
Director General in November 1995 and in  April 1996 (Area I - Northwest region of 
Choco Department) and in January 2008 (Archipelago de San Andres and 
Providencia); 
 Malaysia
: zones of Sabah and Sarawak 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; 
 
Peru:  zones as designated by the Delegate of Peru in two documents addressed to the 
Director General in December 2004 and in January 2007; 
 
                                                      
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/1024 
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  Philippines : Islands of Mindanao, Visayas, Palawan a nd Masbate, and two zones located on the 
Island of Luzon as designated by the De legate of the Philippines in a document 
addressed to the Director General in December 2009; 
 South Africa
: zone designated by the Delegate of South Africa in a document addressed to the 
Director General in May 2005. 
4. The Director General publish the following list of Members having FMD free zones where vaccination is practised, according to th e provisions of Chapter 8.5. of the Terrestrial Code : 
 
Argentina
: zone of Argentina designated by the Delega te of Argentina in documents addressed to 
the Director General in March 2007; 
 Bolivia
:  zone of Chiquitania designated by the De legate of Bolivia in documents addressed to 
the Director General in January 2003 and a zone situated in the western part of the Department of Oruro in documents addressed to the Director General in 
September 2005; 
 Brazil
:  States of Acre along with two adjacent municipalities of Amazon state, Rio Grande 
do Sul, Rondonia and the middle southern part of the State Parà, as designated by the Delegate of Brazil in a document addressed to the Director General in March 2004 and February 2007.  The States of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de 
Janeiro, Sergipe, Tocantins, Distrito Federa l, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Paraná, São Paulo 
of Brazil as designated by the Delegate of Brazil in a document addressed to the Director General in May 2008;  and the zone in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul as designated by the Delegate of Brazil in a document addressed to the Director General in July 2008; 
 
Colombia
: zone designated by the Delegate of Colomb ia in documents addressed to the Director 
General in January 2003, two zones desi gnated by the Delegate in documents 
addressed to the Director General in Decem ber 2004, a south western zone designated 
by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in January 2007 and an eastern zone designa ted by the Delegate of Colombia in 
documents addressed to the Director General in January 2009; 
 Paraguay
: zone designated by the Delegate of Paragua y in documents addressed to the Director 
General in March 2007. 
 
Turkey :  zone designated by the Delegate of Turk ey in documents addressed to the Director 
General in November 2009 and in March 2010. 
 AND  5. The Delegates of these Memb ers will immediately notify the He adquarters if FMD occurs in 
their countries or zones within their territories. 
 
(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 25 May 2010) G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  ANNEX 6 
 
RESOLUTION NO. 16 
 
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 st atus, but which excluded rinderpest because 
participation in the cost of rinderpest disease status evaluation will be obtained, whenever 
possible, 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 are 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 apply 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 followi ng list of Members recognised as free from 
rinderpest, according to the provisions of Chapter 8.12. of the Terrestrial Code :  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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Afganistán Albania 
Algeria 
Andorra Angola 
Argentina 
Armenia Australia 
Austria 
Bahrain Bangladesh 
Barbados 
Belarus 
Belgium 
Belize Benin 
Bhutan 
Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Botswana 
Brazil Brunei 
Bulgaria 
Burkina Faso Burundi 
Cambodia 
Cameroon 
Canada 
Cape Verde Central African Rep. 
Chad 
Chile China (People’s Rep. of) 
Chinese Taipei 
Colombia Congo 
Congo (Dem. Rep. of) 
Côte d'Ivoire Costa Rica 
Croatia 
Cuba Cyprus 
Czech Rep. 
Denmark 
Djibouti Dominican Rep. 
Ecuador  
Egypt El Salvador 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea Estonia 
Ethiopia 
Fiji  
Finland 
Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia 
France 
Gabon Georgia 
Germany  
Ghana Greece 
Guatemala 
Guinea Guinea Bissau 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Honduras 
Hungary Iceland 
India 
Indonesia Iran 
Iraq 
Ireland Israel 
Italy 
Jamaica Japan 
Jordan 
Kenya Korea (Dem. People’s Rep.) Korea (Rep. of) 
Kuwait 
Latvia 
Lebanon Lesotho 
Libya 
Liechtenstein Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Madagascar Malawi 
Malaysia 
Maldives 
Mali 
Malta Mauritania 
Mauritius 
Mexico Moldavia 
Mongolia 
Montenegro Morocco 
Mozambique 
Myanmar Namibia 
Nepal  
Netherlands 
New Caledonia 
New Zealand Nicaragua 
Niger 
Nigeria Norway  
Oman 
Pakistan Panama 
Papua New Guinea 
Paraguay Peru 
Philippines 
Poland  Portugal  
Qatar 
Romania 
Russia 
Rwanda 
San Marino 
Senegal Serbia 
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Seychelles  
Singapore Slovakia 
Slovenia 
Somalia South Africa 
Spain 
Sudan Suriname 
Swaziland 
Sweden 
Switzerland 
Syria Tajikistan 
Tanzania 
Thailand Togo 
Trinidad and 
  Tobago Tunisia 
Turkey 
Uganda Ukraine 
United Kingdom 
United States of   America 
Uruguay 
Uzbekistan 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela Vietnam 
Yemen 
Zambia Zimbabwe 
 
 2. The Director General publish the following list of non-OIE Members recognised as free from 
rinderpest according to the provisions of Chapter 8.12. of the Terrestrial Code : 
                                                     
 
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Cook Islands Dominica 
Marshall 
Islands Nauru Niue  
Palau  
Palestinian Auton. 
Territories Samoa  
Solomon Islands 
St Vincent and the Grenadines Timor Leste 
Tonga 
Vatican 
 
3. Members and non-Members not yet recognised free from rinderpest in accordance with the 
provisions of the Terrestrial Code  take the necessary measures to obtain rinderpest free status 
and submit their dossier to the OIE as soon as possible. 
4. 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 maintains its recognised rinderpest free status provided that the Delegate submits, during the month of November of each year, a letter to 
the Director General of the OIE which includes th e relevant information as prescribed in the 
Terrestrial Code  for that disease, for confirming the maintenance of the recognized disease 
status.  
AND 
 5. The Delegates of Members and competent authorities of non-OIE Members will immediately 
notify the Headquarters if rinderpest occurs in their countries. 
 
(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 25 May 2010)  G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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  ANNEX 7 
 
RESOLUTION NO. 18 
 
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Status of Members  
  
CONSIDERING THAT 
 1. During the 67th General Session the OIE Intern ational Committee established a procedure for 
annually updating a list of Members, 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 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 a BSE risk 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 India Peru 
Australia New Zealand Singapore  Chile Norway Sweden  Finland Paraguay Uruguay Iceland   
 
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 : G/SPS/GEN/1024 
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Austria Belgium Brazil Canada 
Chinese Taipei 
Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark 
Estonia 
France Germany Greece 
Hungary Ireland Italy 
Japan 
Korea (Rep. of) Latvia Lichtenstein 
Lithuania 
Luxembourg Malta  Mexico 
Netherlands Panama Poland 
Portugal 
Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Switzerland 
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. 
 
(Adopted by the World Assembly of Delegates of the OIE on 25 May 2010) 
 
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