WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/788 
22 June 2007 
 (07-2652) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
  
ISSUES OF INTEREST TO THE SPS COMMITTEE DISCUSSED BY THE OIE 
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE AT THE 75
th GENERAL SESSION 
 
Communication from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)  
 
 
 The following communication, received on 20 June 2007, is being circulated at the request of 
the OIE. 
 
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 1. The 75
th General Session of the International Co mmittee of the OIE, the World Organisation 
for Animal Health, was held in Paris, France, from 20-25 May 2007. 
2. Of the OIE membership of 169 member Countries, 158 countries or territories were 
represented by their delegates, and 5 non-member  countries and 47 international or regional 
organizations, institutions  and federations attende d the General Session. 
I. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL 
3. The OIE has continued to implement the Work  Programme established under the Fourth 
Strategic Plan (2006-2010).  
4. In 2006, the World Animal Health and Welf are Fund received its first major voluntary 
contributions.  The OIE received grants from the World Bank to carry out economic studies, notably 
comparing the cost of maintaining surveillance syst ems in times of epidemiological silence with the 
cost of dealing with sanitary crises.  
5. The OIE has continued to develop the PVS T ool.  Training courses for evaluators were 
organised with the support of the OIE Collaborating Centre in Lyon, France.  One hundred and five countries are due to undertake a PVS Evaluation within 3 years.  
6. The OIE strengthened its network of Regiona l and Sub-Regional Representations with the 
opening of new offices.  The OIE/FAO Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Disease s Agreement was progressed.  
7. The new concept of the 'regional animal health cen tre' was tested with the official creation of 
the OIE/FAO/IBAR Centre in Bamako.  
8. Five new official agreements with international or regional organisations were signed in 2007.  G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  9. Updating of the Codes and Manuals was actively pursued. By the end of 2006, the OIE had 
20 Collaborating Centres and 160 Reference Laboratori es.  The concept of twinning arrangements for 
laboratories was launched.  The OIE organised a number of international scientific conferences. Development of the World Animal Health Info rmation System (WAHIS) continued in 2006 and 
several training seminars were organised for users. 
II. GENERAL SESSION 2007 
10. Two major technical items were presented and discussed:  "The Use of Epidemiological 
Models for the Management of Animal Diseases" and "The Role of Reference Laboratories and 
Collaborating Centres in Providing Permanent Suppor t for the Objectives and Mandates of the OIE".  
The International Committee adopted r esolutions on these technical items. 
11. International organisations that  have a Cooperation Agreement with the OIE (including the 
Codex Alimentarius Commission, WHO, FAO, WTO, World Veterinary Association, International 
Federation for Animal Health, International Meat S ecretariat, International Equestrian Federation, 
International Federation of Agricultural Producer s and the World Association of Veterinary 
Laboratory Diagnosticians) made pr esentations on their work programmes, stressing the importance 
of their relationship with the OIE.  
12. The International Committee approved the terms of new agreements signed by the Director 
General on behalf of the OIE with the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA);  the Center for Animal Health and Food Safety for the Safe Supply of Affordable Food Everywhere 
initiative (SSAFE), the International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH);  and the International 
Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS), as well as the extension of the agreement between 
the OIE and CABI International.  
13. The International Committee adopted a Resolution on the Restoration of the Exercise of the 
Legal Rights and Obligations of the People's Re public of China (PRC), which will allow full 
participation of PRC in OIE activities while ma intaining participation of Chinese Taipei.   
III. REPORT ON THE ANIMAL PRODUCTION FOOD SAFETY WORK 
PROGRAMME 
14. Professor Stuart Slorach, Chairman of the OIE Permanent Animal Production Food Safety 
Working Group, reported on the activities of the Working Group in 2006-7.  Highlights included: 
(a) drafting of more detailed guidance on syst ems for Identification and Traceability of 
Live Animals to complement the already adopted General Principles; 
(b) finalising an appendix on Guidelines for the Control of Biological Hazards of 
Animal Health and Public Health Importa nce through Ante- and Post-Mortem Meat 
Inspection; 
(c) coordinating the development of a draft text on animal feeding;  
(d) coordinating work on the revision of the OIE model veterinary certificates; 
(e) preparation of an appendix on the C ontrol of Salmonella Enteritidis and 
S. Typhimurium in poultry producing eggs for human consumption. 
15. The Working Group work programme for 2007-08 includes horizontal issues (animal 
identification and traceability, certification, antimicr obial resistance, alternative approaches to risk  G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  management of zoonoses, good farming practices, guidelines for animal feeding);  disease-specific 
texts (brucellosis, salmonellosis);  strengthening th e relationship between OI E and Codex;  and the 
development of a new text on the role and functi onality of Veterinary Services in food safety.  
IV. REPORT ON THE ANIMAL WELFARE WORK PROGRAMME 
16. Dr David Bayvel, Chairman of the OIE Perman ent Animal Welfare Working Group, reported 
on the work of the Group in 2006-07.  Achi evements and ongoing priorities include: 
(a) revision of appendices on animal welfare for livestock, including land transport, sea 
transport, slaughter for human consumption and killing for disease control purposes; 
(b) consideration of draft text on aquatic animal  welfare including the transport of fish 
by land and sea, the killing of fish and the slaughter of fish for human consumption; 
(c) ongoing communications initiatives, including the marketing of "Animal Welfare: 
Global Issues, Trends and Challenges" in the OIE Scientific and Technical Review 
Series; 
(d) further progressing work on humane contro l of dog populations, wildlife welfare 
(harvesting/culling), laboratory animal welfare and livestock production systems; 
(e) preparations for the 2
nd OIE Global Conference on Animal Welfare.  
V. REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION FOR ANIMAL DISEASES 
17. Professor Enzo Caporale, President of the OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases 
presented an overview of the Commission's activitie s in 2006-2007.  Important work included:  
(a) reviewing the OIE's approach to zoonotic diseases and emerging zoonotic diseases, 
and recommending further work on th e surveillance of wildlife diseases; 
(b) the principle that foot and mouth disease (FMD) must be controlled through a 
collaborative approach of countries with  common borders. Argentina, Brazil, 
Bolivia and Paraguay have agreed to est ablish a 15 km area contiguous to their 
relevant national borders that will be  excluded from OIE-recognized free zones 
until this status can be reconsidered; 
(c) drafting "General Guidelines for Compartm entalisation" for the OIE Terrestrial 
Code; 
(d) reviewing the reports of ad hoc  groups on Evaluation of Country Status for FMD, 
rinderpest, contagious bovine pleu ropneumonia and bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy (BSE). 
18. The European Union, recognising the work of  the OIE in evaluating the BSE status of 
countries, has ceased conducting its Geographi c BSE Risk Assessment (GBR) process.  
19. On the Commission's recommendation, the OI E initiated a network of OIE Reference 
Laboratories for Bluetongue.  The Network held an  inaugural meeting at Teramo, Italy in 2007.  G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  20. The Commission will address several new prioriti es in 2007/2008, including requirements for 
surveillance of vector-borne diseases, review of cu rrent scientific knowledge on atypical scrapie and 
BSE cases,  and the effects of global climate change on animal diseases.  
VI. REPORT OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL HEALTH STANDARDS 
COMMISSION  
21. Dr Alejandro Thiermann, President of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards 
Commission (Terrestrial Code Commission), reporte d on the work of the Commission, noting that 30 
new or revised texts had been submitted for a doption and 18 others were in preparation.  
22. Dr Thiermann noted that the OIE would continue to provide preliminary reports in English on 
the Delegates' website as soon as possible after each m eeting, while waiting for official versions to be 
finalised and translated.  He also noted the OI E policy of placing Commission reports, reports of 
Working Groups and ad hoc Groups on the OIE public website. 
23. Dr Thiermann presented the following texts to  the International Committee for adoption: 
(a) General definitions; including modified de finitions for "Veterinary Services", 
"Veterinary Authority" and "Veterinary Administration"; 
(b) Chapter on zoning and compartmentalisation; 
(c) Chapter on rabies; 
(d) Foot and mouth disease (FMD); adopting the principle of a "containment zone" 
with the aim of expediting the re-instateme nt of FMD free status of a country or 
zone in the event of a limited disease outbreak; 
(e) Rinderpest; a substantially re vised chapter and appendix; 
(f) Bluetongue; changes to reflect new sci entific knowledge about the potential 
distribution of the disease and a revised appendix on surveillance; 
(g) Bovine tuberculosis; 
(h) BSE chapter;  while some changes to  the chapter were adopted, proposed 
amendments on gelatine were not accepted a nd a scientific rationale will be further 
developed.  Delegates from the Africa n Region supported a proposal to include 
meat from grass-fed animals over 30 months of age in the list of commodities that 
can be traded without restriction.  Dr Thiermann requested that Delegates make 
specific proposals for consideration by the OIE in 2007-8; 
(i) Chapters on equine influen za and other equine diseases; 
(j) A new chapter and appendix on classical swin e fever were withdrawn to allow more 
time for Members to consid er the proposed changes; 
(k) A chapter and two appendices on avian influe nza; amendments to the definition of 
poultry and clarification that Members s hould not impose immediate trade bans in 
response to findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds;  G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  (l) Four slightly revised appendices on animal welfare (land transport, sea transport, 
slaughter, and killing for disease control); 
(m) Appendices on livestock semen; 
(n) An appendix on animal identification and traceability; modification of the general 
principles; 
(o) Appendix on disposal of dead animals;  and 
(p) A new appendix - Guidelines on the detecti on, control and prevention of Salmonella 
enteritidis and S. typhimurium in poultry producing eggs for human consumption - 
was not adopted as Members required more time to consider the text. 
24. Dr Thiermann noted that 18 new or revised te xts had been sent to Members for comment as 
Part B of the report of the Terrestrial Code Comm issions March 2007 meeting,  including amendments 
to texts on Newcastle disease, African swine fever, identification and traceability, 
compartmentalisation, and international veterinary certificates.  
25. Dr Thiermann noted that the revision of the appendix on BSE risk assessment was an 
outstanding issue and that the relationship of th e appendix to the categorisation process should be 
clarified. 
26. Dr Thiermann advised that, with effect from 2008,  the Terrestrial Code will be published as 
two volumes.  One will contain horizontal chapters , including guidelines on animal welfare, and the 
second will contain specific disease chapters a nd relevant appendices, including guidelines on 
surveillance, inactivation of specified pathoge ns and risk analysis for specified diseases. 
27. Finally, Dr Thiermann commended to Members the OIE Checklist on the Practical 
Application of Compartmentalisation for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease in Poultry.  While not forming part of the Terrestrial Code, this broc hure would provide useful guidance to countries and 
would also be available on the OIE's public website.  
VII. REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS COMMISSION 
28. Dr Stephen Edwards, President of the Biol ogical Standards Commission, reported on the 
Commission's activities in 2006-07.  
29. At the First International Conference of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating 
Centres, December 2006, the OIE re-launched an  initiative for OIE Reference Laboratories and 
Collaborating Centres to enter into a twinning agre ement with laboratories in developing and in-
transition countries.  The objective is to build cap acity and scientific expertise and to improve the 
geographical distribution of such expertise to vete rinary services, enabling Me mbers to negotiate and 
apply OIE guidelines and standards mo re easily. Several laboratories have expressed an interest in this 
initiative 
30. The Commission proposed to establish eight ne w OIE Reference Laboratories and three new 
OIE Collaborating Centres. 
31. The OIE has continued implementing the OIE/FA O Network of Expertise on Avian Influenza 
(OFFLU).  Good progress has been made in sharing of  virus strains and/or sequence data within the 
global scientific community and OFFLU is a co-signa tory to the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  Influenza Data (GISAID).  However, the acquisition of  resources and staff to advance the aims of the 
network has been slow. 
32. The OIE International Committee adopted the recommendations of the ad hoc Group on 
antimicrobials of veterinary importance.  The Group took account of the FAO/WHO/OIE expert 
consultation meetings on antimicrobial use in an imals and WHO proposals for a list of critically 
important antimicrobials in humans to develop a refi ned list of critically important, highly important, 
and important antimicrobials used in food-producing animals.  
33. The OIE continued its work in two priority ar eas of biotechnology, ie veterinary vaccines and 
animal health aspects of livestock cloning technology , and will continue to follow developments in 
the application of nanotechnology.  
34. The Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals  was amended in regard 
to several diagnostic tests and vaccines.  
35. Based on an expert panel report, the OIE accepte d, for the first time, a commercial diagnostic 
kit for inclusion in the OIE register of approved methods.  
VIII.  REPORT OF THE AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH STANDARDS COMMISSION 
36. Dr Eva-Marie Bernoth, President of the Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission, 
reported on the work of the Commission in 2006-07.  Dr Bernoth advised that there were no proposed changes to the list of fish and mollusc diseases and th ree crustacean diseases were listed 'under study'.  
37. The OIE International Committee appr oved various amendments to the Aquatic Code .  
38. Dr Bernoth advised Delegates that the Manua l of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals 
adopted at the 74
th General Session is widely regarded as th e definitive guide to diagnostic methods 
for the diseases of aquatic animals that are of impor tance to international trade.  While the next 
edition is planned for publication in 2009, changes could be made to the web version of the Aquatic 
Manual in the interim.  Dr Bernoth commented that  an expert is engaged in revising the disease 
chapter template for the Aquatic Manual. The Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission 
continues to work closely with the Terrestrial  Code Commission to ensure harmonization of 
approaches where appropriate (for example, on criteria on disease notification and on 
compartmentalisation).  Important areas for work in 2007-8 include recommendations for trade in 
amphibian species, surveillance for aquatic animal diseases, welfare of aquatic species, extension of 
the OIE Performance, Vision and Strategy (PVS) Tool to aquatic animal health systems, and 
recommendations on aquatic animal feeds. 
IX. RECOGNITION OF THE STATUS OF MEMBER COUNTRIES IN REGARD TO 
FMD, RINDERPEST, CBPP AND BSE  
39. Based on the recommendations of the Scientif ic Commission for Animal Diseases, the OIE 
International Committee asked the Director Gene ral of the OIE to publish the list of Members 
recognised as FMD free (see appendix 1), the list of Members recognised as free from rinderpest 
disease and rinderpest infection (see appendix 2), the list of Members recognised as free from contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (see appendix 3) and the list of Members recognised as BSE free 
or provisionally free (see appendix 4). 
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  Appendix 1  
RESOLUTION No. XXI 
Recognition of the Foot and Mouth Disease Status of Member Countries 
CONSIDERING THAT 1. By means of subsequent Resolutions
1 the International Committee has accepted a procedure 
establishing and annually updating a list of Memb er Countries and zones within their national 
territories, recognised as free from foot and mout h disease (FMD) according to the provisions of 
the Terrestrial Code , 
2. The Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (the Scientific Commission) has continued to 
apply the procedure approved by the Internati onal Committee, and has supported the recognition 
of the FMD free status of additional countries and zones within national territories for annual 
adoption of the list by the International Committee, 
3. During the 65th General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution XII, which 
stated that the Delegates of Member Countries where countries or zones within their national 
territories are recognised as FMD free, annually c onfirm by letter during the month of November 
that their FMD status and the criteria by whic h that status was recognised have remained 
unchanged, 
4. Recommendations of the Scientific Commissi on regarding the evaluation of countries as being 
free from foot and mouth disease have been submitted to Member Countries for comments as outlined in Resolution XVI, which was adopted during the 67th General Session of the 
International Committee, 
5. During the 70th General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution No. XVIII 
asking Member Countries applying for this evaluation to meet part of the costs sustained by the OIE Central Bureau in the evaluation process, 
6. During the 71st General Session, the Inte rnational Committee adopted Resolution XXI 
delegating to the Scientific Commission the author ity to recognise, without further International 
Committee consultation, an FMD free zone cr eated following outbreaks within a Member 
Country or its territory in accordance with the rele vant provisions of Chap ters 1.3.5. and 2.2.10. 
of the Terrestrial Code, 
7. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the official Veterinary 
Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of country 
disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in epidemiological status or other 
significant events that were not promptly reported to the Central Bureau subsequent to the time 
of declaration of freedom. 
                                                     
 
1  62nd General Session (GS) Resolution No (Res) IX; 63rd GS Res XI and Res XII; 64th GS Res XII 
and 65th GS Res XVII. G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  THE COMMITTEE 
RESOLVES THAT 1. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as FMD-free 
countries where vaccination is not practised, accordi ng to the provisions of Chapter 2.2.10. of the 
Terrestrial Code
 2: 
Albania 
Australia Austria Belarus Belgium 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 
Bulgaria Canada Chile Costa Rica 
Croatia 
Cuba Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark El Salvador 
Estonia 
Finland Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia France Germany 
Greece Guatemala Guyana Honduras 
Hungary 
Iceland Indonesia Ireland Italy 
Japan 
Korea (Rep. of) Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar 
Malta 
Mauritius Mexico Netherlands New Caledonia  
New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama 
Poland 
Portugal Romania Serbia-and-Montenegro* Singapore 
Slovakia 
Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine 
United Kingdom 
United States of America Vanuatu 
 
2. The Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries recognised as FMD free 
countries where vaccination is practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 2.2.10. of the 
Terrestrial Code
1: 
 Taipei China and Uruguay. 3. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries as having an FMD free 
zone where vaccination is not practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 2.2.10. of the 
Terrestrial Code:  
                                                     
 
2  For information on the status of non-contiguous territories of Member Countries recognised as FMD 
free, please address enquiries to that country's Delegate or to the Director General 
*  Including the territory of Kosovo administered by the United Nations  G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  Argentina : enlargement of an existing zone designated by  the Delegate of Argentina in a document 
addressed to the Director General in January 2007; 
Botswana : enlargement of an existing zone as designa ted by the Delegate of Botswana in a 
document addressed to the Director General in December 2006; 
Brazil:   State of Santa Catarina; 
Colombia : zones designated by the Delegate of Colomb ia in documents addressed to the Director 
General in November 1995 (Area I - Northw est region of Choco Department) and in 
April 1996; 
Malaysia : zones of Sabah and Sarawak designated by the Delegate of Malaysia in a document 
addressed to the Director General in December 2003; 
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; 
Philippines : Islands of Mindanao, Visayas, Palawan and Masbate; 
South Africa : zone designated by the Delegate of S outh Africa in a document addressed to the 
Director General in May 2005. 
4. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries as having FMD free zones 
where vaccination is practised, according to the provisions of Chapter 2.2.10. 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 Dele gate 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; 
Colombia : zone designated by the Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director 
General in January 2003, two zones designate d by the Delegate in documents addressed 
to the Director General in December 2004 and a south western zone designated by the 
Delegate of Colombia in documents addressed to the Director General in January 2007; 
Paraguay : zone designated by the Delegate of Paragua y in documents addressed to the Director 
General in March 2007. G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  AND 
5. The Delegates of these countries will immediatel y notify the Central Bur eau if FMD occurs in 
their countries or zones within their territories. 
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(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 22 May 2007)  G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  Appendix 2  
RESOLUTION No. XXII 
Recognition of Member Countries Free Status from Rinderpest Infection and  
Rinderpest Disease 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. By means of subsequent Resolutions3 the International Committee has accepted a procedure 
establishing and annually updating a list of Memb er Countries and zones within their national 
territories, recognised as free from rinderpest diseas e or infection according to the provisions of 
the Terrestrial Code , 
2. During the 70th General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution No. XVIII 
asking fees to be paid by Member Countries a pplying for evaluation for freedom from rinderpest 
disease or rinderpest infection and that these f ees would be recovered whenever possible from 
sources other than the applicant countries, 
3. During the 71st General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution No. XXIII 
which stated that Delegates of Member Countri es where countries or zones within their national 
territories are recognised as rinderpest free, annua lly reconfirm by letter during the month of 
November that their rinderpest status and the cr iteria by which the status was recognized have 
remained unchanged, 
4. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the official Veterinary 
Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of country 
disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in epidemiological status or other 
significant events that were not promptly reported to the Central Bureau subsequent to the time 
of declaration of freedom from disease or infection. 
THE COMMITTEE 
RESOLVES THAT 
1.  The Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries recognised as free from 
rinderpest infection, according to the provisions of Chapter 2.2.12. of the Terrestrial Code : 
 
Albania 
Algeria Andorra 
Angola 
Argentina Australia Austria Barbados 
Belgium 
Benin Bhutan Germany  
Ghana Greece 
Guatemala 
Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Honduras 
Hungary 
Iceland India New Caledonia 
New Zealand Norway  
Pakistan 
Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines 
Poland 
Portugal Romania 
                                                     
 
3  63rd General Session (GS) Resolution No (Res) XIV; 67th GS Res XVI and 68th GS Res XIII G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  Bolivia 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria 
Burkina Faso 
Burundi Canada Chile Colombia 
Congo (Dem. Rep. of the) 
Côte d'Ivoire Costa Rica Croatia Cuba 
Cyprus 
Czech Rep. Denmark Ecuador  Egypt 
El Salvador 
Eritrea Estonia Finland Former Yug. Rep. of 
Macedonia 
France Indonesia 
Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan 
Korea (Rep. of) 
Latvia Lesotho Lithuania Luxembourg 
Madagascar 
Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta 
Mauritania 
Mauritius Mexico Moldavia Mongolia 
Morocco 
Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands Rwanda 
Senegal Singapore Slovakia Slovenia 
South Africa 
Spain Swaziland Sweden Switzerland 
Thailand 
Taipei China Tanzania Togo Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia 
Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America 
Uruguay 
Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe 
 
2. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries as being free from 
rinderpest disease according to the provisions of Chapter 2.2.12. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Cameroon 
Central African Republic 
Chad Ethiopia Gambia Lebanon Niger 
Nigeria 
Sudan Tajikistan Uganda 
 
3. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries having zones designated by 
their respective Delegates as free from rinderpest disease according to the pr ovisions of Chapter 
2.2.12. of the Terrestrial Code : 
Kenya:  zone designated by th e Delegate of Kenya in a document addressed to the Director 
General in August 2005.  G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  AND 
4. The Delegates of these countries will immedi ately notify the Central Bureau if rinderpest 
infection or disease occur in their count ries or zones within their territories. 
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(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 22 May 2007) G/SPS/GEN/788 
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  Appendix 3
 
RESOLUTION No. XXIII 
Recognition of the Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Status of Member Countries 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. By means of subsequent Resolutions4 the International Committee has accepted a procedure 
establishing and annually updating a list of Memb er Countries and zones within their national 
territories, recognised as free from contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) according to the 
provisions of the Terrestrial Code , 
2. During the 70th General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution No. XVIII 
asking Member Countries applying for evaluation for freedom from CBPP to meet part of the 
costs sustained by the OIE Central Bureau in the evaluation process, 
3. During the 72nd General Session the Interna tional Committee adopted Resolution No. XXIII 
which stated that the Delegates of Member Countries where countries or zones within their 
national territories are recognised as CBPP free, a nnually confirm by letter during the month of 
November that their CBPP status and the criteria by which that status was recognised have 
remained unchanged, 
4. During the 72nd General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution No. XXIII 
that implemented the establishment of a list of countries or zones free from CBPP disease or CBPP infection and included in that list countri es already recognised free of CBPP by the OIE, 
5. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the official Veterinary 
Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of country 
disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in epidemiological status or other 
significant events that were not promptly reported to the Central Bureau subsequent to the time 
of declaration of freedom from CBPP, 
THE COMMITTEE 
RESOLVES THAT 
1. The Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries recognised as free from 
CBPP according to the provisions of the Chapter 2.3.15. of the Terrestrial Code: 
Australia Botswana India 
Portugal Switzerland 
United States of America 
AND 
2. The Delegates of these countries will immediatel y notify the Central Bureau if CBPP occurs in 
their countries or in zones within their territories. 
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(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 22 May 2007) 
                                                     
 
4  71st General Session (GS) Resolution No (Res ) XXIV; 73rd GS Res XVI and 74th GS Res XXIX. 
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  Appendix 4  
RESOLUTION No. XXIV 
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Status of Member Countries 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. By means of subsequent Resolutions5 the International Committee has accepted a procedure 
establishing and annually updating a list of Memb er Countries and zones within their national 
territories, categorised by their BSE ri sk according to the provisions of the Terrestrial Code , 
2. During the 70th General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution No. XVIII 
asking Member Countries applying for a BSE risk evaluation to meet part of the costs sustained by the OIE Central Bureau in the evaluation process, 
3. During the 72nd General Session, the OIE adopted Resolution No. XXI requesting the Director 
General to inform Delegates of Member Countri es whose countries or zones within their national 
territories are recognised with regard to thei r BSE status should annually confirm during the 
month of November whether their status and th e criteria by which their status was recognised 
have remained unchanged, 
4. During the 73rd General Session, the OIE adopt ed Resolution No. XXI confirming that countries 
which had already submitted dossiers for the eval uation of country status need not pay any 
additional costs should they have  to renew their applications, 
5. During the 74th General Session, the OIE adopted Resolution No. XXVII confirming that 
Countries listed as provisionally free from BSE in  accordance with Chapter 2.13.13 of the 13
th 
Edition (2004) of the Terrestrial Code  wishing to submit an application before the end of 2006 
for confirmation of their status will be assessed against the Terrestrial Code  of 2004 and will 
remain on the list published by the OIE until May 2008, 
6. Information published by the OIE is derived from declarations made by the official Veterinary 
Services of Member Countries. The OIE is not responsible for inaccurate publication of country 
disease status based on inaccurate information or changes in epidemiological status or other 
significant events that were not promptly reporte d to the Central Bureau, subsequent to the time 
of declaration of the BSE risk status. 
THE COMMITTEE RESOLVES THAT 1. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as countries 
with a negligible BSE risk in accordance with Chapter 2.3.13. of the 15th edition (2006) of the 
Terrestrial Code : 
Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Singapore and Uruguay. 
2. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as countries 
with a controlled BSE risk in accordance with Ch apter 2.3.13. of the 15th edition (2006) of the 
Terrestrial Code : 
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Switzerland, Taipei China and United States of America. 
3. The Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as 'provisionally 
free' from BSE in accordance with Chapter 2.3. 13. of the 13th edition (2004) of the Terrestrial 
                                                     
 
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  Code  and Resolution XXVII of the 74th General Se ssion The countries below will remain on the 
list published by the OIE until May 2008: 
Iceland and Paraguay.  
4. Since January 2007, all appli cations for BSE status have been  and will be assessed against the 
Terrestrial Code  current at the time. 
AND 
5. The Delegates of these countries will immediatel y notify the Central Bureau if BSE occurs in 
their countries or zones within their territories. 
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(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 22 May 2007) 
   
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