Office International des pizooties

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Office International des Épizooties World
Organisation for Animal Health created in 1924 in
Paris
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162 Member Countries (May 2002)
Americas 28 Africa 47 Europe 49 Middle
East 12 Asia 26
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Objectives

• To ensure transparency in the animal health
  situation throughout the world.
• To collect, analyse and disseminate scientific
  veterinary information.
• To contribute expertise and encourage
  international solidarity in the control of animal
  diseases.
• Within its mandate under SPS and WTO Agreement,
  to safeguard world trade by publishing health
  standards for international trade in animals and
  animal products.
• 5. To improve the legal framework and resources
  of Veterinary Services.

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INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE Administrative Commission
Specialist Commissions Code, Standards,
Fish,Foot and Mouth Disease
Regional Commissions Africa, Americas, Europe,
Asia- Far East and Oceania, Middle East
Central Bureau
Director General
CollaboratingCentres ReferenceLaboratories
Ad hoc Groups Working Groups
International Trade Department
Administrative and Financial Department
Animal Health Information Department
Scientific and Technical Department
Regional Activities Department
Publications Department
Regional Representations
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Specialist Commissions

• International Animal Health Code Commission
• Standards Commission
• Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics
  Commission
• Fish Diseases Commission (and others aquatic
  animals)

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• Working Groups
• Animal production Food Safety
• Wildlife Diseases
• Animal Welfare
• Ad Hoc Groups
• Set up, when needed, with scientists of world
  reknown to prepare the decisions of the
  Specialist Commissions and the International
  Committee

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International Relations

• Institutional cooperation with
• - World Health Organization (WHO)
• - Food and Agricultural Organization of the
  United Nations (FAO)
• - World Trade Organization (WTO)
• - Codex Alimentarius
• - International Plant Protection Commission
  (IPPC)
• - World Bank
• - International Federation for Animal Health
  (IFAH)
• - World Veterinary Association (WVA)
• - Other Regional Organizations (OAU-IBAR, PAHO,
  OIRSA, IICA)
• Technical and scientific cooperation with more
  than 20 regional organisations and international
  professional associations.

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OIE International Standards

• International Animal Health Code - mammals, birds
  and bees
• International Aquatic Animal Health Code fish,
  molluscs and crustaceans
• Manual of Standards for Diagnostic Tests and
  Vaccines
• Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases
• Guidelines for the Surveillance of Animal
  Diseases
• Also available on the OIE Website

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• OIE Information System

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• Promote Transparency and
• Knowledge of Global
• Animal Disease Situation

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How ?

• OIE Early Warning System based on official
  reports from Member Countries
• Active search and verification of non official
  information
• Improve data quality at the field level
• OIE Global Information System

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The OIE Early Warning System
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The OIE Global Information System
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• International Animal Health Code
• (mammals, birds and bees)

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Animal Health Code

• Provides detailed recommendations of sanitary
  measures to be used by Chief Veterinary Officers
  of Member Countries in establishing health
  regulations applying to the safe importation of
  animals and animal products, while avoiding
  unjustified trade restrictions
• Contains recommendations covering ruminants,
  swine, equidae, rabbits, bees, poultry, dogs and
  cats
• In four languages English, French, Russian and
  Spanish (the Arabic translation will be available
  later)

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Approach of the Code

• Generic (horizontal) chapters
• import risk analysis methodology
• monitoring and surveillance standards
• evaluation of veterinary services, etc.
• Specific chapters on listed animal diseases and
  zoonoses covering
• live animals
• semen and embryos
• products of animal origin (meat, eggs, milk,
  hides and skins.)

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Principles of the Code

• Scientific basis for recommendations
• Import risk analysis
• - assessment of risk factors
• - evaluation of veterinary services
• - zoning and regionalisation
• - epidemiological surveillance
• Health certification
• WTO SPS Obligations

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Contents of the Code

• Part 1 - General provisions
• - Section 1.1 - General Definitions and
  Notification of Animal Diseases
• - Section 1.2 - Obligations and Ethics in
  International Trade
• - Section 1.3 - Import Risk Analysis
• - Section 1.4 - Import/Export Procedures
• - Section 1.5 - Risk Analysis for Biologicals
  for Veterinary Use
• Part 2 - Recommendations applicable to specific
  diseases
• - List A Diseases
• - List B Diseases

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Contents of the Code (contd)

• Part 3 - Appendices
• - Section 3.1 - Diagnostics tests for
  international trade purposes
• - Section 3.2 - Collection and processing of
  semen
• - Section 3.3 - Collection and processing of
  embryos/ova
• - Section 3.4 - Health control and hygiene in
  establishments
• - Section 3.5 - Quarantine recommendations
• - Section 3.6 - Inactivation of pathogens and
  vectors
• - Section 3.7 - Transport of animals
• - Section 3.8 - General Principles and
  Surveillance systems for the recognition of
  the disease/infection free status
• Part 4 - Model International veterinary
  certificates

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New work programme

• Animal welfare
• Animal production food safety
• Regular up-dating of all Code chapters
• Interactive consultations

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Updatinginternational standards
COMMITTEE,COMMISSIONS,DELEGATES
PROBLEM
Specialist Commissions
Review
Advice of experts or other Specialist Commissions
Draft text
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DELEGATES
Comments
COMMITTEE
OIE INTERNATIONALSTANDARD
Adoption
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International Trade and National Animal Health
Regulations

• References WTO Agreement on the Application of
  Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures
• Basis standards, guidelines and recommendations
  of the OIE
• Conditions for international acceptance
  transparency - consistency with OIE standards (or
  scientific justification and risk analysis)
• In case of dispute OIE dispute settlement
  offices and, if unresolved, settlement in
  accordance with WTO procedures
• Possibility of mediation by the Director General

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Areas of cooperation with Codex (1)

• Equivalence
• Risk analysis
• Regionalisation and zoning
• Surveillance and monitoring
• Transparency

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Areas of cooperation with Codex (2)

• Control, Inspection and Certification Procedures
• Zoonoses
• Pre-Harvest Food and Feed Safety
• Biotechnology
• Veterinary Drugs and Antimicrobial Resistance

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Codex Committeesareas of mutual interest with
OIE

• CC on General Principles
• CC on Food Hygiene
• CC on Food Imports and Export Inspection
• CC on Residues of Veterinary Drugs
• CC on Methods of Analysis and Sampling
• CC on Meat and Poultry Hygiene
• CC on Milk and Milk Products
• Task Force on Food derived from Biotechnology
• Task Force on Animal Feeding

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OIE Commissions and groupsareas of mutual
interest with Codex

• International Animal Health Code
• Foot and Mouth Disease and Other Epizootics
  Commission
• Standards Commission
• Working Group on Biotechnology
• Working Group on Food Safety
• Ad hoc Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
• Ad hoc Group on Veterinary Drugs

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• MANUAL OF STANDARDS
• for Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines

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Collaborating Centres and Reference Laboratories

• 156 Collaborating Centres and
• Reference Laboratories across the world
• Collaborating Centres horizontal themes
• Reference Laboratories for diagnosis, control,
  research and training

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OIE Reference Laboratories

• Purpose
• Facilitate standardisation of diagnostic tests by
  designating a source of expertise and standard
  reagents for Lists A and B Diseases

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Functions and Responsibilitiesof the OIE
Reference Laboratories

• 1. Act as a centre of expertise for a disease
  and standardisation of methodology,
• 2. Storage and distribution of standards strains
  and diagnostic standards, antisera, antigens and
  other reagents,
• 3. Development of new diagnostic methods,
• 4. Collection, processing and analysis of
  epizootiological data,

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Functions and Responsibilitiesof the OIE
Reference Laboratories (contd)

• 5. Provision of technical assistance to the OIE
• 6. Training in specific areas,
• 7. Organisation of scientific meetings on behalf
  of the OIE,
• 8. Co-ordination of collaborative studies,
• 9. Publication and dissemination of the relevant
  information.

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International Recognition Procedures

• For Countries or zones free from
• Foot and Mouth Disease
• Rinderpest
• Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

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Declaration of freedom from certain diseases

• DEFINITIONS in the OIE Code
• QUESTIONNAIRE drawn up by the FMD and
  OtherEpizootics Commission
• SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS submitted by Delegates of
  Member Countries
• EXPERT PANEL mission to the requesting
  country(if necessary)
• REPORT of the Expert Panel
• PROPOSAL of the Commission
• DECISION of the OIE International Committee

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Other publications of the OIE
Bulletin every 3 months
Scientific and Technical Review every 4 months
World Animal Health every year
Technical items, Newsletters, Specialised
books variable
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Information on the OIE Web Site

• Early warning
• Weekly Disease Information
• International Standards (Codes, Manuals, etc.)
• Scientific and Technical Review (contents and
  abstracts)
• Scientific and general information on OIE
  activities, animal diseases and zoonoses

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