 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/501 
21 June 2004 
 (04-2674) 
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 72
ND GENERAL SESSION 
 
Communication from World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)  
 
The following communication, dated 17 June 2004, is being circulated at the request of the OIE. 
 
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 1. The 72
nd General Session of the International Co mmittee of the OIE, the World Organisation 
for Animal Health, was held at the OIE headquarters (Paris, France) from 23-28 May 2004.  Of the 
OIE membership of 167 Member Countries, 139 count ries or territories were represented by their 
delegates, and 36 international orga nizations and institutions also par ticipated.  Issues relevant to the 
work of the SPS Committee discussed by the OIE In ternational Committee duri ng the General Session 
were as follows:  
2. The President noted that the OIE has started preparing its 4th Strategic Plan (2005-2010) which 
will be submitted for adoption in May 2005.  
3. Two major technical items were presented and discussed – "Emerging and Re-emerging 
Zoonotic Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities" , and "Animal Identification and Traceability". 
4. International Organisations which had si gned a Cooperation Agreement with the OIE 
(including the WTO, Codex Alimentarius Commissi on, WHO, World Bank, International Association 
for Biologicals FAO, and the World Veterinary A ssociation (WVA)) made presentations on their work 
programmes, stressing their close relationship with the OIE.  The OIE noted that it had now two 
agreements with the FAO – a general agreement wh ich had already been signed and a new agreement 
on the GF-TADs (FAO/OIE Global Framework fo r the Progressive Control of FMD and Other 
Transboundary Animal Diseases) programme. 
Report on the Animal Production Food Safety work programme 
5. The Chairman of the Working Group on Anim al Production Food Safety (Dr A McKenzie) 
made a presentation on the Working Group's work  programme, and on its achievements over the 
previous 12 months. These included:   
• OIE input into the work of the Codex Comm ittees on Meat Hygiene and on Milk and Milk 
Products, and the Codex Task Force on Animal Feeding; G/SPS/GEN/501 
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• review of the Terrestrial Code  chapter on bovine tuberculosis  to better incorporate public 
health aspects;  
• development of guidelines on "good farming pr actices" which adopt a farm-level animal 
production approach to address public health risks at the farm; 
• development of a guidance document for the Di rector General on the role and functionality 
of Veterinary Services in food safety throughout the food chain;  and 
• drafting of a paper to provide more detailed guidance on the use and development of a risk-
based approach in ante-  and post-mortem inspection. 
6. Dr McKenzie indicated that the following prior ities had been identified by the Working Group 
for the short term:  
• animal traceability;  
• review of international standards on testing,  inspection and certification, with a view to 
maximizing harmonization, through coordinati on with the Codex Alimentarius Commission 
and other relevant inte rnational organisations; 
• salmonellosis; 
• OIE input into upcoming Codex meetings on animal  feeding, residues of veterinary drugs in 
food, and milk and milk products; 
• improvement of the current level of OIE i nput into Codex texts and development of a 
method for the most effective utilization of Codex and WHO expertise in the work of OIE Ad hoc Groups and vice versa;  and 
• antimicrobial resistance. 
Report on the Animal Welfare work programme 
7. The Chair of the Animal Welfare Working Group (Dr D Bayvel) made a presentation on its 
achievements to date, the outcomes of the Global An imal Welfare Conference and the animal welfare 
work programme for 2004-2005.  Dr Bayvel believe d that the Conference had been very successful 
and OIE had been strongly supported in its intern ational animal welfare leadership role by 
representatives of Member Countries, industry a nd farmers' organisatio ns, non-governmental 
organisations and the scientific community.  The conference also provided the OIE with the 
opportunity to emphasize its commitment to consultation and communication. 
8. Dr Bayvel indicated that the work of the existi ng four expert groups would continue and that a 
fifth group had been established to address aquatic an imal welfare issues.  The OIE's close liaison with 
the WVA, the International Air Transport Associ ation (IATA) and other re levant international 
organisations would continue. Specific guide lines on animal welfare (addressing land and sea 
transport, killing for disease control purposes and slaughter for human consumption) would be 
presented for adoption in 2005.  There was strong support for the OIE's animal welfare initiative from 
the International Committee. 
Report of the Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases 
9. The Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases  reviewed the international disease prevalence 
situation with respect to foot and mouth di sease (FMD) and other major transboundary diseases, and  G/SPS/GEN/501 
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  made detailed summaries of the situation in various regions of the world for the benefit of Member 
Countries.  
10. The Commission reviewed further the FMD guide lines for surveillance to  replace the existing 
"Preliminary Guidelines for the es tablishment or the regaining of recognition for an FMD free country 
or zone".  The Commission proposed m odifications to the FMD chapter in the Terrestrial Code  to take 
into account the concept of demonstrating the ab sence of virus circulation in FMD-free countries 
where vaccination is practised.  The Commission also updated the FMD surveillance guidelines to 
address targeted surveillance, th e complexities of vaccination and the use of certain tests. 
11. The Commission also proposed a new appendix on the general principles on animal health 
surveillance, with guidelines for specific disease su rveillance, e.g. FMD, av ian influenza, classical 
swine fever, and bluetongue, being deve loped in line with these principles. 
Report of the Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission - adoption of new provisions in 
the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
12. The Chair of the Code Commission recalled the extensive work programme for the 
Commission as a result of discussions at the 2003 Ge neral Session, with priorities including a further 
revision of the avian influenza chapter, a simplifie d approach to country categorisation in the bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) chapter, a revi sion of the BSE surveillance appendix, further 
revision of the FMD surveillance guidelines, a revision  of the bovine tuberculosis chapter to explicitly 
distinguish animal health and public health meas ures, and incorporation of the new approach to 
disease notification.  He believed that 2003 had been  another productive year, with 28 new or revised 
chapters submitted for adoption and several others in preparation. 
13. The OIE International Committee adopted almost  all of the proposed amendments to the 
Terrestrial  Code, including on the following subjects: 
• general definitions – including revised defin itions for "zone/region" and "compartment"; 
• obligations and ethics in international trade; 
• evaluation of veterinary services – inter alia , to address the roles and responsibilities of 
private veterinarians and veterinary para-pro fessionals in the provision of animal health 
services; 
• guidelines for reaching a judgement of equivalence of sanitary measures; 
• new criteria for OIE-listed diseases and the animal disease notification obligations of 
Member Countries; 
• revised FMD  chapter and appendix on FMD surveillan ce – to address the concept of virus 
circulation in FMD-free countries which vaccinate for the disease;  
• revised BSE chapter and guidelines  on risk assessment for BSE (both of which generated 
significant discussion) - in the interest of clarity, recommendations on the safety of certain commodities were moved to the front of the chapter; some changes were made to the 
recommendations on SRMs; and the risk assessment process was better harmonized with 
the guidelines for risk analysis;  
• 
after significant debate, the current BSE surveillance appendix was not updated, pending 
new proposals in 2005 based on the EU data; 
• rinderpest; G/SPS/GEN/501 
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• contagious bovine pleuropneumonia; 
• equine influenza; 
• guidelines for risk analysis for antimicrobial r esistance, to complement the three chapters on 
antimicrobial resistance adopted in 2003; 
• diseases of honey bees;  and 
• avian influenza - following the discussions  held during the 2003 General Session on a 
significantly revised chapter, the Code Commi ssion had proposed revised categories of 
country/zone/compartment status for notifia ble avian influenza, measures to better 
differentiate the risks associated with  the different commodities traded, and 
recommendations to encourage surveillance a nd notification for both low pathogenic and 
highly pathogenic strains to maximize tr ansparency and minimize unjustified trade 
restrictions;  the importance of the OIE making progress on this chapter, due to concerns over the zoonosis risks and the large outbreaks in Asia and other parts of the world, was 
noted;  Delegates generally welcomed the furt her development of the chapter but recognised 
that further work was needed on compartmen talization, vaccination, the recommendations 
for trade and the proposals for su rveillance;  accordingly, th e revised chapter was adopted 
for inclusion into the Code as an "under study" adjunct to the present chapter. 
14. Regarding a simplified categorization system  for BSE status, the Code Commission had 
recommended a revised categorization system which would group countries into the following three categories, based on the outcome of a risk asse ssment and only when supported by a strong 
surveillance system – negligible risk of BSE, contro lled BSE risk, undetermined risk of BSE.  Member 
countries were requested to give the Code Commi ssion detailed comments as to the direction in which 
it should be heading on this issue.  The approach was accepted without further discussion by the 
Delegates. 
Report of the Biological Standards Commission 
15. The finalization of the texts for the fifth edition of OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and 
Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals  was a major activity for the Commission. As well as the printed 
version, a web-based version will be made availa ble on the OIE website. The new edition significantly 
updated its work on the standardization of diagno stic tests and vaccines for international trade. 
16. The Chair of the Commission noted the pivotal role played by OIE Reference Laboratories 
and Collaborating Centres in the international ne twork of scientific expertise that supports the 
objectives of the OIE.  The Commission was keen to identify laboratories within developing countries 
that can fulfil the role of providing services within their region, and to strengthen their operations by 
encouraging twinning of such laboratories with those in developed countries.  The Commission 
recommended various applications for Reference La boratory and Collaborating Centre status, which 
the International Committee approved. 
17. A Resolution was adopted to amend the mandate of OIE Reference Laboratories, to ask them 
to also inform the OIE of results that are confir med positive for diseases that are reportable to OIE.  
The results forwarded to the OIE would only be publ ished by the OIE in agreement with the Delegate 
of the country concerned and after precise identification of the origin of the samples. 
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Adoption of new provisions in the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code and topics 
18. The OIE International Committee approved the 7
th edition of the Aquatic Animal Health Code  
and the 4th edition of the OIE Manual of Diagnostic  Tests for Aquatic Animals .  Additions or 
amendments to the Aquatic Code  were made on the following subjects: 
• general definitions;  
• disease listing and notification criteria; 
• aquatic animal health measures appli cable on departure and arrival;  and 
• general recommendations on disinfection. 
19. The Aquatic Animals Commission produced sever al templates for disease chapters in the 
Aquatic Code, taking better account of issues su ch as disease free aquacultu re establishments, disease 
surveillance, compartmentalization and "safe" commodities. Ad hoc  Groups will be convened to 
develop specific disease chapters. 
20. As well, the Commission was working closely w ith the Terrestrial Animal Health Standards 
Commission to ensure that approaches being take n by both Commissions in their work was closely 
harmonized, for example on criteria on disease notification. 
Recognition of the status of Member Countries in regard to rinderpest, FMD, BSE and CBPP 
21. The OIE International Committee asked the Direct or General of the OIE to publish the list of 
Member Countries recognised as FMD free (see appendix 1), the list of Member Countries newly recognised as BSE provisionally free (see appendix 2)  and the list of Member Countries recognised as 
free from rinderpest infection (see appendix 3) . G/SPS/GEN/501 
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Appendix 1
 
RESOLUTION No. XX 
Recognition of the Foot and Mouth Disease Status of Member Countries 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 63rd General Session, the Internationa l Committee adopted Resolutions XI and XII, 
"Establishment of a list of foot and mouth disease (FMD) free countries where vaccination is not practised", and "Procedure for the recognition of the foot and mouth disease status of Member 
Countries", respectively; 
2. During the 64th General Session, the Internati onal Committee adopted Resolution XII, which 
asks that the Director General publish a list of th e countries or zones within national territories 
that fulfil the criteria of one of the FMD free categories described in Chapter 2.1.1. of the 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code (the Terrestrial Code ); 
3. 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; 
4. Recommendations of the Scientific Commission 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 67
th General Session of the 
International Committee; 
5. The Scientific Commission proposed that an updated list of countries and zones previously 
recognised as free from foot and mouth disease and those newly proposed by the Scientific 
Commission in consultation with Member C ountries be annually adopted by resolution; 
6. During the 65th General Session, the Internati onal 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 conf irm by letter each November both their status 
and that the criteria by which their status was recognized remain unchanged; 
7. During the 65th General Session, the International Committee adopted Resolution XVII 
delegating to the Scientific Commission the author ity to recognize, without further International 
Committee consultation, that a Member Country or  zone within its territory has regained its 
previously recognized FMD free status following out breaks that are eradicat ed in accordance with 
the relevant provisions of Chapter 2.1.1. of the Terrestrial Code ; 
8. During the 71st General Session, the Interna tional Committee adopted Resolution XXI delegating 
to the Scientific Commission the authority to r ecognize, without further International Committee 
consultation, an FMD free zone created following outbreaks within a Member Country or its 
territory in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapters 1.3.5. and 2.1.1. of the Terrestrial  
Animal Health Code;  
9. During the 70th General Session, the Intern ational Committee adopted Resolution XVIII asking 
Member Countries applying for evaluation for freedom from FMD to meet part of the costs sustained by the OIE Central Bu reau in the evaluation process;  G/SPS/GEN/501 
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  10. 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. 
THE COMMITTEE 
RESOLVES 
That the Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognized as FMD free 
countries where vaccination is not practised, accord ing to the provisions of Chapter 2.1.1. of the 
Terrestrial Code
 1: 
Albania 
Australia 
Austria 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 Singapore Slovakia Slovenia 
Spain 
Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom 
United States of America 
Vanuatu 
  AND 
That the Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as FMD free 
countries where vaccination is practised, according to  the provisions of Chapter 2.1.1. of the 
Terrestrial Code
1: 
Taipei China and Uruguay AND That the Director General publish the following lis t of Member Countries as having an FMD free zone 
where vaccination is not practised, according to  the provisions of Chapter 2.1.1. of the Terrestrial 
Code:  
Argentina
: zone situated south of the 42° parallel; 
                                                      
1 For information on the status of non-contiguous te rritories of Member Countries recognised as FMD 
free, please address enquiries to that count ry’s Delegate or to the Director General  G/SPS/GEN/501 
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  Botswana
: zone designated by the Delegate of Botswa na in documents addressed to the Director 
General on 24 July 2003; 
Colombia : Northwest region of Choco Department; 
Malaysia : zones of Sabah and Sarawak designated by the Delegate of Malaysia in a document 
addressed to the Director General on 15 December 2003; 
Namibia :  zone designated by the Delegate of Namibia in a document addressed to the Director 
General on 6 February 1997; 
Philippines : Mindanao, Visayas, Palawan and Masbate; 
South Africa :  zone designated by the Delegate of South Africa in a document addressed to the 
Director General in May 2002; 
AND That 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 2.1.1. of the Terrestrial Code:  
Bolivia
: zone of Chiquitania designated by the Delega te of Bolivia in documents addressed to the 
Director General on January 2003; 
Brazil : States of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Ma to Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, 
Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Sa nta Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins, 
the Federal District, and Rondonia; 
Colombia : zone designated by the Delegate of Colomb ia in documents addressed to the Director 
General on January 2003. 
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(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 25 May 2004)  G/SPS/GEN/501 
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Appendix 2
 
RESOLUTION No. XXI 
Recognition of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Status of Member Countries 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 69th General Session, the Interna tional Committee adopted Resolution No. XV, asking 
Member Countries that wish to be evaluated fo r conformation with the requirements of the OIE 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code  (the Terrestrial  Code ) for bovine spongiform encephalopathy 
(BSE) free status to submit a formal applica tion to the Director General of the OIE for 
consideration by the Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (Scientific Commission); 
2. An Ad hoc Group of experts on BSE (OIE Ad hoc Group for Evaluation of Country Submissions 
for Recognition as Complying with the Terrestrial  Code  as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
Free) has been set up by the OIE and the Gr oup has developed guidelines to facilitate the 
submission of data by Member Countries in acco rdance with the requirements in the current 
edition of the Terrestrial Code ; 
3. During the 70th General Session, the International Committee adopted Resolution XVIII asking 
Member Countries applying for this evaluation to meet part of the costs sustained by the OIE 
Central Bureau in the evaluation process; 
4. During the 71st General Session, the Internationa l Committee adopted Resolution XXII 
authorising the Scientific Commission to also evaluate submissions for provisional freedom from 
BSE in accordance with Article 2.3.13.4 of the Terrestrial Code ; 
5. The Ad hoc Group has already examined s ubmissions from several countries and made 
appropriate recommendations that have been  endorsed by the Scientific Commission; 
6. These recommendations have been submitted to Me mber Countries for comments as outlined in 
Resolution No. XVI, which was adopted during the 67th General Session of the International 
Committee for foot and mouth disease (FMD); 
7. Information published by the OIE is derived from a ppropriate 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 inform ation or changes in epidemiological status or 
other significant events that were not promptly reported to the Central Bureau; 
THE COMMITTEE 
RESOLVES THAT 1. The Director General establish a list of countries or zones recognised by the OIE as BSE "free" 
and "provisionally free" in accordance with Chapter 2.3.13 of the Terrestrial Code .  This list 
should be updated as and when new countries ar e approved by the International Committee and 
shall be adopted annually by resolution. 
2. The Director General publish that Argentina, Iceland, Singapore and Uruguay be recognized as 
"provisionally free" from BSE in accordance with the provisions of Article 2.3.13.4 of the 
Terrestrial Code . G/SPS/GEN/501 
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  3. The Director General inform Delegates of Me mber Countries whose countries or zones within 
their national territories are recognised as "free" or "provisionally free" from BSE that they should 
annually confirm by letter each November both their status and that the criteria by which their 
status was recognised remain unchanged. The list of countries or zones will be published free of 
charge by the OIE. 
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(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 25 May 2004) 
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 Appendix 3  
RESOLUTION No. XXII 
Recognition of Member Countries Free from Ri nderpest Infection and Rinderpest Disease 
CONSIDERING THAT 
1. During the 63rd General Session, the Inte rnational Committee adopted Resolution XIV 
"Establishment of a list of countries that are free of rinderpest"; 
2. During the 68th General Session, the Inte rnational Committee adopted Resolution XIII 
designating a baseline list of Member Countries that  were free from rinderpest infection.  The 
countries included in the list certified that they me et the requirements specified in Chapter 2.1.4. 
of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code (the Terrestrial Code ); 
3. The OIE has also developed a list of countries that are considered to be free from rinderpest 
disease in accordance with Chapter 2.1.4. of the Terrestrial Code ; 
4. Recommendations of the Scientific Commis sion for Animal Diseases (the Scientific 
Commission) regarding countries that are ev aluated as free from rinderpest disease and from 
rinderpest infection 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. The Scientific Commission has continued to a pply the procedure approved by the International 
committee and has supported the recognition of  countries and zones as free from rinderpest 
disease and rinderpest infection for annual adoptio n of the list by the international Committee; 
6. During the 71st General Session, the Scientif ic Commission proposed that Member Countries so 
recognised reconfirm annually that their rinderpest  status remains unchanged and that this annual 
reconfirmation would be a requirement  for maintaining OIE recognition; 
7 During the 70th General Session, the Internationa l Committee adopted Resolution XVIII 
resolving that most of the costs incurred by the OIE Central Bureau in th e evaluation of country 
applications for obtaining the free status with r espect to rinderpest disease or rinderpest infection 
would be recovered whenever possible from s ources other than the applicant countries; 
8. Information published by the OIE is derived from appropriate 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 inform ation or changes in epidemiological status or 
other significant events that were not promptly re ported to the Central Bureau subsequent to the 
time of declaration of freedom from disease or infection. 
THE COMMITTEE 
RESOLVES G/SPS/GEN/501 
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 That the Director General publish the following list of Member Countries recognised as free from 
rinderpest infection, according to the provisions of Chapter 2.1.4. of the Terrestrial Code:  
Albania 
Algeria 
Andorra 
Argentina Australia 
Austria 
Barbados Belgium 
Bolivia 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana 
Brazil 
Bulgaria Canada 
Chile 
Colombia Costa Rica 
Croatia 
Cuba Cyprus 
Czech Rep. 
Denmark Ecuador  
El Salvador 
Estonia Finland 
Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia 
France Germany  
Greece 
Guatemala 
Guyana Honduras 
Hungary 
Iceland Indonesia 
Ireland 
Italy Jamaica 
Japan 
Korea (Rep. of) Laos 
Latvia 
Lesotho Lithuania 
Luxembourg 
Madagascar Malawi 
Malaysia 
Malta Mauritius 
Mexico 
Moldavia Morocco 
Namibia 
 
Nepal 
Netherlands New Caledonia 
New Zealand 
Norway  
Panama Paraguay 
Peru 
Philippines Poland 
Portugal 
Romania Singapore 
Slovakia 
Slovenia South Africa 
Spain 
Swaziland Sweden 
Switzerland 
Thailand Taipei China 
Trinidad and Tobago 
Tunisia Ukraine 
United Kingdom 
United States of America Uruguay 
Vanuatu 
Venezuela Vietnam 
Zimbabwe 
 
AND 
That the Director General publish the following list of Member Countries or zones as being free from 
rinderpest disease according to the provisions of Chapter 2.1.4. of the Terrestrial Code:  
 
Benin 
Bhutan 
Burkina Faso 
Chad
2 
Cote d'Ivoire Egypt 
Erithrea 
Ghana 
Guinea India Mali 
Mauritania 
Mongolia 
Myanmar Niger 
Senegal 
Togo 
Turkey 
 
 AND That the Delegates of Member Countries whose count ries or zones within their national territories are 
recognised as rinderpest infection or rinderpest disea se free, annually reconfirm by letter in November 
of each year that both their status and the crite ria by which their status was recognised remain 
unchanged.  It is understood that these Delegates will immediately notify the Central Bureau if 
rinderpest infection or disease occur in these countries or zones. 
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(Adopted by the International Committee of the OIE on 25 May 2004) 
                                                     
 
2  Zone designated by the Delegate of Chad in documen ts addressed to the Director  General on December 2003 