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Ref. Ares(2018)2526762 - 15/05/2018 Annex 2 Original: English February 2018 REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE OIE AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH STANDARDS COMMISSION EU comment The EU would like to commend the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission for its work and for having taken into consideration EU comments on the Aquatic Code and Manual submitted previously. A number of general comments on this report of the February 2018 meeting of the Aquatic Animals Commission as well as the intended positions of the EU on the draft Aquatic Code and Manual chapters proposed for adoption at the 86th OIE General Session are inserted in the text below, while specific comments are inserted in the text of the respective annexes to the report. The EU would like to stress again its continued commitment to participate in the work of the OIE and to offer all technical support needed by the Aquatic Animals Commission and its ad hoc groups for future work on the Aquatic Code and Manual. The OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Aquatic Animals Commission) met at OIE Headquarters in Paris from 14 to 21 February 2018. The list of participants is attached as Annex 1. The Aquatic Animals Commission thanked the following Member Countries for providing written comments on draft texts for the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code (hereinafter referred to as the Aquatic Code) and OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (hereinafter referred to as the Aquatic Manual) circulated after the Commission’s September 2017 meeting: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Costa Rica, Fiji, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, New Caledonia, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, the United States of America (USA) and the Member States of the European Union (EU). The Aquatic Animals Commission reviewed comments that Member Countries had submitted and amended texts in the OIE Aquatic Code and Aquatic Manual where appropriate. The amendments are shown in the usual manner by ‘double underline’ and ‘strikethrough’ and may be found in the Annexes to this report. The amendments made at this meeting are highlighted with a coloured background in order to distinguish them from those made at the September 2017 meeting. The Aquatic Animals Commission considered all Member Country comments that were supported by a rationale. However, the Commission was not able to draft a detailed explanation of the reasons for accepting or not accepting every comment received. The Aquatic Animals Commission encourages Member Countries to refer to previous reports when preparing comments on longstanding issues. The Commission also draws the attention of Member Countries to relevant reports of ad hoc Groups, which include important information and are provided as annexes to Commission’s reports. The Commission encourages Member Countries to review these reports together with the report of the Commission. The Commission reminded Member Countries that all of the OIE ad hoc Group reports (since 2016) are also provided on the OIE website as stand-alone documents (available at OIE •12, rue de Prony • 75017 Paris • France Tel.: 33 (0)1 44 15 18 88 • Fax: 33 (0)1 42 67 09 87 • www.oie.int • [email protected] 2 http://www.oie.int/en/standard-setting/specialists-commissions-working-groups/scientific-commission- reports/ad-hoc-groups-reports/). The table below lists the texts as presented in the Annexes. Member Countries should note that texts in Annexes 3 to 28 are proposed for adoption at the 86th General Session in May 2018; Annexes 29 to 36 are presented for Member Country comment; and Annexes 37 to 40 are presented for information. The Aquatic Animals Commission strongly encourages Member Countries to participate in the development of the OIE’s international standards by preparing to participate in the process of adoption of texts in Annexes 3 to 28 at the 86th General Session. The Commission also invites the submission of comments on Annexes 29 to 36 of this report. Comments should be submitted as specific proposed text changes, supported by a scientific rationale. Proposed deletions should be indicated by ‘strikethrough’ and proposed additions with ‘double underline’. Member Countries should not use the automatic ‘track-changes’ function provided by word processing software as such changes are lost in the process of collating Member Countries’ submissions into the Commission’s working documents. Comments on Annexes 29 to 36 of this report must reach OIE Headquarters by the 30 July 2018 to be considered at the September 2018 meeting of the Aquatic Animals Commission. Comments received after the due date will not be submitted to the Commission for consideration at their September 2018 meeting. All comments should be sent to the OIE Standards Department at: [email protected]. Item Texts proposed for adoption Annex number Page number AQUATIC CODE 1.2. User’s guide Annex 3 31 1.3. Glossary Annex 4 35 1.4. Diseases listed by the OIE (Article 1.3.) Annex 5 37 1.6. OIE procedures relevant to the Agreement on the Application of Annex 6 39 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization (Chapter 5.3.) 1.7. Criteria to assess the safety of aquatic animal commodities Annex 7 47 (Chapter 5.4.) 1.8.1. New draft chapter for Infection with Batrachochytrium Annex 8 49 salamandrivorans (Chapter 8.X.) 1.8.2. Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Chapter 8.1.) Annex 9 55 1.8.3. Infection with ranavirus (Chapter 8.2.) Annex 10 63 1.9. Infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis Annex 11 69 virus (Articles 9.4.1. and 9.4.2.) 1.10.1. Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis (Chapter 10.1.) Annex 12 71 1.10.2. Infection with Aphanomyces invadans (epizootic ulcerative Annex 13 77 syndrome) (Chapter 10.2.) 1.10.3. Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris (Chapter 10.3.) Annex 14 83 1.10.4. Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus (Chapter 10.4.) Annex 15 91 OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission/February 2018 3 1.10.5. Infection with salmonid alphavirus (Chapter 10.5.) Annex 16 101 1.10.6. Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (Chapter 10.6.) Annex 17 109 1.10.7. Koi herpesvirus disease (Chapter 10.7.) Annex 18 117 1.10.8. Red sea bream iridoviral disease (Chapter 10.8.) Annex 19 123 1.10.9. Spring viraemia of carp (Chapter 10.9.) Annex 20 129 1.10.10. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (Chapter 10.10.) Annex 21 137 1.11. Model Articles X.X.8., X.X.9., X.X.10. and X.X.11. Annex 22 143 Item Texts proposed for adoption Annex number Page number AQUATIC MANUAL 4.2. White spot disease (Chapter 2.2.8.) Annex 23 145 4.3.1. Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus (Chapter 2.3.1.) Annex 24 163 4.3.2. Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris (Chapter 2.3.3.) Annex 25 189 4.3.3. Infection with infectious salmon anaemia virus (Chapter 2.3.5.) Annex 26 201 Infection with infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis 4.4 Annex 27 221 virus (Chapter 2.2.3.) 4.5. Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (Chapter 2.2.1.) Annex 28 223 Texts for Member Country comment: Annex number Page number AQUATIC CODE 1.3. Glossary Annex 29 225 1.5. Criteria for listing species as susceptible (Chapter 1.5.); clean (A) Annexes 30 A 227 and track changes (B) and 30 B 1.10.5. Article 10.5.2. Infection with salmonid alphavirus (Chapter 10.5.) Annex 31 235 1.10.7. Article 10.7.2. Koi herpesvirus disease (Chapter 10.7.) Annex 32 237 1.10.9. Article 10.9.2. Spring viraemia of carp (Chapter 10.9.) Annex 33 239 AQUATIC MANUAL 4.6.1. Infection with salmonid alphavirus (Chapter 2.3.6.) Annex 34 241 4.6.2. Koi herpesvirus disease (Chapter 2.3.7.) Annex 35 255 4.7. Infection with yellow head virus genotype 1 (Chapter 2.2.9.) Annex 36 275 (Section 2.2.2.) Item Annexes for Member Country information: Page number 3.1. Report of the ad hoc Group on Susceptibility of fish species to Annex 37 277 infection with OIE listed diseases 3.4. Report of the electronic ad hoc Group on Tilapia lake virus Annex 38 311 5.1. Proposed new Aquatic Manual disease chapter template Annex 39 321 J Aquatic Animals Commission Work Plan for 2017/2018 Annex 40 339 A. MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission/February 2018 4 The Aquatic Animals Commission met with Dr Monique Eloit, Director General, on 19 February 2018. Dr Eloit welcomed the Commission members and thanked them for their ongoing support and commitment noting that this was the last meeting of the current Commission. Dr Eloit provided an update on the new process for election to the OIE Specialist Commissions. She noted that the report of the Evaluation Committee on the nomination for election to the OIE Specialist Commissions will be considered by the Council at their February 2018 meeting. She informed the Commission that the final list will be provided to OIE Delegates prior to the 2018 General Session. Dr Eloit also mentioned that preparations are underway for the development of the 7th Strategic Plan. B. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The draft agenda circulated prior to the meeting was discussed, updated, and agreed. The adopted agenda of the meeting is attached as Annex 2. C. MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE OIE TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL HEALTH STANDARDS COMMISSION The President of the Aquatic Animals Commission met with the President of the Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Code Commission) during the week when both Commissions were meeting.