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26th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe Bern, Switzerland, 22-26 September 2014 FINAL REPORT World Organisation for Animal Health12 rue de Prony, 75017 Paris, France • tel: 33 (0)1 4.15.18.88 fax: 3 (0)1 42.67.09.87 • www.oie.int • [email protected] CONTENTS Page § List of abbreviations ....................................................................................................... v Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 1-2 Tuesday 23 September 2014 Opening Ceremony .......................................................................................................... 1 3-4 Election of the Conference Committee .......................................................................... 1 5 Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable ......................................................................... 1 6 Election of Session Chairpersons and Rapporteurs for Technical Items and Animal Health Situation ......................................................................................... 2 7 OIE Activities and Vision for the 21st Century ............................................................ 2 8-39 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 5 40-49 Activities of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe including the regional initiative and mechanism for OIE standard setting in Europe .............. 5 50-56 Activities and work programme of the OIE Regional Representation for Eastern Europe, the OIE Sub-Regional Representation in Brussels, the OIE Regional Representation in Moscow, and the OIE Sub Regional FMD coordination Unit Office in Astana ...................................................................... 6 57-61 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 7 62-65 The OIE Sixth Strategic Plan – Regional perspectives ................................................ 8 66-77 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 9 78-88 Technical Item I: “Animal health in the light of natural disasters and bioterrorism” ............................ 10 89-95 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 11 96-103 OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission Issues of interest to the Region – Challenges and proposals ....................................... 12 104-108 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 12 109-111 Facilitation of international competition horse movements A new OIE initiative ....................................................................................................... 13 112-120 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 14 121-126 Identifying new challenges for drawing the future of the Regional Commission and its Members ........................................................................ 14 127-132 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 15 133 i The OIE Approach to One Health .................................................................................. 15 134-139 Wednesday 24 September 2014 Technical Item II: “Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea: current global situation and possible threat for Europe” ............................................. 16 140-148 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 17 149-159 OIE Regional Platform on animal welfare for Europe ................................................. 18 160-167 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 19 168-169 Animal health situation of Member Countries in the region during the first semester of 2014 ................................................................................... 20 170-249 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 41 250-257 Celebration of the centenary of the Swiss Veterinary Service and the creation of the new Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) .............. 41 258-262 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 42 263 Update on African swine fever ....................................................................................... 42 264-267 Foot and Mouth Disease Control in Eastern Europe .................................................... 43 268-275 Discussion ........................................................................................................................ 44 276-278 FMD situation in North Africa ....................................................................................... 44 279-283 Presentations by international and regional organisations: European Commission (EC) ...................................................................................... 45 284 World Trade Organization (WTO) ............................................................................ 45 285-287 Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) ........................ 45 288-292 European Federation for Animal Health and Sanitary Security (FESASS) ..................................................................................... 46 293-295 Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) .......................................................... 46 296-299 International Federation for Animal Health-Europe (IFAH-Europe) .................... 46 300-302 World Farmers Organisation (WFO) ........................................................................ 47 303-306 World Health Organization (WHO) .......................................................................... 47 307-312 World Animal Protection (WAP) ............................................................................... 48 313-317 Discussions on Recommendations 1 and 2 .................................................................... 48 318 Date, venue and selection of the Technical Item for the 27th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe .................................... 48 319-324 Thursday 25 September 2014 Cultural Visit................................................................................................................... 49 325 ii Friday 26 September 2014 Outcome of the survey aimed at identifying new challenges for drawing the future of the Regional Commission and its Members ........................ 49 326-328 Adoption of the Draft Final Report and Recommendations ......................................... 50 329-331 Closing Ceremony ........................................................................................................... 50 332-337 APPENDICES Speeches Opening ceremony ........................................................................................ 51 List of participants ....................................................................................................... 59 Agenda ........................................................................................................................... 71 Programme .................................................................................................................... 73 Recommendation 1 ........................................................................................................ 77 Recommendation 2 ........................................................................................................ 79 Press release .................................................................................................................. 81 Motion of thanks ........................................................................................................... 83 iii List of Abbreviations API Animal Protection Index ASF African swine fever ASFV ASF virus BT Bluetongue BTSF Better Training for Safer Food BTV Bluetongue Virus CBPP Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia CFIA Canadian Food Inspection agency CI Confidence interval CIC International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation CMC-AH Crisis Management Centre – Animal Health CVO Chief Veterinary Officer DIVA Differentiate infected from vaccinated animals EBHS European brown hare syndrome EC European Commission EFSA European Food Safety Authority EU European Union EuFMD European Commission for the control of Foot-and-Mouth disease FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FEI Fédération Equestre Internationale FESASS European Federation for Animal Health and Sanitary Security FMD Foot and mouth disease FSVO Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FVE Federation of Veterinarians of Europe GEMP Good Emergency Management Practice GF-TADs Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases HHP High health, high performance’ ICFAW International Coalition for Animal Welfare IFAH International Federation for Animal Health-Europe IFHA International Federation of Horseracing Authorities IHR