1. OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission Issues of interest to the region Challenges and proposals 13 th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Middle East Beirut, Lebanon, 11-13 November 2015 Dr Etienne Bonbon President, Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission World Organisation for Animal Health

2. Topics for discussion Terrestrial Code  OIE 83 rd General Session  Issues discussed at the Sep 2015 meeting of the TAHSC  Conclusion: prepare for Comments

3. OIE 83 rd General Session: Terrestrial Code  User’s guide and glossary  Animal welfare chapters  Disease specific chapters  revised chapters on Bluetongue and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), and new chapter on Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease

4. User’s Guide  Introductory text, but full OIE Standard explaining the Terrestrial Code, its various purposes and how it should be utilised;  Specific points pending from 2014 (first adoption) were adopted: how the absence of OIE recommendations should be interpreted; use of animals (re working equids); safe commodities  Work for consistency with the Aquatic

5. Glossary  Updating definitions:  listed disease (inclusion of infestation)  stamping-out policy  risk analysis (group of definitions)  safe commodity  Deletion: hazard identification  New definition: biosecurity

6. Horizontal and Animal Welfare  New chapter 7.11. on animal welfare and dairy cattle production systems  Updating of Chapter 7.10. on animal welfare and broiler production systems  Updating of Chapter 4.16. on high health status horse subpopulation  Chapters adopted with pending comments

7.  New Chapter 8.7. on Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD)  Bluetongue: new revision - Chapter 8.3. (pending issues: pathogenicity of strains, wording)  FMD: complete revision - Chapter 8.8. (pending issues: vaccinated animals, zoning, compartments)  BSE: updating introduction (status – atypical BSE) Disease specific chapters

8. Code Commission meeting September 2015  Generalities  User’s guide and glossary  Horizontal and animal welfare chapters  Disease specific chapters  Work programme

9. Generalities and horizontal issues  Standard setting procedures and relations between Specialist Commissions and OIE HQs  User’s guide: fine tuning, pending points  Glossary: deletions, pending points, new definitions for OIE Standards and Guidelines  Chapters 1.1. on notification and 1.2. on listing  HHP issue: OIE Guidelines / Handbook  WTO SPS Agreement: update of Chapter 5.3.  New draft chapter on criteria for assessing the safety of commodities

10. Animal welfare issues  Pending issues from 2015 General Session  Draft new chapter 7.x. on working equids  Guidelines on disaster risk management

11.  Vector borne diseases: Harmonisation BT, EHD, RVF  FMD: fine tuning; still pending issues to be discussed with SCAD  Tuberculosis: new draft Chapter 8.x. on infection of multiple species with M. tuberculosis complex  Glanders: deeply revised Chapter 12.10. on infection with Burkholderia mallei  African swine fever: deeply revised Chapter 15.1. Disease specific chapters

12.  Continue harmonisation with Aquatic and close collaboration with SCAD and BSC with the help of OIE HQs  Control of diseases: Vaccination; Zoning; Outbreak management  Veterinary Public Health: Salmonella in pigs and in cattle; horizontal Chapters 6.1. and 6.2.  Non tsetse Trypanosomiasis: new draft chapters  FMD, BSE: pending issues  Theileriosis: revise chapter 11.12.  Lumpy skin disease: revise chapter 11.11. Work Programme

13. Prepare for the 84 th General Session (2016) Terrestrial Code Where to find information?  Amendments under discussion and texts potentially to be proposed for adoption are in the Report of Sep. 2015 TAHSC meeting  Delegates have been notified of TAHSC report available (unofficial version); official version (with FR and ES) available end of October

14. How to prepare?  Review, consult with experts and stakeholders, collate comments  Give access to your Focal Points for expert review  Prepare your positions, share with other Members AND  Send comments to OIE by the deadline for text circulated for comments

15. Do not forget!  Important background information and responses to Member comments can be found in other reports Therefore:  Review the SCAD report!  Review AHG reports (in SCAD and TAHSC reports)!  details of text developments  rationale for accepting/rejecting Members’ comments

16. At the World Assembly?  No major changes will be made during the World Assembly!  Therefore engage in the commenting process throughout the process.

17. Thank you for your attention!