1. Implementation of OIE Standards into national legislations
Dr Etienne Bonbon
President of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission
Implementation of OIE Standards
into national legislations
rules and policies
14th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Middle East
Istanbul, 3 October 2017

2. The four pillars of the OIE
Improving animal health and welfare worldwide
STANDARDS
for animal health and welfare including for international trade
TRANSPARENCY
of the world animal disease situation
EXPERTISE
collection and dissemination of veterinary scientific information
SOLIDARITY
between countries to strengthen capacities worldwide
under the mandate given by the WTO
including zoonoses
animal disease prevention and control methods
capacity building tools and programmes

3. OIE Standards: what are they?
OIE Standards: compulsory or not compulsory?
OIE Standards: a User’s Guide
The responsibility of Veterinary Authorities
Implementation at country level: the tools

4. OIE STANDARDS: What are they?
OIE Standards are a set of recommendations adopted by the Member Countries for themselves and compiled in Codes and Manuals.

5. OIE Standard processing cycle

6. OIE Standard processing cycle

7. OIE Standard processing cycle

8. OIE Standard processing cycle

9. OIE Standard processing cycle

10. OIE Standard processing cycle

11. OIE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
mammals, birds, reptiles and bees
amphibians, crustaceans, fish and molluscs

12. Purpose of the OIE Codes and Manuals
Recommendations for the improvement of animal health and welfare and veterinary public health worldwide;
Obligations and Recommendations for early detection, reporting and control of pathogenic agents, including zoonotic, and
Prevention of their spread via international trade in animals and animal products, while avoiding unjustified sanitary barriers to trade.

13. Critical aspects The Codes are not “textbooks” on diseases;
They are international standards to be used to evaluate and determine measures to protect animal and public health, including in the trade of animals and animal products;
To be used as a basis to further elaborate national legislation and regulation;
Ensure that their application is in accordance with obligations under the SPS Agreement.

14. OIE STANDARDS: What are they?
International status of OIE Standards:
Not a law per se
A commonly agreed reference
A basis for Member Countries to develop their own legislation, rules and policies.

15. OIE Standards: compulsory or not compulsory?
Obligation for Member Countries:
Notify listed and emerging diseases
Chapters 1.1., 1.2. and 1.3.
Terrestrial and Aquatic Codes

16. OIE Standards: compulsory or not compulsory?
Commitment, as signatories of the Intergovernmental Agreement for the creation of OIE, to eventually implement the International Standards they adopted

17. OIE Standards: a User’s Guide
The types of regulations and policies concerned depend on the Standards:
Diagnostic, surveillance, prevention, control, trade, etc.

18. OIE Standards: a User’s Guide
The User’s Guide:
An important tool to apprehend the OIE Codes and draw national legislations, regulations, policies or decisions

19. The responsibility of Veterinary Authorities
Veterinary Authorities are responsible for the drafting and implementation of the veterinary legislation
Chapter 3.4. of the Terrestrial Code

20. The responsibility of Veterinary Authorities
Competent Authorities should be legally mandated, capacitated and organised
Veterinary legislation should provide for a chain of command
Necessary powers of the Competent Authority and delegation of powers by the Competent Authority (Glossary – Chapters 3.1. & 3.2.)
Veterinarians and veterinary paraprofessionals (Chapters 3.2. & 3.4.)
Laboratories in the veterinary domain and veterinary biologicals (Manual)
Identification and traceability (Chapters 4.1. & 4.2.)
Animal feed (Chapter 6.3.)
Animal diseases Surveillance (Chapters 1.4. & 1.5.)
Disease prevention and control (Section 4.)
Animal welfare (Section 7.)
Veterinary medicines (Chapters 6.6 – 6.10)
Products of animal origin intended for human consumption (Section 6.)
Import and export procedures and veterinary certification (Section 5.)

21. Implementation at country level: the tools
Need for more support to the countries that have not yet engaged in a global work for implementation of the OIE Standards, and their translation in national regulations and policies

22. Implementation at country level: the tools
Need for tools and actions at regional and national level is more relevant than ever
Need for more support from the international community

23. Implementation at country level: the tools
OIE and FAO have such tools:
OIE PVS Pathway
FAO GEMP

24. GEMP Workshops since 2011 Grand Total: 28 GEMP workshops 59 countries
Over 700 participants
A total of 28 GEMP workshops have been conducted, including training-of-trainers, regional and national workshops.
59 countries have participated in GEMP workshops
Over 700 participants are invited from multiple sectors, including the prime minister, national and local levels.

25. LET US FULFIL OUR OWN COMMITMENTS LET US USE THE TOOLS WE HAVE DEVELOPED LET US HELP OURSELVES BEING HELPFUL