Collaboration between the ‘3 Sisters’ and the SPS Committee

1. Collaboration between the ‘3 Sisters’ and the SPS Committee SPS Workshop 26 October 2009 Geneva Dr Sarah Kahn Director, International Trade Department, OIE

2. Outline • Standard setting work of the OIE • Current collaboration • The way forward

3. 175 Members (September 2009) 53 12 28 31 51 Americas: 28 – Africa: 51 – Europe: 53 – Middle-East: 12 – Asia: 31

4. The ‘3 Sisters’ & the SPS Agreement food safety CODEX animal health including zoonosis OIE plant healthIPPC Standards, guidelines and recommendations specifically recognised in the SPS Agreement as the references for international trade

5. Food safety Animal health and 28% zoonoses 40% Plant health Other concerns 27% 5% OIE standards & trade concerns Trade concerns by subject (1995-2008) Source: SPECIFIC TRADE CONCERNS, World Trade Organization, Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, G/SPS/GEN/204/Rev.9, 5 February 2009

6. OIE Specialist Commissions and Standards Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission"Code Commission" Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission"Aquatic Animals Commission" Biological Standards Commission"Laboratories Commission"

7. Standard setting in the OIE World Assembly,Commissions,Delegates REQUEST Specialist Commissions Review Advice of experts or other Specialist Commissions Draft text 2 1 Comments Delegates World Assembly Adoption OIE INTERNATIONALSTANDARD

8. World Assembly of Delegates Open and democratic procedure One member, one vote Partner organisations & stakeholders Broad-based participation and consensus

9. Members are responsible for standard setting OIE Members are responsible for setting and adoption of international standards and participate actively in the standard setting process Requests for standards, review of standards andother advice also come to the OIE from the SPSCommittee.

10. SPS Committee and theOIE • OIE attends SPS Committee meetings and associated activities (workshops, informal meetings, etc.) and provides regular updates on relevant activities. • Representatives of the SPS Secretariat regularly attend the OIE General Assembly and other relevant meetings and activities of the OIE. • On request of the SPS Committee, the OIE provides advice on specific issues relating to international trade, most recently covering: regionalisation, compartmentalisation, SPS capacity building, dispute mediation, influenza H1N1.

11. SPS Committee and theOIE (cont.) • The OIE is a founding member of the STDF, which provides capacity building activities to help WTO Members apply international standards. With the other two sisters, the OIE regularly participates in capacity building, SPS workshops and related activities of the STDF secretariat. The OIE has conducted several important STDF projects (eg 13, 14, 15, 79 etc).

12. OIE-IPPC cooperation • The respective Secretariats consult several times a year on relevant work, e.g. on regionalisation, compartmentalisation, equivalence, recognition of disease free status, dispute mediation, approaches towards alien invasive species and capacity building activities for Members • Representatives of the OIE and IPPC Secretariats and relevant experts are invited to key meetings and expert groups to provide advice on their experience in various areas of standard setting. • PAN-SPSO project in Africa

13. OIE-CAC cooperation • Whole food chain approach to food safety through a direct link between the OIE and the CAC • The OIE and CAC maintains close collaboration to prevent duplication & overlap and to address gaps • Animal Production Food Safety Working Group (APFSWG, established 2002) • participation of highest level experts from Codex, FAO, WHO and OIE Member representatives. • an advisory body whose task is to provide guidance and strengthen OIE’s activities in animal production food safety and further develop collaboration and synergies with the CAC. • currently developing a discussion paper on the OIE’s future standard setting priorities in the field of APFS.

14. OIE-CAC cooperation (cont.) • Senior representatives of the Codex Secretariat, including the Past President, and relevant experts participate in OIE WGs, committees and ad hoc Groups, including on: • APFSWG (chaired by a CAC past president) • Animal identification & traceability (currently on hold) • Salmonellosis in poultry • Animal feeding • Aquatic animal feed.

15. OIE-CAC cooperation (cont.) • OIE participates actively in CAC work, including CAC General Assembly and relevant Committees and groups on: General principles; Meat hygiene; Animal feeding; Food import and export inspection & certification systems; Antimicrobials and veterinary drug residues; Salmonella and campylobacter in poultry. • OIE has proposed to establish a framework for the elaboration of joint OIE-CAC standards in relevant study of common interests currently under consideration between the OIE, FAO and WHO and to be the subject of a discussion paper for the CCGP.

16. The way forward • More relevant and trade-facilitating international standards. - more ways to encourage developing countries to participate in standard-setting activities. An EC grant is already used for participation from developing countries in ad hoc Groups. - develop veterinary scientific community in developing countries (ie: Laboratory twinning project) in order to be able to participate in standards setting negotiation.

17. The way forward • Regional workshops and strategies • Improving veterinary governance through PVS evaluation, strengthening veterinary legislation, gap analysis and investment • New approach replacing reliance on national disease freedom • zoning, compartmentalisation • commodity-based trade

18. Conclusion • Good governance of VS • PVS, Gap Analysis, Legislation missions • Capacity building • STDF projects and SPS seminars • OIE Focal Points Training; • Increase capacities of regional offices • Laboratory twinning project • Standard setting participation • Support for attendance by experts from developing countries (EC grants) • Expertise from developing countries through laboratory twinning project • Mediation process • New collaboration with SPS committee • Input from SPS committees on OIE standards setting process

19. SPS/OIE measures are a global public good Food Safety Safe and Abundant Animal Production Alleviation of Poverty Public Health (zoonoses) Market Access

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