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Seminar on Veterinary Border Control

Rationale of the Seminar

To answer the consumer demand, import of animals and products of animal origin is a necessity for a majority of countries. However, movements of live animals and their products, when not correctly managed, can induce important risk of introduction of pathogenic agents in a country. Appropriate scientifically based import regulations and efficient border controls are therefore of the utmost importance to protect the sanitary status of each country and to avoid the spread of animal diseases, including zoonoses. One of the major missions of the OIE, recognized by the WTO within the SPS agreement, is to develop standards and guidelines to ensure the sanitary safety of international trade in terrestrial or aquatic animals and their products, without imposing unjustified trade restrictions. For all countries, knowing these standards and making an appropriate use of them is therefore crutial to secure international trade .

Specific objectives

• to improve the efficiency of veterinary controls at borders, by promoting the strict implementation of OIE standards
• to share relevant information and experience
• to learn in particular from the EU policy and regulation in this domain
• to strengthen cooperation and communication between countries in the region.
  

Link to : European Commission (DG Sanco) web page on veterinary border control.

Agenda
List of participants
Press release

Presentations (powerpoint)

OIE standards: main objectives and mandates, SPS agreement, obligations and thics in trade (Dr Caroline Planté, OIE)
OIE standards for safety of trade certification and disease surveillance (Dr Gillian Mylrea, OIE)
OIE standards on border post and quarantine stations in the importing countries, measures applicable in exporting countries, during transit and in the importing countries (Dr Gillian Mylrea, OIE)
General organisation of import control, legislative framework in the European Union (Dr Howard Batho and Dr Michael Glavin, DG Sanco)
Practical examples of EU border controls: equipments of BIPs, inspection procedure, ship waste management (Dr Michael Glavin, DG Sanco)
Role of customs, interaction with Veterinary Services: example in Bulgaria (Mrs Anelia Angelova, Customs - Dr Damian Iliev, VS)
OLAF (European Antifraud Office) (Dr Elizabteh Sperber)
Moldova (Dr Tatiana Rosca)
Ukraine (Dr Eduard Zhurybida)
Turkey (Dr Sinem Duryum)
Russia (Dr Vladimir Menyakin)
Azerbaijan (Dr Gadim Maharramov)

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