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Since 1998, the OIE has the mandate from the WTO to officially recognise disease-free areas of countries for trade purposes. The procedure for the official recognition of disease status by the OIE is voluntary and applies currently to six diseases:
| African horse sickness | Foot and mouth disease |
| Bovine spongiform encephalopathy | Peste des petits ruminants |
| Classical swine fever | Rinderpest |
| Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia |