General

Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Zootechnics. Activity Report 2002 SANCO/E2

 Prevention and Control of Animal Diseases

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)

Chronology of main events and list of decisions adopted by the Commission (717KB) (updated 8 April 2003)

Press Releases/Results & Statements of the Standing Veterinary Committee which relate to FMD

EU policy on Vaccination against FMD

International Conference on Control and Prevention of Foot and Mouth Disease - Final Report - Brussels 12-13 December 2001

Avian Influenza

Factsheet Avian Influenza (152KB) updated

Chronology of outbreak in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany starting 28 February 2003 (333KB) updated

Information Note of Commissioner David Byrne to the Commission : Avian Influenza in the Netherlands and Belgium (84KB) (situation as of 22 April 2003)

 Animal Welfare

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Animal Welfare Legislation on farmed animals in Third Countries and the Implications for the EU, 18 November 2002 (200KB)

Overview of results of a series of missions to evaluate controls of animal welfare on farms in seven Member States carried out between June 2001 and June 2002 (213KB)

Office International des Epizooties (OIE) : Community Coordination

Draft Written comments of the Community on the report of the meeting of the Bureau of the OIE [Office International des Epizooties] International Animal Health Code Commission [Paris July 2003] and the Scientific Commission [Paris August 2003] to be submitted for adoption and consideration in the 72nd General Session to be held in May 2004 (6 MB) Submitted by the European Union to the OIE on 19 November 2003

Draft Written comments of the Community on the report of the meeting of the Bureau of the OIE [Office International des Epizooties] Aquatic Animals Health Code Commission [Paris July 2003] and the Scientific Commission [Paris August 2003] to be submitted for adoption and consideration in the 72nd General Session to be held in May 2004 (705KB) Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 23 October 2003 (SEC/2003/1177)

Draft Written comments of the Community on the report of the meeting of the Bureau of the OIE [Office International des Epizooties] Aquatic Animals Health Standards Commission [Paris June 2003] to be submitted for adoption and consideration in the 72nd General Session to be held in May 2004 (354KB) Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 29 September 2003 (SEC/2003/1065)