Meeting of the General Assembly of UEVP

Brussels

11 November

Jan Vaarten,FVE Executive Director

Animal Health Law

Public consultation is closed

Commission received > 150 comments has put everything together (available on SANCO Website)

Internal discussion in Commission still ongoing

Process is delayed

(strongly) agrees

• Extension of requirements for professional qualifications for official and approved vets, incl CPD

80%

• Minimum criteria for biosecurity measures on farms 76%• Surveillance needs to be improved 67%• Intra-Community Trade

• Placing on the market39%

46%• No difference for commercial and non-commercial holdings with possibilities for risk-based exemptions

74%

• Simplification on current rules for I&R 74%• Convergence of EU legislation with international standards 82%

Categorisation of Disease Risks

EU Animal Health Strategy Pillar 1: prioritisation of EU intervention

EU Commission – and OIE – are working on a system to categorise animal related threats.

A weighing system is being worked out and tested for a number of selected diseases

The tool will be used to direct the strategy, not to decide on the strategy itself

TSE Road Map 2(Reflection Paper)

To continue the review of the measures while assuring a high level of food safety : Proportionality of the measures

Better targetting BSE surveillance activityFor MSs demonstrating good epidemiological situation

SRM removal, Changes might be made on new scientific opinions

In line with OIE rules

Lifting prohibition on feeding processed animal proteins Systematic cohort culling

Trans Atlantic Task Force onAntimicrobial Resistance « TATFAR »

EU – US summit 3 Nov 2009 Goals: information exchange and better understanding of

each others policies Review of ongoing activities and suggestions for areas for

collaboration 3 working groups

Appropriate therapeutic use Prevention of resistance Improve pipeline

Until now only officials involved : EFSA, ECDC, TRIO-presidency

Stakeholder meeting announced

Use of « Rural Development Fund »to enhance Animal Health and Welfare

Scottish Initiative co-funded through the Rural Development Fund Based on Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 of 15 December 2006 laying

down detailed rules for the support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

Some of the Drivers: Have vets on the farms to implement diseases prevention Implementation results of Welfare Quality Data collection and benchmarking

So far Member States have not used the Rural Development Fund as they could

Good example for other Member States

DG Research 7th Framework Program

Call for an European multi-disciplinary multi-sectorial inter- professional network : « Think tank »

Addressing zoonotic diseases transmitted via companion animals

Overview current situation and propose targetted actions

« Coordination and support Action » that cover not the research itself, but the coordination and networking of projects, programmes and policies

Created a very strong core group to write an application, incl FECAVA, WSAVA, IAHAIO, …

Deadline for submission is 25 january 2011

EU Veterinary Week

2010 Succesful Again, good publicity for Veterinary Profession and FVE

2011 General Theme « Veterinarians in your daily life »

Conference on Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 May Crises management Vaccination Policies

Involvement of Students

Evaluation of the road show

Vet 2011 World Veterinary Year

the 250th world anniversary of veterinary education.

the 250th world anniversary of the veterinary profession

the 250th anniversary of the concept of comparative pathobiology

The major events of World Veterinary Year

24 January 2011: official Opening Ceremony, Versailles - France

12 - 16 May 2011 : World conference on veterinary education Lyon - France

10 - 14 Oct. 2011 : Closing Ceremony, Cape Town - South Africa

Comitology

Basic Legislative Acts can delegate powers to the Committees Simpler and faster procedure in general for used to fil in

technical details Lisbon Treaty has changed procedure Applicable to Basic Acts that entered into force after Treaty

difference between

Delegated Acts (art 290) which supplement or amend non essential parts of the basic act,

control of EP/Council

Implementing Acts (art 291) for uniform implementation

Thank you for your attention!