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MEETING REPORT
from 84th Session of the Executive Committee of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth
by EuFMD
The Executive Committee of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) held its Eighty-Fourth Session at Pirbright, United Kingdom, on the 4-5th October 2012, hosted by the Pirbright Institute on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom. The Session was opened by Dr Nigel Gibbens, Vice-President of the Executive Committee and Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) of the United Kingdom, who welcomed the participants and Dr Jeff Hammond who welcomed the Session to Pirbright, for possibly the first time since 1954, although several Research Group meetings had been hosted there.
Members of the Executive Committee present were: Dr U. Herzog (UH, Austria, Chairman), Dr N. Gibbens (NG, United Kingdom, Vice-Chairman), Dr V. Manastireanu (State Sub Secretary, ANSVSA, Romania), Dr S. Doudounakis (SD, Greece), Dr L. Carbajo Goni, CVO Spain, (CG) and Dr B. Plavsic, Serbia (representing Dr Micovic). Apologies were received from Dr L. Denneberg, Sweden, and Dr N. Pakdil, Turkey.
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Other participants were Dr J. Angot (JA, France), Professor D. Paton (Chairman of the EuFMD Standing technical committee) and Dr J. Hammond (Head of the WRL for FMD at Pirbright).
Observers from the international organizations were Dr A. Füssel (AEF, Head of Sector, DG-SANCO, Brussels), Dr J. Lubroth (JL), representing FAO, and Dr J. Domenech (JD) representing the OIE. The Secretariat for the 84th Session comprised Dr K. Sumption (KS, EuFMD Secretary), Dr E. Ryan (ER, EuFMD), Ms N. Rumich (NR, EuFMD), Communications Officer, and Dr V. Milicevic (Short Term Professional officer). The list of participants is given in Appendix 17.
