Public consultation is now closed.
How you had your say and what happens next
Your feedback is appreciated and has informed Australia’s official position on the draft WOAH standards. WOAH will take Australia’s position into account in the standard development process. The Australian positions on Part B chapters will be available on this website from late July 2025 after submission to WOAH on 4 July 2025.
Part A chapters at the 92nd WOAH General Session
The final Part A chapters proposed for adoption at the WOAH General Session (25-29 May 2025) are available on WOAH’s website. A summary of these outcomes can be found in Terrestrial Code outcomes [PDF 22 KB] [Word 25 KB].
Webinar
Prior to completing the online survey, participants were encouraged to attend a webinar, read Australia’s past positions, and review the draft WOAH standards.
The webinar recording and transcript can be found under ‘April 2025 webinar recording WOAH standards’.
Draft standards that were circulated
Annex 3 Comments and responses
Part A chapters – for adoption at the WOAH General Session 2025
Annex 5 User’s Guide [Word 69 KB]
Annex 6 Chapter 1.3. Listed diseases for adoption – Part A [Word 47 KB]
Annex 7 Chapter 7.1. Introduction to the recomendations for animal welfare [Word 105 KB]
Annex 8 Chapter 8.13. Screwworms [Word 53 KB]
Annex 9 Chapter 8.Y. Infection with Nipah virus [Word 56 KB]
Annex 10 Chapter 11.5. Infection with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. Mycoides (contagious bovine pleuropneumonia) [Word 94 KB]
Annex 11 Chapter 11.X. Infection with bovine pestiviruses (bovine viral diarrhoea) [Word 49 KB]
Annex 12 Chapter 12.1. Infection with African horse sickness virus [Word 85 KB]
Annex 13 Chapters 12.3. Infection with Trypanosoma equiperdum (dourine) [Word 56 KB]
Annex 14 Chapter 12.4. Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus and Western Equine Encephalitis Virus [Word 63 KB]
Part B chapters – not for adoption at the General Session 2025
Annex 4 Work programme [Word 89 KB]
Annex 15 Glossary – Part B [Word 55KB]
Annex 16 Chapter 1.3. WOAH-listed diseases – Part B [Word 44 KB]
Annex 17 Chapter 1.6. Procedures for official recognition of animal health status, endorsement of an official control programme, and publication of a self-declaration of animal health status, by WOAH [Word 48 KB]
Annex 18 Chapter 4.X. Biosecurity [Word 101 KB]
Annex 19 Chapter 5.4. Measures and procedures applicable to the exportation of commodities [Word 70 KB]
Annex 20 Chapter 5.5. Measures and procedures applicable to the transit of commodities [Word 55 KB]
Annex 21 Chapter 5.6. Measures and procedures applicable to the importation of commodities [Word 68 KB]
Annex 22 Chapter 5.7. Border inspection posts and quarantine centres [Word 59 KB]
Annex 23 Chapter 7.5. Article 7.5.30 Animal welfare during slaughter [Word 43 KB]
Annex 24 Chapter 7.6 Animal welfare during killing [Word 124 KB]
Annex 25 Chapter 8.10. Japanese encephalitis [Word 59 KB]
Annex 26 Chapter 8.20. Tularemia [Word 54 KB]
Annex 27 New Ch. 8.X. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever [Word 53 KB]
Annex 28 Ch. 10.X. Infection with avian metapneumovirus [Word 49 KB]