At a meeting held from 12 to 16 February 2018, the OIE Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases (Scientific Commission) discussed the situation of non-contiguous territories of Member Countries which already had an officially recognised disease status. Since some Members wished to include non-contiguous territories that were not specified in the initial application for disease-status recognition, the Scientific Commission endorsed a transparent procedure which would enable these non-contiguous territories to be included within the officially recognised status.

This procedure is annexed to the report of the February 2018 Scientific Commission meeting.