Six-month reports and an annual report (and the wildlife annual report on non-listed diseases, on a voluntary basis) should be sent by each Member during a given year. Moreover, immediate notifications and follow-up reports should be sent in case of exceptional epidemiological event. The submission time and the Focal Point in charge are specific to each kind of report. All the reports should be completed and submitted to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) under the supervision of the Delegate, through the WAHIS system.
The disease notification table, shown below, is available in detail here.
The expected submission times for each report are:
| Report | Submission time | To be completed by | In collaboration with | Under the supervision of |
| Immediate notification | Within 24 hours after confirmation of the exceptional epidemiological event | FP for Animal Disease Notification | National Delegate | |
| Follow-up reports | Weekly after an immediate notification | FP for Animal Disease Notification | ||
| Six-month reports (for terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases) | Within 1 month after the end of a semester | FP for Animal Disease Notification | FP on Wildlife + FP for Aquatic Animals | |
| Wildlife annual report | At the end of the year, after validation of the 2 six-month reports for terrestrial animal diseases | FP on Wildlife | FP for Animal Disease Notification |
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