The Session was opened by Dr Martin Blake, CVO Ireland and Vice-President of the EuFMD, who thanked all the participants for their willingness to give time to the work of the Session and welcomed all to Ireland. The Session was Chaired by Dr Jean-Luc Angot, President of the Commission, and attended by all of the three elected officers and all of the six members. Officers of the Commission present were: Dr Jean-Luc Angot (JLA, France, President) Dr Christianne Bruschke (CB, The Netherlands, Vice President). Members of the Executive Committee present were Drs Zoran Atanasov (ZA, FYR of Macedonia), Lajos Bognar (LB, Hungary), Silvio Borrello (SB, Italy), Krzysztof Jazdzewski (KJ, Poland), Damien Iliev (DI, Bulgaria), Dr Pakdil (Turkey) was represented by Dr Naci Bulut, FMD surveillance in West Eurasia, vaccine quality and production and member of the EuFMD Special Committee for Research.