The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)

Member Nations

The 39 Member Nations of the Commission are:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

How to become a Member Nation

To request membership (as per article XV of the Constitution), countries should send a letter (Instrument of Acceptance – please email [email protected] to receive a template) to the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Member Nations are bound to the obligations indicated in the Constitution and can benefit from technical advice on any problem relating to the control of foot-and-mouth disease and similar transboundary animal diseases. Members are furthermore supported in case of emergencies, and they are part of the coordination mechanisms during crises to improve effectiveness of response, that among other benefits.