Representatives of the European Commission (EC), the FAO and the OIE, together with the national delegates of 8 participating countries attended the SGE LSD4 (only Belarus was absent), at Maison de la Chimie, on 23 May 2017. The meeting was also attended by numerous delegates of observer countries in Europe, following an open invitation from the GF-TADs chair, Dr B. Van Goethem. The main objectives of the SGE ASF7 meeting were for the SGE ASF countries to provide updates on (i) their epidemiological ASF situation; and (ii) preventive and control measures put in place since the SGE ASF6.