Current consultations for draft ISPMs

Following the revision of the standard setting procedure agreed to by IPPC contracting parties at CPM-11 (2016), the first consultation lasts 90 days and takes place from 1 July to 30 September. Once the Standards Committee (SC) approves the draft ISPM for the first consultation, the IPPC Secretariat makes it publicly available and solicits comments through the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) from contracting parties, RPPOs, national plant protection services of non-CPs, relevant international organizations and other entities as decided by the SC.

The 2022 first consultation on the following draft ISPMs is CLOSED and compiled comments are posted below:

Draft ISPMs (English, French & Spanish)

1. Draft Annex to ISPM 37: Criteria for evaluation of available information for determining host status of fruit to fruit flies (2018-011)
2. 2022 Draft Amendments of ISPM 5 (1994-001)

Draft Diagnostic Protocols (English only)

1. Mononychelus tanajoa (2018-006)
2. Genus Ceratitis (2016-001)

Following the revision of the standard setting procedure agreed to by IPPC contracting parties at CPM-11 (2016), the second consultation lasts 90 days and takes place from 1 July to 30 September. Taking into account the comments received during the first consultation, the Standards Committee (SC) or the Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) revise the draft ISPM. Once the Standard Committee (SC) or SC-7 approves the draft ISPM for the second (or third) consultation, the IPPC Secretariat solicits comments through the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) from contracting parties, RPPOs, relevant international organizations, national plant protection services of non-CPs, and other entities as decided by the SC.

The 2022 second consultation on the following draft ISPMs is CLOSED and compiled comments are posted below:

Draft ISPMs (English only)

1. Revision of ISPM 4 (2009-002)
2. The Use of Specific Import Authorizations (2008-006)
3. Revision of ISPM 18 (2014-007)
4. 2021 Draft Amendments of ISPM 5 (1994-001)

Draft Phytosanitary Treatments (English only)

1. Irradiation treatment for treatment for Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi (2017-027)

For more information on the OCS, please visit the OCS page on the IPP. Please contact the IPPC Secretariat at [email protected] for assistance using the OCS. In order to get your OCS license, please contact: [email protected].

DPs are presented for consultation in English only. The mechanism to translate diagnostic protocols into languages before first consultation can be found here.

Please note that a document containing the history of previous consultations on draft ISPMs is available as well, previous versions of draft ISPMs going through consultations and their background documents are available in the previous consultations for ISPMs page.