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 2020 first consultation on the following draft ISPMs will OPEN on 1 July 2020:

Draft ISPMs* (English, French & Spanish)***

1. Focused Revision of ISPM 12 (“re-export”) (2015-011)
2. Audit in the Phytosanitary context (2015-014)
3. 2019 & 2020 Amendments of ISPM 5 (1994-001)
4. Commodity-based standards for phytosanitary measures (2019-008)

Draft annexes to ISPM 28* (English, French & Spanish)***

1. Irradiation treatment for Tortricidae on fruits (2017-011)
2. Cold treatment for Thaumatotibia leucotreta on Citrus sinensis (2017-029)
3. Cold treatment for Bactrocera zonata on Citrus sinensis (2017-013)
4. Vapour heat - modified atmosphere treatment for Cydia pomonella and Grapholita molesta in fruit of Malus pumila and Prunus persica (2017-037/038)
5. Irradiation treatment for Sternochetus frigidus (2017-036)

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 2020 second consultation on the following draft PTs will OPEN on 1 July 2020

1. Draft PT: Irradiation treatment for Bactrocera dorsalis (2017-015)
2. Draft PT: Cold treatment for Ceratitis capitata on Prunus avium, Prunus domestica and Prunus persica (2017-022A)
3. Draft PT: Cold treatment for Bactrocera tryoni on Prunus avium, Prunus domestica and Prunus persica (2017-022B)
4. Draft PT: Cold treatment for Ceratitis capitata on Vitis vinifera (2017-023A)
5. Draft PT: Cold treatment for Bactrocera tryoni on Vitis vinifera (2017-023B)
6. Draft PT: Irradiation treatment for Carposina Sasakii (2017-026)
7. Draft PT: Irradiation treatment for the genus Anastrepha (2017-031)

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.