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 2023 first consultation

The following draft ISPMs has been opened and uploaded on the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) for first consultation (English, French & Spanish).

Draft ISPMs

• Reorganization and revision of pest risk analysis standards (2020-001), Priority 1

• Draft annex to ISPM 46 (Commodity-based standards for phytosanitary measures): International movement of Mangifera indica fruit (2021-011), priority 1

• Draft annex to ISPM 39 (International movement of wood): Use of systems approaches in managing the pest risks associated with the movement of wood (2015-004), priority 3

Draft annexes to ISPM 27

• Draft annex to ISPM 27: Revision of DP 09 - Genus Anastrepha Schiner (2021-002)

• Draft annex to ISPM 27: Revision of DP 27 - Ips spp. (2021-004)

• Draft annex to ISPM 27: Revision of DP 25 - Xylella fastidiosa (2021-003)

Draft annexes to ISPM 28

• Draft annex to ISPM 28: Vapour heat treatment for Planococcus lilacinus (2021-028)

Draft CPM Recommendation

• CPM Recommendation on Sea Containers

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.

Second consultation

• Draft 2022 Amendments to ISPM 5: (Glossary of phytosanitary terms) (1994-001), Priority 1

• Draft Annex: Criteria for evaluation of available information for determining host status of fruit to fruit flies to ISPM 37 (Determination of host status of fruit to fruit flies (Tephritidae)) (2018-011)

Draft annexes to ISPM 28

• Draft annex to ISPM 28: Cold treatment for Thaumatotibia leucotreta on Citrus sinensis (2017-029)

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 the following are available in the previous consultations for ISPMs page:

• Responses to previous consultation comments submitted on diagnostic protocols and phytosanitary treatments.
• A document containing the history of previous consultations on draft ISPMs
• The previous versions of draft ISPMs going through consultations and their background documents .