CPM-17 adopts plant health standards to further promote safe trade

Posted on Tue, 28 Mar 2023, 12:15

Rome, 28 March 2023. Amendments to existing international plant health standards were adopted at the seventeenth session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-17), a move seen to enhance the phytosanitary regulation of trade of plants and plant products. …

CPM -16 adopts nine new plant health standards, to enhance plant health worldwide

Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022, 21:54

Rome, 05 April 2022. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures adopted nine International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) during its today's 16th session as presented by the IPPC Standard Setting Senior Officer Avetik Nersisyan. The IPPC is the only global-standard …

CPM-16 adoption of ISPMs – no objections received by the IPPC Secretariat

Posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2022, 14:26

The IPPC Secretariat has not received any objections to the draft ISPMs scheduled to be presented for adoption at CPM-16 (2022). The IPPC Secretariat procedures on objections is provided in the attached informative paper (CPM 2022/INF/15), available at: https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/90899/

Please …

The IPPC Seminar: Plant Health Standards and Food Security

Posted on Tue, 17 May 2016, 08:41

The 4th IPPC seminar on Plant Health Standards and Food Security, was held at FAO-HQ (Sheikh Zayed Centre) on 13 May 2016, which focused on how standards for plant health directly enhances food security globally. Over 100 participants attended the …

International Cooperation on Fruit Flies continues

Posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2015, 12:52

The Technical Panel on Pest Free Areas and Systems Approaches for Fruit Flies (TPFF) convened in Vienna from 19 to 23 October 2015.

The TPFF is composed of 10 international fruit fly experts and includes a representative of the Joint …

IPPC Surveillance standard being modernized

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2015, 14:31

The IPPC Expert Working Group (EWG) for the Revision of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 6: Guidelines for Surveillance (2009-004) met from 28th September to 2nd October 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand.

The meeting, organized by the IPPC …

Member consultation on draft ISPMs opened today!

Posted on Wed, 01 Jul 2015, 08:05

The 2015 member consultation on draft ISPMs has opened today, 1 July, and it will last 150 days, closing on 30 November 2015.

The following draft ISPMs were submitted for member consultation by the Standards Committe in May 2015:

• Draft …

ISPMs adopted at CPM-10 are posted!

Posted on Thu, 21 May 2015, 07:56

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce that all ISPMs adopted by the Tenth Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-10 (2015)) have been posted in all FAO languages: https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/ispms/

The six ISPMs are:

• ISPM 5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms (as amended …

Draft ISPMs for adoption by CPM-10 posted | Projets de normes pour adoption par la CMP-10 publiés | Proyectos de NIMF para adopción por la CMF-10 publicados

Posted on Mon, 02 Feb 2015, 11:30

The draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures that will be presented to CPM-10 (2015) for adoption have been posted in all FAO languages.

Please refer to CPM 2015/06 and attachments: https://www.ippc.int/core-activities/governance/cpm

Formal objections 14 days prior

Please be reminded that …

SC 2013 November meeting: Approval of Grain specification for MC and the recommendation of draft standard on ePhyto - Appendix to ISPM 12 to CPM-9 2014)

Posted on Tue, 26 Nov 2013, 15:55

The Standards Committee (SC) met on 18-22 November 2013 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. Adhering to its responsibility to oversee the IPPC Standard Setting Process and manage the development of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs), the SC discussed, …

Regional discussions for eastern Europe and countries that speak Russian to talk about proposed IPPC international standards

Posted on Mon, 24 Sep 2012, 08:10

During the week of July 17-20, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat participated in the joint IPPC/FAO/EPPO regional workshop for the review of draft International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) in Bykovo, Russia. The workshop was graciously hosted by …

Draft ISPMs for CPM-7 (2012) posted on the IPP

Posted on Mon, 16 Jan 2012, 08:10

The IPPC Secretariat has just finished posting most of the draft standards in English for CPM-7 (2012) on the IPP. Other language versions will follow shortly.

Under the regular process, we have posted 4 of the 5 standards. The fifth …

Newly formatted ISPMs have been uploaded on the IPP.

Posted on Thu, 12 Jan 2012, 08:10

Newly reformatted ISPMs have been posted on the IPP (https://www.ippc.int/index.php?id=13399 ) in English. These have been revised to help ensure consistency between past and newly adopted standards and follow the newly developed IPPC Style Guide. These reformatted ISPMs were uploaded …

Draft ISPMs posted to November Standards Committee meeting

Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2011, 08:10

The IPPC Secretariat has posted two SC-7 revised draft ISPMs for review by the Standards Committee (SC) meeting:

2004-022 Draft ISPM Systems approach for pest risk management of fruit flies (Tephritidae) and 2005-002 Draft ISPM Integrated measures for plants for …