The 2020 consultation period on draft Specifications and ISPMs has opened today 01 July 2020!

The following draft ISPMs are now open for commenting:

FIRST CONSULTATION (English, French and Spanish)*

Draft Specifications:

1. Annex to ISPM 38: Annex 1 - Design and use of systems approaches for phytosanitary certification of seeds (2018-009) Priority 1
2. Criteria for the determination of host status for fruit flies based on available information (Annex to ISPM 37) (2018-011) Priority 3
3. Draft specification for the Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) (2019-009), Priority 1

Draft ISPMs

1. Focused Revision of ISPM 12 (“re-export”) (2015-011), Priority 2

2. Audit in the Phytosanitary context (2015-014), Priority 2

3. 2019 & 2020 Amendments of ISPM 5 (1994-001)

4. Commodity-based standards for phytosanitary measures (2019-008), Priority 1

Draft annexes to ISPM 28

1. Irradiation treatment for Tortricidae on fruits (2017-011), Priority 1

2. Cold treatment for Thaumatotibia leucotreta on Citrus sinensis (2017-029), Priority 2

3. Cold treatment for Bactrocera zonata on Citrus sinensis (2017-013), Priority 2

4. Vapour heat - modified atmosphere treatment for Cydia pomonella and Grapholita molesta in fruit of Malus pumila and Prunus persica (2017-037/038), Priority 3

5. Irradiation treatment for Sternochetus frigidus (2017-036), Priority 2

*Please note there is a slight delay with FAO translation services delivering French and Spanish translations for a number of the first consultation drafts but we are working hard to deliver these by 04 July 2020.

SECOND CONSULTATION

These PTs were revised following close consideration of comments submitted during the first consultation. We encourage commenters to consider this when submitting comments for this second consultation. The SC responses to first consultation comments on the draft PTs are recorded and posted here: (https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/member-consultation-draft-ispms/substantial-concerns-commenting-period-sccp-draft-ispms/).

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

Comments should be submitted through the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS): https://ocs-new.ippc.int/. If you need assistance to use the OCS, please visit the OCS resource page on the IPP or contact the IPPC Secretariat at [email protected].

For more information on the consultation periods, visit the draft ISPM consultation page (https://www.ippc.int/core-activities/standards-setting/member-consultation-draft-ispms/) or the Draft Specifications page (https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/member-consultation-draft-specifications-ispms/) on the IPP.

For any other questions, please contact the IPPC Secretariat at [email protected].