11) Face-to-face meeting of the Technical Panel on Commodity Standards

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) will …

12) UK pest status report - Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Present: not widely distributed and under official control. Single localised outbreak.

13) PRESS RELEASE: IPPC Global Workshop on Systems Approaches starts today

Santiago, Chile — 1–5 December 2025 — The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute …

14) Call for experts for the Expert Working Group on Rhizoctonia theobromae

Rhizoctonia theobromae (Cantharellales: Ceratobasidiaceae) has been identified by the Pest Outbreak and Alert Response Systems (POARS) as an emerging pest …

15) About / Core Activities / Standard setting / Language versions / Language Review Groups (LRGs) / LRG reviewed adopted standards by CPM-18 (2024) and CPM-19 (2025), for CPM-20 (March 2026) to note

Following adoption by CPM-18 (2024) and CPM-19 (2025), the adopted international standards and CPM recommendation 6 (R-06) were reviewed by …

16) Call for Submissions to participate in the Plant Health Innovation Fair at the margins of CPM-20

The IPPC Secretariat invites NPPOs, RPPOs, international institutions, research organizations, and private-sector partners attending CPM-20 to submit proposals for booths, …

17) IPPC committee advances implementation support for phytosanitary standards

Strengthening global plant health systems and building capacity to implement plant health standards, once again, took center stage, as the …

18) CALL FOR EXPERTS AND CONTRIBUTED RESOURCES: To develop IPPC guide on Audit in the phytosanitary context (2021-009)

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting:

19) Work Area / CPM Bureau Work Area / 2025 December Virtual Bureau Meeting

Dear CPM Bureau members,

20) CPM-20 will take place from 9 -13 March 2026 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The IPPC Secretariat is pleased to announce that invitations for the Twentieth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-20) …