2711) The importance of actively protecting the IPPC certification of wood packaging material - ISPM 15. A successful action!

Several countries have needed to initiate their national legal process to protect the IPPC certification mark (from ISPM 15: 2009) …

2712) Record number of IPPC Contracting Parties using Online Commenting System!

Launched in 2016, the new IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) continues to strengthen IPPC Official Contracting Party participation in developing …

2713) Emergency measures for tomato and capsicum seed: Tomato brown rugose fruit virus

The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has implemented urgent actions to address the risk of Tomato brown rugose …

2714) Phytosanitary Measures Research Group PMRG) 2017 meeting report available

The Phytosanitary Measures Research Group (PMRG) met from 10 to 13 July in Wageningen, The Netherlands, and had 25 participants …

2715) NRO leaflets are available now in Arabic

The NRO leaflets (factsheets) previously available in other FAO languages have been translated into Arabic and are now available on …

2716) Format of the Phytosanitary Certificates

We hereby inform you that on 1 September 2017 Slovenia will start using phytosanitary certificate forms that are preprinted on …

2717) Detection of Phyllotreta chotanica (radish flea beetle) in Western Australia

Phyllotreta chotanica was originally detected in Kununurra in 2014, however subsequent surveys only occasionally detected the pest again on three …

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2719) IPPC Workshops in Central Africa to discuss meeting national reporting obligations and participation in the standard setting process.

Two workshops were held in Libreville, Gabon, from 29 October - 03 November for 10 Central African countries as part …

2720) Interception Notification

Interception Notification was issued for a consignment from Malaysia that has been intercepted with quarantine insect - Chrysomphalus aonidum.