WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/513 
4 October 2004 
 (04-4136) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
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Submission by the International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat (IPPC ) 
 
  Current information relevant to Internationa l Standards for Phytosanitary Measures  (ISPMs) 
can be found at https://www.ippc.int/id/13399
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1. ISPMs completed and the year of their adoption: 
ISPM 
number Content Year 
1 Principles of plant quarantine as related to international trade 1995 
2 Guidelines for pest risk analysis 1995 
3 Code of conduct for the import and release of exotic biological control agents 1995 
4 Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas 1995 
5 Glossary of phytosanitary terms (revision) 2004 
6 Guidelines for surveillance 1997 
7 Export certification system 1997 
8 Determination of pest status in an area 1998 
9 Guidelines for pest eradication programmes 1998 
10 Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production and pest 
free production sites 1999 
11 Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, including analysis of environmental 
risks and living modified organisms (revision) 2004 
12 Guidelines for phytosanitary certificates 2001 
13 Guidelines for the notification of non-compliance and emergency action 2001 
14 The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk 
management 2002 
15 Guidelines for regulating wood packagi ng material in international trade 2002 
16 Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application 2002 
17 Pest reporting 2002 
18 Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure 2003 
19 Guidelines on lists of regulated pests 2003 
20 Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system 2004 
21 Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests 2004 
 
 
                                                      
1 This updates information contained in G/SPS/GEN/177 dated 5 May 2000. G/SPS/GEN/513 
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 These adopted ISPMs can be found at https://www.ippc.int/id/32548
 
 
2. Draft ISPMs distributed to Members and RPPOs for consultation in 2004: 
• Revision of ISPM No. 3: Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and release of 
biological control agents and beneficial organisms; 
• Amendments to ISPM No. 5:  Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms; 
• Guidelines for consignments in transit; 
• Guidelines for inspection of consignments; 
• Guidelines on the concept of equivalen ce of phytosanitary measures and its 
application in international trade; 
• Requirements for the establishment, maintenance and verification of areas of low pest 
prevalence. 
 
These draft ISPMs can be found at https://www.ippc.int/id/33482  
 
3. Completed ISPMs currently under review/revision (other than under 2):  
• ISPM No. 1:  Principles of plant quarantine as related to international trade; 
• ISPM No. 2:  Guidelines for pest risk analysis. 
 
4. Draft ISPMs currently under development: 
• Efficacy of measures; 
• Use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management of 
citrus;fruit for citrus canker. 
 
Specifications for ISPMs can be found at https://www.ippc.int/id/24119  
 
5. Other titles for ISPMs on the work programme: 
• Classification of commodities by phytosanitary risk related to level of processing and 
intended use; 
• Alternatives to methyl bromide; 
• Guidelines on sampling of consignments; 
• Guidelines for regulating potato micropropa gation material and minitubers in 
international trade; 
• Debarking of wood; 
• Research protocols for phytosanitary measures; 
• Guidelines for surveillan ce for specific pests: Xanthomonas axonopodis  pv. citri 
(citrus canker); 
• Post-entry quarantine facilities; 
• Guidelines for formatting / drafting pest specific ISPMs; 
• Guidelines for formatting / drafting commodity specific ISPMs. 
 
6. Technical panels established to draft specific ISPMs on: 
• Diagnostic protocols for specific pests; 
• Pest free area and systems approaches for fruit flies; 
• Phytosanitary treatments; 
• Forest quarantine. 
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