WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/832 
26 March 2008 
 (08-1335) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
  
INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION (IPPC) 
STANDARD SETTING WORK PROGRAMME 
MARCH 2008 
 
Communication from the IPPC Secretariat
 
   The following communication, received on 20 Marc h 2008, is being circulated at the request 
of the IPPC. 
 
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  Additional information relevant to Internati onal Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) 
can be found at: https://www.ippc.int
. 
 1. Adopted ISPMs (available at:  https://www.ippc.int/id/13399
) 
• ISPM No. 1 (2006): Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the 
application of phytosanitary meas ures in international trade  
(originally adopted in 1993, revised in 2006) 
• ISPM No. 2 (2007): Framework for pest risk analysis (originally adopted in 1995, 
revised in 2007) 
• ISPM No. 3 (2005): Guidelines for the export, sh ipment, import and release of 
biological control agents and other beneficial organisms  
(originally adopted in 1996, revised in 2005) 
• ISPM No. 4 (1995): Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas  
• ISPM No. 5 (2007): Glossary of phytosanitary terms  (updated regularly) 
 - Supplement No. 1 (2001): Guidelines on the interpretation 
and application of the concept of official control for 
regulated pests  
 - Supplement No. 2 (2003): Guidelines on the understanding 
of potential economic importance  and related terms 
including reference to envi ronmental considerations  
• ISPM No. 6 (1997): Guidelines for surveillance  
• ISPM No. 7 (1997): Export certification system  
• ISPM No. 8 (1998): Determination of pest status in an area  
• ISPM No. 9 (1998): Guidelines for pest eradication programmes  
• ISPM No. 10 (1999): Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of 
production and pest free production sites ) G/SPS/GEN/832 
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  • ISPM No. 11 (2004): Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, including analysis of 
environmental risks and living modified organisms  
(originally adopted in 2001, revised in 2003 and 2004) 
• ISPM No. 12 (2001): Guidelines for phytosanitary certificate s 
• ISPM No. 13 (2001): Guidelines for the notification of non-compliance and 
emergency action  
• ISPM No. 14 (2002): The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for 
pest risk management  
• ISPM No. 15 (2002): Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in 
international trade  
 - Annex 1 (2006): Approved measures associated with wood 
packaging materials  (methyl bromide fumigation schedule 
modified in 2006) 
• ISPM No. 16 (2002): Regulated non-quarantine pests: Concept and application  
• ISPM No. 17 (2002): Pest reporting  
• ISPM No. 18 (2003): Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary 
measure  
• ISPM No. 19 (2003): Guidelines on lists of regulated pests  
• ISPM No. 20 (2004): Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system  
• ISPM No. 21 (2004): Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests  
• ISPM No. 22 (2005): Requirements for the establishm ent of areas of low pest 
prevalence  
• ISPM No. 23 (2005): Guidelines for inspection  
• ISPM No. 24 (2005): Guidelines for the determination and recognition of 
equivalence of phytosanitary measures  
• ISPM No. 25 (2006): Consignments in transit  
• ISPM No. 26 (2006): Establishment of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae)  
• ISPM No. 27 (2006): 
Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests  
• ISPM No. 28 (2007): Phytosanitary treatments for regulated pests  
• ISPM No. 29 (2007): Recognition of pest free areas and areas of low pest 
prevalence . 
 
2. Technical panels to draft specific or technical ISPMs ( https://www.ippc.int/id/179728 ) 
• Technical panel on diagnostic protocols (TPDP) 
• Technical panel on forest quarantine (TPFQ) 
• Technical panel on pest free areas and systems approaches for fruit flies (TPFF) 
• Technical panel on phytosanitary treatments (TPPT) 
• Technical panel on the Glossary of phytosanitary terms  (TPG). 
 
3. Draft ISPMs submitted for adoption to th e Commission on Phytosanitary Measures 
(April 2008) 
• Amendments to ISPM No. 5 ( Glossary of phytosanitary terms ) 
• Establishment of areas of low pest prevalence for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
• Replacement or reduction of methyl bromide as a phytosanitary measure 
• Methodologies for sampling of consignments.  G/SPS/GEN/832 
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4. Draft ISPMs for member consultation 
4.1 Member consultation through the fast-track process 
 
 Member consultation on the following diagnostic  protocols and phytosanitary treatments has 
 been completed and comments are being revi ewed by the appropriate technical panels.  
 
• Diagnostic protocol - annex to ISPM No. 27 ( Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests ), 
available at: https://www.ippc.int/id/184110  
- Thrips  palmi  
• Irradiation phytosanitary treatments - annexes to ISPM No. 28 ( Phytosanitary treatments 
for regulated pests ), available at: https://www.ippc.int/id/184113  
 
- Irradiation treatment for  Anastrepha obliqua 
- Irradiation treatment for  Anastrepha ludens 
- Irradiation treatment for  Anastrepha serpentina 
- Irradiation treatment for  Bactrocera jarvisi 
- Irradiation treatment for  Bactrocera tryoni 
- Irradiation treatment for  Conotrachelus nenuphar 
- Irradiation treatment for  Cydia pomonella 
- Irradiation treatment for Cyl as formicarius elegantulus 
- Irradiation treatment for  Euscepes postfasciatus 
- Irradiation treatment for fruit flies of the family Tephritidae (generic)  
- Irradiation treatment for  Grapholita molesta 
- Irradiation treatment for  Grapholita molesta under hypoxia  
- Irradiation treatment for  Omphisa anastomosalis 
- Irradiation treatment for  Rhagoletis pomonella . 
 5. Adopted ISPMs to be revised or under revision 
• ISPM No. 5 ( Glossary of phytosanitary terms ): development of two supplements on 
interpretation of the term not widely distributed  and debarked and bark-free wood 
• ISPM No. 7 ( Export certification system ) and ISPM No. 12 ( Guidelines for phytosanitary 
certificates ): development of specific guidance on re-export and transit 
• ISPM No. 15 ( Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade ) 
• ISPM No. 18 ( Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure ): 
development of irradiation phytosanitary treatments 
• Review of adopted ISPMs for consistency. 
 
6. Status of topics for future ISPMs 
6.1 Topics with a draft ISPM under development 
 
• Appropriate level of protection 
• Classification of commodities into phytosanitary risk categories 
• Export certification for potato minit ubers and micropropagative material 
• Guidelines for the interpretation and application of the term not widely distributed  in 
relation to quarantine pests (Supplement to ISPM No. 5: Glossary of phytosanitary terms ) 
• Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material  in international trade (revision of ISPM 
No. 15) G/SPS/GEN/832 
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  • Terminology of the Convention on Biologi cal Diversity in relation to the IPPC 
(Supplement to ISPM No. 5: Glossary of phytosanitary terms ) 
• Irradiation phytosanitary treatments for Annex 1 (Specific approved treatments) of ISPM 
No. 18 
• Pest risk management for plants for planting 
• Post-entry quarantine facilities 
• Systems approach for pest risk ma nagement of fruit flies (Tephritidae). 
 
6.2 Topics with a specification adopted (available at: https://www.ippc.int/id/24119
) 
 
• Establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites for fruit flies 
(Tephritidae) 
• Movement of soil and growing media in associa tion with plants in international trade  
• Pest risk analysis for plants as quarantine pests 
• Pre-clearance for regulated articles 
• Review of adopted ISPMs for consistency 
• Review of the use of the term country of origin  in adopted ISPMs 
• Revision of ISPMs No. 7 and 12 (developm ent of specific guidance on re-export and 
transit) 
• Suppression and eradication procedures for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
• Trapping procedures for fruit flies (Tephritidae). 
 
6.3 Topics with a specification under development  
• Determination of host susceptib ility for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
• Forestry surveillance 
• Import of plant breeding material 
• Inspection manual  
• International movement of forest tree seeds 
• International movement of wood  
• Movement of used machinery and equipment  
• Regulating stored products. 
 
6.4 Topics or draft ISPMs pending 
 
• Efficacy of measures: Pending completion of draft ISPMs on sampling of consignments 
and appropriate level of protection 
• Surveillance for Xanthomonas axonopodis  pv. citri (citrus canker): Pending completion of 
draft ISPM on systems approach for citrus canker 
• Systems approach for management of Xanthomonas axonopodis  pv. citri (citrus canker): 
Pending consensus on a technical issue. 
 7. Diagnostic protocols under development 
 Diagnostic protocols are developed by various  authors and co-authors with oversight by a 
member of the TPDP.  
• Bacteria: 
o Erwinia amylovora 
o Liberibacter  spp. / Liberobacter  spp. 
o Xanthomonas axonopodis  pv. citri  G/SPS/GEN/832 
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  o Xanthomonas fragariae 
o Xyllela fastidiosa  
• Fungi and fungus-like organisms: 
o Fusarium moniliformis / moniforme syn. F. circinatum 
o Guignardia citricarpa 
o Gymnosporangium  spp. 
o Phytophthora ramorum 
o Puccinia psidii 
o Tilletia indica  / T. controversa  
• Insects and mites: 
o Anastrepha  spp. 
o Anoplophora  spp. 
o Bactrocera dorsalis complex 
o Dendroctonus ponderosae syn. Scolytus scolytus  
o Ips spp . 
o Liriomyza spp. 
o Tephritidae: Identification of immature st ages of fruit flies of economic importance 
by molecular technqiues 
o Trogoderma granarium  
• Nematodes: 
o Aphelenchoides besseyi, A. ritzemabosi and  A. fragariae 
o Bursaphelenchus xylophilus 
o Ditylenchus destructor  / D. dipsaci  
o Xiphinema americanum  
• Plants: 
o Sorghum halepense  
• Viruses and phytoplasmas: 
o Citrus tristeza virus 
o Phytoplasmas  (general) 
o Plum pox virus  
o Potato spindle tuber  viroid 
o Tospoviruses ( TSWV , INSV, WSMV) 
o Viruses transmitted by Bemisia tabaci . 
 
8. Phytosanitary treatments under development 
 Phytosanitary treatments are submitted by National Plant Protection Organizations and 
evaluated by the TPDP. 
 
• Irradiation 
• Wood packaging material (for inclusion in Annex 1 of ISPM No. 15)  
• Fruit flies.  
 
9. Explanatory documents for adopted ISPMs 
9.1 Explanatory documents (available at:  https://www.ippc.int/id/93783 ) 
 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 15 ( Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international 
trade ) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 17 ( Pest reporting ) G/SPS/GEN/832 
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  • ExpDoc-ISPM No. 18 ( Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure ) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 20 ( Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system ). 
 
9.2 Explanatory documents being finalized  
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 5 ( Glossary of phytosanitary terms ): annotated glossary  
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 16 ( Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application ). 
 
For further information please visit  https://www.ippc.int
 or contact the IPPC Secretariat at the 
address indicated above.  For specific enquiries regarding the standard setting work programme 
please contact Mr. Brent Larson, Standards Officer, IPPC Secretariat:  Tel:  +(39) 06 5705 4915, E-
mail:  brent.larson@fao.org . 
 
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