WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/754 
21 February 2007 
 (07-0711) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION (IPPC) 
STANDARD SETTING WORK PROGRAMME 
(up-to-date February 2007) 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 20 Fe bruary 2007, 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?language=en
) 
• ISPM No. 1 (2006): Phytosanitary principles for the protection of plants and the 
   application of phytosanitary measures in international trade 
   (originally adopted in 1993, revised in 2006) 
• ISPM No. 2 (1995): Guidelines for pest risk analysis 
• ISPM No. 3 (2005): Guidelines for the export, shipment, 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 (2005): Glossary of phytosanitary terms  (updated annually) 
  - 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 
environmental 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) 
• 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 certificates 
• 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 
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  • ISPM No. 15 (2002): Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in  
   international trade 
• 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  
   m e a s u r e  
• 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 establishment 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. 
 
2. Technical panels established to draft specific or technical ISPMs 
• 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 to the Commission on  Phytosanitary Measures for adoption in 
March 2007 (available at: https://www.ippc.int/id/176759?language=en
) 
• Framework for pest risk analysis (revision of ISPM No. 2) 
• Establishment of areas of low pest prevalence for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
• Phytosanitary treatments for regulated pests 
• Recognition of pest free areas and areas of low pest prevalence 
• Debarked and bark-free wood: Supplement No. 3 to ISPM No. 5 ( Glossary of 
phytosanitary terms ) 
• Amendments to ISPM No. 5 (Glossary of phytosanitary terms). 
 4. Adopted ISPMs under revision (other than those submitted to the CPM for adoption)  
• ISPM No. 5 ( Glossary of phytosanitary terms ): development of a supplement on 
interpretation of the term not widely distributed  
• 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 
• Review of the use of the term country of origin  in adopted ISPMs.  G/SPS/GEN/754 
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5. Status of topics for future ISPMs 
 5.1 Topics with a draft ISPM under development 
• Alternative strategies to methyl bromide 
• Appropriate level of protection 
• Classification of commodities into phytosanitary risk categories 
• Export certification for potato minit ubers and micropropagative material 
• Guidelines for regulating wood packaging mate rial in international trade (revision of 
ISPM No. 15) 
• Pest risk management for plants for planting 
• Post-entry quarantine facilities 
• Sampling of consignments 
• Systems approach for pest risk mana gement of fruit flies (Tephritidae)  
• 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 ). 
 
5.2 Topics with a specification adopted (available at: 
https://www.ippc.int/id/24119?language=en ) 
• Review of adopted ISPMs for consistency 
• Review of the use of the term country of origin  in adopted ISPMs 
• Trapping procedures for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
• Revision of ISPMs No. 7 and 12 (development of specific guidance on re-export and 
transit) 
• Suppression and eradication procedures for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
• Irradiation phytosanitary treatments for Annex 1 (Specific approved treatments) of 
ISPM No. 18 
• Establishment of pest free places of producti on and pest free production sites for fruit 
flies (Tephritidae)  
• Pre-clearance for regulated articles. 
 
 5.3 Topics with a specification under development 
• Import of plant breeding material 
• Inspection manual  
• Movement of soil and growing media 
• Movement of used machinery and equipment  
• Pest risk analysis for plants as pests 
• Regulating stored products. 
 
6. Topics or draft ISPMs pending 
• Efficacy of measures: Pending completion of draft ISPMs on sampling of 
consignments and appropriate level of protection 
• Pest risk analysis for plants as pests: Pending completion of revision of ISPM No. 2 
(Pest risk analysis ) 
• 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. 
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7. Diagnostic protocols under development 
 Diagnostic protocols are developed by various  authors and co-authors with oversight by a 
member of the Technical panel on diagnostic protocols (TPDP.)  
• Bacteria: 
o Erwinia amylovora 
o Liberibacter  spp. / Liberobacter  spp. 
o Xanthomonas axonopodis  pv. citri 
o Xanthomonas fragariae 
o Xyllela fastidiosa . 
• Fungi and fungus-like organisms: 
o Guignardia citricarpa 
o Gymnosporangium  spp. 
o Phytophthora ramorum 
o Tilletia indica  / T. controversa . 
• Insects and mites: 
o Anastrepha  spp. 
o Anoplophora  spp. 
o Thrips palmi  
o Trogoderma granarium . 
• Nematodes: 
o Bursaphelenchus xylophilus 
o Ditylenchus destructor  / D. dipsaci  
o Xiphinema americanum . 
• Viruses and phytoplasmas: 
o Citrus tristeza  virus 
o Phytoplasmas  (general) 
o Plum pox virus 
o Tospoviruses  (TSWV, INSV, WSMV). 
 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  (available at: https://www.ippc.int/id/93783?language=en
) 
 9.1  Explanatory documents reviewed by the Standards Committee 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 15 (Guidelines for regul ating wood packaging material in 
international trade) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 17 ( Pest reporting )  
• 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).   G/SPS/GEN/754 
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 9.2  Explanatory documents initiated 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 3 (Guidelines for the ex port, shipment, import and release of 
biological control agents and ot her beneficial organisms, 2005) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 11 (Pest risk analysis fo r quarantine pests, including analysis of 
environmental risks and living modified or ganisms, 2004): environmental aspects of 
that ISPM 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 11 (Pest risk analysis fo r quarantine pests, including analysis of 
environmental risks and living modified organisms, 2004): pest risk analysis for living modified organisms 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 14 (The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest 
risk management) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 16 (Regulated non-quarantine pests: concept and application) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 19 (Guidelines on lists of regulated pests) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 21 (Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 22 (Requirements for th e establishment of areas of low pest 
prevalence) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 24 (Guidelines for th e determination and recognition of 
equivalence of phytosanitary measures).  
 
 9.3 Explanatory  documents pending 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 23 ( Guidelines for inspection ): pending completion of ISPM on 
sampling.  
 
 
   
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 Office r, IPPC Secretariat: Tel: (+39) 06 5705 4915, E-
mail: brent.larson@fao.org . 
  
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