WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/729 
11 October 2006 
 (06-4893) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION (IPPC) 
STANDARD-SETTING WORK PROGRAMME 
(as of CPM-1, April 2006) 
  
 The following communication, received on 10 October 2006, 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:  www.ippc.int
 
 1. Adopted ISPMs (available at: www.ippc.int/id/13399?language=en
) 
• 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 (1995): Guidelines for pest risk analysis  
• 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 (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  G/SPS/GEN/729 
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  • 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  
• 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  
  
2. Technical panels established to draft specific 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 distributed to National Plant Protection Organizations and Regional Plant 
Protection Organizations for consultation in 2006 (available at:  
www.ippc.int/id/126283?language=en ) 
• Revision of ISPM No. 2: Pest risk analysis  
• Recognition of pest free areas and areas of low pest prevalence 
• Phytosanitary treatments for regulated pests 
• Debarked and bark-free wood 
• Establishment of areas of low pest prevalence for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
• Amendments to ISPM No. 5: Glossary of phytosanitary terms  
  4. Adopted ISPMs under revision (other than those submitted for country consultation) 
• ISPM No. 5: Glossary of phytosanitary terms  (development of a supplement on 
interpretation of the phrase "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 
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  • ISPM No. 18: Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure  
(development of Annex 1: Specific approved treatments). 
• Review of adopted ISPMs for consistency 
• Review of the use of the term country of origin  in adopted ISPMs. 
  
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 ma nagement of fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
 
5.2 Topics with a specification adopted (available at: 
www.ippc.int/id/24119?language=en
) 
• Guidelines for the interpretation and applica tion of the phrase "not widely distributed" 
in relation to quarantine pests (Supplement to ISPM No. 5: Glossary of phytosanitary 
terms ) 
• 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). 
 
5.3 Topics with a specification under development 
• Establishment of pest free places of production and pest free production sites for fruit 
flies (Tephritidae) 
• Guidelines for the use of irradiation as a phytosanitary measure (development of 
ISPM No. 18 Annex 1: Specific approved treatments) 
• 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 
• Pre-inspection and pre-clearance for regulated articles intended for import 
• Regulating stored products 
• Revision of ISPMs No. 7 and 12 (development of specific guidance on re-export and 
transit) 
• Suppression and eradication procedures for fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
 
 
6. Topics or draft ISPMs pending 
• Efficacy of measures: Pending completion of draft ISPMs on sampling of 
consignments and appropriate level of protection G/SPS/GEN/729 
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  • Pest risk analysis for plants as pests: Pe nding 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 
 
 
7. Diagnostic protocols 
 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 
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. Explanatory documents  (available at: www.ippc.int/id/93783?language=en
) 
8.1 Explanatory documents review ed by the Standards Committee 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 15: Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in 
international trade 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 17: Pest reporting   
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 18: Guidelines for the use of i rradiation as a phytosanitary 
measure 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 20: Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system.  
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  8.2 Explanatory documents initiated 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 3 (2005): Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and release 
of biological control agents and other beneficial organisms  
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 11 (2004): Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, including 
analysis of environmental risks and livi ng modified organisms (for environmental 
aspects of that ISPM)  
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 11 (2004): Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests, including 
analysis of environmental risks and living modified organisms (for 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  
 
8.3 Explanatory  documents pending 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 23: Guidelines for inspection (pending completion of ISPM on 
sampling)  
  
 
  
For further information please visit www.ippc.int
 or contact the IPPC Secretariat at the address 
indicated above. For specific enquiries regarding the standard  setting work progra mme please contact 
Mr. Brent Larson, Standards Officer, IPPC Secretariat: Tel: (+39) 06 5705 4915, E-mail: 
brent.larson@fao.org . 
 
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