WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/779 
8 June 2007 
 (07-2400) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION (IPPC) 
STANDARD SETTING WORK PROGRAMME 
(up-to-date May 2007) 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 1 June 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 (2007): Framework for pest risk analysis  (originally adopted in 1995, 
revised in 2007) 
• 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 (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 en vironmental 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 
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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 
- 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 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 
• 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?language=en
) 
• 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 for member consultation in 2007 
  Draft ISPMs for member consultation are curre ntly being processed.  Once ready, NPPOs and 
RPPOs will be notified. Dates for consultation periods given below are subject to change. 
 
 3.1 Member consultation though the regular process  
  (https://www.ippc.int/id/183181?language=en
) 
 
 Member consultation anticipated to begi n 20 June 2007 on the following drafts: 
 
• Amendments to ISPM No. 5 (Glossary of phytosanitary terms) 
• Classification of commodities into phytosanitary risk categories 
• Debarked and bark-free wood: Supplement to ISPM No. 5 ( Glossary of phytosanitary 
terms ) 
• Developing a strategy to reduce or replace th e use of methyl bromide for phytosanitary 
purposes 
• Establishment of areas of low pest prevalence for fruit flies (Tephritidae)  G/SPS/GEN/779 
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  • Sampling of consignments. 
 
 3.2 Member consultation through the fast-track process 
 
• Member consultation anticipated to begin 20 June 2007 on:  
o  Diagnostic protocol - annex to ISPM No. 27 ( Diagnostic protocols for regulated 
pests ), to be made available at: https://www.ippc.int/i d/184110?language=en  
   Thrips palmi  
 
• Member consultation anticipated to begin 1 August 2007 on: 
o  Irradiation phytosanitary treatments - annexes to ISPM No. 28 ( Phytosanitary 
treatments for regulated pests ), to be made available at: 
https://www.ippc.int/id/184113?language=en  
 
- 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 . 
4. 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. 
 
5. Status of topics for future ISPMs  
 5.1 Topics with a draft ISPM under development 
 
• Appropriate level of protection 
• 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) 
• Terminology of the Convention on Biologi cal Diversity in relation to the IPPC 
(Supplement to ISPM No. 5: Glossary of phytosanitary terms ) G/SPS/GEN/779 
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  • 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). 
 
 5.2  Topics with a specification adopted (available at:  
  https://www.ippc.int/id/24119?language=en
) 
 
• 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). 
 
 5.3 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. 
 
 5.4 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. 
 
6. 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 
o Xanthomonas fragariae  G/SPS/GEN/779 
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  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 stages 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 . 
 
7. 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.  
 
8. Explanatory documents for adopted ISPMs 
 
8.1 Explanatory documents (available at: https://www.ippc.int/id/93783?language=en ) 
 
• 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 irradiation as a phytosanitary measure ) 
• ExpDoc-ISPM No. 20 ( Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system ). G/SPS/GEN/779 
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8.2 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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