6th joint EPPO NAPPO meeting

Puerto Vallerta, MX, 2006-02-23/27

 

For six years, the Standards Panel of NAPPO and the Panel on CPM Affairs of EPPO have been holding a joint annual meeting. This is the opportunity for both Organizations to identify common areas of work and to have fruitful exchanges on issues related to the agenda of the Commission for Phytosanitary Measures. In 2006, this meeting took place in Puerto Vallerta (Mexico), at the kind invitation of the NPPO of Mexico.
NAPPO and EPPO presented their respective work programmes for 2006. NAPPO presented the Panel assignments for 2006. Explanations were also given on the consequences for NAPPO of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) signed over a year ago to “… develop new avenues of cooperation that will make our open societies safer and more secure, our businesses more competitive, and our economies more resilient.”. NAPPO has been referenced in the SPP as the coordinating body for plant health. As a result, NAPPO has elaborated a number of specific projects to contribute to the SPP.

EPPO informed NAPPO of the standards approved at the Council session in September 2005 and presented standards still under development. The terms of reference and working procedures of the new Panel for PRA were also presented. It was noted that the Panel for PRA shall:

• Perform pest risk assessment to determine whether specific pests present a significant risk for the PRA area (usually the EPPO region) and to identify the endangered area within that area.
• Perform pest risk management on these pests by first identifying and evaluating options for phytosanitary measures and then by making a selection within these options in order to provide a significant reduction of the risk of introduction and spread.

The programme on phytosanitary procedures was presented, in particular the inspection procedures for consignments of various commodities including strawberry plants, chrysanthemum plants for planting and cut flowers, tomato seeds. The two organizations also exchanged information on their respective invasive species programmes.

The group reviewed the CPM agenda and discussed among others the following points:

The implementation of ISPM No. 15 (Guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade) in EPPO and NAPPO countries was discussed as well as the issue of debarking. Several topics for future or continuing collaboration were identified (Potato minitubers and microplants, Diagnostic protocols, Electronic certification, risks associated with nursery plants, possibilities to have joint technical panels e.g. phytosanitary treatments).

 

Participants

Ringolds Arnitis ( Mr)
State Plant Protection Service Ministry of Agriculture, Republikas Lauk. 2, 1981 RIGA ( LV) - 371/7027098 - 371/7027302 - ringolds.arnitis@vaad.gov.lv

Paul Bartlett ( Mr)
Defra Central Science Laboratory, Room 02Fa09a, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ YORK ( GB) - 44/1904 462221 - 44/1904 462250 - p.bartlett@csl.gov.uk

Abdellah Challaoui ( Mr)
Service de la Protection des Végétaux, B.P.1308, RABAT ( MA) - 212/64773107/39931875 - challaoui@yahoo.fr

Steve Côté ( Mr)
Senior Plant Health Standard Officer, Plant Health Division, CFIA, 59 Camelot Drive, K1A 0Y9 OTTAWA, ONTARIO ( CA) - 1/613/2252342, ext 4546 - 1/613/2286602 - cotest@inspection.gc.ca

Alejandra Elizalde ( Ms)
Subdireccion de Armonizacion y Evaluacion International , Guillermo Perez Valenzuela 127Col. Del Carmen Coyoacan, D.F 04100 MEXICO ( MX)- 52/5556581417 - armevain@senasica.sagarpa.gob.mx

Miroslav Husak ( Mr)
State Phytosanitary Administration , Tesnov 17, 11705 PRAHA ( CZ) - 420/2 218 125 99 - 420/2 218 128 04 - miroslav.husak@srs.cz

Narcy KLAG (Mr)
Deputy Director, Phytosanitary Issues Management and Program Director, International Standards/NAPPO issues USDA/APHIS/PPQ  , 4700 River Road, Unit 140, MD 20737 RIVERDALE ( US) - 1/3017348469 - 1/3017347639 - narcy.g.klag@aphis.usda.gov

Ralf LOPIAN (Mr)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Quality Policy Unit , Hallituskatu 5, P.O. Box 30, 00023 GOVERNMENT ( FI) - 358/9 160 52449 - 358/9 160 52443 - ralf.lopian@mmm.fi

Ian MC Donell ( Mr)
NAPPO, 1431 Merivale Street, 3rd Floor, Room 309, K1A OC6 OTTAWA, ONTARIO ( CA) - 1/6137596132 - 1/6137596141 - imcdonell@inspection.gc.ca

Ebbe Nordbo ( Mr)
The Danish Plant Directorate, Skovbrynet 20, 2800 LYNGBY ( DK) - 45/45263891 - 45/45263613 - eno@pdir.dk

Françoise Petter ( Ms)
OEPP/EPPO, 1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS ( FR) - 33/ 145207794 - 33/ 142248943 - hq@eppo.fr

Mario Puente ( Mr)
Direccion General de Sanidad Vegetal , Guillermo Perez Valenzuela 127, Col. Del Carmen Coyoacan, D.F 04100 MEXICO ( MX) - 52/5555545147 - - mpuente@senasica.sagarpa.gob.mx

Jens Unger ( Mr)
BBA , Messeweg 11/12, 38104 BRAUNSCHWEIG ( DE) - 49/5312993370 - 49/53129993007 - j.g.unger@bba.de

Marc VEDELE (Mr)
Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation de la pêche et des affaires Rurales Direction Générale de l'alimentation Sous-Direction de la qualité et de la Protection des végétaux , 251 rue de Vaugirard, 75732 PARIS ( FR) - 33/149558147 - 33/149555949 - marc.vedele@agriculture.gouv.fr

Marc Vereecke ( Mr)
European Union, SANCO E1, bur. 03/116, Rue Belliard 232, 1049 BRUXELLES ( BE) - 32/22963260 - 32/22969399 - marc.vereecke@cec.eu.int

 

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