40th meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures
Paris, 2008-02-19/22

The Panel met in Paris at the headquarters of the French NPPO. The main task of this Panel is to evaluate risks presented by specific pests and design phytosanitary measures to avoid their introduction and spread.

Alert List
As usual, the Panel reviewed in detail the EPPO Alert List whose purpose is to warn countries about possible new risks, and in certain cases to propose candidates for PRA and eventually regulation. The Panel suggested emerging pests that should be added to the Alert List. Considering that the alert had been given and that no further action was needed, the Panel decided to delete: Aulacaspis yasumatsui, Ctenarytaina spatulata, Lygus lineolaris, Marchalina hellenica, Oligonychus perseae, Scolytus schevyrewi, Cylindrocladium buxicola, Eutypella parasitica, Plasmopara obducens, Raffaelea quercivora, Valsa ceratosperma.

Pest Risk Analysis
The Panel reviewed the PRAs produced by 2 Expert Working Groups (EWGs) for PRA and discussed how to improve the new PRA process. It recommended that EWGs should perform the management part of the decision support scheme but that the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures should also run this part in subgroups for the different pests and finalize the selection of management options.
For the following pests, the Panel recommended that PRAs should be conducted by EWGs: Tomato viroids, Meloidogyne minor and M. enterolobii, Chalara fraxinea (depending on the outcome of the consultation of the European Mycology Network and the Panel on quarantine pests for forestry), and Leucinodes orbonalis.
The Panel elaborated guidelines to review national PRAs to make recommendations to the Working Party. Ms Ceglarska (Co-ordinator of the EFSA Panel on Plant Health) had been invited to attend this part of the meeting to explain how the EFSA Panel has been developing a procedure for evaluation of pest risk assessments.
In 2009, the national PRAs for the following pests will be considered: Phytophthora kernoviae, Diaphania indica, Nysius huttoni.

Other topics
The Panel was presented the role and activities of EFSA, and in particular of the Panel on Plant Health by Ms Ceglarska.
Mr Boerma (NL) presented the system of electronic certification being implemented in the Netherlands, as well as the work done by the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) working group on electronic certification, together with UN CEFACT.

Participants

Arijs Harry (Mr)
Commission Européenne, DG Santé et protection des consommateurs, Unité E1 - Biotechnologie et santé des végétaux, Rue Belliard 232, 03/114, 1040 BRUXELLES (BE) - +32-22987645 - +32-22969399 - Harry.arijs@ec.europa.eu

Bartlett Paul (Mr)
Defra Central Science Laboratory, Room 02Fa09a, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ YORK (GB) - +44-1904462221 - +44-1904462250 - p.bartlett@csl.gov.uk

Benko-Beloglavec Anita (Ms)
MAFF Phytosanitary Inspection Service, Parmova 33, SI-1000 LJUBLJANA (SI) - +386-14345700 - +386-14345717 - anita.benko@gov.si

Bokums Agris (Mr)
State Plant Protection Service Quarantine Department, Lielvardes str.36/38, LV1006 RIGA (LV) - +371-7550925 - +371-7550927 - agris.bokums@vaad.gov.lv

Cobos Suarez Jose Maria (Mr)
Subdirección General de Sanidad Vegetal del Ministerio Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion, C/ Alfonso XII, 62, 2a Planta, 28071 MADRID (ES) - +34-913478281 - +34-913478248 - jcobossu@mapya.es

Finelli Franco (Mr)
Servizio Fitosanitario Regione Emilia-Romagna, Ufficio Controlli e Certificazioni, Via di Saliceto 81, 40128 BOLOGNA (IT) - +39-0514159260 - +39-051358397 - ffinelli@regione.emilia-romagna.it

Husak Miroslav (Mr)
State Phytosanitary Administration, Tesnov 17, 11705 PRAHA 1 (CZ) - +420-266703630 - +420-266703563 - miroslav.husak@srs.cz

Necajeva Lidija (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Kalvariju str. 62, LT-09304 VILNIUS (LT) - +370-52754050 - +370-52752128 - vaatli@vaat.lt

Pacheco Clara (Ms)
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 CEDEX (FR) - +33-149558188 - +33-149555949 - clara.pacheco@agriculture.gouv.fr

Paulsen Hilde (Ms)
Department of Health and Hygiene Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet), Hovedkontoret, Felles postmottak P.O. Box 383, N-2381 BRUMUNDDAL (NO) - +47-64944346 - +47-64944410 - hilde.paulsen@mattilsynet.no

Pfeilstetter Ersnt (Mr)
Julius Kuehn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 BRAUNSCHWEIG (DE) - +49-5312993377 - +49-5312993007 - Ernst.Pfeilstetter@jki.bund.de

Rikken Bert (Mr)
Plant Protection service, P.O.Box 9102, 6700 WAGENIGEN (NL) - +31-317496650 - +31-317421701 - g.a.rikken@minlnv.nl

Yakovleva Vera (Ms)
Federal State Institution "All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center", Pogranichnay street, 32, Bikovo-2, Ramensky Region, MOSCOW (RU) - +7-49527879054 - +7-4957879054 - yakovleva_va@mail.ru

Zioni Shlomit (Ms)
Plant Protection and Inspection Services, P.O.Box 78, 50250 BET-DAGAN (IL) - +972-39681583 - +972-39681571 - shlomitz@moag.gov.il

van Opstal Nico (Mr)
Petter Françoise (Ms)
ROY Anne-Sophie (Ms)
Suffert Muriel (Ms)
OEPP/EPPO, 1, rue le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (FR) - +33-145207794 - +33-142248943 - hq@eppo.fr

Observers

Boerma Martin (Mr)
Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), CentreCourt, Prinses Beatrixlaan 2, 2595 AL DEN HAAG (NL) - +31-704484456 - t.m.boerma@minlnv.nl : martin.boerma@vwa.nl

Ceglarska Elzbieta (Ms)
HoU, Scientific Co-ordinator Panel on Plant Health, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Largo N. Palli 5/A, I-43100 PARMA (IT) - +39-0521036476 - +39-05210360476 - elzbieta.ceglarska@efsa.europa.eu

KAMALOVA Renata (Ms)
Federal State Entreprise “All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center”, 32 Pogranichnaya str., P. Bykovo, Ramensky Region, MOSCOW obl. 140150 - +7-496467857613 - +7-496462237241 – chud@bk.ru ; litprince@yandex.ru

Tryakhov Nikolay (Mr)
Phytosanitary Surveillance Division, Federal Service for Veterinary Surveillance, Orlikov per. 1/11, 107139 MOSCOW (RU) - +7-495 9754992 - + 7-495 9755422 - fitoquarantine@mail.ru ; skupova@yandex.ru

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