41st Meeting of the Panel on CPM Affairs
9th Joint EPPO/NAPPO Meeting
The 41st meeting of the Panel on CPM Affairs took place in Martinique (FR) at the kind invitation of the General Directorate for Food, in particular the Sub-Directorate for Plant Quality and Protection in collaboration with the Directorate for Agriculture and Forestry in Martinique.
The 9th joint EPPO/NAPPO meeting was also held in Martinique during the same week.
The Panel on CPM Affairs discussed in detail the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) which will be presented for adoption during the 4th Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-4), which will meet on 2009-03/30-04/03 in Rome. The Panel agreed on several recommendations (which are sent to NPPOs) to amend these ISPMs but did not anticipate major difficulties with the adoption of these standards for the EPPO region. An Environmental Statement is included in the revised ISPM 15 which is the first time that such a statement has been prepared. An Environmental Statement is clearly relevant for ISPM 15 (especially regarding fumigation) and the Panel carefully considered how such statement should be worded.
The Panel discussed several other issues which will be on the agenda of the CPM-4, in particular international recognition of Pest Free Areas and the IPPC strategy for phytosanitary capacity building. The Panel discussed how EPPO should present its position regarding the term ‘public officer’ during CPM-4. The EPPO Council has agreed a collective view that the issuance of Phytosanitary Certificates by private persons or enterprises is not acceptable and that these entities can not be considered as public officers.
The Panel discussed the recommendations of the EPPO Council Colloquium 2008, which was dedicated to how EPPO and IPPC could cooperate more effectively.
During the joint EPPO/NAPPO meeting the participant’s views regarding the draft ISPMs and other main items on the agenda of CPM-4 were generally quite consistent. NAPPO had no difficulty with the EPPO view regarding ‘public officer’ and would not oppose it. The joint meeting discussed how the current difficulties can be overcome regarding the assessment of phytosanitary treatments with a long and proven record of efficacy but without a full set of efficacy data. The joint meeting discussed what future standards, for which a specification has not yet been agreed, should deliver in particular ‘international movement of grain’ and ‘minimizing pest movement by air/sea containers, aircrafts and vessels’.
Ms Aliaga (USA) gave a presentation on new procedures for implementing official control for regulated pests, which are currently under discussion in the USA.
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Participants
Arnitis Ringolds (Mr)
State Plant Protection Service, Republikas Lauk. 2, 1981 RIGA (LV) - +371-67027098- +371-67027302 - Ringolds.Arnitis@vaad.gov.lv
Ashby Steve (Mr)
DEFRA, Foss House Room 343, King's Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green, Y01 7PX YORK (GB) - +44-1904455048- +44-1904455198 - steve.ashby@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Bartlett Paul (Mr)
Defra Central Science Laboratory, Room 02Fa09a, Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ YORK (GB) - +44-1904462221- +44-1904462250 - p.bartlett@csl.gov.uk
Chard Jane (Ms)
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, 1 Roddinglaw Road, EH12 9FJ EDINBURGH (GB) - +44-1312448863- +44-1312448940 - Jane.Chard@sasa.gsi.gov.uk
Chromy Zdenek (Mr)
State Phytosanitary Administration - Region Department Havlickuv Brod, Smetanovo namesti 279, 580 01 HAVLICKUV BROD (CZ) - +420-569429711- +420-569421158 - eppo.cz@srs.cz ; zdenek.chromy@srs.cz
Le Bourgeois Laure (Ms)
DGAL/SDQPV, Bureau de la Santé des Végétaux, 251 rue de Vaugirard, 75732 PARIS Cedex 15 (FR) - +33-149558148- +33-149555949 – laure.le-bourgeois@agriculture.gouv.fr
Nordbo Ebbe (Mr)
The Danish Plant Directorate, Skovbrynet 20, 2800 LYNGBY (DK) - +45-45263891- +45-45263613 - eno@pdir.dk
Tryakhov Nikolay (Mr)
Phytosanitary Surveillance Division, Federal Service for Veterinary Surveillance, Orlikov per. 1/11, 107139 MOSCOW (RU) - +7-4959754992- +7-4959755422 - skupova@yandex.ru ; fitoquarantine@mail.ru
Unger Jens (Mr)
Julius Kühn Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 BRAUNSCHWEIG (DE) - +49-5312993370- +49-53129993007 - jens-georg.unger@jki.bund.de
Vagner Roman (Mr)
European Commission, DG Sanco, office B232, 03/104,232 rue Belliard, 1049 BRUSSELS (BE) - +32-22959664- +32-22969399 - Roman.vagner@ec.europa.eu
Van Alphen Corné (Mr)
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Department of Agriculture, Postbus 20401, 2500 EK's-GRAVENHAGE (NL) - +31-703785552- +31-703786156 - c.a.m.van.alphen@minlnv.nl
Wlodarczyk Piotr (Mr)
State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service, Voivodeship Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection in Lublin, ul. Diamentowa 6, 20-447 LUBLIN (PL) - +48-817440326- +48-817440326 - p.wlodarczyk@piorin.gov.pl
van Opstal Nico (Mr)
OEPP/EPPO, 1 rue le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (FR) - +33-145207794- +33-142248943 - hq@eppo.fr
NAPPO
Aliaga Julie (Ms)
International Phytosanitary Standards Programme, USDA APHIS PPQ, 4700 River Road, MD 20737 Riverdale (US) - 1+301-7340763- +1-3017347639 - Julie.E.Aliaga@aphis.usda.gov
Enkerlin Walther (Mr)
NAPPO, 1431 Merivale Road, 3rd Floor, Room 309, ON K1A0Y9 Ottawa (CA) - +1-6132215147- +1-6132282540 - walther.enkerlin@nappo.org
Forest Marie-Claude (Ms)
Plant Program Integration Divison Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot Drive, K1A 0Y9 Ottawa (CA) - +1-6132214359- 1+6132286602 – marie-claude.forest@inspection.gc.ca
Klag Narcy (Mr)
Phytosanitary Issues Management, USDA APHIS, PPQ, 4700 River Road, Unit 140, MD 20905 Riverdale (US) - +301-7348469- 301-7347639 - narcy.g.klag@aphis.usda.gov
McDonell Ian (Mr)
NAPPO, 1431 Merivale Street, 3rd Floor, Room 309, K1A OY9 OTTAWA, ONTARIO (CA) - +1-6132215144- +1-6132282540 - ian.mcdonell@nappo.org
Montealegre Ana Lilia (Ms)
International Plant Protection Organization, Direccion General de Sanidad Vegetal SENASICA/SAGARPA, Guillermo Perez Valenzuela NO. 127, Col. De Carmen, Coyoacan, Mexico, CP. 04100 Mexico D.F. (MX) - +55-59051000 ext. 51663 - aei@senasica.sagarpa.gob.mx
Puente Raya Mario (Mr)
Direccion General de Sanidad Vegetal, Guillermo Pérez Valenzuela No. 127, Col. del. Carmen, Coyoacan, CP 04100 Mexico D.F. (MX) - +52-5550903000 ext. 51329 - mpuente@senasica.sagarpa.gob.mx
Observers
BOLLMARK Lars (Mr)
Statens Jordbruksverk, 551 82 Jönköping (SE) - +46-36156285 - +46-36122522 – lars.bollmark@sjv.se
Kamalova Renata (Ms)
Federal State Entreprise "All-Russian Plant Quarantine Centre" 32, Pogranichnaya street, P. Bykovo - 2, Ramenski Region, 140150 MOSCOW oblast (RU) - +7-9151951045 +7-4956078046 – litprince@yandex.ru
Vrbova Dita (Ms)
State Phytosanitary Administration, Region Department Havlickuv Brod, Smetanovo namesti 279, 580 01 HAVLICKUV BROD (CZ) - +420-569421158 +420-569421158 - dita.vrbova@srs.cz