EPPO and Pest Risk Analysis

One of EPPO’s main priorities is to prevent the introduction of dangerous pests (bacteria, fungi, insects, plants, viruses…) from other parts of the world, and to limit their spread within the region should they be introduced. In recent years, trade networks have expanded and diversified, increasing the risks of introducing pests to new geographical areas. Measures adopted by countries to protect their territories from these introductions should be technically justified and an International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) on Pest Risk Analysis (ISPM no. 11) has been developed in the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) framework. Since the 1990s, the following developments have taken place within EPPO:

EPPO has developped a decision-support scheme for Pest Risk Analysis and a computer program (CAPRA) to assist pest risk analysts in running the decision-support scheme - read more >>
A Panel on PRA development has been created - read more >>
Expert Working Groups (EWGs) are now being convened to conduct PRAs on specific pests - read more >>

EPPO Standards and CAPRA

PM 5/3(5) Decision-support scheme for quarantine pests - version 2011 | Russian
(warning: the 2011 version has not yet been translated into French, so for the moment this is a translation of the 2009 version: French

PRAs conducted by EPPO Expert Working Groups

EWG Since 2006, EPPO organizes meetings of Experts Working Groups which are conducting PRAs on specific pests following the EPPO Decision-support scheme and its computerized version CAPRA (see above). The conclusions resulting from these PRAs are addressed to the EPPO member countries only (the area potentially at risk that is considered during these PRAs is the EPPO region, not the other parts of the world).

Finalized PRAs

Pest	PRA Documents	Data sheets	Final decision
*Insects and mites*
Agrilus anxius	PRA (11-16987) - PRA rep (11-16988)	Final DS	A1 - 2011
Aulacaspis yasumatsui	PRA (08-14021) - PRA rep (08-14022)	-	Not added
Bactrocera invadens	PRA (10-16103) - PRA rep (10-16120)	-	A1 - 2010
Diocalandra frumenti	PRA (11-16940) - PRA rep (11-16939)	Draft DS (10-15862)	Not added
Drosophila suzukii	PRA (11-17189) - PRA rep (11-17190)		A2 - 2011
Epitrix spp.	PRA (11-17790) - PRA rep (11-17791)	-	A1/A2 - 2010
Megaplatypus mutatus	PRA (07-13322) - PRA rep (07-13558)	Final DS	A2 - 2007
Metamasius hemipterus	PRA (09-15223) - PRA rep (09-15446)	Draft DS (09-15171)	A1 - 2009
Raoiella indica	PRA (08-14675) - PRA rep (09-15197)	-	Not added
Saperda candida	PRA (11-16589) - PRA rep (10-16044)	-	A1 - 2010
Tetranychus evansi	PRA (08-14559) - PRA rep (08-14562)	Draft DS (07-13924)	A2 - 2008

*Nematodes*
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus	PRA (09-15449) - PRA rep (09-15450)	Final DS	A1
Meloidogyne enterolobii	PRA (10-16243) - PRA rep (10-16246)	-	A2 - 2010

*Fungi (and fungus-like)*
Phytophthora lateralis	PRA (06-12730) - PRA rep (06-12731)	Final DS	A1 - 2006

*Bacterium*
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii	PRA (09-15179) - PRA rep (09-15177)	Draft DS (09-14773)	A1 - 2009

*Viruses*
Iris yellow spot virus	PRA (07-13317) - PRA rep (09-115198) - Summary PRA (02-9835) - Panel report extracts	Draft DS (02-9836)	Not added

*Invasive plants*
Eichhornia crassipes	PRA (08-14407) - PRA rep (08-14408)	Final DS	A2 - 2008
Ludwigia grandiflora	PRA (11-16827) - PRA rep (11-17142)	Final DS	A2 - 2011
Ludwigia peploides	PRA (11-16828) - PRA rep (11-17143)	Final DS	A2 - 2011
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides	PRA (09-15108) - PRA rep (09-15161)	Final DS	A2 - 2005
Lysichiton americanus	PRA (09-15078) - PRA rep (09-15077)	Final DS	A2 - 2005 but deleted in 2009

PRAs which are under development or planned in the near future

Pest	Comments
*Insects and mites*
Apriona spp.	EWG planned in 2011 - PRA (NL) - Extracts of Panel reports
Keiferia lycopersicella	EWG met in September 2011- PRA under development
Thaumatotibia leucotreta	EWG planned in 2011 - PRA (NL) - Extracts of Panel reports

*Fungi and fungus-like*
Phytophthora kernoviae	EWG met in 2009 - Draft PRA - Draft PRA report - Extracts of Panel reports - Fact sheet (GB)

*Bacterium*
'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' and its vector Bactericera cockereli	EWG met in November 2010 - PRA under development
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae	EWG met in September 2011- PRA under development

*Invasive plants*
Baccharis halimifolia	EWG planned in 2012

Commodities
Plants for planting	EWG planned in 2011

Other PRAs conducted in the EPPO framework

You can find here a list of PRAs which have been carried out or studied by different EPPO Panels (e.g. Panel on Phytosanitary Measures, Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry, Panel on Invasive Alien Species). Most of these PRAs have been originally prepared by NPPOs of EPPO member countries or by the EPPO Secretariat. As for the PRAs carried out by specific EWGs (see above), all resulting documents (full or summary PRAs, reports of PRA and PRM, draft datasheets) are only addressed to the NPPOs of EPPO member countries.