36th meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures
Paris, EPPO headquarters, 2004-03-09/12
As usual, the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures met at the EPPO headquarters in Paris. Its main task is to evaluate risks presented by specific pests and design phytosanitary measures to avoid their introduction and spread. EPPO lists of regulated pests |
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Agrilus planipennis by David Cappaert, Michigan State University (US) - www.forestryimages.org |
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Proposed transfer from A1 to A2: Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae, Scirtothrips dorsalis, Squash leaf curl begomovirus, Dacus ciliatus, Monilinia fructicola. Proposed deletions: Strawberry witches’ broom phytoplasma, Apple mosaic ilarvirus (on Rubus), Black raspberry latent ilarvirus, Cherry leafroll nepovirus (on Rubus) During this review, the following pests were quoted as possible candidates as RNQPs (Oidium sp. on Euphorbia pulcherrima, Phytophthora quercina), but discussions are continuing within EPPO on this concept. |
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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. It suggested two additions: Valsa ceratosperma (a new canker disease of pear) and a new Phytophthora affecting beech. Considering that the alert had been given, it decided deletion of the following pests: Callidiellum rufipenne, Dendrolimus spectabilis, Phyllonorycter issikii, Thecodiplosis japonensis, Thrips imaginis, Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense, Stephanitis takeyai, Cacopsylla fulguralis. For several other pests, PRAs are still under study and more information is needed.
EPPO Standards
The Panel reviewed a draft standard on ‘Intentional import of live organisms that are potential plant pests’. A revised version will be presented to the Working Party and sent to countries for consultation.
A first draft EPPO phytosanitary procedure for Diabrotica virgifera has been prepared by the Panel on Phytosanitary Procedures to give guidance on containment and eradication measures. A revised version will be discussed again by the Panel on Phytosanitary Procedures at its next meeting in January 2005.
During the meeting, the Panel also had general discussions on the purpose of EPPO listing of pests, the role of EPPO in performing PRA, and how the EPPO documentation on pests could be reorganized and distributed. Most of these topics will be discussed again during the Workshop of Heads of NPPOs in Sochi (RU) which will take place in June.
Participants
P. BARTLETT Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ (United Kingdom)
44/1904462221 – 44/1904462250 – p.bartlett@csl.gov.uk
A.BOKUMS Quarantine Department, Plant Protection Service, Pulkveza Brieza Str. 17, Riga LV-1010 (Latvia)
371/7323679 - 371/7322039 - agris.bokums@ vaad.gov.lv
F. FINELLI Servizio Fitosanitario Regionale, Via di Corticella 133, 40129 Bologna (Italy)
39/051 4159260 – 39/0514159275 – ffinelli@regione.emilia-romagna.it
P. GONZALEZ DGAL/SDPV, 251 rue de Vaugirard, 75732 Paris Cedex 15 (France)
33/1 46558149 - 33/1 49 55 59 49 - philippe.gonzalez@agriculture.gouv.fr
N.HORN Plant Protection Service, Postbus 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen (Netherlands)
31/317496626 – 31/317421701 – n.m.horn@pd.agro.nl
M.HUSAK State Phytosanitary Administration, Tesnov 17, 11705 Praha (Czech Republic)
420/221812599 – 420/221812804 - miroslav.husak@srs.cz
A. KAHRER AGES, Institute for Plant Health, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, 1226 Wien (Austria)
43/173216 5162 – 431732165194 – andreas.kahrer@ages.at
H. PAULSEN (Mrs) Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service, P.O. Box 3, 1431 Ås (Norway)
47/64944400 – 47/64944410 - hilde.paulsen@slt.dep.no
C.PEREZ (Mrs) MAPA, S.G. Sanidad Vegetal, Av. Ciudad de Barcelona 6, 38007 Madrid (Spain)
34/913476711 – 34/913478263 - cperezfe@mapya.es
E. PFEILSTETTER BBA, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig (Germany)
49/531 2993377 – 49/531 2993007 – e.pfeilstetter@bba.de
S. ZIONI (Mrs) Plant Protection and Inspection Services, P.O. Box 78, Bet-Dagan 50250 (Israel)
972/39681583 – 972/39681571 – shlomitz@moag.gov.il
EPPO
F. PETTER (Mrs)
A. ORLINSKI
A. ROY (Mrs)
M. SUFFERT (Mrs)
1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 Paris (France)
33/1 45 20 77 94 - 33/1 42 24 89 43 - hq@eppo.fr