Meeting of the ad hoc Panel on European
Phytosanitary Measures for Potato
Prague 2004-02-02/06
The 11th meeting of the ad hoc Panel on European Phytosanitary Measures for Potato was held in Prague on 2004-02-02/06, at the kind invitation of Mr Husak. The Commodity standard for potato was finalized and will be presented for approval to the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations, as well as the phytosanitary procedures on post-entry quarantine, on requirements for production of pathogen-free microplants and minitubers, and on area, production system and distribution system for potato.
It also reviewed draft procedures which will be developed further at the next meeting (among which several phytosanitary procedures: soil sampling methods for Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis, export certification and import compliance checking for potato tubers, general crop inspection procedure).
A joint meeting with NAPPO was organized to consider the possibility of drafting a global commodity standard for potato. It was agreed to try to prepare a document setting out the requirements and procedures for the production of pathogen-tested microplants and minitubers of potato suitable for international trade, on the basis of the existing texts of the EPPO and NAPPO Commodity Standards for Potato, and with the objective of partial harmonization of those texts. The next meeting of the Panel will take place in Verona (Italy), on 2005-02-08/10.
(Courtesy M. Suffert)
Participants
N. GILTRAP
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ (GB)
44/1904 462217 – 44/1904 462250 – n.giltrap@csl.gov.uk
A. HERVE
INPV, Station Quarantaine Pomme de terre, La Motte au Vicomte, 35650 Le Rheu (FR)
33/2 23 48 51 15 - 33/2 23 48 51 19 – alain.herve@agriculture.gouv.fr
M. HUSAK
State Phytosanitary Administration, Tesnov 17, 11705 Praha (CZ)
420/2 218 12599 – 420/2 218 12804 – miroslav.husak@srs.cz
C. JEFFRIES
Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, East Craigs, Edinburgh EH12 8NJ (GB)
44/131 244 8868 – 44/1312448940 – colin.jeffries@sasa.gsi.gov.uk
P. MÜLLER (Ms)
BBA, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, 14532 KLEINMACHNOW (DE)
49/33203 48 377 - 49/3320348377 – p.mueller@bba.de
A. SACCARDI
Regione Veneto, Servizio Fitosanitario, Viale dell’Agricoltura 1/a, 37060 BUTTAPIETRA (Verona) (IT)
390/458676927 – 390/458676937 – alberto.saccardi@regione.veneto.it
P. RONNI (Ms)
Plant Production Inspection Centre, Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 42, 00501 HELSINKI (FI)
358/957652730 – 358/957652734 – paivi.ronni@kttk.fi
M. H. C. G. STEEGHS
Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC WAGENINGEN (NL)
31/317496630 – 31/317421701 - m.h.c.g.steeghs@minlnv.nl
NAPPO
S. H. DE BOER
Centre for Animal and Plant Health, 93 Mount Edward Road, Charlottetown, PE C1A 5T1 (CA)
1/902 3680950, ext 205 – 1/902 3680960 – deboers@inspection.gc.ca
V. MALIK
USDA/APHIS/PPQ, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236 (US)
1/301 7346774 – 1/301 7348584 – vedpal.s.malik@aphis.usda.gov
F. MERCURE
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, PHD, 59 Camelot Drive, Ottawa Ontario K1A 0Y9 (CA)
1/613 2252342 – 1/2286696 4345 – fmercure@inspection.gc.ca
R. ZINC
Colorado State University SLV Research Center, 0249 East Road 9 North, Center Colorado 81125 (US)
1/719 7543494 ext. 11 – 1/719 7542619 – rtzink@colostate.edu
EPPO
I.M. SMITH
Director General
M. SUFFERT (Ms)
1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 PARIS (France)
33/1 45207794 – 33/1 42248943 – hq@eppo.fr