IPPC Working Group on official Control
Bordeaux, FR, 2000-03-22/24
This was an open-ended Working Group, attended by participants from several European countries, North America, Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Uruguay with support from USDA to enable participants from other African, South American and Pacific countries.
The basic issue was that the term 'official control' as used in the definitions of a quarantine pest and regulated non-quarantine pest is considered by most countries to have a much more precise meaning than that determined by the separate definition of 'official' and 'control'. In particular, it has to ensure non-discrimination and equivalence: a country in which a pest has a limited distribution may regulate it provided the measures at import are equivalent to those taken internally and there is not discrimination against imports. 
The Working Group worked out a detailed explanation of official control, to be attached to the Glossary (ISPM no. 5) as a supplement. Participants had the opportunity to visit the famous wine-making town of St Emilion, and to enjoy a dinner in a restaurant where a roaring fire restored them from the unfortunate effects of a hail storm and torrential rain. Even in France, the weather is not yet officially controlled.
Participants
Griffin, R.L. (Chairman)
IPPC Secretariat, FAO/AGPP, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome (IT)
Akiyama, H.
Yokohama Plant Protection Station, 5-57 Kitanaka-dori, Nakaku, Yokohama (JP)
Barrenechea-Cabrera, J.
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA), Ministerio de Agricultura, Avenida Salaverry, S/n,LIMA 11 (PE)
Bast-Tjeerde, R. (Ms)
Plant Health and Production Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot Drive, Nepean Ontario K1A 0Y9 (CA)
Canale, F.
Direccion General de los Servicios Agricolas, Ministerio de Ganaderia , Agricultura y Pesca, Mississipi 1643, Ap. 004, Montevideo (UY)
Cobo de Martinez L.S. (Ms)
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, Calle 37 No. 8-43, Of 402, Santafe de Bogota, D.C. (CO)
Frampton, R. (Ms)
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 2526, Wellington (NZ)
Groznik, K. (Ms) Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Plant Protection Division, Dunajska 56-58, Ljubljana (SI)
Hedley, J.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 2526, Wellington (NZ)
Hood, C.W.
AQIS, Australian Embassy, 22-1-14 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8361 (AU)
Ivess, R.J.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 2526, Wellington (NZ)
Klag, N.
USDA/APHIS/PPQ, 4700 River Road, Unit 140, Riverdale, MA 20737 (US)
Kwon, Chae-Soon
National Plant Quarantine Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 433-1 Anyang-6 Dong, Anyang City, Kyonggi-do 430-016 (KR)
Lopez-Cabezas, J.
Sanidad Vegetal, Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Desarrollo Rural, 16 de Julio Av. N° 1655, Alameda Build; 22 F Apt 1004, La Paz (BO)
Nkouka, N.
Interafrican Phytosanitary Council, B.P. 4170, Yaounde (CM)
Makino, T.
Plant Protection Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8950 (JP)
Oldenkamp, A.
Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen (NL)
Pemberton, A.W.
MAFF Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ (GB)
Petter, F. (Ms)
DGAL/SDPV, 251 rue de Vaugirard, 75732 Paris Cedex 15 (FR)
Rademeyer E. (M).
National Department of Agriculture, Private Bag X250, Pretoria 0002 (ZA)
Smith, I.M.
EPPO, 1 rue Le Nôtre, 75016 Paris (FR)
Unger, J.
BBA, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig (DE)
Wichep, J.
Plant and Animal Quarantine Service, Dept of Economic Affairs, Pohnpei (FM)
Zandarski, J.
Main Inspectorate of Plant Protection, Central Laboratory, Ul. Zwirki i Wigury 73, 87-100 Torun (PL)