45th meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures

Paris, 2012-03-13/15

The Panel met in Paris in the EPPO headquarters on 2012-03-13/15. The main task of this Panel is to evaluate risks presented by specific pests and design phytosanitary measures to avoid their introduction and spread.   EPPO lists of pests recommended for regulation On a case by case basis, the Panel reviewed PRAs prepared by the Expert Working Groups for PRA and performed pest risk management when necessary, and it also reviewed national PRAs. The Panel recommended to the Working Party the addition to the A1 List of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous' (solanaceous haplotypes) and its vector Bactericera cockerelli, Keiferia lycopersicella and Leucinodes orbonalis; and the addition to the A2 List of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae and Pepino mosaic virus.   The Panel reviewed the present situation of A1 pests and recommended the transfer from the A1 to the A2 List of Maconellicoccus hirsutus and Trioza erytreae.   Alert List The Panel reviewed 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. Considering that the alert had been given and that no further action was needed, the Panel decided to delete Psacothea hilaris, Melampsora euphorbiae, and Spiroplasma kunkelii. The Panel suggested emerging pests that could be added to the Alert List (e.g. Neoleucinodes elegantalis, Cylas formicarius, Agrilus auroguttatus, Aromia bungii, Thaumastocoris peregrinus, Batocera rubus).

Neoleucinodes elegantalis in a tomato Courtesy: Dr Ana E. Diaz Montilla Corpoica La Selva (CO)    Thaumastocoris peregrinus on eucalyptus Courtesy: Dr Raffaele Sasso, ENEA (IT)

Pest Risk Analysis
The Panel agreed on a simplified scheme for Express PRA for assessing the risk when a new outbreak is found in a country, or when repeated interceptions are made on imported consignments. This draft standard was sent for country consultation.
The Panel continued to review the Decision-support scheme for prioritizing action during outbreaks which was first prepared in the framework of PRATIQUE. It is expected that this draft standard will be finalized at the next Panel meeting. 
In addition to the review of PRAs (see above) the Panel established the priorities for the organization of EWGs for PRA. The selection was made taking into account the following elements: geographical distribution, importance of the crop(s) concerned, risk of natural spread into the region or for further spread within the region, potential pathways, economic impact, environmental impact, possibilities of control, similarities to other known cases, availability and validity of data. Polygraphus proximus was considered as having a high priority. The Panel also agreed that a second meeting on risk management for Phytophthora kernoviae and Phytophthora ramorum, as well as onThaumatotibia leucotreta should be organized.

EPPO Study on the Risk of Imports of Plants for Planting
The Panel agreed that the final version of the EPPO Study should be posted on the EPPO website as a technical document. It discussed in detail the draft standard prepared by an Expert working group in December 2011, which includes a screening process. It was agreed that draft standard should be presented to the Working Party in June 2012.
The next meeting is planned in Switzerland on 2012-10-03/04.

Participants

BENKO-BELOGLAVEC Anita (Ms)
MAFF, Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Phytosanitary Inspection Service, Parmova 33, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Tel +386-14345700 - Fax +386-14345717 - anita.benko@gov.si

BOUHOT-DELDUC Laurence (Ms)
Bureau des Semences et de la Santé des Végétaux, DGAL, Ministère chargé de l'Agriculture, 251 rue de Vaugirard, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France - Tel +33-149558437 - Fax +33-149555949 - laurence.bouhot-delduc@agriculture.gouv.fr

CARDON Guillermo (Mr)
European Commission, Health and Consumers Directorate-General, Plant Health Unit (E2), B232 4/67, 1049 Brussels, Belgium - Tel +32-22956820 - Fax +32-229693399 - guillermo.cardon@ec.europa.eu

FINELLI Franco (Mr)
Servizio Fitosanitario Regione Emilia-Romagna, Ufficio Controlli e Certificazioni, Via di Saliceto 81, 40128 Bologna, Italy - Tel +39-0515278260 - Fax +39-051358397 - ffinelli@regione.emilia-romagna.it

GILTRAP Neil (Mr)
Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, Room 02FA09, Y041 1LZ York, United Kingdom - Tel +44-1904462217 - Fax +44-1904462250 - neil.giltrap@fera.gsi.gov.uk

IAKOVLEVA Vera (Ms)
Federal State Institution "All Russian Plant Quarantine Center", Pogranichnay street, 32, Bikovo-2, Ramensky Region, 140150 Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation - Tel +7-4957879054 - Fax +7-4957879054 - yakovleva_va@mail.ru

KLAY Alfred (Mr)
Office fédéral de l'Agriculture, Mattenhofstrasse 5, 3003 Berne, Switzerland - Tel +41-313222565 - Fax +41-313222634 - alfred.klay@blw.admin.ch

MARTINEZ MARTINEZ Belén (Ms)
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment  Affairs, C/Alfonso XII N° 62 1a planta, 28071 Madrid, Spain - Tel +34-913478256 - Fax +34-913478299 - bmartin@marm.es

PAULSEN Hilde (Ms)
Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet), Hovedkontoret, Felles postmottak P.O. Box 383, N-2381 Brumunddal, Norway - Tel +47-64944346 - Fax +47-64944410 - hilde.paulsen@mattilsynet.no

PENCE Agita (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Plant Quarantine Department, Lielvardes 36/38, LV 1006 Riga, Latvia - Tel +371-67550926 - Fax +371-67550927 - agita.pence@vaad.gov.lv

PFEILSTETTER Ernst (Mr)
Julius Kühn Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany - Tel +49-5312993377 - Fax +49-5312993007 - ernst.pfeilstetter@jki.bund.de

POTTING Roel (Mr)
Plant Protection Service, PO Box 9102, 6700 HC Wageningen, Netherlands - Tel +31-882232145 - Fax +31-317421701 - r.p.j.potting@minlnv.nl

ZIONI Shlomit (Ms)
Plant Protection and Inspection Services, P.O.Box 78, 50250 Bet Dagan, Israel - Tel +972-39681583 - Fax +972-39681571 - shlomitz@moag.gov.il

PETTER Françoise (Ms)
SUFFERT Muriel (Ms)
OEPP/EPPO, 21 boulevard Richard Lenoir, 75011 Paris, France - Tel +33-145207794 - Fax +33-170766547 - hq@eppo.int

Observer
HARSHKOVA Aksana (Ms)
Federal State Organisation "All-Russian Center for Plant Quarantine, Pogranichnaya 32, 140150 Bykovo, Ramenskoe Region, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation - Tel +7-4992713824 - Fax +7-4952237241 - aksana.harshkova@gmail.com

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