1. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
Workshop on the relationship between the SPS Committee and the international standard-setting organizations
26 October 2009
IPPC Secretariat

2. “Protecting the world’s plant resources from pests”
Our mission
“Protecting the world’s plant resources from pests”
1952: First Convention
1991: Revised text
1993: ISPM No.1
1995: WTO agreements
2005: New revised text
2009: 173 Contracting Parties

3. Info exchange Implementation
Scope
Standard setting
Info exchange Implementation
Capacity building

4. Organizational Structure
Commission on Phytosanitary Measures
(CPM)
Standards Committee (SC)
EWG:
experts, Ad hoc
TP:
experts, 3 year term
- Nominated by Members
- Recommended by Secretariat
- Decided by SC
SC:
- 25 members, 3 year term
- Nominated by Region
- Confirmed by CPM
Members (NPPO, RPPO), international organizations, WTO-SPS Secretary:
- Propose new topic
- Review and submit comments
Technical Panels (TPs)
Expert Working
Groups (EWGs)

5. Standard setting process
Stage 1: Topics
Stage 2: Drafting
Stage 3: Member consultation
Stage 4: Adoption
6-7 years in total

6. International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs)
32 ISPMs adopted
4 specific ISPMs
87 topics and subjects
ISPM No. 15 (Wood packaging material)
ISPM No. 18 (Guidelines for irradiation)
ISPM No. 26 (Pest free areas for fruit flies)
ISPM No. 30 (Areas of low pest prevalence for fruit flies)

7. Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPO)
Coordinate implementation in their regions
Technical Consultation of RPPOs;
All RPPOs meet annually
encourages inter-regional cooperation

8. Opportunity to participate
Stage 1: New topic/Work programme
New topic  Members (NPPOs, RPPOs),
SPS Secretary,
other organization
Review  Region (SC)
Work programme  Contracting Parties (CPM)

9. Opportunity to participate (Cont’)
Stage 2: Drafting
Specification  Region (SC)
Comment  Members (NPPOs,RPPOs)
international organizations
Approve Spec  Region (SC)
Draft text  Experts
Finalize draft  Region (SC)

10. Opportunity to participate (Cont’)
Stage 3: Consultation
Comment  Members (NPPOs, RPPOs),
international organizations
Revise draft  Region (SC)
Stage 4: Adoption
Adopt  Contracting Parties (CPM)

11. Recent developments Special Process Regional workshop on draft ISPMs
IPPC Implementation Review and Support System (IRSS)

12. Development process Regular Process
For concept standards
Special Process (formerly “Fast track”)
For technical standards
Drafted by TPs with focus on science
Discussed by SC via
ICPM-6 (2004) Fast track
CPM-3 (2008) changed to special

13. Regional workshop on draft ISPMs
Since 2001
Provide forum for developing countries for their review of draft ISPMs
In 2009, IPPC held first workshop for Russian speaking countries

14. Implementation Review and Support System (IRSS)
Facilitate implementation of IPPC and ISPMs
Partially implemented due to lack of resources
Two components; Review and Support
Evaluate implementation (IPPC & ISPMs)
“Help Desk” for implementation

15. Challenging issues Procedure for standard setting e.g. Special process
Expectation: fewer comments, quick adoption
Participation by developing countries
Few experts nominated for TPs/EWGs

16. Challenging issues Secretariat staffing
Very few permanent staff members
Funding
FAO contributions stagnant
No assessed member contributions
No predictable regular income flow to Trust Funds

17. Relationship with SPS committee
IPPC Secretariat  SPS Committee
Report on:
New ISPMs
Other developments (e.g. meetings, calls)
SPS Secretariat  CPM
Discussions at SPS Committee

18. Relationship with other 2 sisters
CODEX  IPPC
CODEX trust fund participation report was used as basis for evaluating participation of developing countries in IPPC meetings (2009)

19. Relationship with other 2 sisters (Cont’)
OIE  IPPC
OIE shared its experience with;
recognition of animal disease status at IPPC open-ended WG on international recognition of pest free areas (2008)
the Performance of Veterinary Services tool (PVS) at IPPC open-ended WG on Building National Phytosanitary Capacity (2008)

20. Relationship with other 2 sisters (Cont’)
CODEX, OIE and IPPC participate at SPS workshop together
Standard setting process of CODEX and OIE were compared with IPPC for;
Review of IPPC standard setting procedures
Reorganization of ISPMs

21. Potential areas of collaboration
SPS Committee  IPPC
New topics
Revision of ISPMs
SPS Committee  3 sisters
Information sharing of common issues

22. Procedures for standard setting
Common issues
CODEX
IPPC
OIE -
Pest free area
Regionalization
Surveillance
Risk analysis
Certification
Non-compliance
Procedures for standard setting

23. Common issues (cont’) CODEX IPPC OIE Implementation Capacity building
Private standards
Languages
Funding