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Language Review Groups (LRGs)


The established Language Review Groups (LRGs) are invited to review ISPMs adopted at CPM sessions and to submit comments through their LRG Coordinator to the IPPC Secretariat within 3 months from when they received the adopted ISPMs in their respective language. The reviewed ISPMs will hereafter been submitted for review by the FAO Translation Services. The Secretariat will post the modified ISPMs on the IPP and notify all contracting parties. The CPM agenda will include a standing item for noting that the specific standards were adjusted.

For detailed information and guidance on the LRG procedure, please see the document “Procedure to correct errors in International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) in language versions other than English after adoption”, posted below as amended at CPM-12 (2017).

Should a member wish to join a LRG, please contact the specific LRG Coordinator (contact details below) or follow any specific procedures as established by the specific LRG.

When an existing LRG coordinator cannot continue the work, they (or, if not possible, the new coordinator) should inform the IPPC Secretariat about the change, copying the new LRG coordinator and all LRG members and submitting an updated LRG form.


Chinese LRG

Coordinator: Mr Xiaoliang Wang

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

No. 20 Mai Zi Dian Street, 100125 Beijing, China

Phone: +86-10-59194524

Email: [email protected]

TPG focal point for Chinese: Ms Xuemei JI - [email protected]


French LRG

Coordinator: VACANT

TPG focal point for French: Ms Laurence BOUHOT-DELDUC - [email protected]


Russian LRG

Acting Coordinator: Ms Snezhana Usacheva

32, Pogranichnaya str., Bykovo, Ramenskiy district,140150, Moscow region, Russian Federation

Phone: + 7 (499) 707-22-27 (1865)

Email: [email protected]

TPG focal point for Russian: Mr Konstantin GREBENNIKOV - [email protected]


Spanish LRG

Coordinator: Ms Beatriz Melcho

Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur (COSAVE)

Av. Paseo Colón 315, C1063ACD, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Email: [email protected]

TPG focal point for Spanish: Ms Beatriz MELCHO - [email protected]


Arabic LRG

Coordinator: Mr Ben Jamaa MH

The Near East Plant Protection Organisation (NEPPO)

Batiment C INRA. Angle Avenue Ibn Al Ouazzane et Hassan II. 10000. Rabat. Morocco

Phone: +212 537 704 810

Email: [email protected]

TPG focal point for Arabic: Mrs Shaza Roshdy OMAR - [email protected]

This web page was last updated on 2024-02. For queries or comments regarding the contents of this page please contact [email protected].

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Doc # Title Files Publications date
05 French LRG (created in 2010, updated in 2014) Fr 20 Jul 2011
07 Spanish LRG (created in 2010, last updated in 2022) Es 28 Jul 2022
01 Procedure to correct errors in international standards for phytosanitary measures (ISPMs) in language versions other than English after adoption CPM-12 (2017) En Es Fr Ru Ar Zh 10 Oct 2017
02 Language Review Group Form En 13 Jul 2018
06 Russian LRG (created 2011, reactivated in 2016) En 03 Oct 2016
04 Chinese LRG (created in 2011, last updated in 2022) En 18 Jul 2022
03 Arabic LRG (created in 2015, updated in 2016) En 10 May 2016

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