Now available: English versions of ISPMs and CPM Recommendation adopted by CPM-18

The Standards Setting Unit of the IPPC Secretariat is pleased to inform the plant health community that the four International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) and the CPM Recommendation adopted by the Eighteenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) in April 2024 are now available in English.

The four ISPMs are:

• 2022 amendments to ISPM 5 (Glossary of phytosanitary terms);
• Annex 1 (Criteria for evaluation of available information for determining host status of fruit to fruit flies (Tephritidae)) to ISPM 37 (Determination of host status of fruit to fruit flies ((Tephritidae));
• Revision of ISPM 4 (Requirements for the establishment of pest free areas); and
• Phytosanitary Treatment 46 (Cold treatment for Thaumatotibia leucotreta on Citrus sinensis) as Annex 46 to ISPM 28 (Phytosanitary treatments for regulated pests).

The CPM Recommendation adopted is R-06 Minimizing the pest risk associated with the sea-container pathway.

The ISPMs can be found here and the CPM Recommendation R-06 here.