Current consultations for draft ISPMs

Following the revision of the standard setting procedure agreed to by IPPC contracting parties at CPM-11 (2016), the first consultation lasts 90 days and takes place from 1 July to 30 September. Once the Standards Committee (SC) approves the draft ISPM for the first consultation, the IPPC Secretariat makes it publicly available and solicits comments through the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) from contracting parties, RPPOs, national plant protection services of non-CPs, relevant international organizations and other entities as decided by the SC.

The 2024 first consultation

The following draft ISPMs were uploaded on the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) for first consultation (English, French & Spanish).

Draft ISPMs

• Draft revision of ISPM 26 (Establishment and maintenance of pest free areas for fruit flies (Tephritidae)) (2021-010)

• Draft annex to ISPM 23 (Guidelines for inspection) on field inspection (2021-018)

• Draft annex to ISPM 38 (International movement of seeds) on the design and use of systems approaches for the phytosanitary certification of seeds. (2018-009).

Draft annexes to ISPM 27

• Draft annex to ISPM 27: Meloidogyne mali. (2018-019)

Draft annexes to ISPM 28

• Draft annex to ISPM 28: Combination of irradiation and modified atmosphere treatment for Trogoderma granarium (2023-032)

• Draft annex to ISPM 28: Irradiation treatment for Pseudococcus baliteus (2023-033)

• Draft annex to ISPM 28: Irradiation treatment for Paracoccus marginatus (2023-034)

• Draft annex to ISPM 28: Irradiation treatment for Planococuss lilacinus (2023-035)

Following the revision of the standard setting procedure agreed to by IPPC contracting parties at CPM-11 (2016), the second consultation lasts 90 days and takes place from 1 July to 30 September. Taking into account the comments received during the first consultation, the Standards Committee (SC) or the Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) revise the draft ISPM. Once the Standard Committee (SC) or SC-7 approves the draft ISPM for the second (or third) consultation, the IPPC Secretariat solicits comments through the IPPC Online Comment System (OCS) from contracting parties, RPPOs, relevant international organizations, national plant protection services of non-CPs, and other entities as decided by the SC.

Second consultation

Draft ISPMs

• Draft annex International movement of fresh Mangifera indica fruit (2021-011) to ISPM 46 (Commodity-specific standards for phytosanitary measures)

• Draft annex Use of systems approaches in managing the pest risks associated with the movement of wood (2015-004) to ISPM 39 (International movement of wood)

For more information on the OCS, please visit the OCS page on the IPP. Please contact the IPPC Secretariat at [email protected] for assistance using the OCS. In order to get your OCS license, please contact: [email protected].

DPs are presented for consultation in English only. The mechanism to translate diagnostic protocols into languages before first consultation can be found here.

Please note that the following are available in the previous consultations for ISPMs page:

• Responses to previous consultation comments submitted on diagnostic protocols and phytosanitary treatments.
• A document containing the history of previous consultations on draft ISPMs
• The previous versions of draft ISPMs going through consultations and their background documents .