Current notification period for DPs

2025-01-27

The Standards Committee (SC) approved the following draft diagnostic protocol for the DP notification period:

- Heterobasidion annosum sensu lato (2021-015)

which can be found below alongside the responses to the consultation comments by the TPDP.

Contracting parties have 45 days to review the approved DPs and submit an objection, if any, along with a technical justification and suggestions for improvement of the approved DP. If no objection is received, the DP is considered adopted by the SC on behalf of the CPM.

This notification period starts on 30 January 2025 and ends on 15 March 2025.

To submit an objection, please follow the procedure outlined below.

According to stage 4 of the Standard Setting Procedure, Adoption and publication, if a contracting party (CP) does not support the adoption of a draft ISPM, the CP may submit an objection. The objection must be submitted to the Secretariat and must be accompanied by technical justification and suggestions for improvement of the draft ISPM. A template for objections can be found here: https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/85331/. The Secretariat will make available all objections received.

For draft Diagnostic Protocols (DPs), the CPM has delegated its authority to adopt DPs on its behalf to the Standards Committee (SC). Once the SC approves the DP, the Secretariat makes it available and contracting parties are notified.

The notification period for approved DPs is opened twice a year, on the following dates:

• from 30 January to 15 March

• from 01 July to 15 August

Contracting parties have 45 days to review the approved DP and submit an objection, if any.

If submitting an objection in English, please use this online form: Online form for submitting objections to the adoption of ISPMs.

According to the IPPC procedures, the submissions can be accepted only from the IPPC Official Contact Points (OCPs). Hence, please make sure that in the “Email of the IPPC Official Contact Point” field, your email address is correct, as you will receive an automated email from the IPPC Secretariat after you have submitted your application.

If you would like to submit the form in another FAO official language or provide attachments, please send it to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] and [email protected], using the templates available here.

If no objection is received, the DP is considered adopted by SC on behalf of the CPM. DPs adopted through this process are noted by the CPM and made available on the adopted ISPMs page.

For any questions or concerns, please contact the IPPC Secretariat at [email protected].

For requesting translation of draft diagnostic protocols (DPs) into the FAO languages the mechanism posted on the IPP at https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/notification-period-dps/mechanism-translate-diagnostic-protocols-languages/ should be followed.

Please note that a document containing the history of DP notification periods as well as previous DP notification periods submitted are also available.

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