E-commerce guide (2017-039)

E-commerce: A guide to managing the pest risk posed by goods ordered online and distributed through postal and courier pathways

Published October 2023: https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8209en

Developing a guide on e-Commerce is one component of the IPPC programme on e-Commerce, which is under the guidance of the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC).

The IPPC e-Commerce Guide will provide practical solutions to assist national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) in managing the pest risk associated with international e-Commerce trade. It will focus on electronic transactions that lead to the international movement of plants, plant products and other regulated articles, particularly those that follow non-traditional distribution patterns (i.e. business-to-consumer and consumer-to-consumer transactions). It will also offer guidance to assist NPPOs to strengthen cooperation and communication with other relevant border agencies and to improve collaboration at a national level in order to facilitate low risk trade while ensuring phytosanitary requirements are met.

Process

The Process for the Development of IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Guides and Training Materials outlines the stages, methods and processes that guide the development and revision of implementation resources under the auspices of the IPPC Secretariat.

Completed activities

2018-05: Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) added the e-Commerce Guide to the List of Implementation and Capacity Development Topics (priority 3)

2020-03: Call for phytosanitary technical resources related to e-Commerce

2020-05: Consultation on the draft Outline for the e-Commerce Guide

2020-09: Outline for the e-Commerce Guide approved by IC

2020-10: Call for experts to develop a IPPC e-Commerce Guide for plants, plant products and other regulated articles (2017-039)

2021-01: IC selects experts to participate in the working group to develop the guide

2021-02: 1st working group meeting (VM01)

2021-03: 2nd working group meeting (VM02)

2021-04: 3rd working group meeting (VM03)

2021-05: 4th working group meeting (VM04)

2021-06: 5th working group meeting (VM05)

2021-09: Call for case studies related to e-Commerce and plants, plant products and other regulated articles in international trade (2021-07-14 to 2021-09-10)

2021-09: 6th working group meeting (VM06)

2021-10: 7th working group meeting (VM07)

2021-10: 8th working group meeting (VM08)

2021-12: 9th working group meeting (VM09)

2023-02: Peer review period closed

Implementation and Capacity Development Committee Lead:

• Mr Thorwald GEUZE (NLD)

Implementation and Facilitation Unit Lead:

• Ms Barbara PETERSON; [email protected]

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