Report of the 40Th Meeting of the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations

EUROPEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION 05-12091

Paysandisia archon

Extracts of reports of EPPO Meetings

As mentioned on the introductory section of the Web page on PRA documents, PRA documents are working documents which have usually been produced by an assessor whose opinion may have been commented during Panel meetings and comments have usually not been included in the PRA documents but are found in Panel meeting reports. This document consists of extracts of EPPO Meetings'discussions on Pest Risk Analysis documents on the relevant pest. Discussions on Pest Specific Phytosanitary Requirements (PSPR)1, have also been reported when relevant as they include elements on possible risk management options.

Report of the 40th Meeting of the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations (Vilnius & Juodkrante, Lithuania, 2002-06-18/21) 13. Alert list (……)Regarding Paysandisia archon, Mrs Petter (FR) informed the Working Party that this pest of palm, recently found in France, was now listed for national mandatory control in France. A local regulation would be published. Post-entry inspection would be conducted. This pest had been introduced on palms from South America, which raised the issue of new large ornamental plants coming from other parts of the world and of non-specific risks attached to plants for planting with soil. The trade in large plants was in fact increasing and raised concerns. Pests introduced with such plants could often not be seen at import inspection and sometimes emerged only after a long period of time. Mr Smith (Chairman) thought that this raised the question of possible alerts on commodities, such as what was done by NAPPO. Mrs Perez (ES) added that P. archon occurred in Cataluña. Regional authorities had made surveys and were trying to take mandatory measures. She added that large plants were an increasing concern, and Mr Ashby (GB) agreed. Mr Smith (Chairman) thought that this point could usefully be included in the Reporting Service. Mr Unger (DE) proposed that the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures should consider the issue of large plants not identified as a specific risk and might make some recommendations. Mr Smith (Chairman) noted that future EPPO activities on non- specific risks also needed to be clarified and that the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures would have to consider this issue.

37th meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (Paris, 2005-03-08/11) 8. Candidate Pests for EPPO listing 8.2 Review of pest risk assessments  Paysandisia archon. Mrs Petter (Chairman) explained that the Pest Risk assessment prepared by the Spanish NPPO concluded that this palm borer was a pest of concern for the palm-growing countries. She suggested that the EPPO Secretariat could prepare a Pest Risk Management, so that a package of palm pests (together with Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and R. palmarum) could be presented to the Working Party. The panel agreed. The EPPO Secretariat will prepare a PRM and circulate it by e-mail to the Panel before the Working Party. Paysandisia archon will be proposed for addition to A2 List.

43rd Meeting of the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations Minsk, 2005-06-21/24 12 EPPO pest lists 12.2 Pests proposed for addition to the Action List Mrs Petter (Assistant Director) presented the pests that the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures and the Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry proposed to add to the EPPO Action List in 2005. The Working Party approved the addition of the following: Rhynchophorus palmarum, Dendrolimus superans, 1 formerly called Specific Quarantine Requirements (SQR)

sur 2 Lymantria mathura, Stobilomya viaria, Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum. Mrs Perez (ES) noted that the datasheet for R. ferrugineus should be revised to correct the distribution. Concerning Rhynchophorus sp., Mr Giltrap (GB) thought that different measures should be recommended for R.. ferrugineus and R.. palmarum as the first was present in the region and not the other. Mr Smith (Chairman) explained that the two pests have the same biology and that EPPO accordingly recommended the same set of measures. It is then up to the countries to decide on the level of protection. Mr Giltrap (GB) thought that there are measures for R. ferrugineus which could be added to the PRM. Concerning Paysandisia archon, Mr Giltrap (GB) considered that the measures were too stringent. He noted that they were developed after the Panel by the Secretariat and should be reconsidered next year. In the report of PRM for Hesperophanes campestris, Mr Lopian (FI) thought that debarking should not be required in addition to other measures. The PRM for Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Paysandisia archon, and Hesperophanes campestris will be reconsidered by the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures.