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Report of the Standards Committee meeting Rome, Italy 8-12 May 2017 IPPC Secretariat The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. © FAO, 2017 FAO encourages the use, reproduction and dissemination of material in this information product. 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Opening of the meeting .............................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Welcome by the IPPC Secretariat ............................................................................... 5 1.2 Election of the Chairperson ......................................................................................... 5 1.3 Election of the Rapporteur .......................................................................................... 5 1.4 Adoption of the Agenda .............................................................................................. 5 2. Administrative Matters ............................................................................................................... 5 3. Updates ....................................................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Items arising from governance bodies......................................................................... 6 3.2 Briefings from the IPPC Secretariat ............................................................................ 9 4. Draft ISPMs from expert drafting groups (EWG/TP) for the first consultation ....................... 10 4.1 International movement of cut flowers and foliage (2008-005), Priority 4 .............. 10 4.2 Requirements for the use of fumigation treatments as a phytosanitary measure (2014- 004), Priority 1 .......................................................................................................... 13 4.3 International movement of grain (2008-007), Priority 1 ........................................... 16 4.4 2017 Amendments to ISPM 5 (1994-001) ................................................................ 18 5. Standards Committee ................................................................................................................ 19 5.1 Report of the SC November 2016 ............................................................................. 19 5.2 Summary on polls and forums discussed on the e-decision site from December 2016 to April 2017 ............................................................................................................. 20 5.2.1 Composition of EWG membership ........................................................................... 20 5.2.2 Selection of experts ................................................................................................... 21 6. Review of technical panels (from May 2016 to April 2017) .................................................... 22 6.1 Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT) ............................................. 22 6.2 Technical Panel for the Glossary (TPG) ................................................................... 24 6.3 Technical Panel for Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) .................................................... 26 6.3.1 Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies as a diagnostic tool for phytosanitary purposes .............................................................................................. 27 6.3.2 Proposal for changing the dates of the December DP notification period ................ 28 6.4 Technical Panel on Pest Free Areas and Systems Approaches for Fruit Flies (TPFF) ....................................................................................................................... 28 6.5 Technical Panel on Forest Quarantine (TPFQ) ......................................................... 28 7. Adjustments to the List of Topics for IPPC Standards and the Stewards ................................. 29 7.1 Adjustments to stewards............................................................................................ 30 7.2 Proposal for the revision of Glossary definitions ...................................................... 30 8. Adjustments to the Framework for Standards and Implementation ......................................... 31 9. Concepts and implementation issues related to draft or adopted standards .............................. 31 10. SC recommendations for CPM-13 (2018) ................................................................................ 32 11. Agenda items deferred to future SC Meetings ......................................................................... 32 11.1 Future SC e-decisions ............................................................................................... 32 12. Review of the standard setting calendar ................................................................................... 33 13. Other business ........................................................................................................................... 33 International Plant Protection Convention Page 3 of 87 Report SC May 2017 14. Date and venue of the next SC Meeting ................................................................................... 33 15. Evaluation of the meeting process ............................................................................................ 33 16. Adoption of the report .............................................................................................................. 33 17. Close of the meeting ................................................................................................................. 33 LIST OF APPENDIXES APPENDIX 1: Agenda ..................................................................................................................... 34 APPENDIX 2: Documents List ........................................................................................................ 38 APPENDIX 3. Participants list ........................................................................................................ 40 APPENDIX 4: List of draft ISPMs approved for consultation (1 July – 30 September 2017) ........ 46 APPENDIX 5: Draft ISPM on the International movement of cut flowers (2008-005) .................. 47 APPENDIX 6: Draft ISPM on Requirements for the use of fumigation as a phytosanitary measure (2014-004) ................................................................................................................................ 57 APPENDIX 7: Draft 2017 Amendments to ISPM 5 (Glossary of phytosanitary terms) (1994- 001) ........................................................................................................................................... 72 APPENDIX 8: Summary of polls and forums (from December 2016 to April 2017) ..................... 77 APPENDIX 9: Proposed ink amendment to ISPM 5 (“detention”) ................................................. 84 APPENDIX 10: Action points arising from the SC May 2017 meeting .......................................... 85 Page 4 of 87 International Plant Protection Convention SC May 2017 Report 1. Opening of the meeting 1.1 Welcome by the IPPC Secretariat [1] The IPPC Secretary, Mr Jingyuan XIA, welcomed the Standards Committee (SC) members. He highlighted a number of achievements from the Twelfth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-12, 2017), which was the first CPM held outside of Rome. In particular, he stressed the adoption of an unprecedented 15 standards (including annexes) and the noting of 10 diagnostic protocols (DPs) adopted by the SC on behalf of the CPM since the last CPM session, which was a record number in the history of the IPPC progressed in a single year. The IPPC Secretary also highlighted major achievements of the CPM and the IPPC Secretariat over the past 65 years. In particular, the 94 standards that have been adopted over the years, including 41 ISPMs, 22 DPs and 31 PTs. [2] The IPPC Secretary briefed the SC members that the main task for implementing the Action Plan on the Enhancement Evaluation of the IPPC Secretariat in 2017 was to regroup staff and their