RAP PUBLICATION 2007/29

REGIONAL STANDARDS FOR PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES

GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND APPLICATION OF EMERGENCY ACTIONS AND EMERGENCY MEASURES

APPRC RSPM No. 5

The Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC)

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Bangkok, 2007

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© FAO 2007

For copies write to:

Piao Yongfan
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra Atit Road
Bangkok 10200
THAILAND
Tel: (+66) 2 697 4000
Fax: (+66) 2 697 4445
E-mail: [email protected]

Endorsement

Regional standards for phytosanitary measures are developed and adopted by the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission as part of the plant protection programme of the Commission's contracting parties. This programme makes available to contracting and other interested parties regional standards for phytosanitary measures to support regional harmonization, with the aim to facilitate trade and avoid the use of unjustifiable measures as barriers to trade.

This standard was endorsed by the twenty-fifth session of the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission in August 2007.

He Changchui
Assistant Director-General and
FAO Regional Representative for
Asia and the Pacific

Endorsement

This Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC) Regional Standard for Phytosanitary Measures was endorsed by the twenty-fifth session of the APPPC held from 27 to 31 August 2007 in Beijing, China.

Review

APPPC Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures are subject to periodic review. The next review date for this standard is 2013. The standard may be reviewed earlier if the APPPC decides this is necessary.

Distribution

APPPC Regional Standards for Phytosanitary Measures are distributed by the Executive Secretariat of the APPPC to all APPPC members, the Administrative Heads of Regional Plant Protection Organizations and the FAO International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat. This standard is available on the APPPC webpage found within the International Phytosanitary Portal:http://www.ippc.int/En/rppo/jsp