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This week, we are attending the International Plant Protection Convention's (IPPC) 20th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-20) at the FAO Headquarters in Rome.

📺️ Follow the discussions live: www.fao.org/webcast/en

🌐 Web report for the 26th Meeting of the Panel on General Standards on Efficacy Evaluation now online!

📚️ Read about new and revised Standards for efficacy evaluation!

➡️ Read more: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️

➡️ Senecio deltoideus is recorded as an established species in the EPPO region where it can form dense stands which can negatively impact biodiversity and ecosystem services.

🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/p...

EPPO Scientific Officer Rob Tanner will be presenting today on the challenges and opportunities for the utilization of biological control agents in the EPPO region at the 17th Slovenian Plant Protection Conference 2026.

Find out more about the conference here: dvrs.si/17-slovensko...

🤝 Last Friday, EPPO Scientific Officer Valerio Lucchesi attended the 41st Meeting of the OECD's Working Party on Pesticides in Paris.

👨‍🏫 He presented EPPO activities on Plant Protection Products at the Working Party.

🙏 Thank you to the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social for inviting us to participate.

📢 LE NOUVEAU SERVICE D’INFORMATION EST DISPONIBLE!

📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.

🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...

📢 February's Reporting Service is OUT NOW!

📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in February's reporting service.

🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...

❓️ Have you seen this campaign that was just added to the EPPO Platform on Communication Material?

➡️ See more here: media.eppo.int/index?id_gal...

🌐 Web report for the EWG for PRA on Senecio angulatus now online!

📚️ Read about the discussions for the pest risk analysis on this invasive alien plant species below!

➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🥳 In April this year, we will be marking 75 years since EPPO's establishment.

🌍️ In the video below, you can see how our member countries have changed over time. We have grown from 15 original members in 1951 to 52 today.

➡️ You can read more about our history here: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/b...

💕 Thinking of how to treat that special someone in your life?

💘 Look no further - EPPO's 2026 valentines cards have been released.

❤️‍🔥 Download our 2026 cards and see last years cards on the EPPO Platform on Communication Material: media.eppo.int/index?id_gal...

👉️ PRE-REGISTER NOW for the EPPO Pest Risk Analysis training Workshop happening in November in Belgrade.

➡️ Find out more and pre-register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

❓️ Did you see our announcement of the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Plant Health Fellowship last year?

➡️See all successful applicants here: www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/s...

МККЗР на прошлой неделе выпустила русскоязычную версию своего Руководства по участию в Комиссии по фитосанитарным мерам (КФМ)!

The IPPC Secretariat has released the Guide to participating in CPM in Russian!

💬 Also available in 🇬🇧 English and 🇫🇷 French.

➡️ www.ippc.int/en/news/now-...

🔊 Web report for the 17th Meeting of the EPPO Panel on Diagnostics in Nematology is now online!

➡️ Read about new and revised Standards in the web report!

🔗 Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🔊 Web report for the 92nd Meeting of the Panel on Global Phytosanitary Affairs is now online!

➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

❓ Did you miss last week's Xylella seminar with EPPO Scientific Officers Charlotte Trontin and Rob Tanner?

➡️ You can now watch it on youtube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQF...

📢 LE NOUVEAU SERVICE D’INFORMATION EST DISPONIBLE!

📖 Découvrez les dernières actualités phytosanitaires pour la région OEPP.

🔓 Lire en français ici - gd.eppo.int/media/data/r...

📢 January's Reporting Service is OUT NOW!

📖 Read about the latest phytosanitary updates for the EPPO region in November's reporting service.

🔓 Free to read in English and French at gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rs...

🌱 Web report now online for the 25th EPPO Panel on Efficacy Evaluation of Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators.

👍 The meeting covered new and updated Standards on efficacy evaluation, PGRs and general Standards.

➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

❓ Have you visited the EPPO Platform on PRAs recently?

🆕 New PRAs from EFSA, the UK, the Netherlands and the USDA have been recently added!

➡️ See more at pra.eppo.int

⏰ REGISTRATION CLOSES NEXT WEEK for the EPPO-REUFIS-BFW Conference ‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’

🔗Find out more and register here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

🦠 Last week, EPPO Scientific Officer Ms Trontin gave an update on EPPO’s activities in virology and phytoplasmology to the 7th workshop of the EURL for Pest of Plants on Viruses, Viroids and Phytoplasmas.

🙏 Thanks to the EURL for the opportunity to present EPPO activities.

🗓️ Have you seen? Charlotte Trontin and Rob Tanner, Scientific Officers at EPPO, will be presenting next week's Xylella seminar!

🔗 Join the seminar on zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8681527594...

🔊 Web report for the EPPO Webinar on Mapping and Modelling in EPPO PRAs is now online!

📽️ The webinar shared tools, data, and experiences from across the EPPO region, with a focus on strengthening future PRA work.

➡️ Read more here: www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/202...

❓ Preparing communication material for the new year and seeking inspiration?

🔎 We have added new filtering features to help users find communication campaigns and activities on the EPPO Platform on Communication Material

➡️ Visit the EPPO Platform on Communication Material - media.eppo.int

📚 HAVE YOU SEEN? Issue 55-3 of the EPPO Bulletin is now online!

🗝️ All EPPO Standards and several articles are free to access!

🔗 Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652338...

📸 In 2025, 1500+ new photos were added to the EPPO Global Database (gd.eppo.int), bringing the total to over 16000!

🤳 Images are freely available for educational purposes (with proper citation)

🙏 Thank you very much to all photographers and experts supporting #planthealth!

✨ New cases added to the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases✨

249 new cases of resistance have been validated on the EPPO Database on Resistance Cases since October 2025. resistance.eppo.int/index

🔎 Read more here resistance.eppo.int/latest_news?...

There is a lot on innovation in plant health. The IPPC Secretariat invites NPPOs, RPPOs, and accredited organizations to submit proposals for the Plant Health Innovation Fair (13 March 2026)
Apply by 30 January 2026.
www.ippc.int/en/calls/cal...