EPPO Meetings in 2010 – short reports

Panels and Expert Working Groups

• 4^th Meeting of the Panel on CPM Affairs and 10th Joint EPPO/NAPPO meeting (Savannah, US, 2010-01-18/21)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRA on Epitrix similaris, E. cucumeris and E. tuberis (Paris, 2010-01-11/14 and Paris, 2010-03-31/04-01)
• 42^nd Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (Paris, 2010-02-16/19)
• Meeting on the EPPO prioritization process for invasive alien plants (Paris, 2010-02-23/25)
• 14^th Meeting of the Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry (Cardiff, GB, 2010-03-17/19)
• 15^th Meeting of the EPPO Panel on Bacterial diseases (Ljubljana, 2010-03-22/24)
• 9^th Meeting of the Panel on Efficacy Evaluation of Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators (Ludwigshafen, DE, 2010-03-24/25)
• 3^rd Joint EPPO/OIBC Panel Meeting on Biological Control Agents (Castelló de la Plana, ES, 2010-03-29/31)
• 15^th Meeting of the ad hoc Panel on Invasive Alien Species (Tel Aviv, IL, 2010-05-03/06)
• 19^th Meeting of the Panel on PRA Development (Paris, 2010-05-14/17)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRAs on Ludwigia grandiflora and L. peploides (Montpellier, FR, 2010-06-01/04)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRA on Drosophila suzukii (Paris, 2010-07-05/08)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRA on Agrilus anxius (Paris, 2010-09-13/16)
• 5^th Meeting of the Resistance Panel on Plant Protection Products (Oeiras, PT, 2010-09-28/29)
• 16^th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures for Potato (Vilnius, 2010-10-13/15)
• 1^st Meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics and Quality Assurance (Paris, 2010-11-09/12)
• Meeting of the Panel on Efficacy Evaluation of Fungicides and Insecticides (Montfavet/Avignon, FR, 2010-11-16/19)
• Expert Working Group for performing PRA on ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Paris, 2010-11-30/12-03)
• 7^th Meeting of the ad hoc Panel on Nematodes (Wädenswil, CH, 2010-12-07/08)

Working Parties

• 40^th Meeting of the Working Party on Plant Protection Products (Flakkebjerg, Slagelse, DK, 2010-05-18/20)
• 48^th Meeting of the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations (Agadir, MA, 2010-06-15/18)

Conferences and Workshops

• FAO/EPPO Workshop for Russian-speaking experts on ‘International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) and EPPO Standards related to import regulations for plants and plant products moving in international trade’ (Kiev, 2010-02-08/12)
• Atelier de formation de base sur l’Analyse du Risque Phytosanitaire (Hammamet, Tunisie, 2010-02-09/12)
• Workshop on Chalara fraxinea (Oslo, 2010-06-30/07-02)
• 2^nd International Workshop Invasive Plants in the Mediterranean Type Regions of the World (2010-08-02/06, TR, Trabzon)
• EPPO Workshop on eradication, containment and contingency planning (Treviso, IT, 2010-10-26/28)
• PRATIQUE / EPPO Workshop on Pest Risk Analysis (Hammamet, TN, 2010-11-23/26)
• Workshop on Azole fungicides and Septoria leaf blotch control (Harpenden, GB, 2010-12-07/09)