EPPO Meetings in 2019 – short reports

Panels and Expert Working Groups

• 25^th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures for Potato (Paris, 2019-02-13/14)

• 9^th Meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics and Quality Assurance (Maisons-Alfort, FR, 2019-02-13/15)

• 9^th Meeting of the Panel on Harmonization of data on plant protection products (Milan, IT, 2019-02-20)

• 19^th Meeting of the Panel on General Standards on Efficacy Evaluation (Milan, IT, 2019-03-18/19)

• 24^th Meeting of Panel on Quarantine Pests for Forestry (Paris, 2019-03-18/20)

• 59^th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (Paris, 2019-03-20/22)

• 72^nd Meeting of the Panel on Global Phytosanitary Affairs (Rome, 2019-04-05 (1^st session) and Paris, 2019-04-09/11 (2^nd session))

• 6^th  Meeting of the EPPO Panel on Diagnostics in Virology and Phytoplasmology (Maisons-Alfort, FR, 2019-05-21/23)

• 24^th Meeting of the Panel on Invasive Alien Plants (Paris, 2019-06-05/07)

• 73^rd Meeting of the Panel on Global Phytosanitary Affairs (Chisinau, MD, 2019-09-04/06)

• 14^th Meeting of the Resistance Panel on Plant Protection Products (Harpenden, GB, 2019-09-18/19)

• 12^th Joint EPPO/IOBC Panel Meeting on Biological Control Agents (Lisbon, 2019-10-09/11)

• 60^th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Measures (Braunschweig, DE, 2019-10-22/24)

• 12^th Meeting of the Panel on Diagnostics in Nematology (EPPO Headquarters, Paris, 2019-11-12/14)

• 48^th Meeting of the Panel on Efficacy Evaluation of Fungicides and Insecticides (Braunschweig, DE, 2019-11-26/28)

• 7^th Meeting of the Panel on Phytosanitary Inspections (Pordenone, IT, 2019-12-10/11)

Working Parties

• 49^th Meeting of the Working Party on Plant Protection Products (Paris, 2019-05-27/29)

• 57^th Meeting of the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations (Batumi, GE, 2019-06-18/21)

Council Session

• 69^th EPPO Council Session (UNESCO headquarters, Paris, 2019-09-24/25)

Conferences and Workshops

• Workshop on the revision of PM 7/98 Specific requirements for laboratories preparing accreditation for a plant pest diagnostic activity (Maisons-Alfort, FR, 2019-02-11/13)

• EPPO Codes users meeting (4^th webinar, Paris – Milano, 2019-02-20)

• 4^th EPPO Workshop for Heads of Plant Pest Diagnostic Laboratories (Maisons-Alfort, FR, 2019-09-09/11)