European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization

The European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) is an intergovernmental organisation responsible for European cooperation in plant protection in the European and Mediterranean region. Founded on April 18, 1951^[1] and based in Paris, France, EPPO is the Regional Plant Protection Organization (RPPO) for Europe under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).^[2]

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization

Website	https://www.eppo.int/

To meet its objectives to protect plants, strategize against the introduction and spread of dangerous pests, and to promote safe and effective control methods, EPPO develops international standards and recommendations, provides reporting services, participates in global discussions on plant health, EPPO hold regular expert working groups, and maintained EPPO codes.

History

Founded in 1951 and based in Paris, France, EPPO is the Regional Plant Protection Organization (RPPO) for Europe under the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). The intergovernmental organisation responsible for European cooperation in plant protection in the European and Mediterranean region had grown to 52 member states as of 2020^[update]. EPPO's objectives are to protect plants, to develop international strategies against the introduction and spread of dangerous pests, and to promote safe and effective control methods.

EPPO has developed international standards and recommendations on phytosanitary measures, good plant protection practice, and on the assessment of plant protection products (pesticides). It also provides a reporting service of events of phytosanitary concern such as outbreaks and new pest records. EPPO maintain datasheets on pests of regulatory concern.^[3] As a Regional Plant Protection Organization, EPPO also participates in global discussions on plant health organised by FAO and the IPPC Secretariat. EPPO holds expert working groups to perform pest risk analyses on plant pests of concern to the EPPO region.^[4]

EPPO codes

Main article: EPPO code

EPPO is responsible for management of the EPPO code system, previously known as Bayer codes. The system is an encoded identifier used by EPPO, in a system designed to uniquely identify organisms that are important to agriculture and crop protection.^[5]

EPPO member countries

As of February 2021^[update]:^[6]

Albania  Algeria  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Germany  Greece

Guernsey  Hungary  Ireland  Israel (PPIS)  Italy  Jersey  Jordan  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta  Moldova  Montenegro  Morocco  Netherlands  North Macedonia

Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Tunisia  Turkey  Ukraine  United Kingdom  Uzbekistan

EPPO Bulletin

The EPPO Bulletin is the official publication of EPPO. It features articles on all aspects of plant protection and is published on behalf of EPPO by Wiley-Blackwell.^[7] Articles are published in French or English with a Russian summary.