EPPO/OEPP

EPPO and NEPPO are co-organizing a Workshop on Pest Reporting in Tunisia, in November 2026.

Register before September 14th : https://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2026_meetings/wk_pest_reporting

The objectives of this Workshop are to improve understanding of pest reporting obligations, including pest status determination, to share experiences, and to discuss pest reporting procedures and tools

International Plant Protection Convention - IPPC

EPPO Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) training Workshop: Training in essential elements of pest prioritization and PRA EPPO

📢 Don't forget that the applications for the EPPO Jens-Georg Unger Plant Health Fellowship are still open!

❗️ Applicants need to get agreement from their host organization as part of the application process, this can take some time, so don't leave it too late to apply!

🔗 To see the full terms and conditions of the fellowship see our page here: https://www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/special_events/plant_health_fellowship

⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️

➡️ Physalis longifolia (Solanaceae), an invasive alien plant that can compete with crops.

❓The EPPO Panel on IAP are seeking further information on any additional occurrences in the EPPO region.

🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: https://www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/plant_quarantine/alert_list_plants/physalis_longifolia

🚨 Our Alert List is a tool for our member countries. It acts as an early warning for pests and invasive alien plants that may pose a risk to the region.

⚠️ ADDITION TO THE EPPO ALERT LIST ⚠️

➡️ Chilli veinal mottle virus, an emerging virus that causes significant yield losses to pepper (Capsicum sp.).

❓Symptoms include dark-green mottles, mosaics, vein banding on leaves and leaf distortion.

🔎 Find out about the risks, damage and more: https://www.eppo.int/ACTIVITIES/plant_quarantine/alert_list_viruses/potyvirus_capsivenamaculae

🚨 Our Alert List is a tool for our member countries. It acts as an early warning for pests that may pose a risk to the region.

🌱 Web report now online for the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations (WPPR) 🌱

🆕 Read about new and revised Standards, pests recommended for regulation and more!

🔗 Read the full report here: https://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2026_meetings/wp_pr

❓The WPPR covers all aspects of EPPO’s work to support Member Countries’ activities in preventing the introduction and spread of plant pests, including quarantine pests, regulated non-quarantine pests, invasive alien species and any such organisms presenting a potential phytosanitary risk for the EPPO region.

📅 This week an Expert Working Group is meeting in the EPPO Headquarters in Paris to carry out a pest risk analysis (PRA) for the EPPO region for Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust).

❓️ The EWG has been assesing the potential pathways for the entry of A. psidii into the EPPO region, potential for establishment and spread within the EPPO region, and the impact in its area of current distribution and potential impact in the EPPO region.

📢 Stay tuned for more updates!

Le nouveau numéro du Service d'information de l'OEPP est disponible:https://gd.eppo.int/media/data/reporting/rs-2026-06-fr.pdf

Toutes les données correspondantes sont également entrées dans EPPO Global Database.

📢 The June issue of the EPPO Reporting Service is now available.

➡️ Read it here: https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rse-2026-06

❓️ The EPPO Reporting Service is a free monthly newsletter on events of phytosanitary concern (e.g. new pest outbreaks, new host plants, new diagnostic methods). It focuses mainly on regulated pests (including invasive alien plants), as well as on emerging pests that may present a risk to the EPPO region.

❓️ Do you extract information from the Global database (e.g. EPPO codes, taxonomic information, and phytosanitary data) using professional APIs?

❗️ The EPPO Data Service has evolved into the EPPO Data Portal. This transition marks a significant upgrade to our infrastructure.

🚨 Users will no longer be able to access the old interface as of September 1st 2026. Please transition to the new system now, if you have not already.

➡️ Read the migration guide here for help: https://data.eppo.int/legacy

3️⃣ Day 3 of the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations!

After a morning reviewing EPPO activities on information and communication, the working party was invited to attend the world food safety day 2026 at Ilia garden in Tbilisi.

In the afternoon, the working party visited the collection of rare grapevine varieties at the LEPL Scientific Research Centre of Agriculture, along with its Wine Museum. 🍇🍷

EPPO is sincerely grateful for the warm hospitality of our Georgian hosts. 🇬🇪