EPPO/OEPP

Le nouveau numéro du Service d'information de l'OEPP est disponible:https://gd.eppo.int/media/data/reporting/rs-2026-08-fr.pdf

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

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

➡️ Read it here: https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rse-2026-08

❓️ 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.

7️⃣ 5️⃣ EPPO is celebrating it's 75th anniversary this year and to celebrate we will be posting some pictures from our archives.

Here we have some photos from our 50th anniversary celebrations. An easy guess this time but what historic building is the EPPO Council routinely held in? Extra points if you can name the architects!

See more https://www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/brief_history/75th

Have you submitted a photo for the EPPO 2026 photo contest? Here is a first look at what it will look like! There is still time to submit photos!

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), participants are invited to submit photos illustrating the diversity, importance, and impact of plant protection across the EPPO region.

The contest is open to anyone involved in, or interested in, EPPO's work. Winning photos will be decided by an EPPO Panel based on relevance, visual quality and creativity. 12 winning photos will then be selected for inclusion in the EPPO 2027 Calendar.

Winners will receive a complimentary copy of the EPPO 2027 Calendar and a high-quality printed version of their winning photograph.

Submit your photos at https://photocontest.eppo.int/

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Ralf Lopian on August 23rd, 2026.

Ralf was a long-standing expert in EPPO and IPPC bodies. He worked in the EPPO Secretariat as a Scientific Officer between 1991 and 1994 and contributed from the Europe region to the work of the IPPC. He was the driving force in the celebration of the International Year of Plant Health in 2020 and the establishment of the International Day of Plant Health.
In recognition of his significant contribution to plant health, Ralf was awarded the EPPO Gold Medal in 2023. We remember him as a very positive, energetic person with a clear vision, who used his energy to achieve the objectives he had in mind for plant health. EPPO is very grateful for his many excellent contributions and achievements in our field.

We will miss you Ralf!

📢 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

7️⃣ 5️⃣ EPPO is celebrating it's 75th anniversary this year and to celebrate we will be posting some pictures from our archives across the summer.

Here we have one meeting from our Council session in 2001 and one meeting from a Working Party. Can you guess which one is which? Extra points if you can guess which Working Party this is?

See more about EPPO's history here: https://www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/brief_history/75th

📚 Issue 56-2 of the EPPO Bulletin is now online!

➡️ This issue includes an Editorial, 5 Standards, 3 Datasheets, and many original articles!

🔓️ Many of the papers are now free or open access.

🔗 Read here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652338

7️⃣ 5️⃣ EPPO is celebrating it's 75th anniversary this year and to celebrate we will be posting some pictures from our archives across the summer.

At EPPO, we are grateful to be able to work internationally and closely with other RPPOs. Here are two previous International Symposium's we attended. Where is the furthest you have ever travelled with EPPO?

See more about EPPO's history here: https://www.eppo.int/ABOUT_EPPO/brief_history/75th

📸 Happy World Photography Day!! 📸

What better way to mark the day than submitting your pest photos to our photo competition!

More information here: https://photocontest.eppo.int