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• Questions and discussion<br />
• Evaluation<br />
3.3 Introduction to Information Exchange under the IPPC<br />
History of IPPC<br />
• 1952 IPPC<br />
• 1979 IPPC (Revised Text of the IPPC)<br />
• Countries provided information to FAO<br />
o e.g. pest reports, legislation, regulations<br />
• FAO disseminated<br />
o published<br />
� PPB<br />
� PQ DB<br />
o Dissemination<br />
Challenges<br />
• Countries<br />
o Lack of commitment<br />
o Consistency<br />
o Accuracy<br />
o Source<br />
• FAO resources<br />
• Essentially a failure<br />
Revision of the IPPC<br />
• Modernize IPPC<br />
o trade<br />
• Needed consistency with WTO-SPS Agreement<br />
o standard setting<br />
• Institutionalization<br />
o FAO = IPPC Secretariat<br />
o national<br />
• FAO Conference<br />
o adopted in 1997<br />
o into force after acceptance by 2/3 contracting parties<br />
NRT of the IPPC (1997)<br />
• No significant changes in obligations<br />
• Changes in emphasis / responsibilities<br />
• More specific<br />
• Primarily an NPPO responsibility<br />
• Secretariat responsibilities<br />
• RPPO responsibilities<br />
Communication<br />
• The exchange of information is central<br />
• 3 primary work areas in ICPM work program<br />
• Standard setting<br />
• Technical assistance<br />
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