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NAPPO ISPM 25 guidance face-to-face meeting participants. From left to right: Alonso Suazo (NAPPO
TD), Stephanie Dubon (NAPPO AMC member APHIS PPQ), Brendon Reardon (EG Chairperson, APHIS
PPQ), Wendy Asbil (CFIA), and Erin Stiers (APHIS PPQ).

RSPM 35 (Guidelines for the movement of Stone and Pome Fruit Trees and

Grapevines into a NAPPO Member Country) - arthropod pest tables. The EG
concluded the revision and update of the RSPM 35 arthropod pest tables for stone and pome fruit
trees and grapevines. The tables will be added to the standard as an ink amendment. During the
revision process, each NAPPO member country presented detailed information on how pest status is
determined in their NPPO. Similarities and differences were identified. Species with a different pest
status in all three NAPPO countries were carefully reevaluated, and evidence presented by each
country was used to reconfirm or modify the pest status as needed.

The NAPPO Secretariat would like to thank the EG members for their work on this important regional
standard.

RSPM 26 (Certification of commercial arthropod BCAs or non-Apis
pollinators moving into NAPPO member countries). A “Study Paper” is being
prepared by the EG to provide background information on RSPM 26, identify potential areas for
update, outline implementation issues and provide recommendations going forward. The RSPM 26 EG
has strong and very active industry and NPPO membership.
NAPPO Discussion Document 5 (DD05: Management of Huanglongbing

and its Vector, the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri). Additional experts were
identified by the U. S. and Mexican NPPOs. The Revision of NAPPO DD05 is expected to begin
before the end of the first quarter of 2023. The NAPPO Secretariat would like to welcome the
following new EG members: Francisco Javier Márquez Pérez (SENASICA), Michael Hennessey
(APHIS PPQ), Mayra Arredondo (APHIS PPQ), and Cathy Sue Katsar (APHIS PPQ).
Phytosanitary Alert System. The EG continues meeting the IPPC Pest Reporting
Obligations and facilitating awareness, detection, prevention, and management of exotic plant pest

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