Na#onal'SPS'Workshop!!

Electronic'Phytosanitary'Cer#ficate'e8Phyto!

Dr!Andrew!Speedy,!Interna0onal!Coordinator!

Improved!Sanitary!and!Phytosanitary!(SPS)!

Handling!in!the!Greater!Mekong!Subregion!

Paper!phytosanitary!cer0ficate!

What!is!ePhyto!?!

It!is!the!electronic!transmission!of!

phytosanitary!cer0ficate!informa0on!

(i.e.!!the!electronic!equivalent!of!a!paper!

phytosanitary!cer0ficate).!!An!ePhyto!

contains!the!same!informa0on!and!gives!

the!same!guarantee!

!

What!is!ePhyto!?!

ePhytos!can!be!exchanged!electronically!

between!countries!or!the!data!printed!out!

into!a!paperK!based!phytosanitary!

cer0ficate.!

!

ePhytos!should!be!produced!in!accordance!

with!ISPM!12!and!its!Appendix!1.!ePhytos!

contain!phytosanitary!data!in!XML!format!

Actors!

•  IPPC:!Interna0onal!Plant!Protec0on!Conven0on!

•  NAPPO:!North!American!Plant!Protec0on!

Organiza0on!

•  EPPO:!European!Plant!Protec0on!Organiza0on!

•  Australia,!Brazil,!Korea,!New!Zealand,!etc.!

•  UN/CEFACT:!Centre!for!Trade!Facilita0on!and!eKbusiness!!

IPPC!ePhyto!Steering!Commi\ee!(2013)!

•  Walter!Fabian!Alessandrini!(La0n!America,!Argen0na)!

•  Chris0an!B.!Dellis!(North!America!region,!USA)!

•  !Chen!Maoyu!(Asia!region!representa0ve,!China)!

•  Peter!Neimanis!(Southwest!Pacific!region,!Australia)!

•  Nico!Horn!–!chair!(Europe!region,!The!Netherlands)!

•  Peter!Thomson!(Bureau!member,!New!Zealand)!

•  Craig!Fedchock!(IPPC!Secretariat)!

•  Serafina!Ernesto!Mangana!(Africa!region,!Mozambique)!

ISPM!12!

•  Phytosanitary!cer0ficates!•  Appendix!1:!Electronic!

cer0fica0on,!informa0on!

on!standard!XML!schemes!

and!exchange!

mechanisms!!

•  Appendix!2:!Recommended!wording!

for!addi0onal!

declara0ons!

Benefits!of!ePhyto!

•  reduce!possibili0es!for!fraudulent!documenta0on!

•  reduce!data!entry!and!valida0on!func0ons!by!NPPO!staff!

•  improve!security!in!transmission!of!cer0ficate!

documenta0on!!

•  improve!planning!for!the!arrival!and!clearance!of!plants!

and!plant!products!at!customs!!

•  reduce!delays!in!receiving!replacement!phytosanitary!

cer0ficates!

•  reduce!ongoing!and!costly!bilateral!arrangements!

Why!XML!?!

•  ePhyto!uses!XML!!

•  XML!is!an!interna0onal!system!to!produce!

documents!that!can!be!read!both!by!humans!

and!machines!

•  XML!is!recognized!by!all!different!types!of!

computer!

•  XML!is!in!common!use!for!the!interchange!of!

data!over!the!Internet!

Is!it!complicated?!

•  The!Internet!‘language’!is!HTML!

•  Documents!are!marked!with!labels!like!<Title>!

<Text>!<Bold>!<Italic>!etc.!

•  XML!extends!the!Internet!language!to!include!

data!labels!like!<Name>!<Company>!

<Address>!<Product>!etc.!

•  Looks!like!a!document!on!screen.!

Works!on!

•  Desktop!computer!

•  Laptop!computer!

•  Tablet!•  Smartphone!

• Windows,!OSX,!Linux…..!

• Online!(Internet,!World!Wide!Web)!

From!Export!to!Import!Country!

Basic!informa0on!

Plant!Protec0on!Organiza0on!of!______________!(Country!name)!

!

TO:!Plant!Protec0on!Organiza0on(s)!of!___________!(Country!name)!

I.!Descrip0on!of!Consignment!

•!Name!and!address!of!exporter!

•!Declared!name!and!address!of!!consignee!

•!Number!and!descrip0on!of!!packages:!!

•!Dis0nguishing!marks!

•!Place!of!origin!

•!Declared!means!of!conveyance!

•!Declared!point!of!entry!

•!Name!of!produce!and!quan0ty!!declared!

•!Botanical!name!of!plants!

II.!Addi0onal!Declara0on!

•!Free!text!>!standard!text!>!codes!

!

III.!Disinfec0on!Treatment!

•!Date,!!

•!Treatment,!ac0ve!ingredient!

•!Dura0on!and!temperature!!

•!Concentra0on!!

•!Addi0onal!informa0on!

Addi0onal!informa0on!

1.!The!consignment!was!inspected!and!found!free!from!______!(name!of!pest(s)!or!soil![to!

be!specified]).!!

2.!The!consignment!was!tested!(method!may!be!specified)!and!found!free!from!______!

(name!of!pest(s)).!!

3.!The!growing!media!in!which!the!plants!were!grown!was!tested!prior!to!plan0ng!and!

found!free!from!______!(name!of!pest(s)).!!

4.!______!(Name!of!pest(s))!is!absent/not!known!to!occur!in!______!(name!of!country/

area).!!

5.!The!consignment!was!produced!in!a!!

pest!free!area!for!______!(name!of!pest(s))!!

area!of!low!pest!prevalence!for!_______!(name!of!pest(s))!!

pest!free!place!of!produc0on!for!______!(name!of!pest(s))!!

pest!free!produc0on!site!for!______!(name!of!pest(s)).!!

6.!The!place!of!produc0on/produc0on!site/field!was!inspected!during!the!growing!

season(s)!and!found!free!from!______!(name!of!pest(s)).!!

!

Addi0onal!informa0on!

7.!The!plants/mother!plants!were!inspected!during!the!last!growing!season(s)!!and!found!

free!from!______!(name!of!pest(s)).!!

8.!The!plants!were!produced!in!vitro!(specify!the!in!vitro!technique)!and!found!free!from!

_____!(name!of!pest(s)).!!

9.!The!plants!were!derived!from!mother!plants!that!were!tested!(method!may!be!specified)!

and!found!free!from!______!(name!of!pest(s)).!!

10.!This!consignment!was!produced!and!prepared!for!export!in!accordance!with!______!

(name!of!programme/reference!to!specific!phytosanitary!import!requirement!or!a!bilateral!

arrangement).!!

11.!This!consignment!was!produced!from!plant!varie0es!resistant!to!_________!(name!of!

pest).!!

12.!Plants!for!plan0ng!are!in!compliance!with!_______!(specify!the!tolerance!level(s))!

established!by!phytosanitary!import!requirements!for!_______!(specify!the!regulated!nonK

quaran0ne!pest(s)).!!

!

ePhyto!WG!2:!!

!!!!!Harmonisa0on!of!contents:!Codes!

• Why!codes?!!

– Fullest!use!of!electronic!system!possible!!

– Avoids!mismatches!by!typing!errors!

– Unambiguous!spelling!of!names,!etc.!

– Language!independent!– Makes!digital!checks!possible!

– More!efficient!

– Flexibility!to!update!

Codes!

•  Botanical!names!!

! !–!plants:!will!use!EPPO!list!(ORYSA=Rice;!

ZEAMX=Corn;!MANES=Cassava;!HYVBR=Rubber;!etc.)!

•  Scien0fic!names!–!pests!(EPPO!list)!

•  Commodity!classes!

•  Treatments!

• Addi0onal!declara0ons!

Note:!any!codes!already!used,!eg!ISO!codes!for!country!and!points!of!entry,!will!be!

used!here!as!well,!as!per!UN/CEFACT!

Case!Studies!

•  National Plant Quarantine Service

Korea Electronic Certification System

Open-Ended Working Group on IPPC Electronic Certification

Seiki Jun(seiki.jun@gmail.com) 7-10 June 2011

Thank!you!!

19/03/2014!

h\ps://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2011_mee0ngs/eKcer0fica0on/03KEPPO.pdf!

h\ps://www.ippc.int/publica0ons/nzKdaffKcaseKstudy!

h\ps://www.ippc.int/publica0ons/koreaKelectronicKcer0fica0onKsystemKkorea!

Find!more!informa0on!in!the!DropBox!folder:!

h\ps://www.dropbox.com/sh/o61s91de3s3lc80/CJBYVhTXHf!