EPPO/OEPP

Le nouveau numéro du Service d'information de l'OEPP est disponible:https://gd.eppo.int/media/data/reporting/rs-2026-05-fr.pdf

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

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

➡️ Read it here: https://gd.eppo.int/reporting/Rse-2026-05

❓️ 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.

🥔 Tomorrow, 30th May, is the International Day of Potato.

🍟 Over the years, EPPO has developed a number of Standards to support the production of healthy potatoes, a major crop in the EPPO region.

▶ Have a look at our Standards: https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/SOLTU/documents

➡️ See more about the International Day of Potato on the FAO's website here: https://www.fao.org/international-potato-day/en #:~:text=Why%20an%20International%20Day%20of,consumed%20by%20billions%20of%20people.

📅 On 27 May, two EPPO Scientific Officers, Charlotte Trontin and Yassine Aoutil, participated in the 7th Annual Workshop of the European Reference Laboratory for Fungi and Oomycetes, which was held online.

➡️ During the workshop, Yassine Aoutil presented updates on EPPO activities in the field of mycology.

🙏 We would like to thank the European Reference Laboratory for Fungi and Oomycetes for their kind invitation.

This week, two EPPO Scientific Officers took part in the Conference “Invasive Species as a Potential Threat to Russia’s Biological Security: Challenges and Risks”, organized in Moscow by the NPPO of the Russian Federation and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Rob Tanner presented the role of EPPO in ensuring phytosanitary security in agriculture, forestry, and uncultivated natural areas, with particular emphasis on invasive alien plants, which were a key focus of the conference.

Dmitrii Musolin provided an overview of EPPO’s work on forest quarantine pests.

On the conference website (https://conference-invasia-vniikr.ru/), those interested can follow the sessions and access the programme, the book of abstracts, and video recordings of the presentations.

🌐 Web report for the 31st Meeting of the EPPO Panel on Invasive Alien Plants online now!

➡️ Read about the prioritization of invasive alien plants, progress on PRAs and Standards and more!

🔗 See more here: https://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2026_meetings/p_iap

📢 Pre-registration is now open to the EPPO and NEPPO Workshop on Pest Reporting in November 2026.

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

❓️ The main target audience of the Workshop is NPPO staff involved in pest reporting.

🔗 See the programme, more details and pre-register here: https://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2026_meetings/wk_pest_reporting

🌐 Web report for the joint EPPO FAO-REUFIS BFW Conference
‘Safeguarding Forests in Europe: Emerging Risks of Agrilus Wood Borers (Buprestidae)’ is online now.

➡️ Access presentations, book of abstracts and the report.

🙏 Thank you to BFW for hosting the conference.

🔗 See the report and access presentations here: https://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2026_meetings/conf_agrilus

The EPPO Executive Committee has met this week in EPPO headquarters in Paris. They prepare the work for Council (both financial & technical aspects).

It is composed of Mr van Herzele (Chair), Mr Sultanov (Vice-Chair) and delegates from 7 countries, currently Finland, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, Türkiye