Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary - Equivalence - Statement by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) at the Meeting of 28 - 30 October 2003

World Trade Organization G/SPS/GEN/439 27 October 2003 (03-5704) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Original: English EQUIVALENCE Statement by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) at the meeting of 28-30 October 2003 The first International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) was adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Conference in 1993. ISPM No. 1, Principles of Plant Quarantine as Related to International Trade, states