EPPO Global Database

New EPPO Electronic Documentation Service

As announced in EPPO RS 97/124, the EPPO Secretariat is currently improving its electronic documentation service. A new system is now in place and completely replaces the ‘old’ mail-server (mail-server@eppo.fr) which is no longer accessible. The new system has the following address: eppo_docs@eppo.fr

How to access the new EPPO Electronic Documentation Service

1) Register as a user

In the new system, the EPPO files have been separated into five directories according to the topic concerned:

PPPstandards (EPPO standards on plant protection products)
PQstandards (EPPO standards on plant quarantine)
Regulations (EPPO summaries of phytosanitary regulations and original texts)
Reporting (EPPO Reporting Service)
Publications (EPPO publications, e.g. data sheets)

To receive the EPPO files, you have first to register as a user of the directory(ies) you are interested in (as many as you want), by sending the following message to eppo_docs@eppo.fr: ;Join (name of the directory)

Example:

Message
To:		eppo_docs@eppo.fr
Subject:
		Join Reporting

You will receive in return two messages. One is a transaction report which tells you that you successfully joined the chosen directory and the second gives full explanation on how to obtain the contents of the directory and the files it contains.

2) Obtain the contents

To obtain the contents of a given directory, you simply have to send the following message to eppo_docs@eppo.fr: Dir (name of the directory)

Example:

Message
To:		eppo_docs@eppo.fr
Subject:
		Dir Reporting

In return, you will receive two messages. One is a transaction report (telling you that the command was completed) and the second will be untitled ‘directory for the list Reporting’, and will list all the file names.

3) Obtain the files

To obtain a file of a given directory, you simply have to send the following message to eppo_docs@eppo.fr: Get (name of the directory) (name of the file).

Example:

Message
To:		eppo_docs@eppo.fr
Subject:
		Get Reporting rse-9706.doc

Again, you will receive two messages. One is a transaction report (telling you that the command was completed) and the second will contain the requested file as an attachment.

Current contents

At present the current contents are the following, but the EPPO Secretariat is planning to expand the number of documents. All files have been stored under a WORD6 format.

PPPstandards

Nothing available at present. The EPPO guidelines on efficacy testing will soon be included.

PQstandards

EPPO Specific Quarantine Requirements (English and French). File names: sqe-doc.exe, sqf-doc.exe.

Regulations

EPPO Summaries of phytosanitary regulations

- Bulgaria (English): File name: sue-bg.exe

- Cyprus (English). File name; sue-cy.exe

- Estonia (English). File name: sue-ee.exe

- EU Member States (in 3 parts, in English and French). File names: sue-eua.exe, sue-eub.exe, sue-euc.exe, suf-eua.exe, suf-eub.exe, suf-euc.exe

- Guernsey (English).File name: sue-gv.exe

- Hungary (English). File name;: sue-hu.exe

- Israel (English). File name: sue-il.exe

- Latvia (English). File name: sue-lv.exe

- Malta (English). File name: sue-mt.exe

- Morocco (English). File name: sue-ma.exe

- Norway (English). File name;: sue-no.exe

- Poland (English). File name: sue-pl.exe

- Romania (English). File name: sue-ro.exe

- Russia (English and French). File names: sue-ru.exe, suf-ru.exe

- Slovakia (English). File name: sue-sk.exe

- Slovenia (English). File name;: sue-si.exe

- Tunisia (English). File name: sue-tn.exe

- Turkey (English). File name: sue-tr.exe

- Ukraine (English). File name: sue-ua.exe

Texts of phytosanitary regulations

- Croatia (English). File name: pre-hr.exe

- Cyprus (English). File name: pre-cy.exe

- Estonia (English). File name: pre-ee.exe

- EU Member States (in 3 parts, in English and French). File names: pre-eua.exe, pre-eub.exe, pre-euc.exe, prf-eua.exe, prf-eub.exe, prf-euc.exe

- Israel (English). File name: pre-il.exe

- Malta (English). File name: pre-mt.exe

- Morocco (French). File name: prf-ma.exe

- Norway (English). File name: pre-no.exe

- Russia (English). File name: pre-ru.exe

- Slovakia (English). File name: pre-sk.exe

- Slovenia (English). File name: pre-si.exe

- Turkey (English). File name: pre-tr.exe

- Turkey (English). File name: pre-tr2.exe

- Ukraine (French). File name: prf-ua.exe

Reporting

EPPO Reporting Service for 1996 (English and French). File names: rse-9601.doc,
rse-9602.doc, rse-9603.doc, rse-9604.doc, rse-9605.doc, rse-9606.doc, rse-9607.doc,
rse-9608.doc, rse-9609.doc, rse-9610.doc, rse-9611.doc, rse-12.exe, rse-1996.exe (single file which contains all articles published in 1996). rsf-9601.doc, rsf-9602.doc,
rsf-9603.doc, rsf-9604.doc, rsf-9605.doc, rsf-9606.doc, rsf-9607.doc, rsf-9608.doc,
rsf-9609.doc, rsf-9610.doc, rsf-9611.doc, rsf-9612.exe, rsf-1996.exe

EPPO Reporting service for 1997 (January to June). File names: rse-9701.doc,
rse-97-02.doc, rse-9703.doc, rse-9704.doc, rse9705.doc, rs9705.doc, rsf-9701.doc,
rsf-9702.doc, rsf-9703.doc, rsf-9704.doc, rsf-9705.doc, rsf-9706.doc.

Publications

Data sheets in English and French (first edition of Quarantine Pests for Europe) :
dse-doc.exe and dsf-doc.exe.

In the near future, these will be replaced by data sheets of the second edition.

Please let the EPPO Secretariat know about your success and/or difficulties in connecting to this new information system.

Sources

EPPO Secretariat, 1997-06.