Newly revised PM 6 Standard on first import of a biological control agent
A revised EPPO Standard in the PM 6 Series (Safe use of biological control) has been published in the EPPO Bulletin. The Standard, PM 6/1 First import of non-indigenous biological control agents for research under confined condition, was first approved in 1999 and the revision was published in 2023. The Standard provides guidelines for the first import of non-indigenous biological control agents for research under confined conditions. It provides guidance on the information that a research organisation should supply in a notification to the national authority, and guidance on how the national authority should review and respond to the notification. In addition, the Standard provides a list of general safeguards that should be followed.
Sources
EPPO (2023) PM 6/1(2) First import of non-indigenous biological control agents for research under confined condition. EPPO Bulletin 53, 477-479. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epp.12953