Review of Workshop Goals

David Nowell

IPPC Secretariat

Phyto eCert Workshop

Seoul, Rep. of Korea

07 June 2011

Background

Topic of interest for a number of years

WG 2006 Premature

UNCEFACT

Re-visit when technology and system more mature

1 UNCEFACT meeting

Ottawa eCert Meeting

First international in-depth discussion

NPPOs, partners (e.g. WCO) and industry

Understanding of eCert

Definitions

Other organizations / stakeholders

Status in various countries

Ottawa Decisions

1. Agreement on definition of Electronic Phytosanitary Certification;

2. All elements for electronic phytosanitary certification exchange mechanism will be derived from ISPM-12;

3. Universally accepted standards for secure certificate exchange, message format, and implementation of procedures for exchange will be used;

4. UN/CEFACT Schema (data elements, core components) must be reviewed to ensure consistency with ISPM-12 requirements and a user guide developed to include an 'ISPM-12 Overlay for the UN/CEFACT Schema' (an ISPM-12 specific schema imposing business restrictions on the UN/CEFACT Schema);

Ottawa Decisions

5. During transition periods in implementation, current hard-copy practices would still apply;

6. Rely on IT experts to provide advice on methods for flexible and secure electronic transfer;

7. Initiate a multilateral standardization approach rather than a bilateral approach with respect to country-to-country negotiations for exchange;

8. Engage developing countries through regional cooperation and pilot projects and use IPPC for outreach activities; and

9. Develop simple-to-understand communication pieces such as a background paper and “myth-busting” Questions and Answers.

Ottawa eCert Meeting

Informal Working groups

Get onto IPPC work programme Needs global agreement / consensus

Build Phyto eCert standard Consistent with ISPM 12 revision

Consistent with UNCEFACT eCert standard

Added to CPM Work Programme

CPM 4 background paper: CPM 2009/33

CPM 5 (2010): CPM 2010/24

Agreed to paper presented

Revision of ISPM 12

Adopted in 2011

Made allowance for eCert Electronic version of model Phytosanitary Certificate

Appendix, NOT an Annex

Blank – waiting for adoption

OEWG of Phytosanitary Electronic Certification

Republic of Korea = hosts

NZ providing substantial finances

CPM Agreed to meeting.

OEWG Objectives

1. General Objective:

Determine what needs to be developed so that a standardized phytosanitary electronic certification system is defined for implementation between NPPOs

OEWG Objectives2. Specific objectives:

• determine the standardized contents (data elements) of the electronic phytosanitary certificate

• determine the standardized way of secure and authentic transmission of the electronic phytosanitary certificate from an exporting NPPO to an importing NPPO

• determine how to get the standardized elements of electronic phytosanitary certification accepted and widely used

• determine how to make the standardized elements of electronic phytosanitary certification available to all NPPOs

• determine the operational processes and plans needed to have a smooth transition from paper certificates to electronic certificates

OEWG Objectives

3. Decisions to be taken:• Contents of the XML message

• Transmission of the message

• Communication on harmonized elements

• Smooth transition

Future

Annual OEWG meeting if resources available

Beginning of an IPPC standard setting process• Virtual

• Face-to-face if extra-budgetary resources available

• SC

• CPM

• Appendix to ISPM 12

Future

More questions:• Centralized system in the IPPC Secretariat?

• Common software?

• NPPO support systems next?

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

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