Guidelines for ACP national authorities in response to the new EU Phytosanitary Regulation
In 2020 COLEACP began to publish a series of guidelines in response to the new Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 that came into operation in December 2019. Under the new regime, special measures have been introduced for crops that are a known pathway into the EU of serious pests that could damage agriculture or the environment in Europe. These include capsicum, mango, Solanum (eggplant and tomato), and citrus. The rules for each of these crops vary as they are affected by different regulated pests.
COLEACP's guidelines for ACP national authorities and export sectors aim to help orient the development of national action plans (and, where relevant, dossiers) to meet the new rules. They provide a framework to guide the process, and outline the various elements that can be incorporated into a national approach to manage the pests concerned. They also identify the possible information to be provided, and actions to be taken, at all stages from production to export, by both public and private sectors.
The guidelines series will continue to be expanded in 2021. Those published in 2020 and currently available on COLEACP's e-library are:
| Guidelines on the export of fresh eggplant and tomato from Africa, Madagascar, Cape Verde and Mauritius: New plant health rules from the European Union | Lignes directrices sur l'exportation d'aubergines et de tomates d’Afrique, de Madagascar, du Cap-Vert et de l’Île Maurice : Nouvelles règles phytosanitaires de l’Union Européenne |
| Guidelines on the export of fresh citrus from Africa, Madagascar, Cape Verde and Mauritius: New plant health rules from the European Union | Lignes directrices sur l’exportation d'agrumes frais d’Afrique, de Madagascar, du Cap-Vert et de l’Île Maurice : Nouvelles règles phytosanitaires de l’Union Européenne |
| Guidelines on the export of fresh capsicum from the Caribbean: New plant health rules from the European Union | |
| Guidelines on the export of fresh mango: New plant health rules from the European Union | Lignes directrices sur l’exportation de mangues : Nouvelles règles phytosanitaires de l’Union Européenne |
| Guidelines on the export of fresh capsicum from Africa, Madagascar, Cape Verde and Mauritius: New plant health rules from the European Union | Lignes directrices sur l'exportation de capsicum frais d’Afrique, de Madagascar, du Cap-Vert et de l’Île Maurice : Nouvelles règles phytosanitaires de l’Union Européenne |
TECHNICAL SUPPORT DOCUMENTS
Throughout 2020 COLEACP published a range of other technical support documents:
| Technical brochures | Brochures techniques |
| Standard operating procedure (SOP) for the implementation of plant protection product (PPP) field trials | Procédure opératoire normalisée (PON) pour la mise en œuvre d'essais de produits de protection des plantes (PPP) sur le terrain |
| False codling moth for the coaching sessions for pepper growers in Uganda | |
| EU and Codex Alimentarius maximum residue limits changes: Review of the period: 2018–2019 | Modifications des limites maximales de résidus UE et Codex Alimentarius : Étude de synthèse pour la période : 2018–2019 |
| False codling moth for the coaching sessions for pepper growers in Sierra Leone | |
| False codling moth for the coaching sessions for pepper growers in The Gambia | |
| False codling moth for the coaching sessions for pepper growers in Rwanda | |
| Faux carpocapse pour les sessions de formation des producteurs de poivrons et piments (Sénégal) | |
| Faux carpocapse pour les sessions de formation des producteurs de poivrons et piments (Togo) | |
| Faux carpocapse pour les sessions de formation des producteurs de poivrons et piments (Madagascar) | |
| Managing false codling moth for packhouse staff and managers | Gestion du faux carpocapse pour le personnel et les responsables des centres de conditionnement |
| Other publications | Autres publications |
| Covid-19 guide for the ACP horticultural sector | Guide Covid-19 pour le secteur horticole ACP |
| Sugarloaf pineapple (Ananas comosus): Crop production protocol | Ananas pain de sucre (Ananas comosus) Itinéraire technique |