IPPC approves system for global ePhytosanitary Certificates
The International Plant Protection Convention recently approved the creation of a global ePhytosanitary (ePhyto) certification system aimed at replacing paper certificates in their entirety.
According to a recent United Nations FAO news release, the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), the governing body of the IPPC, has agreed to the global ePhyto system as part of efforts to further enhance secure information sharing while curbing paper-related costs and bureaucracy.
The measure is expected to simplify phytosanitary processes, increase countries’ ability to identify high risk cargoes and substantially reduce fraud-related risks through a secure online system – entirely replacing bureaucratic activities involving the creation, printing and exchange of millions of paper phytosanitary certificates per year.
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