From the CTPS Service Plants Cross-Sectional Commission (CISPS)

The CTPS Service Plants Cross-Sectional Commission – CISPS met on Friday 18 October 2024 in Paris.

During this last plenary session of the CTPS 2019-2024 mandate, a number of subjects were discussed, including:

• the evaluation of resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches in common vetch varieties, an evaluation that will now be compulsory for service plant use, but for information purposes only.
• the approval of CTPS controls for 2025 filings,
• The CISPS working method for handling new evaluations (new services, new species, etc.)
• the CISPS work programme for 2025,
• the regulatory changes currently under discussion at European level concerning Plant Reproductive Material (PRM) and New Genomic Techniques (NGT),
• the Scientific Committee’s referral on climate change.

Finally, the President, who is ending her involvement with CISPS, reviewed eight years of CISPS life.