Pears

Country
French Polynesia (PF)
Scientific Name
Pyrus communis
Group
Fruit
End use
Fresh
NPPO Details
Biosecurity Directorate of French Polynesia (DBS)
Relevant Web Addresses
https://www.service-public.pf/biosecurite/
Criteria Criteria Required?
Import Permit No
Phytosanitary Certificate Yes
Additional Declaration/Endorsement Yes
Protocol Market No
Consignments are to be free from pests, soil, weed seeds and extraneous material.


Where applicable, the exporter is to provide evidence attesting to the endorsement and present it to the Authorised Officer at the time of inspection.
Printouts or direct electronic downloads of all temperature sensors are to be made available to the NPPO at the port of arrival in French Polynesia for final clearance of the consignment.

The treatment must be completed prior to the consignment arriving in French Polynesia regardless of the mode of transport.
Pear fruit sourced from areas where there have been no detections of Bactrocera spp and Ceratitis capitata as per EXDOC Endorsement No 2661 do not require any treatment.

Pear fruit sourced from other areas must be treated by cold treatment, either on-shore or in-transit, or fumigated with methyl bromide at one of the following rates:

Cold treatment: 

Cold treatment schedule against Bactrocera spp:

  • 0 degrees Celsius, or below, for not less than 12 days;

OR

  • 2.5 degrees Celsius, or below, for not less than 22 days.

Cold treatment schedule against Ceratitis capitata:
 
  • 0 degrees Celsius, or below, for a minimum of 10 days;

OR

  • 2.5 degrees Celsius, or below, for a minimum of 16 days.


Pear fruit treated on-shore require the following information on the Phytosanitary certificate in the “Treatment” section:

    treatment temperature;
  • treatment commencement date;

AND

  • date the treatment concluded.

Treatment undertaken in-transit will not be certified on the Phytosanitary certificate.

Fruit must be pre-cooled until fruit pulp temperature is at or below the target treatment prior to initiation of the cold treatment.

Fumigation with methyl bromide at: 
 
  • 48 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a temperature of 10-15 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 40 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a temperature of 16-21 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 32 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a temperature of 22-27 degrees Celsius;

OR

  • 24 grm/m3 for 2 hours at a temperature of 28-32 degrees Celsius.
Option 1 (EXDOC Endorsement 2661)
1) No fruit flies (Bactrocera spp and Ceratitis capitata) have been found over the past 12 months within an 80km radius of the place where the fruits were produced and packaged, 
2) A representative sample was inspected and found free of San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus).

Option 2 (EXDOC Endorsement 2662)
1) A representative sample was inspected and found free of San Jose scale (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus).
NPPO regulations verified 14 February 2014
Initial Uploaded: 29/07/2014
Reviewed Uploaded: 18/07/2026