\[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA (EXTRAORDINARY) PART

II SECTION 3 SUB-SECTION (ii)\]

Government of India

Ministry of Agriculture

(Department of Agriculture & Cooperation)

NOTIFICATION

S.O. .............. (E) Whereas the Central Government, in exercise of
the powers

conferred by Sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Destructive Insects and
Pests

Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), propose to issue the following Order to amend the
Plant

Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, namely:-

"Draft Order"

1\. (1) This Order may be called the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of

Import into India) (Third Amendment) Order, 2006)

\(2\) It shall, unless otherwise modified, come into force on 1.11.2006.

2\. The following entry shall be added to Schedule VI:-

\(i\) against Serial Number 293 in Column 6 after the text of serial

number (iii) :-

"(iv) dry fruit for consumption" :-

"for almonds,- fumigation by phosphine at a minimum dosage of 40

gm/1000 cu.ft. for 7 days, so as to result in complete mortality of all

life stages of quarantine pests, i.e. Mediterranean flour moth

(Ephestia kuetniella) and Apricot chalcid and the treatment shall be

endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate"

\(ii\) against Serial Number 307 in column 6 of the text of Serial
Number

\(iv\) relating to "pinus spp (pine wood)":-

"heat treatment at 560C for 30 minutes (core temperature of wood)"

3\. Any person desirous of making any suggestion or objection in respect
of

this draft Order may forward the same by 30.09.2006 to Shri Amand Shah,

Director (Plant Protection), Ministry of Agriculture, Department of
Agriculture &

Cooperation, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi for consideration of the Central

Government.

4\. The import of almonds and pinewood lumber into India is also
permissible

in accordance with the provisions of the abovementioned draft

-2-

Order, unless specifically disallowed, till the issue of final Order in
this regard.

\[F.No. 8-20/2005-PP.I\]

(Ashish Bahuguna)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

17.07.06

The Manager,

Government of India Press,

Ring Road, Mayapuri,

New Delhi.

Foot Note :- The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India)
Order, 2003

was published in the Gazette of India vide number S.O. 1322 (E) dated
18th

November, 2003 subsequently amended vide number S.O. 167 (E) dated

6.02.2004, S.O. 427 (E) dated 29th March, 2004, S.O. 644 (E) dated
31.05.2004,

S.O. 263 (E) dated 25.02.2005, S.O. 462 (E) dated 31.03.2005 and

S.O.\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

RELEVANT TEXT OF THE WTO

NOTIFICATION FOR THIRD

AMENDMENT , 2006

1\. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:

Title -- Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Third

Amendment) Order, 2006.

Language -- English/ Hindi

Number of pages -- two

2\. Description of content :

The proposed notification i.e. Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import
into

India) (Third Amendment) Order, 2006 to permit alternative quarantine
treatment for

import of almonds and pine wood (pine lumber) into India thereby
according an

additional operational treatment for import of the above two
commodities. Thus the

proposed notification is a trade liberalizing modification of the
provisions of Plant

Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003.

The details of the notification can be obtained from the website

www.plantquarantineindia.org or from the National Enquiry Point -- Mr.
Amand

Shah, Director, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation, Ministry

of Agriculture, Room No. 233, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi -- 110 011,
INDIA. Tele/Fax :

91-11-23389441

E-mail : amandshah@hotmail.com/ dac.sps@nic.in/ amand@krishi.nic.in

3\. Objective and rationale : \[ \] food safety, \[ \] animal health, \[
\] plant protection

\[ \] protect humans from animal/ plant pest or disease,

\[ \] protect territory from other damage from pests.

4\. International standard, guideline or recommendation :

\[ \] Codex Alimentarius Commission, \[ \] Office International des

Epizooties

\[ \] International Plant Protection Convention, \[ \] None

if an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give
the

appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:

The contents of this notification are in consonance with the
International

Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) of Internal Plant Protection
Convention

(IPPC) of FAO are based on applicator's manual of treatments.

5\. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available :

English and Hindi

6\. Proposed date of adoption : This draft notification is to be adopted
on

01.11.2006.

7\. Proposed date of entry into force : 01.11.2006 (Tentative)

8\. Final date for comments : 30.09.2006

Agency or authority designated to handle comments :

National Enquiry Point : Amand Shah, Director, Plant Protection,
Department of

Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 233, Krishi
Bhavan,

New Delhi -- 110 011, INDIA.

Tele/Fax : 91-11-23389441/ 23384468

E-mail : amandshah@hotmail.com

dac.sps@nic.in

amand@krishi.nic.in

9\. Texts available from :

Website of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of
Agriculture,

Government of India \[http://agricoop.nic.in and
\[www.plantquarantineindia.org.in\] &

National Enquiry Point : Amand Shah, Director, Plant Protection,
Department of

Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 233, Krishi
Bhavan,

New Delhi -- 110 011, INDIA. Tele/Fax : 91-11-23389441/ 23384468

E-mail : amandshah@hotmail.com/ dac.sps@nic.in/ amand@krishi.nic.in