WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/12 
4 March 2004 
 (04-0970) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Government of India 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plant and plant Materials and other re gulated articles as per Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import Into India) order, 2003 and Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import 
into India)(Amendment) Orde r,2004 dated 6 February 2004 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partner countries, exporting Plant and Plant material to India.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:    
Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) Order, 2003 (available in English and 
Hindi, 196 pages) 
Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import in to India)(Amendment) Order,2004 dated 
6 February 2004 (available in English/Hindi, 35 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The new Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 details the import re quirement relating to import of plants and plant materials 
into India.  This order, which is in line w ith the International Standards of Phytosanitary 
Measures of the International Plant Prot ection Convention, is a comprehensive 
Phytosanitary regulation and replaces the exis ting Phytosanitary regime of the Country, 
i.e. the Plant, Fruits and Seeds (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 1989 and other 
related erstwhile import regulations.  The Plan t Quarantine Order, 2003, which is based on 
Pest Risk Analysis, contains new terms and definitions and prescribes additional 
declarations in respect of a number of commodities. 
The order contains the following schedules: 
• Schedule I:  Points of entry:  airports (12) ;  sea ports (34);  land  border stations (13) 
• Schedule II:  Inland container deports and container freight stations (60) 
• Schedule III:  Foreign post offices (11) 
• Schedule IV:  Prohibited plant species 
• Schedule V:  Restricted plant species permitted by authorised institutions. 
• Schedule VI:  Restricted plant species permitte d generally with additional declarations 
(74 commodities ) (as amended) G/SPS/N/IND/12 
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 • Schedule VII:  Plants and plant material permitted with normal PSC (83 commodities) 
(as amended) 
• Schedule VIII:  Quarantine weed species (61) 
• Schedule IX:  Inspection/ treatment and other charges 
• Schedule X:  Permit issuing authorities 
• Schedule XI:  Inspection authorities for Post-entry Quarantine 
• Schedule XII:  Seed quantities permitted for trial purposes 
Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import in to India)(Amendment) Order, 2004 dated 
6 February 2004, is an addendum to the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) Order, 2003, vide which some of the provisions of the latter Order have  been relaxed and a 
number of new plant materials and plant speci es have been incorporated in the above 
Schedules, making import of the same into India possible.  Being a modificatory order, the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import in to India)(Amendment) Order,2004 dated 
6 February 2004 may be read with the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) Order, 2003. 
The detailed text of the provisions of the Orde r may be seen in the order, which is placed 
on the website http://agricoop.nic.in
, or can be obtained from: 
Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Room No.155, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, India.  Telephone/Fax:  +91-11-23385093 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly id entify deviations:  International Standards on Phytosanitary 
Measures (ISPM) of International Plant Protec tion Convention.  There are no substantive 
deviations from the ISPM. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:   1 January 2004 for Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import 
into India) Order, 2003 and 6 February 2004 for Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import 
into India)(Amendment) Orde r,2004 dated 6 February 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 January 2004 for Plant Quarantine (Regulation of 
import into India) Order, 2003 and 6 February 2004 for Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India)(Amendment) Or der,2004 dated 6 February 2004  G/SPS/N/IND/12 
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 12. Final date for comments:  30 April 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Room No.155, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, India.  
Telephone/Fax:  +91-11-23385093, E-mail:  pnarain@Krishi.delhi.nic.in
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Website of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Government of India- [http://agricoop.nic.in] and  
Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Room No.155, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110001, India, 
Telephone/Fax:  +91-11-23385093, E-mail:  pnarain@Krishi.delhi.nic.in