G/SPS/N/IND/278  
 
31 January 2022  
(22-0738) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare - Ministry of 
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India   
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Plants and Plant materials and other regulated articles  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Germany  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 . Language( s): English . Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Eighth Amendment) Order, 2021 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import 
of Hybrids of Paulownia  from Germany.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
 The contents of this no tification are based on Pest Risk Analysis  (PRA) conducted 
as per International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Numbers 2 and 
11 of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to th e relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/IND/278  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications - Plant Protection - WTO Notifications)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Shall come into force from the date of publication in the official 
gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 April 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail add ress 
(if available) of other body:   
Sh. Parmod Kumar Meherda, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
& Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Room No.299 C, 
Krishi  Bhawan, New Delhi -110011, INDIA. Tel: +(91 11) 23 38 8756; 
E-mail: pk.meherda@nic.in  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The details can be seen in the website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department 
of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers 
Welfare, Government of India viz. http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and 
Notifications - Plant Protection - WTO Notifications - Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation 
of import into India) Order, 2003 (Eighth Amendment) 2021 and 
https://agricoop.nic.in/sites/default/files/ilovepdf_merged%20%281%29_1.pdf  
 
Or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point - Sh. Parmod Kumar Meherda, Joint 
Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of 
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Room No.299 C, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi -110011, 
INDIA. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 8756; E -mail: pk.meherda@nic.in