G/SPS/N/IND/265  
 
30 August 2021  
(21-6489) 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 and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of 
Agriculture and 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 i n addition, 
where applicable):  Plants and plant materials and other regulated articles as per Plant 
Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) Order, 2003 and its Amendments . 
Persea Americana  (avocado)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Tanzania  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 (Sixth Amendment) 2021 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/IND/21_5461_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Sixth Amendment) Order, 2021 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of 
Persea Americana (avocado) from Tanzania.  
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 o r 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 notification 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 the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/IND/265  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications - Plant Protection - WTO 
Notifications)  (available in English)  
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) : This shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official 
gazette.  
[ ] Trade f acilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 October 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enqui ry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and 
Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No. 238, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 2937; E -mail: 
ashwani.hub@nic.in  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The d etails can be seen in the website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department of 
Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and 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 (Sixth Amendment) 2021 and http://www.plantquarant ineindia.nic.in  
Or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point - Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Joint Secretary, 
Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture 
and Farmers Welfare, Room No. 238, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011, India. Tel: 
+(91 11) 2338 2937; E -mail: ashwani.hub@nic.in