G/SPS/N/IND/303  
12 January 2024  
(24-0283) 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 in addition, 
where applicable):  Ruscus aculeatus  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Portugal  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 (Eleventh Amendment) 2023 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/IND/24_00445_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
2003 (Eleventh Amendment) Order, 2023 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing 
the import of Ruscus aculeatus from Portugal.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal healt h, [X]  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) : 
International Standard s on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Numbers 2 and 11 of 
FAO's International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)  
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    G/SPS/N/IND/303  
 
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  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 facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Sh. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No. 227 A,  Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 2444; E -mail: jspp-dac@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:   
Sh. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No. 227 A,  Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 2444; E -mail: jspp-dac@nic.in