G/SPS/N/IND/277  
 
26 January 2022  
(22-0623) 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 as per Plant 
Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) Order, 2003 and its Amendments.  Sal kernel  
(Shorea stenoptera)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Malaysia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Title - Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import 
into India) Order, 2003 (Sixteenth Amendment) 20 21.. Language(s):  English . Number 
of pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/IND/22_0905_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Sixteenth Amendment) Order, 2021 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing 
import of Sal K ernal from Malaysia.  
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 sta ndard? 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 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 Pro tection Convention (IPPC) of FAO.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/IND/277  
 
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  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:  
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 facilitating measu re  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 March 2022  
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. Parmod Kumar Meherda, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
& Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Room No.299 C, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Del hi-110011, INDIA. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 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 on the website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department 
of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, 
Government of India viz. www.agricoop.nic.in (Circulars and Notifications - Plant 
Protection - WTO Notifications - Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) 
Order, 2003 (Sixteenth Amendment) 2021 and www.plantquarantineindia.nic.in  
 
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