G/SPS/N/IND/262  
 
17 February 2021  
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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, Cooperation 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):  Plants and plant materials and other regulated articles as per Plant 
Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) Order, 2003 and its Amendments.  
Apple and blueberry  
4. Regions or countries likely to be a ffected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  United Kingdom and Georgia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Ninth Amendment) Order, 2020 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/IND/21_1176_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Ninth Amendment) Order, 2020 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import 
of apple ( Malus domestica ) and blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) under Schedule VI of 
the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. This notification wi ll 
further allow import of plants and plant materials into India.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory 
from other damage from pest s.  
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 notification are based on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) conducte d 
as per International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Numbers 2 and 
11 of International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO.  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/IND/262  
 
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  If no, d escribe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
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 publi cation (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: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 February 2021  
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. Atish Chandra, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture, 
Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room 
No. 247C, Krishi Bhawa n, New Delhi - 110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 4280. E -mail: 
jspp-dac@gov.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 c an be seen on 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) (Ninth Amendment) Order, 2020 and  http://www.plantquarantineindia.nic.in  
Or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point - Sh. Atish Chandra, Joint Secretary, 
Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry 
of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No. 247C, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011, 
India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 4280. E -mail: jspp -dac@gov.in