G/SPS/N/IND/302  
11 January 2024  
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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 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):  Persea americana  (avocado ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the exte nt relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  South Africa  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 ( Sixteenth Amendment) 2023 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/IND/24_00227_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Sixteenth Amendment) Order, 2023 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing 
import of Persea americana  from South Africa . 
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 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) : 
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/302  
 
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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)  
(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 measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts: [  ] 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, Minis try of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No.  227 A, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi  - 110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 8756 ; 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 Ag riculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No.  227 A, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi  - 110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 8756 ; E-mail: jspp-dac@nic.in