G/SPS/N/IND/176  
 
21 Fe bruary 2017  
(17-1043) 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, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, 
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Governm ent 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  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified doc ument: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into 
India) (Third Amendment) Order, 2017 . Language(s): English . Number of pages: 5 
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Third Amendment), Order, 2017 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import 
of one item each under Schedule s IV and V, five items under Schedule VI and one item 
under Schedule VII of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Imp ort into India) Order, 
2003. This notification will fu rther 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 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) : 
The content of this notification is based on Pest Risk Analysis(PRA) conducted 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 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/IND/176  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : This draft notification is to be adopted on 
15 May 2017.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of en try into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2017  (tentative)  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 May 201 7 
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. Ashwani Kumar, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture, 
Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room 
No. 233 , Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi -110011, India. Tel /Fax: +(91 11) 2338 9714; 
E-mail: jspp -dac@nic.in  
13. Text(s)  available from: [  ] National Notification Aut hority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The details can be seen o n 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)  (Third Amendment) Order, 2017 ) and 
http://www.plantquarantineindia.org  
or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point - Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Joint 
Secretary, Plant Protection, Departme nt of Agriculture, Cooperation and  Farmers 
Welfare, Ministry of Agric ulture and Farmers Welfare, Room No. 233 , Krishi Bhawan, 
New Delhi -110011, India.  Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2338 9714; E-mail: jspp-dac@nic.in