G/SPS/N/IND/79  
 
12 February 2013  
(13-0721)  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, Ministry of Agriculture, 
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 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Listed trading partner countries, exporting 
plants and plant materials to India  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulations of Import into 
India) (First Amendment) Order, 2013  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(First Amendment) Order, 2013 seeks to furthe r liberalize provisions governing import of 
three items notified under Schedule VI, for various countries. This notification will 
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 pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al 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 International Plant Protection and 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/79 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
Available in English 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 April 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 April 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  1 April 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  31 March 2013 
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:   
Ms Anita Puri, Deputy Secretary (Plant Protection), Department of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, R oom No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, 
India. Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 9714; E-mail:  anita.puri@nic.in 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India viz. http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars 
and Notifications - Plant Quarantine Order and Amendments - Draft Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India) (First Amendment) Order, 2013) and http://www.plantquarantineindia.org .