G/SPS/N/IND/233  
 
14 March 2019  
(19-1564) 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 and 
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.  
Citrus limon (Lemon)  
Cucumis melo (Muskmelon)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practic able: 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Uzbekistan  
5. Title of the notified document: Title - Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import 
into India) Order, 2003 (Third Amendment of 2019).  Language(s): English.  Number of 
pages: 2 
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 (Third Amendment of 2019) seeks to further liberalize provisions governing 
import of  Lemon and Musk melon from Uzbekistan under Schedule  VI of the Plant 
Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003.  This notification will further 
allow import of plants and plant materials into India.  
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 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) 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 st andard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/IND/233  
 
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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: 
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 publication (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
11. Proposed d ate of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 May 2019  
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 & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Room No.247, 
Krishi Bhawan, 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 can be seen in the website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department 
of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Far mers 
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) Order, 2003 (Third 
Amendment of 2019) and 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 Farme rs Welfare, Room No. 247C, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi -110011, 
INDIA. Tel: +(91 11) 23384280; E -mail: jspp -dac@gov.in.