G/SPS/N/IND/298  
31 July 2023  
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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):  Vigna subterranea ( Bambara groundnut)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Nigeria  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 (Second Amendment) 2023 . Language (s): English . Number of pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/IND/23_11394_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Second Amendment) Order, 2023 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing the 
import of Vigna subterranea ( Bambara groundnut)  from Nigeria.  
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 con tents 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 standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/IND/298  
 
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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)   
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) : 29 September 2023  
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. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
& Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Room No.227 A, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi -110011, INDIA. Tele : 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 
& Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Room No.227 A, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi -110011, INDIA. Tele : 91 -11-.2338 8756 E -mail: jspp-dac@nic.in