G/SPS/N/IND/81  
 
20 January 2014  
(14-0276)  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 and Cooperation, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Government of India 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S 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 document: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into 
India) (Fifth Amendment) Order, 2013  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 4 
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import Into India) 
(Fifth Amendment) Order, 2013 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of 
three items notified under Schedule VI, two en try points in Schedule I, one inland entry 
point in Schedule II and one item in Schedule V of the above order. 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 serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] 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/81 
 
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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 February 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 31 January 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 and 
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 Notifi cation 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 and 
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) (Fifth 
Amendment) Order, 2013) and http://www.plantquarantineindia.org , and National 
Enquiry Point - Ms Anita Puri, Deputy Secretary (Plant Protection) Department of 
Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Ag riculture, Room No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, New 
Delhi - 110011, India. Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2338 9714. E-mail: anita.puri@nic.in.