G/SPS/N/IND/104  
 
23 April 2015  
(15-2171)  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 
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 Those exporting plants and plant material to India  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into 
India) (First Amendment) Order, 2015  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 4  
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(First Amendment) Order, 2015 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing imports 
of four items notified under Schedule VI of the above order. This notification will further allow imports of plants and plant materials in to India. The details can be seen on the 
website http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications - Plant Protection – WTO 
Notifications – Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (First 
Amendment) Order, 2015 or can be obtain ed from the National Enquiry Point). 
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)    
[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 standard?   
[ ] Yes   [X] No G/SPS/N/IND/104 
 
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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:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 10 June 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 10 July 2015 tentative 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 June 2015 
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 & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture 
Room No. 233, Krishi Bhawan New Delhi 110011, India 
Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2338 9714 
E-mail: anita.puri@nic.in 
13. Text(s) 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 Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India: http://www.agricoop.nic.in  
and http://www.plantquarantineindia.org   
Ms Ania Puri 
Deputy Secretary, Plant Protection Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture 
Room No. 233, Krishi Bhawan 
New Delhi 110011, India Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2338 9714 E-mail: anita.puri@nic.in