G/SPS/ N/IND/171  
 
10 February 2017   
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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, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare 
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government o f 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 Quara ntine (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  Exporting plants and plant materials to India.  
[  ] Specific regions or c ountries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into 
India) (Second Amendment) Order, 2017 . Language(s): English . Number of pages: 3  
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import i nto India) 
(Second Amendment Order, 2017 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import 
of three items under schedule VI of the P lant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into 
India) Order, 2003. This notification will further allow import of plants a nd plant 
materials into India. The details can be seen in the website : www.agricoop.nic.in .  
(Circulars and Notifications - Plant Protection -WTO Notifications - Draft Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India) ( Second Amendment) Order, 2017 or can be obtained 
from the National Enquiry Point . 
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 contents of this notification are based on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) conducted 
as per International Standards on Phytosanitary M easures (ISPM) Numbers 2 
and 11 of International Plant P rotection Convention (IPPC) of FAO 
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  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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 15 May 2017.  
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) : 15 May 2017.  Tentative  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 April 2017  
Agency or autho rity designated to handle comments: [ ]  National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Sh. Ashwani Kumar  
Joint Secretary  
Plant Protection  
Department of Agriculture  
Cooperati on & Farmers Welfare  
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  
Room No. 238, Krishi Bhawan  
New Delhi -110011, India  
Tel.: +91 -11-2338 2937  
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:  
Website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture  
Cooperation and Farmers Welfare  
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  
Government of India  
Website s: www.agricoop.nic.in  and www.plantquarantineindia.org   
And  
National Enquiry Point:  
Sh. Ashwani Kumar  
Joint Secretary  
Plant Protection  
Department of Agriculture  
Cooperation & Farmer s Welfare  
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare  
Room No. 238, Krishi Bhawan  
New Delhi 110011, India  
Tel: +(91 11) 2338 2937  
E-mail: jspp -dac@nic.in