G/SPS/N/IND/179  
 
18 May 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 and Farmers Welfare, 
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Governme nt 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 Q uarantine (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 docume nt: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into 
India) ( Fifth Amendment) Order, 2017.  Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 7 
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Fifth Amendment), Order, 2017 see ks to further liberalize provisions governing import 
of eleven items each under Schedule VI an d two items under Schedule VII of the Plant 
Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003.  This notification will further 
allow import of plant and plant materials into India.  
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 content of this notification is based on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) conducted as 
per International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) numbers 2 and 
11 of International Plant Protect ion 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/179  
 
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  9. Other relevant documen ts and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : This draft n otification is to adopted on 
15 July 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 July 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 June 2017  
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:  
Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture, 
Cooperation and Farmers Wel fare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room 
No. 238, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi - 110011, INDIA. Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2338 2937 ; 
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 o f Agriculture and  
Farmers Welfare, Government of India viz. http://www.agricoop.nic.in/  (Circulars and 
Notifications – Plant Protection – WTO Notifications – Draft Plant Quarantine   
(Regulation of Import into In dia) (Fifth Amendment) Order, 2017 and 
http://www.plantquarantineindia.org  
or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point – Sh. Ashwani Kumar, Joint 
Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of 
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No. 23 8, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi  - 110011, 
INDIA. Tel /Fax: +(91 11) 2338 2937. E -mail: jspp -dac@gov.in