G/SPS/N/IND/ 88 
 
27 June 2014  
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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 Cooperation, Ministry of  
Agriculture, Government of India  
3. Products covered (p rovide 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 Quarantine (Regulation of import int o India) Order, 2003 and its 
amendments  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: List of trading partner countries, exporting plants 
and plant mater ials to India  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulations of Import into 
India) (Second Amendment) Order, 2014   Language(s): English   Number of pages: 3 
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Impor t into India) 
(Second Amendment) Order, 2014 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing 
import of soil, e arth, sand and similar material  notified under Schedule VI of the above 
order.  
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 noti fication 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/88  
 
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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) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    
12. Final date for comments: [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 August 2014  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, f ax 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, Room No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi -11011, 
India, Tele/Fax: 91 -11-2338971  
E-mail: anita.puri@nic.in  
13. Texts 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 Agric ulture and 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India viz. 
http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications - Plant Protection - WTO 
Notifications as per Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation o f Import into India) (Second 
Amendment) Order, 2014 ) and http://www.plantquarantineindia.org , and National 
Enquiry Point - Ms Anita Puri, Deputy Secretary (Plant Protection), Department of 
Agriculture an d Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, R oom No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, 
New Delhi - 11011, India, Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2338 971. E -mail: anita.puri@nic.in