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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/NPL/15 
18 September 2012 
 (12-5015) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  NEPAL 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture Developm ent, Department of Agriculture, 
Directorate of Plant Protection, National Plant Quarantine Program 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Apple, citrus, potato, ginger,  garlic, banana and coffee 
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:  National Plant Quarantine Pests of apple, citrus, potato, 
ginger, garlic, banana, and coffee of Nepal  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  10 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NPL/12_3542_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The plant quarantine pest list of the above listed products is 
produced based on a scientific pest risk analys is done recently.  The list supports the legal 
provisions for preventing the introduction, est ablishment, prevalence and spread of pests 
while importing and exporting these plants and their products, promoting trade by adopting appropriate measures for their effective control. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] 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 stan dard?  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)  ISPM No. 19, 
Guidelines on Lists of Regulated Pests (2003) and ISPM No. 21, Pest Risk Analysis For Regulated Non-Quarantine Pests (2004)  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/NPL/15 
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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:  Act 
number 20, 2007 of the Government of Nepa l (Plant Protection Act 2007) and the Plant 
Protection Regulation, 2010 of the Government  of Nepal (available in English and Nepali) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  16 November 2012.  Immediately after 
publication in the Nepal Gazette. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 November 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Within two months from the date of notification, we will be waiting for 
possible comments from the WTO Members.  Th e comments if any, will be incorporated 
and published in the Nepal gazette by 15 Nove mber 2012.  Immediately after publication in 
the Nepal Gazette, it will be enforced throughout Nepal. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 November 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture Development, Agri business promotion and statistics division, WTO 
section, Singha Darbar, Kathmandu.  Tel:  +(977 1) 421 1687;  E-mail:  
agribusiness@moac.gov.np 
Website:  http://www.moad.gov.np , http://www.moacwto.gov.np  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ministry of Agricultural Development, Division of Agribusiness Promotion and Statistics, 
WTO Section, Singhdurbar, Kathmandu  
Website:  http://www.moacwto.gov.np  
E-mail:  agribusiness@moac.gov.np 
Tel:  +(977) 1421 1687 (Ext. 216) 
Fax:  +(977) 1421 1935