G/SPS/N/NPL/20  
 
28 January 2014  
(14-0460)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: NEPAL 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: International Trade Promotion Section, Agribusiness Promotion 
and statistics Division, Ministry of Agricultural Development, Government of Nepal 
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): All the products under scope of Plant Quarantine of 
Nepal 
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 Standards for Phytosanitary Meaures 
(NSPM 2, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35 and 36)  Language(s): 
English  Number of pages: 311 (including all NSPMS) 
http://www.moadwto.gov.np  
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6. Description of content:  
 NSPM: 2 Framework for Pest Risk Analysis 
 NSPM: 11 Pest risk analysis for quarantine pests including analysis of ecological risk 
and living modified organisms 
 NSPM: 14 The use of integrated measures in a system approach for pest risk 
management 
 NSPM: 17 Pest Reporting 
 NSPM: 20 Guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system G/SPS/N/NPL/20 
 
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   NSPM: 21 Pest risk analysis for regulated non-quarantine pests 
 NSPM: 23 Guidelines for Inspection  
 NSPM: 24 Guidelines for determination and recognition of equivalence of 
phytosanitary measures 
 NSPM: 26 Establishment of Pest Free Areas for Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) 
 NSPM: 27 Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests 
 NSPM: 29 Recognition of pest free areas and areas of low pest prevalence 
 NSPM: 31 Methodologies of samples of consignments 
 NSPM: 32 Categorization of commodities according to their pest risk 
 NSPM: 34 Design and operation of post-entry quarantine stations for plants 
 NSPM: 35 System approach for pest risk management of fruit flies (Tephritidae) 
 NSPM: 36 Integrated measures for plants for planting 
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 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)    
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 25 March 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 31 March 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 31 March 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 March 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
International Trade Promotion Section 
Agribusiness Promotion and Statistics Division Ministry of Agricultural Development Government of Nepal 
Website: http://www.moadwto.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:   
International Trade Promotion Section  
Agribusiness Promotion and Statistics Division Ministry of Agricultural Development 
Government of Nepal 
Website: http://www.moadwto.gov.np