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G/SPS/N/IND/77 
17 October 2012 
 (12-5627) 
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, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Government of India 
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):  Plants and plant materials and other re gulated articles as per Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into 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:  Listed trading partner countries, exporting plants 
and plant materials to India  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulations of Import into India) 
(Fourth Amendment) Order, 2012  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  4 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Fourth Amendment) Order, 2012 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import of 
two items notified under Schedule VI, for various  countries and there are two new items for 
consumption which have been added for the firs t time, in schedule VI of the above order.  
This notification will further allow import of plants and plant materials into India.  The detailed can be seen in the website http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications 
- Plant Quarantine Order and Amendments - Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import 
into India) (Fourth Amendment) Order, 2012 or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point - Ms Anita Puri, Deputy Secretary, Plan t Protection, Department of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room  No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-11011, 
India.  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 9714;  E-mail:  anita.puri@nic.in 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   G/SPS/N/IND/77 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] 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 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not stated. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not stated. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not stated. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  16 December 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ms Anita Puri, Deputy Secretary (Plant Pr otection), Department of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room  No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, 
India.  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 9714;  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 th e Department of  Agriculture & Cooperation, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India viz. http://www.agricoop.nic.in  and 
http://www.plantquarantineindia.org  
and 
National Enquiry Point - Ms Anita Puri, Deput y Secretary (Plant Protection), Department 
of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-11011, India.  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11)  2338 9714;  E-mail:  anita.puri@nic.in