G/SPS/N/IND/131  
 
29 February 2016  
(16-1220)  Page: 1/2  
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 (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Plants and plant materials and other regulated 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: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: The draft plants quarantine (Regulation of import into 
India) (Third Amendment) Order, 2016  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 5 
6. Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Third Amendment) Order, 2016 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing import 
of five items to be notified under Schedule VI and three items under Schedule VII of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. This notification will 
further allow import of plants and plant materials into India. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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 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 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/131 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : This draft notification is to be adopted on 
6 April 2016. 
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) : 10 April 2016 (tentative) 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 April 2016 
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:  
Ms Anita Puri, Deputy Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, R oom No. 233, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi 110011, 
India. Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2338 9714. E-mail: anita.puri@nic.in 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation 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 and Cooperation, Ministry of  Agriculture, Government of India viz- 
http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications - Plant Protection - WTO 
Notifications - Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Third 
Amendment) Order, 2016) and http://www.plantquarantineindia.org  
or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point - Ms Anita Puri, Deputy Secretary, 
Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and 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