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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/20 
15 June 2005 
 (05-2527) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Plant and Plant materials and other regulated articles as per Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of import into India) Order. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners exporting products mentioned under item 3 to India.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Title – Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of import into India) (Thi rd Amendment) Order, 2005.  Language – 
English/Hindi, Number of pages – 15. 
6. Description of content:  The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) (Third 
Amendment) Order, 2005 further seeks to ra tionalize the provisions regarding import of 
certain plants and plant products into India and also envisages certain modifications in the 
quarantine treatment in the schedules to the Plant Quarantine Order, 2003.  The list of 
entries in Schedule VI and VII has also been increased. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   The contents of this notification are in 
consonance with the International Standa rds on Phyto-sanitary Measures (ISPM) of 
International Plant Protection Convention a nd are also based on Pest Risk Analysis. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Section 3 – Sub-Sec tion, dated 2005 (Availab le in English and 
Hindi) (to be published). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   30 September 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   30 September 2005 (tentative) G/SPS/N/IND/20 
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 12. Final date for comments:  1 September 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
National enquiry point :  Amand Shah, Deputy Secretary, Plant Protection Division, 
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Mi nistry of Agriculture, Room No.233, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, India. Tel/Fax:  91-11-23389441 E-mail:  amandshah@hotmail.com
 / amand@krishi.nic.in  / dac.sps@nic.in  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Website of the Department of Agriculture  & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Government of India [ http://agricoop.nic.in ] and [www.plantquarantineindia.org.in] 
and 
National enquiry point:  Amand Shah, Deput y Secretary, Plant Protection Division, 
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Mi nistry of Agriculture, Room No.233, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, India.  Tel/Fax:  91-11-23389441 E-mail:  amandshah@hotmail.com
/ amand@krishi.nic.in  / dac.sps@nic.in