. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/43 
10 August 2006 
 (06-3853) 
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 number(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 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:  All 
trading partner countries, exporting al monds and pine lumber to India.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India) (Third Amendment) Order, 2006 (Available in English 
and Hindi, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  The proposed notification i.e. Plant Quarantine (Regulation of 
Import into India) (Third Amendment) Or der, 2006 to permit alternative quarantine 
treatment for import of almonds and pine wood (pine lumber) into India thereby according 
an additional operational treatment for import of the above two commodities.  Thus the 
proposed notification is a trade liberalizing modification of the provisions of Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. 
The details of the notification can be obtained from the website 
www.plantquarantineindia.org  or from the National Enquiry Point – Mr Amand Shah, 
Director, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Room No. 233, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi – 110011, India.  
Tel:  91-11-23389441;  Fax:  91-11-23384468  
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. 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 Standard s on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) of the 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO and are based on applicator’s manual of treatments.  G/SPS/N/IND/43 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  English and Hindi 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This draft notification is to be adopted on 1 November 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 November 2006 (tentative)  
12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2006  
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:   
Mr Amand Shah, Director 
Plant Protection Division Department of Agriculture and Cooperation 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Room No. 233 Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India Tel:  91-11-23389441 Fax.  91-11-23384468 
E-mail:  amandshah@hotmail.com ;  amand@krishi.nic.in ;  dac.sps@nic.in  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Mr Amand Shah, Director 
Plant Protection Division Department of Agriculture and Cooperation Ministry of Agriculture Room No. 233 
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India 
Tel:  91-11-23389441 Fax.  91-11-23384468 E-mail:  amandshah@hotmail.com ;  amand@krishi.nic.in ;  dac.sps@nic.in  
Website:  http://agricoop.nic.in a nd www.plantquarantineindia.org.in