. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/66 
18 February 2010  
 (10-0899) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Eighth Amendment) Order, 2009  Language:  English  Number of pages:  10   
6. Description of content:  The  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Eighth Amendment) Order, 2009 seeks to furthe r liberalize provisions governing import of  
four items notified under Schedule VI, for various  countries.  Out of the four items, one is 
Grain (Seeds) for consumption, one is se eds for sowing and two are fresh fruits for 
consumption.  There are four items (Sl.  No. 712-715) which have been added under 
Schedule VI of the Order for the first time.  This notification will make possible imports of 
plants and plant materials into India, whic h were, hitherto, not permitted to be imported 
into India.  The details can be seen in the website http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and 
Notifications => Plant Quarantine Order a nd Amendments => Draft Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of import into India) (Eighth Am endment) Order, 2009) or can be obtained 
from the National Enquiry Point – Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, 
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Mini stry of Agriculture, Room No. 224, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India, Tel/Fax: +(91 11) 2307 0306.  E-mail:  pankajkumar@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/66 
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  [ ] 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 the pest ri sk analysis principles developed by the 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), in particular International 
Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM).  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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) :  This draft notification is to be adopted on 
1 March 2010. 
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) :  1 March 2010 (tentative) 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  19 April 2010 
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:   
National Enquiry Point - Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Join t Secretary, Plant Protection, Department 
of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 224, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India, Tel/Fax:  +(91 11)  2307 0306.  E-mail:  pankajkumar@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 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 - Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Join t Secretary, Plant Protection, Department 
of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 224, Krishi Bhawan, 
New Delhi-110011, India, Tel/Fax: +(91 11)  2307 0306. E-mail:  pankajkumar@nic.in