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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/19 
7 April 2005 
 (05-1419) 
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 & 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):  Specified plant and plant materials, lis ted in the Plant Quarantine (Regulation 
of import into India) Order, 2003. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners, exporting plant and plant material to India.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of import into India) (Second Amendment) Amendment Order, 2005 (available 
in English and Hindi, 6 pages). 
6. Description of content:   
The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) (Second Amendment) Amendment 
Order, 2005 details the modifications made in the Plant Quarantine Order, 2003 and seeks 
to modify the phytosanitary status and risk mitigation measures required in case of import 
into India, of specified plants/ plant material s based on PRA thereof.  Vide this amendment 
order, certain entries in schedule VI of th e Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into 
India) (Second Amendment) Amendment Order, 2005 have been amended thus modifying 
the phytosanitary requirements/ additiona l declarations in respect thereof. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
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 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 Phytosantitary Measures (ISPM) of 
International Plant Protection Conventio n and 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-Se ction (ii), dated Marc h 2005 (available in 
English and Hindi). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   1 July 2005  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 July 2005 
12. Final date for comments:  31 May 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:   Mr. Amand Shah, Deputy Secretary, Plant Protection, 
Department of Agriculture and Co-operation,  Ministry of Agriculture, Room No.233, 
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, India.  Tel/Fax:  +91-11-23389441 E-mail:  amandshah@hotmail.com
 / amand@delhi.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.ni c.in] and:  www.plantquarantineindia.org. 
National Enquiry Point, Mr. Amand Shah, Deput y Secretary, Plant Protection, Department 
of Agriculture and Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No.233, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, India.  
Tel/Fax:  +91-11-23389441 
E-mail:  amand@delhi.nic.in / amandshah@hotmail.com