. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/70 
9 August 2010  
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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) 
(Third Amendment) Order, 2010  Language:  English  Number of pages:  8   
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Third Amendment) Order, 2010 seeks to furt her liberalize provisions  governing import of 
nine items notified under Schedule VI for various countries.  Out of the nine items, four are 
plants/cuttings for propagation, two are tissue culture plants, one is seeds for sowing, one is 
frozen green peas for consumption and one is raw iceberg lettuce for consumption (leaves 
for consumption).  There are 20 items (Sl.  No. 730-749) 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) (Third Amen dment) Order, 2010) or can be obtained from 
the National Enquiry Point - Mr. S.K.G. Rahate, Director (Plant Protection), Department of 
Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agri culture, Room No. 150A, Krishi Bhawan, New 
Delhi-110011, India.  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 2226;  E-mail:  rahate.skg@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.    G/SPS/N/IND/70 
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  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)   
[ ] 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 is based on the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) conducted as per 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?   
 [ ] 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) :  10 October 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) :  10 October 2010 (Tentative) 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  22 September 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:   
Mr. S.K.G.  Rahate , Director (Plant Protec tion), Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 150A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India.
Tel.:  +(91 11) 2338 2226;  E-mail:  rahate.skg@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. S.K.G.  Rahate, Director (Plant Protection),  Department of 
Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agri culture, Room No. 150A, Krishi Bhawan, New 
Delhi-110011, India.  Tel.:  +(91 11) 2338 2226;  E-mail: rahate.skg@nic.in