. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/57 
27 August 2008  
 (08-3984) 
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 & Coope ration, Ministry of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Government of India 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Plants, plant materials and other regulated articles as per Plant Quarantine 
Order, 2003 and its Amendments. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable :  Listed 
trading partners exporting plants and plant materials to India. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into Indi a) (Third Amendment) Order, 2008 (available in Hindi and 
English, 15 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regula tion of Import into India) (Third 
Amendment) Order, 2008 seeks further to liber alize provisions governing import of 56 items 
notified under Schedule VI, for various countries .  Out of the 56 items, 31 are plants for 
propagation, ten are seeds for sowing, one is seeds for consumption, ten are fresh and dry 
fruits for consumption and four are tissue culture plant.  Th ere are 31 items (Sl. No. 598 - 
628) which have been added to Schedule VI of th e Order for the first ti me.  This notification 
will make possible imports of plants and plant materials into India, which were  not permitted 
to be imported up to now.  Details can be found on the following website 
http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications-> Plant Quarantine Order and 
Amendments-> Draft Plant Quarantine (regulation of Import into India) (Third Amendment) 
Order, 2008) or can be obtained from the Natio nal Enquiry Point – Mr. Amit Jha, Director, 
Plant Protection, Department of  Agriculture & Cooperation, Mini stry of Agriculture, Room 
No. 232, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 011, Indi a;  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 1385;  E-mail:  
amit.jha@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/57 
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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 content of this notification is in accordance 
with the International Standards on Phytosanit ary Measures (ISPM) of International Plant 
Protection (IPPC) of FAO based on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA). 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   (Available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This draft notification is to  be adopted on 15 October 2008. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  15 October 2008 (Tentative) 
12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2008 
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 – Mr. Amit Jha, Director , Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
& Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room  No. 232, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 
011, India;  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 1385;  E-mail:  amit.jha@nic.in 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion 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 viz. www.agricoop.nic.in and www.plantquarantineindia.org  
OR National Enquiry Point – Mr. Amit Jha, Director , Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
& Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room  No. 232, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 
011, India;  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 1385;  E-mail:  amit.jha@nic.in