. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/65 
16 February 2010 
 (10-0865) 
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:  Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of 
Agriculture, Government of India  Language:  English  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  The  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(First Amendment) Order, 2010 seeks to furthe r liberalize provisions governing import of  
1 item notified under the Schedule VI for various  countries.  This notification will make 
possible import of Oryza sativa (Rice) into India, which were, hitherto, not permitted to be imported into India from China.  The details can be seen in the website 
http://www.agricoop.nic.in (Circulars and No tifications => Plant Quarantine Order and 
Amendments => Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) (First Amendment) Order, 2010) or can be obtained from the National Enquiry Point – Mr. S.K.G. Ratahe, Director (Plant Protecti on), Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 150A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India, Tele/Fax : 91-11-23382226, 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.    
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)    G/SPS/N/IND/65 
Page 2  
 
  [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) :  This draft notification is to be adopted on 
7 June 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) :  7 April 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) :  17 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. S.K.G. Ratahe, Director (Plant 
Protection), Department of Agriculture & C ooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room 
No. 150A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India, Tel/Fax :  +(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, Mini stry of Agriculture, Government of India 
viz.  http://www.agricoop.nic.in  and www.plantquarantineindia.org  
and 
National Enquiry Point - Mr. S.K.G. Ratahe, Di rector (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