. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/4 
30 November 2006 
 (06-5764) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEPAL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Nepal Government, Ministry of  Agriculture and Cooperatives, 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   All plants and plant products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
country exporting to and importing from Nepal the plants and plant products 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  The documents notified: 
1. Phytosanitary Operational Manual for Export Import Certification.  August 2005 
(42 pages):  The original document is in Nepali language. 
2. National Pest Status Record of Nepal, 2005 (30 pages), original document is in English. 
6. Description of content:   
1. The Phytosanitary Operational Manual fo r Export Import Certification covers the 
operating procedures for Import and Export Certif ication provisions for plants and plant 
products in Nepal. 
2. The National Pest Status Record of Nepal holds the information about the pest category, 
its scientific and common name, plant parts aff ected, and occurring location in the country. 
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
To make the existing import / export certifi cation provisions transparent and help to 
efficient agricultural trade.  Plant Protection To provide the information on existing situ ation of pests (including weeds), diseases, 
disease carrying organisms, or disease causing organisms 
To prevent territory from the potential damage s from entry and establishment of the foreign 
pests in the country and other damage from pest s including weeds and help the territory to 
become pest or disease free zone in future.  G/SPS/N/NPL/4 
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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 provisions made in the current International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) give 
the guideline and recommends legal status of Phytosanitary Operational Manual for Export 
Import Certification for all the plants and plant products. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
For the document number 1: 
1. Phytosanitary Operational Manual for Export Import Certification. August, 2005 
(42 pages).  The original document is in  Nepali language and also available in 
English. 
For the document number 2: 
2. National Pest Status Record of Nepal, 2005, ( 30 pages) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  10 February 2007 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  10 February 2007  
12. Final date for comments:  1 February 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The texts will be available from: 
Dr. Krishna Bahadur Shrestha 
Joint Secretary and Focal Point for National Notification Authority of SPS, Agri-business Promotion and Statistics Division Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kathmandu Government of Nepal 
Email:  kppant@gmail.com , ghimiresr@gmail.com   
Fax:  097714225825