. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/18 
7 April 2005 
 (05-1435) 
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 and Co -operation, Ministry of Agriculture 
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):  Plant and plant materials and other regulated articles as per the Plant 
Quarantine (Regulation of import into India ) (First Amendment) 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) (First Am endment) Amendment Order, 2005 (available in 
English and Hindi, 101 pages). 
6. Description of content:   
The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) (First Amendment) Amendment 
Order, 2005 details the modifications made in the Plant Quarantine Order, 2003 in response 
to the comments and suggestions receive d from WTO Member countries.  These 
suggestions/objections had been considered and those suggestions which were found in 
order have been incorporated in this amendm ent.  Thus this amendment seeks to make the 
phytosanitary measures for imports easier and less stringent and is a trade liberalizing 
measure. 
In schedule VI of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) (First 
Amendment) Amendment Order, 2005 certain entrie s have been simplified.  Further, after 
Serial No. 341 new additional plant/plant mate rials have been incorporated making their 
imports into India possible.  Further, a numbe r of procedural simplif ications have been 
carried out vide this notification.  The list of entries in Schedule VII have been increased. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease,  [ X ]  pr otect territory from 
other damage from pests 
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. G/SPS/N/IND/18 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Section 3 – Sub-Secti on (ii), dated ---------- -- 2005 (available in 
English and Hindi). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   1 April 2005  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 April 2005 
12. Final date for comments:  As this amendment essentially s eeks to relax the phytosanitary 
conditions with respect to import into India in  response to and as a sequel to the comments 
and suggestions for modi fication of phytosanitary conditions  in respect of earlier Plant 
Quarantine Order 2003, received from various  WTO Member countries.  Further this 
amendment is in line with the IPPC Standards.  This notification is only for information and 
transparency purposes.  
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.  Tele/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.nic.in]  
and  National Enquiry Point, Deputy Secretary, Plan t 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