. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/11 
26 November 2008  
 (08-5802) 
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 numb er(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:  Plant Protection Act, 2007 
(13 September 2007) (available in  Nepali language, 24 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Government of Nepal has formulated a new national law Plant 
Protection Act, 2007 by replacing the old one to  make legal provisions for preventing the 
introduction, establishment, prevalence and sp read of pests while importing and exporting 
plants and plant products, promoting trad e in plants and plant products by adopting 
appropriate measures for their effective control.  
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 law effective in order to expedite the regulatory measures 
on existing situation of pests (including weed s), diseases, disease ca rrying organisms, or 
disease causing organisms and to prevent terri tory from the potential damages from entry and 
establishment of the foreign 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 provisions has been made as per the current 
International Plant Protection Conventio n (IPPC) guidelines and recommendations. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Plant Protection Act, 
2007 (13 September 2007) (a vailable in Nepali language, 24 pages) G/SPS/N/NPL/11 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  30 January 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  30 January 2009 
12. Final date for comments:  25 January 2009 
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: 
National SPS Enquiry Point, Nepal 
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control 
E-mail:  dftqc@mail.com.np, spsnepal@ntc.net.np, dgdftqc@mail.com.np  
Fax:  +(977) 1422 6337 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Joint Secretary and Focal Point for Na tional Notification Authority of SPS 
Agri-business Promotion and Statistics Division Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kathmandu 
Government of Nepal 
Email:  ghimiresr@gmail.com, srghimire@moac.gov.np    
Fax:  +(977) 1422 5825