. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/71 
10 January 2011 
 (11-0154) 
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 and Coope ration, 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 in 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:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Eighth Amendment) Order, 2010  Language:  English  Number of pages:  10   
6. Description of content:  The  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Eighth Amendment) Order, 2010 seeks to  fu rther liberalize provisions governing import 
of 9 items notified under  Schedule VI for various countries. Out of the 9 items, 1 is 
Plants/cuttings for propagation, 2 are Tissue Culture Plants, 1 is Seeds for 
consumption/procession, 1 is Fruits for consum ption, 1 is Dried roots for consumption, 2 
are Timber logs with/without bark for cons umption and 1 is Rhizomes for propagation. 
There are 19 items (Sl. No. 750-768) which ha ve been added under Schedule VI of the 
Order for the first time.  This notification will make possible imports of plants and plant materials into India, which were, hitherto, not permitted to be imported into India. The 
details can be seen in the website http://www.agricoop.nic.in
 (Circulars and Notifications 
=> Plant Quarantine Order and Amendments =>  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of 
import into India) (Eighth Amendment) Order,  2010) or can be obtained from the National 
Enquiry Point - Mr. Sarvesh Rai, Director (Pla nt Protection), Department of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 229A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India;  tel/fax: +(91 11) 233867 41;  E-mail:   rai.sarvesh@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/71 
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  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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The content of this notification is based on Pest Risk Analysis 
(PRA) conducted as per International St andards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) 
Numbers 2 and 11 of International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO. 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:    Available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 April 2011 
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) :  1 April 2011 (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) :  11 March 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  National Enquiry Point - Mr. Sarvesh Rai, Director (Plant 
Protection), Department of Agriculture & Coope ration, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 
229A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India;  tel/fax:  +(91 11) 2338 6741;  E-mail:  
rai.sarvesh@nic.in 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
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. http://www.agricoop.nic.in  and 
http://www.plantquarantineindia.org  
National Enquiry Point - Mr. Sarvesh Rai, Di rector (Plant Protection), Department of 
Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agri culture, Room No. 229A, Krishi Bhawan, New 
Delhi-110011, India;  tel/fax:  +(91 11) 2338 6741;  E-mail:  rai.sarvesh@nic.in