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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/62 
8 July 2009 
 (09-3345) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India 
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):  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, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regula tion of import into India) 
(Fifth Amendment) Order, 2009  Language:  English  Number of pages:  13 
6. Description of content:  The notification seeks further to liberalize provisions governing 
import of nine items notified under Schedule VI , for various countries.  Out of the nine 
items, two are plants/cuttings for propagation, one  is bulbs for propagation purpose, one is 
seeds for sowing, one is tissue culture plants, two are timber logs for consumption, one is grains for consumption and one is for bot h plants/cuttings for propagation and tissue 
culture plants.  There are el even items (Sl. No. 667-667) which have been added to 
Schedule VI of the Order for the first time.  This notification will make possible imports of 
plants and plant materials into India, whic h were, hitherto, not permitted to be imported 
into India. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] 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)     
[ X ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None G/SPS/N/IND/62 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] 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:  The Gazette 
of India (Extraordinary PART II – Secti on 3 – Sub-Section (ii), dated 4 June 2009 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  5 September 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  5 September 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  5 September 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  6 September 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 224, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi– 110011, 
INDIA,  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2307 0306, India.  E-mail:  pankajkumar@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 Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India:  http://www.agricoop.nic.in  
Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 224, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi– 110011, 
INDIA,  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2307 0306, India.  E-mail:  pankajkumar@nic.in