. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/13 
28 April 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 numbe r(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: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Plant Protection Rule, 2010 (22 March 2010)  Language:  
Nepali  Number of pages:  27   
6. Description of content:  The Government of Nepal, as per the authority given by the Plant 
Protection Act 2007, has formulated Plant Protection Rule 2010 to implement the 
provisions for preventing the introduction, est ablishment, prevalence and spread of pests 
while importing plants and plant products into 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.   
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?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/NPL/13 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Plant 
Protection Regulation 2010 (a vailable in Nepali language) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  22 March 2010 
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) :  17 July 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 June 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National SPS Enquiry Point, Nepal 
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control Fax:  +(977) 1422 6337 
E-mail:  dftqc@mail.com.np 
 spsnepal@ntc.net.np  dgdftqc@mail.com.np 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
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 
Fax:  +(977) 1422 5825 Email:  fulgen_1@yahoo.com  dkppant@moac.gov.np