WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/1 
15 July 2005 
 (05-3157) 
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:   His Majesty's 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 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
country exporting the products to Nepal  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Here are the three 
documents to be notified: 
1. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives' Notice regarding the compulsory provision for 
Phytosanitary Certificate Gazette of His Majesty's Government, Section 54, Number 33, 6 December 2004 (1 page):  The orig inal document is in Nepali language. 
2. Establishment of Plant Quarantine Checkposts  in Nepal bordering with India and China.  
Notice of Department of Agriculture, 14  May 2004 (Available in Nepali language, 
4 pages). 
3. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives assigns the Plant Protection Directorate as the 
"National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO )".  Government decision, 16 March 2005 
(1 page), original document is in Nepali language. 
6. Description of content:   
1. It is the compulsory provision for importers  to submit the Phytosanitary Certificate along 
with the Declaration Form for importing plant and plant products at the entry point of the 
Kingdom of Nepal.  Phytosanitary Certificate will be issued by all quarantine offices (National Plant Quarantine Program, Regional Plant Quarantine Offices, and Plant 
Quarantine chekposts / sub checkposts). 
 2. To extend the quarantine service in the bor derline and throughout the country, a National 
Plant Quarantine Program, is centrally located  in Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur.  Its supporting 
other 15 quarantine offices / checkposts / sub- checkposts have been established across the 
country.  Eleven of them are in Nepal - India borders.  Among th em, five are Regional 
Plant Quarantine Offices, namely:  
 a. Regional Plant Quarantine Office, Kakandhbhitta, Jhapa  b. Regional Plant Quarantine Office, Birgunj, Parsa  c. Regional Plant Quarantine Office, Bhairhawa, Rupendehi  d. Regional Plant Quarantine Office, Nepalgunj, Banke 
 e. Regional Plant Quarantine Office, Gaddachauki, Kanchanpur. G/SPS/N/NPL/1 
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  Six are Plant Quarantine Checkposts, namely: 
 a. Plant Quarantine Checkpost, Bhantbari, Sunsari  b. Plant Quarantine Checkpost, Biratnagar, Morang  c. Plant Quarantine Checkpost, Malangawa, Sarlahi  d. Plant Quarantine Checkpost, Jaleswor, Mahottari  
 e. Plant Quarantine Checkpost, Krishnanagar, Kapilwastu 
 f. Plant Quarantine Checkpost, Jhulaghat, Baitadi  A Plant Quarantine Checkpost is in Tribhuwan  International airport, Kathmandu, for 
providing quarantine services for the plant and plant products entering Nepal via Air Ways. 
 
Three Plant Quarantine Checkpost / sub-checkps ots are established in the Nepal - China 
border areas, namely: 
a. Plant Quarantine Checkpost, Tatopani (Sindhupalchowk) 
b. Plant Quarantine Sub-Checkpost, Lomanthang (Mustang) 
c. Plant Quarantine Sub-Checkpost,  Kerung Bhanjyang (Rasuwa) 
 3. His Majesty's Government of Nepal, to fulfil one of the obligations committed during 
the accession to WTO, has assigned the "Plant Protection Directorate" one of the Program Directorates under the Department of Agriculture as the "National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO)".  
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 
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:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
For the document number 1: 
Gazette of His Majesty's Government, Section 54, Number 33, 6 December 2004 (1 page).  
The original document is in Nepali langua ge and also available in English. 
 
For the document number 2: Notice of Department of Agriculture, 14 Ma y 2004 ( 4 Pages).  In Nepali language.  
 
For the document number 3: Decision of His Majesty's Government, Nepa l, 16 March 2005 (1 page).  The official 
document is in Nepali language. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   10 September 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  2 September 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:     G/SPS/N/NPL/1 
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 13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The texts will be available from: 
 Dr. Krishna Bahadur Shrestha 
Joint Secretary and Focal Point for 
National Notification Authority of SPS, Agri-business Promotion and Statistics Division Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kathmandu His Majesty's Government of Nepal 
Email:  kbshrestha@moac.gov.np
 
Fax:  097714225825