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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/35 
14 February 2006 
 (06-0617) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, 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 regulated 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:  All 
trading partner countries, exporting plants and plant materials to India  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India) (First Amen dment) Order, 2006,  (Available in English/ 
Hindi, 7 pages)  
6. Description of content:  Plant Quarantine (Regulation of  Import into India) (First 
Amendment) Order, 2006 further seeks to ra tionalize the provisions regarding import of 
certain plants and plant products into India for which country-specific, commodity-specific 
and item-specific pest risk analysis has been unde rtaken.  This will help the import of plants 
and plant materials which till date, are not permitted under the aforesaid Order.  The list 
contains 51 new items under Schedule VI.  The details can also be consulted on the 
Departmental website http://agricoop.nic.in  and on website www.plantquarantineindia.org . 
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:   
The contents of this notification are in co mpliance with the International Standards on 
Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) of the Intern ational Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) 
and are also based on a pest risk analysis (PRA).  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in English 
and Hindi G/SPS/N/IND/35 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  This draft notification is to be adopted on 3 May 2006.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  3 May 2006 (tentative) 
12. Final date for comments:  2 April 2006 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National Enquiry Point:  Mr. Amand Shah, Deputy Secretary, Plant Protection Division, 
Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Mi nistry of Agriculture, Room No.233, Krishi 
Bhawan, New Delhi-110001, India 
Tel/Fax:  91-11-23389441 
E-mail:  amandshah@hotmail.com  / amand@krishi.nic.in  / dac.sps@nic.in  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Website of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Government of India [http://agricoop.nic.in] and [www.plantquarantineindia.org.in]  And 
 
National Enquiry Point : Mr. Amand Shah, Deput y Secretary, Plant Protection, Department 
of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of  Agriculture, Room No. 233, Krishi Bhavan, 
New Delhi – 110 011, India  
Tel/Fax:  91-11-23389441 
E-mail:  amand@krishi.nic.in  / amandshah@hotmail.com/  dac.sps@nic.in