G/SPS/N/IND/279  
 
28 April 2022  
(22-3378) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare - Ministry of 
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, 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):  Sweet cherry (Prunus avium ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
Order, 2003 (Second Amendment) 2022 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/IND/22_3060_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Second Amendment) Order, 2022 seeks to further liberalise provisions governing the 
import of sweet cherry from the United States of America . 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? 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) : 
The contents of this notification are based on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) conducted 
as per International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Numbers 2 and 
11 of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO.  
[ ] 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/IND/279  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications – Plant Protection – WTO 
Notifications)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to de decided.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official 
gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 June 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
avail able) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The details can be seen in the website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department of 
Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, 
Government of India viz. http://ww w.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications – Plant 
Protection – WTO Notifications - Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) 
Order, 2003 (Second Amendment) 2022 and http://www.plantquarantineindia.nic.in  
 
Or can be obtained from the Nat ional Enquiry Point – Sh. Parmod Kumar Meherda, Joint 
Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of 
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Room No. 299 C, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi -110011, India. 
Tel: +(91 11) 2338 8756; E -mail: pk.meherda@nic.in