. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/53 
13 February 2008  
 (08-0645) 
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 & Coopera tion.  Ministry of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Government of India 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(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 :  Trading 
partner countries listed in th e Regulation, exporting plants and plant materi als to India 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India)  (First Amendment) Order, 2008 (available in English/Hindi, 
5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (First 
Amendment) Order, 2008 seeks to further liber alize provisions governing imports of 14 items 
which are already notified for different countries except th ose mentioned for specific 
countries as given in the proposed Regulation.   Out of 14 items 12 are propagative seed 
material, 1 planting material and 1 for consump tion purpose and 8 are new items (Sl. No. 572 
to 579).  This notification will make possible im ports of above plants a nd plant materials into 
India, which were, till date, not permitted to be imported into I ndia.  The details can be seen 
in the website www.plantquarantineindia.org  or can be obtained fr om the National Enquiry 
Point – Shri Amit Jha, Director, Plant Protecti on, Department of Agri culture & Cooperation, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 232, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001, INDIA. 
Tel/Fax:  +(9111) 2338 1385  
Email:  amit.jha@nic.in 
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    G/SPS/N/IND/53 
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  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 
consonance with the International Standa rds on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) of 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) of FAO. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Available in English 
and Hindi 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  This draft notification is to  be adopted on 3 March 2008. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  25 March 2008 (tentative) 
12. Final date for comments:  3 March 2008 
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: 
National Enquiry Point – Shri Amit Jha, Director , Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
& Cooperation, Ministry of Ag riculture, Room No. 232, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110001, 
INDIA.  Tel/Fax:  +(9111) 2338 1385 
Email:  amit.jha@nic.in 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or 
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Website of the Plant Protection Division of the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, 
Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India viz. www.plantquarantineindia.org   
and 
National Enquiry Point – Shri Amit Jha, Director , Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture 
& Cooperation, Ministry of Ag riculture, Room No. 232, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi - 110001, 
INDIA.  Tel/Fax:  +(9111) 2338 1385 Email:  amit.jha@nic.in