. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/17 
18 February 2005 
 (05-0706) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture - Department of Animal Husbandry and 
Dairying.  
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):   
(i) Domestic and wild birds including captive birds; 
(ii) day-old chicks, ducks, turkey and other newly-hatched avian species; 
(iii) hatching eggs; 
(iv) eggs and egg products; 
(v) semen of domestic and wild birds; 
(vi) meat and meat products from avia n species including wild birds; 
(vii) feathers; 
(viii) products of animal origin intended for use in animal feeding or for agricultural or 
industrial use; 
(ix) live pigs and pig meat products; 
(x) pathological material and biol ogical products from birds. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners exporting products mentioned under item 3 to India.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification no. S.O.  
175(E)/ F.No.109-16/2004-Trade dated 7 February  2005 (available in Hindi and English, 2 
pages).  
6. Description of content:  Prohibits, for a period of six mont hs, the import of livestock and 
their products from S.No.(i) to (x) as given ag ainst S. No. 3 above, from countries reporting 
the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influe nza.  And also prohibits the import of 
livestock and their products from S.No. (i), (v), (vi), (viii) except processed meat and (ix) 
except processed meat  from all countries.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests To ensure food safety and protec t domestic and wild birds from 
Avian Influenza, which is not reported in the country.  G/SPS/N/IND/17 
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 8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  Highly Pathogenic 
Avian Influenza Virus is not prevalent in India.  The urgent action has been taken to prevent the ingress of this virus to protect the human he alth as well as the hea lth of poultry in India.  
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  There are no deviations.  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Section 3 – Sub-Sect ion (ii) (Available in English and Hindi)  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  6 February 2005  
12. 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:   
Ministry of Agriculture 
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Mr. S. K. Srivastava 
Director (Trade) 
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying Ministry of Agriculture Krishi Bhawan New Delhi – 110001 
Fax:  91011-23386115 
Email:  dircpc@hub.nic.in