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G/SPS/N/IND/72 
8 August 2011  
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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 and Coope ration, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Government of India 
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):  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: 
[X] All trading partners Trading partner countries exporting plants and plant 
materials to India  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of import into India) 
(Third Amendment) Order, 2011  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  3 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) 
(Third Amendment) Order, 2011 seeks to furt her liberalize provisions  governing import of 
one item notified under Schedule VI, for various  countries.  The item is nuts (seeds) for 
consumption.  There are two new items which ha ve been added for the first time, one each 
in schedules VI and VII of the above order.  This notification will further allow import of 
plants and plant materials into India.  The details can be seen on the website 
http://www.agricoop.nic.in  (Circulars and Notifications - Plant Quarantine (Regulation of 
Import into India) (Third Amendment) Orde r, 2011 or can be obtained from the National 
Enquiry Point - Mr. Sarvesh Rai, Director, Pl ant Protection, Department of Agriculture & 
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 229A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India;  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 6741;  E-mail:  rai.sarvesh@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/72 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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 content of this notification is based on the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) conducted 
as per Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Numbers 2 and 11 of 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in 
English 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 November 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 November 2011 (tentative) 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 September 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  Mr. Sarvesh Rai, Director, Plant Protection, Department of 
Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agri culture, Room No. 229A, Krishi Bhawan, New 
Delhi-110011, India;  Tel/Fax:  +(91 11) 2338 6741;  E-mail:  rai.sarvesh@nic.in 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail add ress (if available) of other body:   Mr. Sarvesh Rai, 
Director, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Room No. 229A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India;  Tel/Fax:  +(91 
11) 2338 6741;  E-mail:  rai.sarvesh@nic.in