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Notifying
Member: INDIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Ministry of Fisheries,
Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying,
Government of India
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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): In Vivo Ovine Embryo
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: Draft
Veterinary Health Certificate for Import of In
Vivo Ovine Embryo into India. Language(s):
English. Number of
pages: 7
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2026/SPS/IND/26_00007_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: Format of Veterinary Health Certificate for import
of In Vivo Ovine Embryo into
India.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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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):
[X] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
Terrestrial Animal Health Code, Volume I, Chapter 4.6, Chapter 4.6, Chapter
4.8, Chapter 4.9 and Chapter 8.8.
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[ ] 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:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Available on the website of Department of Animal Husbandry and
Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, https://www.dahd.gov.in/sites/default/files/2025-12/DraftVHCforImportofOvineEmbryointoIndia_0.pdf
(available in English).
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined.
[ ] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 8 March 2026
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry
of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Animal Husbandry
and Dairying, Government of India.
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ms. Varsha Joshi, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and Dairying, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying,
Government of India, Room No. 240, Krishi Bhawan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110001; Fax: +(91 11) 2338 4509; E-mail: trade.division@dahd.nic.in.
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