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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): Bovine serum and
products thereof
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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: Veterinary
Health Certificate for Import of Bovine Serum into India.
Language(s): English.
Number of pages: 4
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2026/SPS/IND/26_00318_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: The measures are
intended to ensure appropriate product standards, processing, sanitary
measures relating to health status of source animals in line with extant World
Organisation for Animal Health recommendations on animal health; and to
safeguard the country’s biosecurity, in a manner consistent with the SPS
Agreement.
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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 6.3
[ ] 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/FinalVHCforImportofGelatine-23-12-2025_0.pdf (available in English).
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 23 December 2025
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 23 December 2025
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
[ ] 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): 16 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:
Ms Varsha Joshi, 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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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, 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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