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Notifying Member: INDIA

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, 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): Persea americana

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[ ]      All trading partners

[X]     Specific regions or countries: Brazil

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Title of the notified document: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 (Eleventh Amendment) 2023. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 3

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/IND/23_13500_00_e.pdf

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Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Thirteenth Amendment) Order, 2023 seeks to further liberalize provisions governing the import of Persea americana from Brazil.

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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.

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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):

[ ]        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 contents of this notification are based on Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) conducted as per International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) Numbers 2 and 11 of the 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:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): Yet to be decided.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Yet to be decided.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): This shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.

[ ]      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): 19 January 2024

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:

Sh. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No.227A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 2444; E-mail: jspp-dac@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:

Sh. Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Room No.227A, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, India. Tel: +(91 11) 2338 2444; E-mail: jspp-dac@nic.in