2.

Agency responsible: Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India

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): Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass)

4.

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

[ ]      All trading partners

[X]     Specific regions or countries: Japan; United States of America

5.

Title of the notified document: Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 (Twenty Fourth Amendment) 2024. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 3

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/IND/24_08526_00_e.pdf

6.

Description of content: The Draft Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Twenty Fourth Amendment) Order, 2024 seeks to delete the entries relating to import of Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass) from USA & Japan from Schedule-VI of PQ Order 2003.

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.

8.

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 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:  

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

11.

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

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 18 February 2025

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:

Shri. Muktanand Agrawal

Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Room No.226, Krishi Bhawan

New Delhi-110011, INDIA

Tel: +( 91 11) 2338 4348

E-mail: muktanand.ias08@ias.nic.in

13.

Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Shri. Muktanand Agrawal

Joint Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Room No.226, Krishi Bhawan

New Delhi-110011, INDIA

Tel: +(91 11) 2338 4348

E-mail: muktanand.ias08@ias.nic.in