 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/12/Add.2 
28 June 2004 
 
 (04-2764) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 31 May 2004, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of India . 
 
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Plant Quarantine(Regulation of Import into India):  Third Amendment Order, 2004  
   This regulation is an amendment in the phytosan itary requirements applicable to imports into 
India of Plant and Plant Materials and other regul ated articles, as provided in the Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import Into India) Order, 2003 dated 18 November 2003 and Plant Quarantine 
(Regulation of Import into India)(Amendment) Orde r, 2004 dated 6 February  2004. This order seeks 
to delete Sub-clauses 21 and 22 of Clause 3 of the Plant Quarantine Order, i.e. the provision relating 
to treatment of wood packaging materials with effe ct from 31.05.2004, i.e. the date of publication in 
the official Gazette and seeks to invoke a new provision, i.e. sub-clause 20 (A) of Clause 3. 
Prescribing treatment of wood packaging materials, which will enter into force on 1
st November 2004. 
The newly inserted sub-clause 20(A) of Clause 3 of the Plant Quarantine order, 2003 is in line with 
the International Standards on phytosanitary meas ures on treatment of wood packaging material. 
  The full text of this addendum can be obt ained from:  National Enquiry point- Deputy 
Secretary, Plant Protection, Department of Agri culture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Room No. 233, Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi-110001, India, Telephone/Fax:  +91-11-2338 9441,  
E-mail:  amand@krishi.delhi.nic.in / amandshah@ hotmail.com and from website of the Department 
of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India- 
[http://agricoop.nic.in].  
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