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Date: 15-Sep-2023 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

The following order further to amend the Plant Quarantine

Issued by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare · Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare

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Executive Summary & Key Takeaways

What it means

  • The gazette notification S.O. 4082(E) announces the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Eighth Amendment) Order, 2023.
  • This order further amends the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003.
  • The amendment pertains to the special conditions of import, specifically concerning phytosanitary certificates for imported consignments and re-exported consignments.

Key Changes

  • Clauses 10(2) and 10(3) of Chapter III of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 have been replaced.
  • New clause 10(2) mandates that every import consignment specified in Schedule-V, VI, and VII must be accompanied by an original Phytosanitary Certificate issued by an authorized officer in the country of origin.
  • The Phytosanitary Certificate must include the additional declarations and special conditions mentioned under Schedule-V and VI of the order.
  • New clause 10(3) specifies that in cases of re-export, consignments must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate of re-export along with the original or certified copy of the Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the country of origin.
  • All additional declarations and special conditions mentioned under Schedule-V and VI may be fulfilled and endorsed either by the country of origin in their Phytosanitary Certificate or partly/fully by the country of re-export in their Phytosanitary Certificate of re-export.
  • Special conditions related to Pest Free Areas, production sites, crop inspection, and certification must be endorsed in the Phytosanitary Certificate by the country of origin.

Impact Analysis

Importers

  • Action Item: Review Schedule V, VI, and VII to understand the specific requirements for the products being imported and communicate these requirements to suppliers.

Exporters (Country of Origin)

  • Action Item: Ensure that authorized officers are fully aware of the updated requirements and can issue Phytosanitary Certificates that meet the Indian regulations.

Re-Exporters

  • Action Item: Establish a process to obtain certified copies of Phytosanitary Certificates from the country of origin and clearly indicate which conditions are met by the original exporter and which are met by the re-exporter.

Government Agencies (Plant Quarantine Authorities)

  • Action Item: Update inspection procedures and train personnel on the new requirements to ensure consistent and effective enforcement.

Key Entities Referenced

Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914: The principal act under which the Plant Quarantine Order is issued. Section 3(1) provides the central government with the power to regulate import of plants and plant articles to prevent the introduction and spread of destructive insects and pests. Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003: The primary order being amended by this notification. It regulates the import of plants and plant articles into India to prevent the introduction of pests and diseases. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare): The government ministry responsible for issuing and enforcing the Plant Quarantine Order. Schedule V, VI and VII: Schedules within the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 that specify the commodities and the specific phytosanitary requirements for their import into India.
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रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-15092023-248783 CG-DxLx-xEG-I1D5H0x9x2x0 23-248783 xxxGIDExxx असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY स.ं 3918] नई किल्ली, िुक्रवार, जसतम्ब र 15, 2023/भार 24, 1945 No. 3918] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023/BHADRA 24, 1945 कृजि एव ं ककसान कल्य ाण मत्रं ालय (कृजि एव ं ककसान कल्य ाण जवभाग) अजधसचू ना नई किल्ली, 14 जसतम् बर, 2023 का.आ. 4082(अ).—जवध् वंसक कीट एव ं नािीिीव अजधजनयम, 1914 (1914 का 2) की धारा 3 की उप-धारा (1) द्वारा प्रित् त िज‍त यों का प्रयोग करते हुए, केन्‍द र सरकार पौध संगरोध (भारत म ें आयात का जवजनयमन) आिेि, 2003 में और संिोधन करने के जलए एतिवृृ् ारा, जनम्न जलजखत आिेि करती ह,ै अर्ाता :- 1. लघ ु िीि ा और प्रारंभ.–(1) इस आििे को पौध संगरोध (भारत म ें आयात का जवजनयमन) (आठवां संिोधन) आिेि, 2023 कहा िाएगा। (2) यह सरकारी रािपत्र म ें इसके प्रकािन की तारीख स ेलागूहोगा। 2. अध् याय -III (आयात की जविेि ितें) का संिोधन - मौिूिा खंड 10 (2) और 10 (3) को हटा किया िाएगा और जनम्नजलजखत खंड िोडे िाएगं े। 5896 GI/2023 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] 10 (2) अनुसूची-V, VI और VII म ें जनर्िष्टा प्रत्येक आयात खेप के सार् मलू ििे म ें अजधकृत अजधकारी द्वारा िारी एक मूल पािप स्ट् वच् छता प्रमाणपत्र होगा। पािप स्ट् वच्छ ता प्रमाणपत्र म ें इस आििे की अनुसूची-V और VI के तहत उजल्लजखत अजतररक्त घोिणाए ं और जविेि ित ें िाजमल होंगी। 10 (3) पुन: जनयाात के मामलों म,ें खेप के सार् पनु : जनयाात का पािप स्ट् वच्छ ता प्रमाणपत्र और मलू ििे द्वारा िारी पािप स्ट् वच्छ ता प्रमाणपत्र की मलू /प्रमाजणत प्रजत संलग्न की िाएगी। इसके अलावा, इस आििे की अनुसूची- V और VI के तहत उजल्लजखत सभी अजतररक्त घोिणाए ं और जविेि ित ें मलू ििे द्वारा परू ी की िा सकती ह ैं और मूल ििे द्वारा िारी ककए गए पािप स्ट् वच्छ ता प्रमाणपत्र में उनका (या) आंजिक रूप स े / पूरी तरह स े समर्ान ककया िा सकता ह।ै पुन: जनयाता के ििे द्वारा और उन्‍दह ें पुन: जनयाात के पािप स्ट् वच्छ ता प्रमाणपत्र म ें पष्ृ ांककत करें। हालााँकक, कीट मुक्त क्षेत्रों, उत्पािन स्ट्र्लों, फसल जनरीक्षण और प्रमाणीकरण स े संबंजधत जवििे ितों को मलू ििे के पािप स्ट् वच् छता प्रमाणपत्र म ेंअनुमोकित ककया िाएगा। [फा. सं. 8-28/2023-पीपी.II] आिीि कुमार श्रीवास्ट् तव, संयु‍ त सजचव रटप्प णी: पौध संगरोध (भारत के आयात का जवजनयमन), आिेि, 2003 को 18 नवम् बर, 2003 के का.आ. 1322 (अ) म ें प्रकाजित ककया गया र्ा तर्ा इसके बाि किनांक 6 फरवरी, 2004 के का.आ. 167 (अ), 29 माच,ा 2004 के का.आ. 427 (अ), 31 मई, 2004 के का.आ. 644 (अ), 25 फरवरी, 2005 के का.आ. 263 (अ), 31 माच,ा 2005 के का.आ. 462 (अ), 14 िलु ाई , 2006 के का.आ. 1121 (अ), 31 िलु ाई , 2006 के का.आ. 1353 (अ), 31 अ‍ टूबर, 2006 के का.आ. 1873 (अ), 6 किसम् बर, 2006 के का.आ. 2074 (अ), 3 किसम् बर, 2007 के का.आ. 2069 (अ), 1 िनवरी, 2008 के का.आ. 3 (अ), 8 किसम् बर, 2008 के का.आ. 2847 (अ), 15 किसम् बर, 2008 के का.आ. 2888 (अ), 9 जसतम्ब र, 2009 के का.आ. 2286 (अ), 16 जसतम्ब र, 2009 के का.आ. 2390 (अ), 23 किसम्ब र, 2009 के का.आ. 3269 (अ), 24 किसम् बर, 2009 के का.आ. 3298 (अ), 21 अप्रैल, 2010 के का.आ. 907 (अ), 27 अगस्ट्त , 2010 के का.आ. 2095 (अ), 15 जसतम्ब र, 2010 के का.आ. 2284 (अ), 11 अ‍ टूबर, 2010 के का.आ. 2516 (अ), 4 नवम् बर, 2010 के का.आ. 2711 (अ), 28 किसम् बर, 2010 के का.आ. 3052 (अ), 28 अप्रैल, 2011 के का.आ. 887 (अ), 21 किसम् बर, 2011 के का.आ. 2845 (अ), 17 फरवरी, 2012 के का.आ. 296 (अ), 23 नवम् बर, 2012 के का.आ. 2775 (अ), 21 माच,ा 2013 के का.आ. 799 (अ), 28 मई, 2013 के का.आ. 1378 (अ), 14 िून, 2013 के का.आ. 1531 (अ), 26 जसतम्ब र, 2013 के का.आ. 2919 (अ), 13 िून, 2014 के का.आ. 1508 (अ), 27 िून, 2014 के का.आ. 1632 (अ), 12 जसतम्ब र, 2014 के का.आ. 2320 (अ), 29 जसतम्ब र, 2014 के का.आ. 2542 (अ), 11 नवम् बर, 2014 के का.आ. 2879 (अ), 10 किसम् बर, 2014 के का.आ. 3114 (अ), 26 मई, 2015 के का.आ. 1413 (अ), 15 जसतम्ब र, 2015 के का.आ. 2496 (अ), किनांक 13 िनवरी, 2016 के का.आ. 101 (अ), 7 माच,ा 2016 के का.आ. 608 (अ), किनांक 25 मई, 2016 के का.आ. 1873 (अ), किनांक 20 िून, 2016 के का.आ. 2192 (अ) किनांक 29 िून, 2016 के का.आ. 2248 (अ), किनांक 05 िलु ाई , 2016 के का.आ. 2453(अ), किनांक 5 अगस्ट्त , 2016 के का.आ. 2614(अ) एव ं किनांक 12 िनवरी, 2017 के का.आ. 264(अ), किनांक 3 फरवरी, 2017 के का.आ. 364 (अ.), किनांक 27 अप्रलै , 2017 के का.आ. 1344 (अ.), किनांक 8.05.2017 के का.आ. 1475 (अ), किनांक 21.06.2017 के का.आ. 2019 (अ), किनांक 6.07.2017 के का.आ. 2152(अ), किनांक 23.08.2017 के का.आ. 2752(अ) और किनांक 06.10.2017 के का.आ. 3293(अ) और किनांक 7 नवम्ब र, 2017 के का.आ. 3556 और किनांक 27 किसम् बर, 2017 के का.आ. 4082 (अ) तर्ा किनांक 20 माचा, 2018 के का.आ. 1248 (अ), किनांक 10 मई, 2018 के का.आ. 1873 (अ), किनांक 15 मई, 2018 के का.आ. 1930, किनांक 24 मई, 2018 के का.आ. 2059 (अ), किनांक 4 िून, 2018 के का.आ. 2286 (अ), किनांक 29 िून, 2018 के का.आ. 3194 (अ), किनांक 10 िुलाई , 2018 के का.आ. 3392 (अ) और किनांक 16 अगस्ट् त, 2018 के का.आ. 3998 (अ), किनांक 3 अ‍ टूबर, 2018 के का.आ. 5158 (अ), किनांक 22 नबंवर, 2018 के का.आ. 5830 (अ), किनांक 18 किसम्बर, 2018 के का.आ. 6224 (अ), किनांक 19 फरवरी, 2019 के का.आ. 941 (अ) किनांक 6 मई, 2019 के का.आ. 1728 (अ), किनांक 24 मई, 2019 के का.आ. 1817 (अ), किनांक 11.06.2019 के का.आ. 1954 (अ), किनांक 15 िुलाई , 2019 के[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3 का.आ. स.ं 2525 (अ), किनाकं 18 िुलाई , 2019 के का.आ. स.ं 2603 (अ), किनांक 29 अगस्ट्त , 2019 के का.आ. स.ं 3141 (अ), किनांक 1 अ‍ तूबर, 2019 के का.आ. स.ं 3594 (अ), 24 अ‍ तूबर, 2019 के का. आ. स.ं 3845 (अ), किनांक 8 नवंबर, 2019 के का.आ. स.ं 4083 (अ), किनांक 21 किसंबर, 2019 के का.आ. स.ं 4615 (अ), किनांक 24 िनवरी, 2020 के का.आ. स.ं 352 (अ), किनांक 31 िनवरी, 2020 के का.आ. स.ं 488 (अ), 2 माच,ा 2020 के का. आ. स.ं 953(अ), 27 अप्रलै , 2020 के का. आ. स.ं 1404(अ), 20 िलु ाई , 2020 के का. आ. स.ं 2390(अ) और 14 अ‍ टूबर, 2020 के का. आ. स.ं 3646 (अ), किनांक 17 नवंबर 2020 के का. आ. स.ं 4243(अ) और 10 फरवरी, 2021 के का. आ. स.ं 681(अ), किनांक 07.04.2021 के का.आ.स.ं1491 (अ), किनांक 10 िून, 2021 के का. आ. सं. 2511(अ), किनांक 10 िून, 2021 के का. आ. स.ं 2512(अ), किनांक 13 अक्तूबर, 2021 के का. आ. स.ं 4265(अ), किनांक 05 अप्रलै , 2022 के का. आ. स.ं 1885(अ), 26 िलु ाई, 2022 के का.आ. 3456 (अ), किनांक 03 अगस्ट्त, 2022 के का. आ. स.ं 3777(अ), किनांक 26 जसतंबर, 2022 के का. आ. स.ं 4551(अ), और किनांक 13 अक्तूबर, 2022 के का. आ. स.ं 4871(अ), किनांक 13 अ‍टूबर, 2022, का.आ. स.ं 5167 (अ) किनांक 28 अ‍टूबर, 2022. का.आ. स.ं 5401 (अ) किनांक 21 नवंबर 2022, का.आ. स.ं 5573 (अ) किनांक 30 नवंबर 2022, का.आ. स.ं 1801(अ) किनांक 21 अप्रैल 2023 एव ं का.आ. स.ं 2153 (अ) किनांक 10 मई 2023, का.आ. स.ं 2360 (अ) किनांक 25 मई, 2023, का.आ. स.ं 2680 (अ) किनांक 12 िून 2023, का.आ. स.ं 3246 (अ) किनांक 20 िुलाई 2023, का.आ. स.ं 3682 (अ) किनांक 16 अगस्ट्त 2023 एव ं का.आ. स.ं 3945 (अ) किनांक 04 जसतम्बर 2023 । MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 14th September, 2023 S.O. 4082(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), the Central Government hereby makes the following Order further to amend the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, namely:- 1. Short title and Commencement.-(1) This Order may be called the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Eighth Amendment) Order, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Amendment of Chapter –III (Special conditions of Import).- The existing clauses 10 (2) & 10 (3) will be deleted and the following clauses will be added. 10 (2) Every import consignment herein specified in Schedule-V, VI and VII shall be accompanied by an original Phytosanitary Certificate issued by an authorized officer in the country of origin. The Phytosanitary Certificate shall contain the additional declarations and special conditions mentioned under Schedule-V and VI of this order. 10 (3) In cases of re-export, the consignments shall be accompanied by a Phytosanitary certificate of re-export along with the original/ certified copy of phytosanitary certificate issued by the country of origin. Further, all the additional declarations and special conditions mentioned under Schedule-V and VI of this order may be fulfilled by the country of origin and endorse them in the phytosanitary certificate issued by the country of origin (or) may also be partly/ fully fulfilled by the country of re-export and endorse them in the Phytosanitary certificate of re-export. However, the special conditions relating to Pest Free Areas, production sites, crop inspection and certification shall be endorsed in the phytosanitary certificate of the country of origin. [F. No. 8-28/2023-PP.II] ASHISH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, Jt. Secy. Note : The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India, vide, number S.O. 1322 (E) dated 18th November, 2003, and subsequently amended vide number S.O.167(E), dated 6th February 2004, S.O. 427(E), dated 29th March, 2004, S.O. 644(E), dated 31st May 2004,4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)] S.O. 263(E), dated 25th February 2005, S.O. 462 (E), dated 31st March 2005, S.O. 1121 (E), dated 14th July 2006, S.O. 1353 (E), dated 31st July 2006, S.O. 1873 (E), dated 31st October 2006, S.O. 2074 (E), dated 6th December 2006, S.O. 2069 (E), dated 3rd December, 2007, S.O. 3(E), dated 1st January, 2008, S.O. 2847 (E), dated 8th December, 2008, S.O. 2888 (E), dated 15th December, 2008, S.O. 2286 (E), dated 9th September, 2009, S.O. 2390 (E), dated 16th September, 2009, S.O. 3269 (E), dated 23rd December, 2009, S.O. 3298 (E), dated 24th December, 2009, S.O. 907 (E), dated 21st April, 2010, S.O. 2095(E), dated 27th August, 2010, S.O. 2284 (E), dated 15th September, 2010, S.O. 2516 (E), dated 11th October, 2010, S.O. 2711 (E) dated 4th November, 2010, S.O. 3052(E) dated 28th December, 2010, S.O. 887 (E) dated 28th April, 2011, S.O. No. 2845 (E) dated 21st December, 2011, S.O. No.296 (E) dated 17th February, 2012, S.O. 2775(E) 23rd November, 2012 S.O.799(E) dated 21st March, 2013, S.O.1378(E) dated 28th May, 2013, S.O.1531(E) dated 14th June, 2013, S.O.2919(E) dated 26th September, 2013, S.O.1508(E) dated 13th June, 2014, S.O. No.1632(E) dated 27th June, 2014, S.O. No.2320(E) dated 12th September, 2014,S.O. No.2542(E) dated 29th September, 2014, S.O. No.2879(E) dated 11th November, 2014, S.O. No.3114(E) dated 10th December, 2014, S.O. No. 1413(E) dated 26th May, 2015, S.O. No. 2496(E) dated 15th September, 2015, S.O. No. 101(E) dated 13th January, 2016, S.O. No. 608(E) dated 7th March, 2016 S.O. No.1873(E) dated 25th May, 2016, S.O. No.2192(E) dated 20th June, 2016, S.O. No. 2248(E) dated 29th June, 2016, S.O. No.2453(E) dated 5th July, 2016, S.O. No.2614(E) dated 5th August, 2016 and S.O. No.264(E) dated 12th January, 2017, S.O. 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