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Notification further amending the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 by inserting new phytosanitary entries into Schedule VI.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, vide S.O. 1602(E) dated 2nd April 2024, exercising powers under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), made the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Fifth Amendment) Order, 2024, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette; the amendment inserts a new entry (ii) against serial number 774 in Schedule VI of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, covering sawn timber and logs without bark imported from Germany, requiring the consignment be free from listed pests and fungi (including Agrilus convexicollis, Dryocoetes villosus, Hylesinus varius, Lepidosaphes conchyformis, Lymantria monacha, Neoclytus acuminatus, Poecilonota variolosa, Stenocorus meridianus, Xyleborus dispar, Bjerkandera adusta, Heterobasidion annosum, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, Meripilus giganteus, Stereum hirsutum and Trametes hirsuta) and mandating heat treatment at 56 degrees Celsius core temperature for 30 minutes, to be endorsed on the phytosanitary certificate issued at the country of origin or re-export; the order is signed by Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Additional Secretary, under F. No.18-28/2016-PP.II; a note lists the principal order S.O. 1322(E) dated 18th November 2003 and its extensive history of prior amendments through S.O. 400(E) dated 30th January 2024.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-03042024-253532 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 1520] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2024/CHAITRA 14, 1946 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2nd April, 2024 S.O. 1602(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) (Fifth Amendment) Order, 2024. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Amendment of Schedule VI - In the Schedule VI to the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 - Against serial number 774 in Schedule VI, the existing entry in column (2) may be numbered as (i) and the following entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), shall be inserted, namely: - +-----+----------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +=====+============================+=========+=====================================+========================================================================+ | (ii)| Sawn timber / | Germany | Free from | Heat treatment at 56°C (core | | | Logs without bark | | a) Agrilus convexicollis | temperature) for 30 minutes. | | | | | b) Dryocoetes villosus | | | | | | c) Hylesinus varius | The treatment should be | | | | | d) Lepidosaphes conchyformis | endorsed on phytosanitary | | | | | e) Lymantria monacha | certificate issued at the country | | | | | f) Neoclytus acuminatus | of origin/ re-export. | | | | | g) Poecilonota variolosa | | | | | | h) Stenocorus meridianus | | | | | | i) Xyleborus dispar | | | | | | j) Bjerkandera adusta | | | | | | k) Heterobasidion annosum | | | | | | l) Hymenoscyphus fraxineus | | | | | | m) Meripilus giganteus | | | | | | n) Stereum hirsutum | | | | | | o) Trametes hirsuta | | +-----+----------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ [F. No.18-28/2016-PP.II] FAIZ AHMED KIDWAI, Addl. 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, 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. 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