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Order further amending the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, to add phytosanitary conditions for watermelon imports from Uzbekistan.

Detailed Summary

Issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) as S.O. 4916(E) dated 12th November 2024, under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), this order, titled the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Fifteenth Amendment) Order, 2024, further amends Schedule VI of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003. Against serial number 81 relating to Citrullus lanatus (Watermelon) for fruits for consumption, new entries are inserted specifying Uzbekistan as an additional country of origin, requiring a phytosanitary certificate declaration that produce be free from Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans, and special import conditions requiring compliance with a Systems Approach for production and export and freedom from soil. The order takes effect from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. Issued under file number 18-4/2011-PP.IIpart-1 and signed by Muktanand Agrawal, Joint Secretary. The note lists the extensive amendment history of the principal 2003 order, originally published as S.O. 1322(E) dated 18th November 2003.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-14112024-258649 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 4535] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024/KARTIKA 22, 1946 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 12th November, 2024 S.O. 4916(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) (Fifteenth 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 81in column (1), column (2) relating to Citrullus lanatus (Watermelon), Column (3) Fruits for consumption; after that in Column (4) (5) & (6) the following entries shall respectively be inserted, namely: +-----+--------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | SI. | Plant Species | Category of | Country of Origin| Additional declarations required to be incorporated | Special conditions of import | | No. | | plant material | | into Phytosanitary Certificate | | +=====+==========================+=======================+==================+=============================================================+==========================================================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | +-----+--------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ | 81 | Citrullus lanatus | (iii) Fruits for | (iii) Uzbekistan | Free from | 1. Export consignment must comply with | | | (Watermelon) | consumption | | Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans | Systems Approach for production and export | | | | | | | 2. Free from soil | +-----+--------------------------+-----------------------+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+ [F.No.18-4/2011-PP.IIpart-1] MUKTANAND AGRAWAL, 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 29thMarch, 2004, S.O. 644(E), dated 31st May 2004, S.O. 263(E), dated 25th February 2005, S.O. 462 (E), dated 31stMarch 2005, S.O. 1121 (E), dated 14th July 2006, S.O. 1353 (E), dated 31st July 2006, S.O. 1873 (E), dated 31stOctober 2006, S.O. 2074 (E), dated 6thDecember 2006, S.O. 2069 (E), dated 3rd December, 2007, S.O. 3(E), dated 1st January, 2008, S.O. 2847 (E), dated 8thDecember, 2008, S.O. 2888 (Ε), dated 15thDecember, 2008, S.O. 2286 (E), dated 9thSeptember, 2009, S.O. 2390 (E), dated 16thSeptember, 2009, S.O. 3269 (E), dated 23rdDecember, 2009, S.O. 3298 (E), dated 24thDecember, 2009, S.O. 907 (E), dated 21stApril, 2010, S.O. 2095(E), dated 27thAugust, 2010, S.O. 2284 (E), dated 15thSeptember, 2010, S.O. 2516 (E), dated 11thOctober, 2010, S.O. 2711 (E) dated 4thNovember, 2010, S.O. 3052(E) dated 28thDecember, 2010, S.O. 887 (E) dated 28th April, 2011, S.O. No. 2845 (E) dated 21stDecember, 2011, S.O. No.296 (E) dated 17thFebruary, 2012, S.O. 2775(E) 23rdNovember, 2012 S.O.799(E) dated 21stMarch, 2013, S.O.1378(E) dated 28thMay, 2013, S.O.1531(E) dated 14th June, 2013, S.O.2919(E) dated 26thSeptember, 2013, S.O.1508(E) dated 13th June, 2014, S.O. No.1632(E) dated 27th June, 2014, S.O. No.2320(E) dated 12thSeptember, 2014,S.O. No.2542(E) dated 29thSeptember, 2014, S.O. No.2879(E) dated 11thNovember, 2014, S.O. No.3114(E) dated 10thDecember, 2014, S.O. No. 1413(E) dated 26thMay, 2015, S.O. No. 2496(E) dated 15thSeptember, 2015, S.O. No. 101(E) dated 13thJanuary, 2016, S.O. No. 608(E) dated 7thMarch, 2016 S.O. No.1873(E) dated 25thMay, 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 5thJuly, 2016, S.O. No.2614(E) dated 5thAugust, 2016 and S.O. No.264(E) dated 12th January, 2017, S.O. 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No. 4871 (E) dated 13th October, 2022, S.O. No. 5167 (E) dated 28th October, 2022. S.O. No. 5401 (E) dated 21s‘November, 2022, S.O. No. 5573 (E) dated 30thNovember, 2022, S.O. No. 1801 (E) dated 21stApril, 2023 and S.O. No. 2153 (E) dated 10thMay, 2023, S.O. No. 2360 (E) dated 25thMay, 2023, S.O. No. 2680 (E) dated 12thJune, 2023, S.O. No. 3246 (E) dated 20th July, 2023, S.O. No. 3682 (E) dated 16thAugust, 2023, S.O. No. 3945 (E) dated 04thSeptember, 2023, S.O. No. 4082 (E) dated 14thSeptember, 2023, S.O. No. 4228 (E) dated 25th September, 2023, S.O. No. 4366 (E) dated 06th October, 2023, S.O. No. 4552 (E) dated 11th October, 2023, S.O. No. 4640 (E) dated 19th October, 2023, S.O. 4739 (E) dated 27th October, 2023, S.O. No. 4764 (E) dated 01st November, 2023, S.O. No. 5389 (E) dated 19 December, 2023, S.O. 94(E) dated 08thJanuary, 2024 and S.O. 400(E) 30th January, 2024,S.O. 1590(E) 28thMarch, 2024, S.O. 1591(E) 28thMarch, 2024, S.O. 1592(E) 28thMarch, 2024, S.O. 1601(E) 02ndApril, 2024, S.O. No. 2195 (E) 05th June, 2024, S.O. No. 2221 (E) 11thJune, 2024, S.O. No. 2477 (E) 19thJune, 2024, S.O. No. 2914 (E) 22nd July, 2024 and S.O. No.2986 (E) 24 July, 2024, S.O. 3551(E) dated 22nd August, 2024 and S.O. 3890(E) dated 10th September, 2024 and S.O. 4261(E) dated 27th September, 2024.

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