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The Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Eighth Amendment) Order, 2023, amending Chapter III of the 2003 Order regarding Phytosanitary Certificate requirements for imports and re-exports, under Section 3(1) of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), under S.O. 4082(E) dated 14th September 2023, in exercise of powers under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914 (2 of 1914), issued the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Eighth Amendment) Order, 2023, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, amending Chapter III (Special Conditions of Import) of the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003 (originally S.O. 1322(E) dated 18th November 2003, subsequently amended by numerous prior orders) by deleting existing clauses 10(2) and 10(3) and substituting new provisions requiring import consignments specified in Schedules V, VI and VII to be accompanied by an original Phytosanitary Certificate with additional declarations under Schedules V and VI, and setting conditions for re-export consignments regarding phytosanitary certification by the country of origin or re-export, with special conditions on Pest Free Areas, production sites, and crop inspection to be endorsed by the country of origin; signed by Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Joint Secretary [F. No. 8-28/2023-PP.II].

Full Text

5896 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3918] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 15, 2023/ BHADRA 24, 1945 CG-DL-E-15092023-248783 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) o f 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 c ome 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 consignm ents 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 Sche dule-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 Phytosanita ry 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 SRIVAST AVA , 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 vi de 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. 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. No. 364(E) dated 3rd February, 2017, S.O. 1344 (E) dated 27th April, 2017, S.O. 1475 (E) dated 8th May, 2017, S.O. 2019 (E) dated 21st June, 2017 and S. O. 2152 (E) dated 6th July, 2017 and S.O. No. 2752 (E) dated 23rd August, 2017, S.O. No. 3293(E) dated 6th October, 2017, S.O. No.3556(E) dated 7th November, 2017 and S.O. No. 4082(E) dated 27th December, 2017, S.O. No. 1248(E) dated 20th March, 2018, S.O. No. 1873(E) dated 10th May, 2018, S.O. No.1930 dated 15th May, 2018, S.O. No. 2059(E) dated 24th May, 2018, S.O. No. 2286(E) dated 4th June, 2018 and S.O. No. 3194(E) dated 29th June, 2018, S.O. No. 3392(E) dated 10th July, 2018, S.O. No. 3998(E) dated 16th August, 2018, S.O. No. 5158(E) dated 3rd October, 2018 and S.O. No. 5830(E) dated 22nd November, 2018 and S.O. No. 6224(E) dated 18th December, 2018, S.O. No.941(E) dated 19th February, 2019 and S.O. No. 1728(E) dated 6th May, 2019, S.O. No. 1817(E) dated 24th May, 2019 ,S.O. No.1954(E) dated 11.06.2019, S.O. No. 2525(E) dated 15th July, 2019 and S.O. No.2603 (E) dated 18th July, 2019 and S.O. No. 3141(E) dated 29th August, 2019; S.O. No. 3594(E) dated 1st October, 2019 and S.O. No.3845(E) dated 24th October, 2019 and S.O. No. 4083(E) dated 8th November, 2019 and S.O. 4615 (E) dated 21st December, 2019 and S.O. 352 (E) dated 24th January, 2020 81. S.O. 488 (E) dated 31st January, 2020 82. S.O. 953 (E) dated 2nd March, 2020 2020 and S.O. No. 1404(E) date d 27th April, 2020, S.O. No.2390(E) dated 20th July, 2020; S.O. No.3646(E) dated 14th October, 2020 and S.O. No.4243(E) dated 17th November, 2020 and S.O. No.681(E) dated 10th February, 2021, S.O.No.1491(E) dated 7th April, 2021, S.O. No.2511(E) dated 10th June, 2021, S.O. No.2512(E) dated 10th June, 2021 and S.O. No.4265(E) dated 13th October, 2021, S.O.No.1885(E) dated 5th April, 2022, S.O. No 3456 (E) dated 26th July, 2022, S.O. No. 3777 (E) dated 3rd August, 2022, S.O. No. 4551 (E) dated 26th Septembe r, 2022, S.O. No. 4871 (E) dated 13th October, 2022, S.O. No. 5167 (E) dated 28th October, 2022. S.O. No. 5401 (E) dated 21st November, 2022, S.O. No. 5573 (E) dated 30th November, 2022, S.O. No. 1801 (E) dated 21st April, 2023, S.O. No. 2153 (E) dated 10th May, 2023, S.O. No. 2360 (E) dated 25th May, 2023, S.O. No. 2680 (E) dated 12th June, 2023, S.O. No. 3246 (E) dated 20th July, 2023, S.O. No. 3682 (E) dated 16th August, 2023 and S.O. No. 3945 (E) dated 04th September, 2023. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Contro ller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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