TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE

TBT NOTIFICATIONS BY INDIA SUBMITTED TO THE WTO SECRETARIAT
Title	Document No.	Date
Pneumatic tyres & tubes for automotive vehicles (Addendum)	G/TBT/N/IND/20/Add.1	05 May 2009
All pre-packaged food imported or domestically produced	G/TBT/N/IND/39	05 Mar 2009
All pre-packaged food imported or domestically produced	G/TBT/N/IND/38	05 Mar 2009
Tubular fluorescent lamps	G/TBT/N/IND/37	16 Dec 2008
Frost Free Refrigerators	G/TBT/N/IND/36	16 Dec 2008
Motor Vehicles	G/TBT/N/IND/35	15 Aug 2008
All pre-packaged food imported or domestically produced	G/TBT/N/IND/34	27 Jun 2008
Cosmetic products	G/TBT/N/IND/33	15 Apr 2008
Protective helmets for motorcycle riders (Addendum)	G/TBT/N/IND/31/Add.1	12 Apr 2007
Electrical products (Addendum)	G/TBT/N/IND/30/Add.1	12 Apr 2008
Clinical thermometers (Addendum)	G/TBT/N/IND/29/Add.1	12 Apr 2008
Pressed ceramic tiles (Addendum)	G/TBT/N/IND/28/Add.1	12 Apr 2007
Sphygmomanometers, mercurial and aneroid type (Addendum)	G/TBT/N/IND/27/Add.1	12 Apr 2007
Cylinders for on-board storage of compressed natural gas as a fuel for automotive vehicles – Addendum	G/TBT/N/IND/24/Add.1	12 Apr 2007
Steel and steel products (Addendum)	G/TBT/N/IND/32/Add.1	12 Apr 2007
Steel and steel products	G/TBT/N/IND/32	05 Feb 2007
Protective helmets for motorcycle riders	G/TBT/N/IND/31	22 Jan 2007
Electrical products	G/TBT/N/IND/30	22 Jan 2007
Clinical thermometers	G/TBT/N/IND/29	22 Jan 2007
Pressed Ceramic Tiles	G/TBT/N/IND/28	22 Jan 2007
Sphygmomanometers, Mercurial and Aneroid Type	G/TBT/N/IND/27	22 Jan 2007
Clinical electrical thermometers	G/TBT/N/IND/26	18 Jan 2007
Veterinary Thermometers	G/TBT/N/IND/25	18 Jan 2007
Cylinders for on-board storage of compressed natural gas as a fuel for automotive vehicles	G/TBT/N/IND/24	18 Jan 2007
Ductile Iron Pressure Pipes	G/TBT/N/IND/23	18 Jan 2007
All medicines	G/TBT/N/IND/22	07 Dec 2006
Tobacco products	G/TBT/N/IND/21	17 Aug 2006
Pneumatic Tyres & Tubes for Automotives	G/TBT/N/IND/20	17 Aug 2006
Medical devices	G/TBT/N/IND/19	16 Jun 2006
All packaged commodities except drugs	G/TBT/N/IND/18	14 Jun 2006
Genetically Modified Food, Feed, Genetically Modified Organisms	G/TBT/N/IND/17	23 May 2006
Generator sets (up to 19 KW) run on petrol or kerosene	G/TBT/N/IND/16	19 May 2006
Generator sets run on petrol or kerosene	G/TBT/N/IND/15	19 May 2006
Generator sets run with diesel	G/TBT/N/IND/14	19 May 2006
Generator sets run with diesel	G/TBT/N/IND/13	19 May 2006
Genetically engineered or modified foods and food ingredients composed of or containing genetically modified or engineered organism obtained through modern biotechnology	G/TBT/N/IND/12	17 May 2006
The Tyres including radial tyres, “battery operated vehicles”, battery operated vehicles, power tillers, etc.	G/TBT/N/IND/11	31 Oct 2005
Packaged drinking water	G/TBT/N/IND/10	06 Oct 2005
Second hand or new vehicles including all the vehicles other than Railway or Tramway - as covered under Ch. 87 of ITC (HS) classification of import and export items)	G/TBT/N/IND/9	10 Jul 2002
All Packaged food products	G/TBT/N/IND/8	10 Jul 2002
Vegetarian food	G/TBT/N/IND/7	10 Jul 2002
Packaged drinking water	G/TBT/N/IND/6	10 Jul 2002
Mineral water	G/TBT/N/IND/5	09 Jul 2002
All packed and/or bottled food items	G/TBT/N/IND/4	10 Jul 2002
Packed and bottled food items	G/TBT/N/IND/3	09 Jul 2002
Non-vegetarian food	G/TBT/N/IND/2	09 Jul 2002
Pre-packaged consumer Products	G/TBT/N/IND/1	28 May 2002

TBT NOTIFICATION FORMAT BY WTO SECRETARIAT

Document No.

Date

Format for the Voluntary Notification of Specific Technical Assistance Needs and Responses - Decision by the Committee

G/TBT/16

08 Nov 2005

TBT ENQUIRY POINTS OF WTO MEMBERS (As on 13 May 2009)

Document No.

Date

List of names, addresses, telex, telephone, Fax numbers and E-mail addresses, where available, of the enquiry point(s) foreseen in Articles 10.1 and 10.3 of the

TBT Agreement, and any additional information provided by delegations concerning their operation

G/TBT/ENQ/35/Rev.2

13 May 2009

INDIAN PAPERS ON TBT
Title	Document No.	Date
Fifth Triennial Review of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade – Revised Proposal by India	G/TBT/W/321	22 Jul 2009
Fifth Triennial Review of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade – Indian Proposal	G/TBT/W/318	23 Jun 2009
Fifth Triennial Review of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade – Comments by India	G/TBT/W/314	10 Jun 2009
India's Experience on TBT Notification System and Procedures for Information Exchange	G/TBT/W/93	24 Sep 1998
Indian Paper on the First Triennial Review	G/TBT/W/51	30 Jul 1997

DISPUTES DOCUMENTS INVOLVING INDIA ON TBT

Document No.

Date

India: Import Restrictions Maintained under the EXIM Policy 2002-2007 - Request for Consultations by the European Communities

G/TBT/D/26

09 Jan 2003

European Communities: Restrictions on Certain Import Duties on Rice - Request for Consultations by India

G/TBT/D/16

08 Jun1998

TBT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Information Management System, a comprehensive source of information on measures relating to technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures. It allows users to track and obtain information on regulations that Member Governments have notified to the WTO (an obligation for WTO Members) and which may affect international trade in goods. Click here to view
IMPORTANT LINKS ON TBT

LINKS TO SOME ACTS, REGULATIONS, CONTROL ORDERS FOR REGULATING TRADE IN INDIA
· Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954
· Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003
· Meat Food Product Order 1973
· Milk and Milk Product Order 1992
· Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986
· Standards of Weight and Measures Act, 1976
· Livestock Importation Act, 1898
· AGMARK Act, 1937
· The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods Act, 2002
· Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963
· Essential Commodities Act, 1955
· Indian Explosives Act, 1884
· Energy Conservation Act, 2001
LINKS TO SOME IMPORTANT AGENCIES INVOLVED IN QUALITY REGULATIONS
· Directorate General of Health Services - PFA
· Ministry of Food Processing Industry - FPO
· Department of Consumer Affairs - BIS & EC Acts
· Directorate of Marketing and Inspection - AGMARKNET
· Department of Agriculture & Cooperation - Plant Quarantine
· Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying - MMPO
· Department of Legal Metrology - Weights & Measures Act
· Bureau of Energy Efficiency - Energy Conservation Act
· Chief Controller of Explosives - Indian Explosives Act
· Directorate General of Mines Safety - Coal Mines Regulations
· Department of Road Transport and Highways - CMVR
· Central Pollution Control Board - Pollution Control

SELECTED WEB LINKS ON TBT
	· TBT Gateway of WTO
	· TBT Link of Department of Commerce
	· WTO-TBT Enquiry Point of India link of Bureau of Indian Standards
	· REACH in TBT (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances)
	· REACH in EU Website
	· Department Of Consumer Affairs
	· Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
	· Ministry of Environment and Forest
	· Export Inspection Council