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G/SPS/N/IDN/21 
8 June 2004 
 (04-2458) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Agency for Agricultural Quarantine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All plant and part thereof (s tem, seeds, roots, soil, le aves, tuber): apple, mango, 
orange, strawberry, guava, avoca do, banana, tomato, chilli, carrot, cabbage, etc; tea, coffee, 
cocoa, coconut, rubber, oil palm, cotton, sugarcane, etc; corn, sorghum, sweet potato, rice 
plant, soybean, orchid, rose, carnation, dahlia , etc; black or white pepper, coriander, clove, 
etc. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Decree of The Minister of 
Agriculture concerning Kind of  Plant Quarantine Pest Group I, Group II and Its Carrier 
(available in Indonesia, 38 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This Decree will supersede the existing regulation which contain 
List of Plant Quarantine Pest Group I, Group II and Its Carrier 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ X ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree of the 
Minister of Agriculture No. 627/Kpts/PD.540/12/2003 concerning Kind of Plant Quarantine Pest Group I, Group II and Its Carrier (Indonesian) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   Adopted in December 2003 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   December 2003 G/SPS/N/IDN/21 
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 12. Final date for comments:  Not relevant. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
 Agency for Agricultural Quarantine 
 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Jl. Harsono RM No. 3  E Building 5
th Floor  
 Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550,   Indonesia   Phone: 62 21 781 6480    Fax:  62 21 781 6481, 781 6483 
 Email:  caqsps@indo.net.id  
 Website:   http://www.deptan.go.id/karantina/home.htm 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Agency for Agricultural Quarantine 
 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Jl. Harsono RM No. 3  E Building 5th Floor  
 Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550,   Indonesia   Phone: 62 21 781 6480    Fax: 62 21 781 6481, 781 6483  Email: caqsps@indo.net.id  
 Website:  http://www.deptan.go.id/karantina/home.htm