G/SPS/N/IDN/143  
 
17 June 2022  
(22-4732) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Bureau of Law , Secretariat General of Ministry of Agriculture  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Agriculture (animal, livestock, horticulture, crops and estate crops)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the  extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Agriculture Ministerial Decree No 15 of 2021 concerning 
Standards of Business Activities and Product Standards on the Impleme ntation of Risk -
Based Business Licenses in the Agricultural Sector . Language(s):  Bahasa Indonesia . 
Number of pages:  4 pages and annex  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/IDN/22_4097_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Decree defines  the requirement of standard s of business 
activities and product standard s, particularly time frame for submission  and application  of 
approval procedure for the agricultur al sector (animal health and livestock, horticulture, 
crops, estate crops) . 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard : 
[X] Codex Alimentarius  Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Manual of Food Safety Risk Analysis  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Chapter 2.1 of the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM 11 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/IDN/143  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : This Decree was adopted on 1 April 2021 . 
Proposed date of p ublication (dd/mm/yy) : This Decree was published on 1 April 
2021. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : This Decree entered  into force on 1 April 2021 . 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax numb er and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: