G/SPS/N/IDN/148  
24 January 2024  
(24-0530) 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:  Indonesian Quarantine Authority  
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):  Animal and animal product, fish and fisheries product, plant and 
plant product  
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:  Presidential Decree No. 45 Year of 2023 concerning to 
Indonesian Quarantine Authority . Language(s):  Bahasa Indonesia . Number of 
pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/IDN/24_00674_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Following -up to the stipulation of the Government Regulation 
No. 29 Year of 2023 regarding to the New Regulation of Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine, 
the President of Indonesia has officially announced the establishment of the Indonesian 
Quarantine Author ity as a Ministerial Level of Government Institution, through a 
Presidential Decree No 45 Year of 2023. With the establishment of Ministerial Level of 
Government Institution, the Indonesian Quarantine Authority is officially declare d as the 
Border Authorit y which has task and duty of animal and animal product, fisheries and fish 
product, plant and plant product. This declaration emphasizes that the functions and 
authority of animal quarantine and plant quarantine is no longer under the authority of 
Ministry  of Agriculture, and the functions and authority of fish quarantine is no longer 
under the authority of Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs, since the y have become an 
integral part of the Indonesian Quarantine Authority as the official border competen t 
authority.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? I f so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Stan related to food safety  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial Animal Health Code and 
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  [X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM – 
All number s 
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 20 July 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 20 July 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 20 July 2023  
[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, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: