G/SPS/N/IDN/146  
5 September 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency  
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):  All commodities  
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:  Government Regulation No 29 of 2023 referring  to the 
Regulation of the Implementation of Law Number 2i Year 2019 about Animal, Fish and 
Plant Quarantine . Language(s):  Bahasa Indonesia . Number of pages:  251 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/IDN/23_11913_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This regulation announced the establishment of the Indonesia n 
Quarantine Authority, a new Ministerial level, which directly has responsibility to President. 
With the establishment of the Indonesian Quarantine Authority, the functions of animal 
quarantine and pl ant quarantine which were previously under the Indonesian Agricultural 
Agency, Ministry of Agriculture , and the functions of fish quarantine which were previously 
at the Fish Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Affairs, since then have 
become an integral part of the Indonesian Quarantine 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? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CAC Document related to food safety  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OI E) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial Animal Health Code and 
Aquatic Animal Health Code related to all quarantine measures  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : All ISPM  
[ ] 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/146  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are av ailable:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 6 June 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 6 June 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 6 June 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, [X]  National Enqui ry Point. Address, fax number 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: