G/SPS/N/IDN/99/Add.1  
 
9 February 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 9 February 2016, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Indonesia. 
 
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 Revocation of Import prohibition of live poultry and poultry products from the United State of 
America into the territory of the Republic of Indo nesia due to the outbreak of HPAI Sub type H5N8 
and H5N2 
Following the current outbreak of HPAI sub type H5N8 and H5N2 in the United State of America 
(USA), the Indonesian Government is taking urge nt measures to prohibit importation of live 
poultry and poultry products from the USA into th e territory of the Republic of Indonesia which 
might be carriers of HPAI H5N8 and H5N2 that is not exist in Indonesia. The import prohibition was notified as G/SPS/N/IDN/99 on 14 January 2015. This prohibition is based on the risk 
assessment on the importation of several live poultry and poultry products from the USA, and 
refers to the OIE-WAHID report. The prohibited commodities are day old chicken (DOC), all kinds of live poultry, fresh poultry products except SPF egg and Hatching Egg (HE). This prohibition applies to live poultry and poultry products that dispatched after 16 December 2014. 
Based on the results of the risk analysis study on day-old chickens (DOC), live poultry and fresh 
poultry products except SPF egg and hatching egg (HE) from the United States of America associated with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Sub-type H5N2 and H5N8 which carried 
out by the Indonesian Risk Analysis Team from Directorate General of Livestock and Animal 
Health, Ministry of Agriculture, and taking into  account final report OIE Ref. No. 18436 and 19116 
stated that the USA has successfully overcome th e outbreak of avian influenza sub-type H5N8 
(on 17 August 2015) and H5N2 (on 18 November 2015), the Minister of Agriculture on behalf of 
the Indonesian Government revoke the import prohib ition of live poultry and poultry products from 
the United States of America. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified regulation 
[X] Withdrawal of regulation 
[ ] Change in period of application of measure 
[ ] Other:   
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [X] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM No.3 E Building 1
st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia G/SPS/N/IDN/99/Add.1 
 
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  Tel: +(62 21) 782 1367/781 6480 
Fax: +(62 21) 782 1367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483 E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id  
 
Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM No.3 C Building 6-9
th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel: +(62 21) 781 5580-83, 784 7319 
Fax: +(62 21) 781 5583 
E-mail: ditjennak@pertanian.go.id Website: http://ditjennak.pertanian.go.id   
Text(s) available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM No.3 E Building 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia 
Tel: +(62 21) 782 1367/781 6480 
Fax: +(62 21) 782 1367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483 E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id 
Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id   
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