G/SPS/N/IDN/95
1 December 2014 
(14-6972)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services, 
Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Live poultry and poultry products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom  
5. Title of the notified document: Import prohibition of live poultry and poultry products 
from Germany, Netherlands and United Kin gdom into the territory of Republic of 
Indonesia due to outbreak of HPAI H5N8  Language(s): Indonesian  Number of 
pages: 3  
6. Description of content: Following the current outbreak of HPAI H5N8 in Germany, the 
Netherlands and the United Kingdom, the Indonesian Government is taking urgent 
measures to prohibit the importation of live poultry and poultry products from Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom into the territory of the Republic of Indonesia 
which might be carriers of HPAI H5N8 that is not existent in Indonesia. This prohibition 
is based on the risk assessment on the importation of several commodities from the three countries mentioned above, and referred to in the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health 
Code Article 10.4.11, OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code Article 10.4.19 and OIE 
Terrestrial Animal Health Code Article 10.4.20. The prohibited commodities are day old chickens (DOC), day old ducks (DOD) and other live poultry (chickens, ornamental birds, 
and chirping birds).  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Due to the risk of 
the transmission of the HPAI H5N8 agent to animals and humans through infected live 
poultry and poultry products, the Government of Indonesia has imposed the prohibition on the importation of live poultry and poultry products from Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. This emergency action  is necessary to prevent the introduction 
of HPAI H5N8 that is not existent in Indonesia.  G/SPS/N/IDN/95 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
Article 10.4.11, OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code Article 10.4.19, OIE Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code Article 10.4.20 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] 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:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:      
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): For 
the United Kingdom and the Netherlands on 14 November 2014, while for Germany on 4 November 2014.       
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [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 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.deptan.go.id  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (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.deptan.go.id