G/TBT/N/IDN/159  
2 November 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency (BPJPH), Ministry of Religious Affairs  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification sha ll be indicated if different from above:   
Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency (BPJPH), Ministry of Religious Affairs  
Jl. Raya Pondok Gede No. 13 Pinang Ranti, Kec. Makasar,  
Kota Jakarta Timur, DKI Jakarta 13560  
Phone : +621 34833020  
Email : humasbpjph@kemenag.go.id  
Website : www.halal.go.id  
Directorate of Implementation System for Standards and Conformity Assessment  
National Standardization Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BSN)  
TBT WTO Notification and Enquiry Point of Indonesia  
BPPT Building I, 12th floor  
Jln. M. H. Thamrin No. 8, Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10340  
Phone: +62 21 3927422 ext 127  
Fax : +62 21 3927527  
Email : tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  and tbt.indonesia@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.bsn.go. id 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products 
and services that mandatory to be halal certified  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Regulati on 
of Halal Product Assurance Organizing Agency Regarding Guideline for Accreditation 
And/or Conformity Assessment of Foreign Halal Certification Bodies; (115 page(s), in 
Indonesian)  
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation is intended to be guide line in the process 
of halal accreditation and/or conformity assessment of foreign halal certification bodies 
(LHLN). This guideline also provides the stages and processes for LHLN owned by the 
Government or Islamic Religious Institutions for submitting th eir applications to obtain 
halal accreditation and/or conformity assessment by BPJPH.  
This regulation consists of 23 Chapters, as follows:  
1. Legal basis;  G/TBT/N/IDN/159  
 
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  2. Administration Documents for Halal Accreditation and/or Conformity Assessment;  
3. Scope of Compet ency of Foreign Halal Certification Bodies;  
4. Halal Accreditation Fees and/or Conformity Assessment;  
5. Submission of Halal Accreditation and/or Conformity Assessment Application;  
6. Examination of Halal Accreditation and/or Conformity Assessment Application;  
7. Onsite Assessment of Halal Accreditation and/or Conformity Assessment;  
8. Assessment Results of Halal Accreditation and/or Conformity Assessment of Foreign 
Halal Institutions and The Issuance of Certificate for Conformity Assessm ent Results  
9. The Issuance of Recommendation Letter and Accreditation Certificate;  
10. The Formulation and Signing of International Agreements or Memorandums of Mutual 
Arrangement (Mutual Recognition Agreement/MRA);  
11. Surveillance;  
12. Witness Assessmen t; 
13. Changes in Foreign Halal Certification Bodies Data;  
14. Reaccreditation and/or The Extension of Mutual Recognition Arrangement;  
15. Addition the Scope of Accreditation and/or Conformity Assessment;  
16. Confidentiality;  
17. Rights and Obligations of Foreign Halal Certification Bodies that Has Been Granted 
Halal Accreditation and/or Conformity Assessment;  
18. Complaint;  
19. Appeal;  
20. Suspension and Revocation of Halal Accreditation Status and/or Conformity 
Assessment and Reduction of the Scope of Hal al Accreditation and/or Conformity 
Assessment;  
21. Notification of The Changes to Halal Accreditation Requirements and/or Conformity 
Assessment;  
22. Dispute Settlement; and  
23. Remote Assessment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
- Law No. 33 of 2014 regarding Halal Product Assurance  
- Government Regulation No. 39 of 2021 regarding Implementation of Halal Product 
Assurance  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/IDN/159  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Directorate of Implementation System for Standards and Conformity Assessment  
National Standardization Agency of the Republic of Indonesia  (BSN)  
TBT WTO Notification and Enquiry Point of Indonesia  
BPPT Building I, 12th floor  
Jln. M. H. Thamrin No. 8, Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10340  
Phone: +62 21 3927422 ext 127  
Fax : +62 21 3927527  
Email : tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  and tbt.indonesia@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.bsn.go.id  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/IDN/23_13279_00_x.pdf