G/TBT/N/IDN/74  
 
24 April 2013  
(13-2156)  Page: 1/2  
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:  Directorate General of Manufacturing Industry Basis, Ministry of 
Industry 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4th floor Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Senayan 
Jakarta 10270 – Indonesia 
Telephone: +(62-21) 5747043 ext. 262 Facsimile: +(62-21) 5747045 
E-mail:  mailto:tbt.indonesia@gmail.com ; mailto:tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id    
Website:  http://www.bsn.go.id  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
HS. Ex 2807.00.00.00  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft Decree of 
Minister of Industry on Mandatory Implementation of Indonesia National Standard for 
Sulfuric acid, (10 pages, in Indonesian). 
6. Description of content:  This draft of decree states that all Sulfuric acid in packaging 
and/or bulk within the country or imported, distributed and marketed in the country shall fulfil the SNI requirements. The producers which produced these products therefore shall 
comply with the requirements of SNI proven by having Product Certificate for Using SNI 
Mark and put SNI mark and date, month and year of production on every product.  
The product certificate on SNI marking shall be issued by a Product Certification Body 
which has been accredited by KAN and appointed by the Minister of Industry through: 
1. Testing of the conformity of the products quality against SNI requirements; and 2. Audit on the implementation of the Quality Management System (QMS) SNI ISO 
9001:2008 or its revision.  
Directorate General of Manufacturing Industry Basis, Ministry of Industry is the institution 
that is responsible for the implementation of this decree and shall provide a technical guidance of the decree, which cover procedure of Product Certification and SNI Marking.  
Products which are distributed in domestic market that originated domestically and 
imported shall meet the requirements consisted in SNI 0030:2011, which specify definition, quality requirements and testing method. G/TBT/N/IDN/74 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To protect consumers from safety aspect; To increase the product quality; To 
establish fair trade competition.  
8. Relevant documents:   None   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Two months after the date of publication Six months after notification 
10. Final date for comments:  60 Days after Notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4th floor 
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Senayan 
Jakarta 10270 – Indonesia Telephone: +(62-21) 5747043 ext. 262 
Facsimile: +(62-21) 5747045 
E-mail:  mailto:tbt.indonesia@gmail.com ; mailto:tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id    
Website:  http://www.bsn.go.id  
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