G/SPS/N/IDN/98
13 January 2015
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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, 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): Skin/hide and leather 
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: Draft Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
concerning Animal Quarantine Actions for the Importation and Exportation of Skin/Hide/Leather  Language(s): Indonesian  Number of pages: 14  
6. Description of content: In order to prevent the introduction, spread and release of 
animal quarantine diseases into, in and out of  the territory of the Republic of Indonesia, 
which is transmitted through skin/hide or leather, then animal quarantine actions need 
to be conducted. Based on this considerat ion and as implementation of Article 7 and 
59 point (3) of Government Regulation No. 82/2000 concerning Animal Quarantine, it is 
deemed necessary to stipulate the Animal Quarantine Actions for the Importation and 
Exportation of Skin/Hide/Leather. 
Skin/hide and leather stipulated in this regulation are dry/wet salted skin/hide, wet 
pickled skin/hide, wet blue leather, crust leather and finished leather. 
The scope of this regulation includes: a. Import requirements; b. Export requirements; 
c. Requirements on import and/or export between areas within the territory of the 
Republic of Indonesia; 
d. Quarantine actions: quarantine actions in general and quarantine actions based on 
the changes in quarantine animal disease status and situation in the country or 
region/area of origin; quarantine actions in the country of origin; monitoring; 
e. Other provisions. 
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.   G/SPS/N/IDN/98 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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)  Terrestrial Animal Health Code 
Chapter 8.7 - Foot and Mouth Disease.  
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 March 2015 
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 Notifi cation 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 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