WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/IDN/55 
23 October 2012  
 (12-5764) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Marketing and Processing of Agricultural 
Product, Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Horticultural products 
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:  Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
No. 60/Permentan/OT.140/9/2012 concerning Import Recommendation of Horticultural 
Products  Language(s):  Indonesia  Number of pages:  37 
6. Description of content:  This regulation has been issued as  a legal basis in the services of 
Import Recommendation of Horticultural Produc ts (RIPH) for every establishment who 
will import horticultural products (horticultura l product importers) a nd aims to guarantee 
that imported horticultural products meet food safety requirements. 
The scope of the regulation are as follows: 
a. requirements and procedures for obtaining RIPH; 
b. obligation of RIPH holders; 
c. control; and 
d. sanction provisions. 
This regulation covers fresh hor ticultural products (vegetable, fruit, and ornamental plant) 
and processed horticultural products. 
This regulation does not apply to hand-ca rried horticultural products, as well as border 
crossings, that are intended for personal c onsumption and where the amount does not 
exceed 10 (ten) kilograms per person.  This  regulation does not apply to imports of 
horticultural products that were shipped from th e country of origin prior to 28 September 
2012 as evidenced by the Bill of Load ing or Airway Bill and Invoice. 
The importation of horticultural products can be made after the import approval is received 
from the Minister of Trade.  The import approva l is issued by the Minister of Trade after 
obtaining the RIPH from the Ministry of Ag riculture in the form of a Minister of 
Agricultural Decree signed by the Directorate General on behalf of the Minister of 
Agriculture. G/SPS/N/IDN/55 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. 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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] 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) :  24 September 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  26 September 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  28 September 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Indonesian Agricultural Qu arantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture 
Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel:  +(62 21) 782 1367  Fax:  +(62 21) 782 1367 / 780 4337 / 781 6481 / 781 6483 
E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id 
Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id   G/SPS/N/IDN/55 
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  13. Texts available from:  [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 7
th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
Indonesia 
Tel:  +(62 21) 782 1367 Fax:  +(62 21) 782 1367 / 780 4337 / 781 6481 / 781 6483 E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id