G/SPS/N/IDN/114  
 
10 January 2017  
(17-0148) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Eng lish 
 
  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; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Fresh Food of Plant Origin  (fresh fruits, vegetables, 
grains, nuts, pulses and estate /private crops)  
4. Regions or countri es 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 of the 
Republic of  Indonesia No. 55/PERMENTAN/KR. 040/11/2016 concerning Food Safety 
Control on the Importation of Fresh Food of Plant Origin . Language(s): Indonesian . 
Number of pages: 169 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachm ents/2017/SPS/IDN/17_0038_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Regulation substitutes the Regulation of the Minister of 
Agriculture No. 04/Permentan/PP.340/2/2015 concerning Food Safety Control on 
Importation and Exportation of Fresh Food of Plant Or igin, and Regulation of the Minister 
of Agriculture No. 13/Permentan/Kr.040/4/2016 concerning Revision to the Regulation of 
the Minister of Agriculture No. 04/Permentan/PP.340/2/2015 concerning Food Safety 
Control on Importation and Exportation of Fresh Fo od of Plant Origin.  
This Regulation has been stipulated and entered into force on 18 November 2016.  
This Regulation covers:  
a. Types of Fresh Food of Plant Origin (FFPO) commodities an d contaminants;  
b. Import requirements;  
c. Recognition for food safety control s ystem and registration of food safety testing 
laboratories of a country;  
d. Import control;  
e. Monitoring;  
f. Suspension and revocation of recognition, revocation of registration, and closure of 
FFPO importation from countries with a non -recognized  food safety cont rol system 
and a non -registered  laboratory;  
g. Food safety emergency situation.  
This Regulation regulate s some specifi c changes of the Regulation of the Minister of 
Agriculture No.  04/2015 as follows:  
a. Reduction of the type of regulated FFPO from 103 into 100 commodities. Dates, 
cocoa beans and olives are excluded;  G/SPS/N/IDN/114  
 
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  b. The mechanisms of FFPO Safety Control are as follows:  
- Recognition of food safety control system of origin country;  
- Registration of food safety testing laboratory/ies in exporting country;  
- Food safety inspection of FFPO importation from countries with a non -recognized 
food safety control system and a non -registered laboratory ; 
c. Changes in format and issuance of required documents;  
d. Provisions of food safety control for exportation of FFPO will be r egulated in a 
separate regulation . 
Country recognition of food safety control system s and registration of testing 
laboratories for FFPO that have been approved before the entry into force of this 
Regulation remain valid until it expires.  
Once this regulati on has entered into force , the Regulation of Minister of Agriculture No. 
04 of 2015 and No. 13 of 2016 will be revoked.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or dise ase, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Standards for Maximum Residue Limits for 
Pesticides  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulat ion 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. Propos ed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 15 November 2016  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 18 November 2016  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 18 November 2016  
[ ] 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, fa x 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) 7821367/78 1 6480  
Fax: +(62 21) 7821367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483  
E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id  
Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id  G/SPS/N/IDN/114  
 
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  13. Text(s)  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 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550  
Indonesia  
Tel: +(62 21) 7821367/781 6480  
Fax: +(62 21) 7821367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483  
E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id  
Website: http://karantina.pertanian.go.id