G/SPS/N/IDN/60  
 
13 February 2013  
(13-0813)  Page: 1/2  
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 Livestoc k and Animal Health Services, 
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):  Slaughter livestock 
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. 52/Permentan/OT.140/9/2011 concerning  Recommendation on Approval for the 
Import and Export of Livestock into and from  the Territory of the Republic of Indonesia  
Language(s):  Indonesian and English  Number of pages:  31 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/IDN/13_0684_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Recommendation on approval for the import and export of 
livestock into and from the territory of the Republic of Indonesia is conducted with some provision as follows: 
1. Importation of slaughter livestock would be proceed to: 
a. fulfill domestic demand on slaughter cattle; 
b. fulfill specific cut meat demand of domestic market, and; 
c. increase the added value of the imported cattle and create jobs. 
2. Exportation of cattle can be proceed if: 
a. the domestic demand of meat has been ad equately fulfilled by locally produced 
beef; 
b. cattle population in the country has sufficiently supplied national demand of beef. 
3. Importation of slaughter livestock and exportation of cattle must meet the 
administrative and technical requirements as stipulates in this regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/IDN/60 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[X] 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 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) :  7 September 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  7 September 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  7 September 2011 
[ ] 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 Quarantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture Jl. Harsono RM No.3 E Building 1st, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
Indonesia Tel: +(62 21) 7821367/781 6480 
Fax: +(62 21) 782136/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483 
E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id  
13. Texts 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 1st, 5th and 7th Floor Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
Indonesia 
Tel: +(62 21) 7821367/781 6480 Fax: +(62 21) 782136/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483 E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id 
Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id