G/SPS/N/IDN/63  
 
2 August 2013  
(13-4173)  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 Marketing and Processing of Agricultural 
Product, 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): 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. 47/Permentan/OT.140/4/2013 concerning Import Recommendation of Horticultural Products  Language(s): Indonesia  Number of pages: 17 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/IDN/13_3068_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
No. 47/Permentan/OT.140/4/2013 is a substitute of the previous regulation 
No. 60/Permentan/OT.140/9/2012 concerning Import Recommendation of Horticultural Products that has been notified as G/SPS/N/IDN/55 on 23 October 2012. 
Principles of regulation in the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
No. 47/Permentan/OT.140/4/2013 concerning Import Recommendation of Horticultural Product are as follows: 
1. This regulation stipulates 39 types of imported horticulture products. This means 
that there is a reduction of 18 types of horticultural products regulated in the previous regulation. The type of horticultural products that are no longer regulated in the regulation are garlic, garlic powder, chili powder, cabbage, chrysanthemum, heliconia flowers, orchid flower, and some processed horticultural products. 
2. Submission of application for obtaining RIPH can only be served by electronic 
systems online through a determined web portal (one-stop service INATRADE 
Ministry of Commerce). 
3. RIPH published twice within one year applicable for the period of January to June 
and June to December. RIPH apply for fresh horticultural products for industrial raw 
materials, processed for industrial raw materials, while processed for consumption 
issued once within one period for one company. 
4. RIPH published for the period of January to  June no later than the end of December 
last year, and for the period of July to December RIPH published no later than the end of June of the current year. 
5. By the stipulation of this regulation, the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
No. 60/Permentan/OT.140/9/2012 concerning Import Recommendation of 
Horticultural Products is revoked and no longer effective. G/SPS/N/IDN/63 
 
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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 st andard? 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) : 19 April 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 19 April 2013 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 19 April 2013 
[ ] 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 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 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel: +(62 21) 781 6480 
Fax: +(62 21) 780 4337 / 781 6481/ 781 6483 
E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id  
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) 781 6480 Fax: +(62 21) 780 4337 / 781 6481/ 781 6483 
E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id 
Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id