G/TBT/N/IDN/120  
 
18 April 2018  
(18-2388) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: INDONESIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Directorate General of Agro Based Industry  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Directorate of Forestry and Plantation Product Industries, Ministry of Industry  
Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav. 52 – 53, 17 -18th floor  
Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia  
Telephone: +(62 -21) 5274385, 5255509  
Facsimil e: +(62 -21) 5252185  
Website: http:/agro.kemenperin.go.id  
Center for Cooperation on Standardization  
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN)  
BPPT I Building, 12th floor  
Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.8  
Jakarta 10340 – Indonesia  
Telephone: +(62 -21) 3927434 ext.  127 
Facsimile: +(62 -21) 3927528  
E-mail: tbt.indonesia@gmail.com ; tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  
Website: http://www.bsn.go.id   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [  X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
SNI 8218:2015 Paper and paperboard for food packaging, consisted in Paper and 
paperboard of a kind used for making food packaging (HS 4804.39.20; 4804.42.10; 
4804.49.10; 4804.52.10; 4804.59.10)  – Other (HS 480439)  – Bleached uniformly 
throughout the mass and o f which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content 
consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process (HS 480442)  – Other (HS 480449) 
– Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the 
total fibre content consi sts of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process (HS 480452)  – 
Other (HS 480459). Packaging materials and accessories (ICS 55.040), Paper products 
(ICS 85.080), Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs (ICS 67.250).  
5. Title, number of pages and  language(s) of the notified document: Draft Decree of 
Minister of Industry on Mandatory Implementation of Indonesian National Standard for 
Paper and Paperboard for Food Packaging (26 page(s), in Indonesian)    G/TBT/N/ IDN/120  
 
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  6. Description of content: This draft of decree states that all of Paper and Paperboard for 
Food Packaging product  produced within the country or imported, distributed and marketed 
in the country shall fulfil the SNI requirements. The producers which produced these 
products therefor e shall comply with those requirements proven by having Product 
Certificate for Using SNI Mark.  
The product certificate on SNI marking shall be issued by a Product Certification Body 
which has been accredited by KAN and appointed by the Minister of Industr y through 
testing of the conformity of the products quality against SNI requirements.  
Directorate of Forestry and Plantation Product Industries, Ministry of Industry is the 
institution that is responsible for the implementation of this decree and shall pro vide a 
technical guidance of the decree, which cover procedure of Product Certification and SNI 
Marking.  
Products which are distributed in domestic market that originated domestically and 
imported shall meet the requirements consisted in:  
 SNI 8218:2015 Pap er and Paperboard for Food Packaging – Safety 
requirements which specifies term and definition, quality requirements, sampling, 
testing method, testing acceptance, marking requirement  and packaging (this 
standard is available in Indonesian).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Other; To protect consumers: safety 
aspect; To increase product quality; To establish fair trade  
8. Relevant documents:  -  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 2 months after notification  
Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Center for Cooperation on Standardization  
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN)  
BPPT I Building, 12th floor  
Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.8  
Jakarta 10340  – Indonesia  
Telephone: +(62 -21) 3927422 ext. 127  
Facsimile: +(62 -21) 3927528  
E-mail: tbt.indonesia@gmail.com ; tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  
Website: http://www.bsn.go.id  
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