G/SPS/N/IDN/64  
 
4 September 2013  
(13-4682) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytos anitary 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 c overed (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Cocoa  
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: Draft Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
concerning Requirements for Quality and Marketing of Cocoa Beans   Language(s): 
Indonesian   Number of pages: 43 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/IDN/13_3509_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The draft regulation follow s the mandate of the provisions of 
Article 28 of  Law No. 18 of 2004 concerning Plantation.  
This draft regulation was made as a basis to assure the quality of distributed cocoa 
beans in order to improve the competitiveness and added value as well as providing 
industrial raw materials.  
This draft regulati on aims to:  
 increase competitiveness and value added of Indonesian cocoa beans;  
 support the development of cocoa raw material industry in the country;  
 provide protection for the consumers from cocoa beans that do not meet quality 
requirements;  
 improve the Indonesian cocoa farmers' income; and  
 facilitate traceability of the deviation possibility on cocoa production and circulation.  
The scopes of the regulation are as follows:  
 Institutional;  
 Quality requirements and handling;  
 Marketing; and  
 Control.  
7. Objec tive and rationale: [X]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [ ]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/IDN/64  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the st andard:  
[X] 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)    
[ ] International Plant Protectio n 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 do cuments and language(s) in which these are available: -   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publicatio n, 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 24 months from date of publication.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 November 2013  
Agency or authority designated to ha ndle 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.de ptan.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. Harso no 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