G/TBT/N/IDN/68  
 
19 March 2013  
(13-1505)  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  Manufactured  Based Industry,  Ministry of 
Industry  
Name and address (including telephon e 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 Various and Textile Industries, Ministry of Industry 
Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav.  52 - 53, 9th  floor Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia Telephone: +(62-21) 5252185; 5255509 ext: 2321, 4039  
Facsimile:  +(62-21) 5252185; 
E-mail:  mailto:infobim@kemenperin.go.id   
Website:  http://www.keme nperin.go.id  
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4th floor 
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, Senayan 
Jakarta 10270 – Indonesia Telephone:  +(62-21) 5747043 ext. 117/262 Facsimile:  +(62-21) 5747045 
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 [   ], 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):  Please see 
link attached. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft Decree of 
Minister of Industry on Mandatory Implementation of Partial requirements of Indonesia National Standard of Formaldehyde Content and Metal Content Extracted In The Fabric For Textiles and Textile products, (40 pages, in Indonesia language).     
6. Description of content:  This draft of decree states that all textiles and textile within the 
country or imported, distributed and marketed in the country shall fulfil the partial 
requirements of SNI. The producers which produced these products therefore shall comply 
with those requirements proven by having Product Certificate for Using SNI-SP Mark and put SNI-SP mark on every product.  
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 Industry through testing of the conformity of the products quality against partial requirements of SNI; and G/TBT/N/IDN/68 
 
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  Directorate General for Manufacture Based Industries, Ministry of Industry is the institution 
that is responsible for the implementation of this decree and shall provide a technical guidance of the decree, which cover procedure of Product Certification and SNI-SP 
Marking.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
1. To protect consumers from safety aspect;  
2. To increase the product quality ; 
3. To establish fair trade competition. 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    2 months after notification 6 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  2 months after notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:   
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/IDN/13_0772_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/IDN/13_0772_01_x.pdf