G/TBT/N/IDN/98/Add.2  
 
2 August 2016  
(16-4129)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 29 July 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Indonesia. 
 
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 Title: Draft Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture concerning Amendments to the Regulation of the 
Minister of Agriculture on Importation of Carcasses, Meat, and/or Its Processed Products Into the 
Territory of the Republic of Indo nesia (34 pages, in Indonesian) 
This regulation is an amendment of several provisions in the Regulation of the Minister of 
Agriculture No. 58/Permentan/PK.210/11/2015 concerning Importation of Carcasses, Meat, and/or 
Its Processed Products Into the Territory of  the Republic of Indonesia (notified as 
G/TBT/N/IDN/98). 
This regulation covers Import Requirements, Import Procedures, Control, and Penalties. 
This regulation specifies some provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture 
No. 58/2015 that were amended as follows: 
1. Business operators, national state owned enterp rises, local state owned enterprises, social 
institutions, or representatives of foreign countries/international institutions should carry out 
importation in accordance with the recommendat ion of the Directorate General of Livestock 
and Animal Services acting on behalf of the Minister; 
2. The provisions on the amount of local beef absorption is no longer regulated; 
3. Any type of carcass, meat, and/or its processed products derived from bovine or from meat 
other than bovine that is not listed in Annex I and Annex II can be given recommendations as long as it meets the requirements of safe, healthy, wholesome and Halal products; 
4. The time frame for submission of recommendations by business operators, national state 
owned enterprises, local state owned enterprises,  social institution, or representatives of 
foreign countries/international institutions is no longer regulated. Applications of recommendations can be submitted at any time on working days; 
5. Recommendations proposed by business operators, national state owned enterprises, local 
state owned enterprises no longer requires ev idence that local beef absorption has been 
verified by provincial agencies and/or district/city of local beef origin. Recommendations 
have to be accompanied by the distribution plan of carcasses and bovine meat according to 
the format-2; 
6. The issuance of recommendations by the Direct or General for carcasses and/or bovine meat 
will take into consideration the realization of previous importation and the distribution plan; 
7. After receiving the recommendation (submitted online) from the Director General, the 
Director of the Center for Plant Variety Protecti on and Agriculture Licensing will then submit 
this recommendation to the Minister in charge of government affairs in the trade sector. This 
recommendation will be submitted through the portal of the Indonesian National Single 
Window (INSW); 
8. The period for the issuance of recommendation is no longer regulated; G/TBT/N/IDN/98/Add.2 
 
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  9. HS code and description of the products, in cluding the number of kilograms (kg) per HS 
code, must be included in the recommendation; 
10. The recommendation number contained in the recommendation should be listed in the 
certificate of health that accompanies the product at each shipment; 
11. The validity period of recommendation is 6 (six) months, starting from the date of issuance; 
12. Business operators, national state owned enterp rises, local state owned enterprises, social 
institution, or representatives of foreign countries/international institutions which carry out 
importation should report their imports of carcasses and bovine meat listed in Annex I every 
month. This should be reported online by the 15th of the following month to the Director 
General according to format-3. Scans of the import declarations for the types of products that have been affected by the provisions related to electronic recording of imports should 
be attached; 
13. Business operators, national state owned enterprises, and local state owned enterprises 
which carry out importation should report online the distribution of carcasses and bovine 
meat to the Director General according to format-4 every Thursday; 
14. Business operators, national state owned enterp rises, local state owned enterprises, social 
institution, or representatives of foreign countries/international institutions which violate the 
provisions related to import permits, the shelf life of carcass and meat, and recommendation 
requirements, shall be penalized in the form of  a written warning, temporary suspension of 
the activities of importation and/or distribution, or not given a recommendation for six months; 
15. Provision for the inclusion of the recommendation number in the certificate of health will 
enter into force after three months from the date of promulgation of this regulation; 
This regulation comes into force on the date of promulgation. 
Objective and rationale: 
1. Ensure public health and inner peace, animal health, and environmental health; 
2. Ensure fulfilment of the requirements of safety, health, complete as well as halal as 
required; 
3. Provide fluidity and certainty for the import ation of carcass, meat and/or processed meat 
products. 
Relevant documents: 
1. Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related 
text) CAC/GL 24-1997: Halal 
2. World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, 
chapter number) Terrestrial Animal Health Code: Chapter 2.1.5; Chapter 2.1.14; Chapter 
2.4.9; Chapter 2.4.6; Chapter 2.7.11; Peste des petits ruminants; Chapter 2.7.13: Scrapie; Chapter 2.7.14; Chapter 2.8.3; Chapter 2.8.1; Chapter 2.3.4; Chapter 2.3.7; Chapter 2.3.8; 
Chapter 2.3.14. 
Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
Agency responsible: 
Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agriculture 
Kantor Kementerian Pertanian Bld C, 8rd floor 
Jalan Harsono RM no. 3 Ragunan Jakarta 12011 – Indonesia 
Telephone: (62 21) 7815780; 7827466 
Facsimile: (62 21) 7827466; E-mail: kesmavet.pascapanen@pertanian.go.id   
Website: http://kesmavet.ditjennak.pertanian.go.id/   G/TBT/N/IDN/98/Add.2 
 
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  Texts available from: 
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) Gedung BPPT I, 12th floor 
Jl. MH Thamrin No.8, Menteng  
Jakarta 10340 – Indonesia Telephone: (62 21) 3927422 ext.127 
Facsimile: (62 21) 3927528 
E-mail : tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id ; tbt.indonesia@gmail.com   
Website : http://www.bsn.go.id/   
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