WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/N/IDN/57 
19 November 2012 
 (12-6329) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Pathogen materials and veterinary drug 
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 Control and Animal Quarantine M easures for the Importation and Exportation 
of Pathogen Materials and/or Veterinary Drug   Language(s):  Indonesian  Number of 
pages:  18 
6. Description of content:  This regulation is intended as a basis for quarantine officers in 
conducting control and quarantine measures toward the importation and exportation of 
pathogen materials and/or veterinary drug, as well as for any establishment and/or person 
who would like to import and export pat hogen materials and/or veterinary drug. 
This regulation aims to prevent the introduc tion and the spread of Animal Quarantine 
Diseases through pathogen materials and/or veterinary drug. 
The scopes of the regulation are as follows: 
 Quarantine controls; 
 Quarantine requirements; 
 Quarantine measures; 
 Quarantine measure for specific purposes; 
 Non tax quarantine services;  and 
 Other provisions. 
Control for the importation and exportation of pathogen materials and/or veterinary drug 
carried out in the form of monitoring an d carried out by profiling the establishments, 
country of origin assessments and risk assessment. 
The importation of pathogen materials and/or vete rinary drug into and for the territory of 
the Republic of Indonesia is only possible if the disease already exists in Indonesia.  If the 
disease does not exist in Indonesia, importa tion can be done only for the purposes of 
national or special interests. G/SPS/N/IDN/57 
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  The importation and exportation of pathogen mate rials and/or veterinary drug into and 
outside the territory of the Republic of Indonesia must meet quarantine requirements, and 
are subject to physical and document insp ection, as well as quarantine measures in the 
designated entry and exit points. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] 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) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 January 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Indonesian Agricultural Qu arantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 1
st, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia 
Tel:  +(62 21) 782 1367 / 781 6480 
Fax:  +(62-21) 782 1367 / 780 4337 / 781 6481 / 781 6483 E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id   G/SPS/N/IDN/57 
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  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 1
st, 5th and 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
Indonesia 
Tel:  +(62 21) 7821367 / 781 6480 Fax:  +(62 21) 7821367 / 780 4337 / 781 6481 / 781 6483 E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id