WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IDN/47 
3 December 2010  
 (10-6529) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDONESIA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Standardization and Consumer Protection, 
Ministry of Trade  
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 Consumer Empowerment 
Directorate General of Standard ization and Consumer Protection 
Ministry of Trade Building II, 10th Floor 
Jln. M.I. Ridwan Rais No. 5 Jakarta Pusat 
Tel.:  021-3858187 Fax:  021-3857954  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 Tel.:  +(62-21) 5747043 ext. 215 Fax:  +(62-21) 5747045 
E-mail:  tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id
; tbt.indonesia@gmail.com   
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):  All products and HS 
numbers covered are contained in  the annexes of Regulation of Minister of Trade No.22/M-
DAG/PER/5/2010 concerning Amendment of Regul ation Minister of Trade RI No. 62/M-
DAG/PER/12/2009 regarding Obligatory Label Affixing on any Goods, i.e :  
Annex I:  List of types of electronic goods  for home appliances, telecommunication, and 
informatics  (46 items); 
Annex II:  List of types of goods for co nstruction/building material  (8 items); 
Annex  III:  List of types of goods for motor vehicles (spare parts and others) (24 items); 
Annex  IV:  List of type s of other goods (25 items). G/TBT/N/IDN/47 
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
1. Regulation of Minister of Trade RI No. 62/M-DAG/PER/12/2009 concerning Obligatory 
Label Affixing on any Goods (54 pages, in Indonesia language)  
2. Regulation of Minister of Trade No. 22/M-DAG/PER/5/2010 concerning Amendment to 
Regulation of Minister of Trade RI No . 62/M-DAG/PER/12/2009 concerning Obligatory 
Label Affixing on any Goods (47 pages, in Indonesia Language)  
6. Description of content:  This regulation states that every producer and importer of goods that 
listed on the annexes and to be traded in I ndonesia market shall affix label in Indonesia 
language. The lists of goods af fected by these regulations ar e provided in the annexes of 
Regulation of Minister of Trade No.22/M-DAG/P ER/5/2010.  Importers must affix the label 
before the imported goods are traded in Indonesi a market.  The label affixed must be clear 
and easy to understand by consumers.   
These  regulations are not mandatory  applied for the following goods:  
(a) goods which are sold in bulk and packed directly in front of the consumers; 
(b) goods which are listed in the Annex I, Annex II, Annex III and Annex IV of regulation of 
Minister of Trade No. 22/M-DAG /PER/5/2010, if used as raw materials and / or other 
auxiliary materials in the production process. 
The aforementioned producers and importers of goods must submit sample of the label to 
Director of Domestic Business Development and Enterprise Registration, Ministry of Trade.  
Procedure for getting the approval for the la bel is listed in the regulation No.22/M-
DAG/PER/5/2010, free of charge.  If all requi rements have been completed, Director of 
Domestic Business Development and Enterprise Registration will issue certificate of affixing 
label in Indonesia language for goods, in 5 days af ter receiving the sample.  The certificate is 
valid as long as the producers and/or impo rters produce and/or import the same goods 
mentioned in the certificate.  If the producer s and/or importers produce and/or import goods 
other than goods mentioned in the certificate, the producers and/or impor ters must submit the 
sample of the label to Director of Dome stic Business Development and Enterprise 
Registration, Ministry of Trade. 
Requirements on how to put the label as well as information contained in the label are stated 
in the annexes of the Regulation of Minist er of Trade No.22/M-DAG/PER/5/2010; whereas 
sanctions and any other re quirements are included in both regulations.   
For goods which are listed in  An nex I, II, III, and IV of Regul ation of Minister  of Trade No. 
22/M-DAG/PER/5/2010 which are alread y in the market before the date of entry into force  of 
the regulation,  the producers and/or importers  of the goods have to adjust their label of 
products to comply with the regul ation within 28 months after the date of entry into force of 
the regulation.   G/TBT/N/IDN/47 
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection; Rights of consumers to  get clear information; Protection of human 
health and safety; Protection of the environment    
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Law No. 8 Year 1999 concerning Consumer Protection  2. Regulation Minister of Trade No. 14 /M-DAG/PER/3/2007 concerning Obligatory 
Standardization of Services on Trade  and C ontrolling of Indonesia National Standard (SNI) 
on Traded goods and services which has been amended by regulation of Minister of Trade 
No.30/M-DAG/PER/7/2007  
3. Regulation Minister of Trade No. 20/ M-DAG/PER/5/2009 concer ning Provisions and 
procedures for monitoring goods  and/or services    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
1 September 2010   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of circulation  
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:     
The text can be downloaded here: 
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2010/tbt/IDN/10_4432_00_x.pdf  
and  http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2010/tbt/IDN/10_4432_01_x.pdf