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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/33 
21 August 2007  
 (07-3499) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDONESIA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Centre for Fish Quarantine, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live fish 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Decree of the 
Minister of Marine Af fairs and Fisheries concerning Require ments of Importation of Carrying 
Media in the Form of Live Fish into Indonesia (available in Indonesian, 5 pages;  summary in 
English, 1 page) 
6. Description of content:  This regulation is an implementa tion of the provision of Article 7 
point(s) of the Law No. 31 of 2004 concerning Fisheries.  
This draft decree stipulates as follows: 
1. Definition of carrying media; 
2. Importation of carrying media in the form of live fish must be made through 
designated places of entry and subjected to quarantine requirements and quarantine 
actions; 
3. Required documents:  besides Fish Qu arantine Certificate, any importation of 
carrying media in the form of live fish could be done if the importers meet the 
Approval Letter issued by Director-General of Aquaculture or Head of Marine 
Affairs and Fisheries Research Agency; 
4. Interval time from applying documents  to importation of carrying media. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    G/SPS/N/IDN/33 
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  9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Law no. 16 of 1992 
concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine   
10. Proposed date of adoption:    To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after publication 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body: 
 Agency for Agricultural Quarantine 
 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 5th Floor 
 Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550  Indonesia  Tel:  +(62 21) 781 6480  Fax:  +(62 21) 781 6481/781 6483 
 E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id 
  sps_ind@deptan.go.id  Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Centre for Fish Quarantine 
 Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries 
 Jl. Setu No. 01, Jakarta Timur 13880 
 Indonesia 
 Tel:  +(62 21) 844 8506  Fax:  +(62 21) 844 8679  E-mail: puskari@dkp.go.id   puskari_depkp@yahoo.co.id