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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/43 
18 November 2010 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Livestock and Animal Health Services, 
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):  Carcass and meat 
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 the Importation and Control for the Distribution of Carcasses and Meat from 
Overseas  Language:  Indonesian (summary in English provided)  Number of pages:  23 
6. Description of content:  This draft Regulation is the revision of the Decree of The 
Minister of Agriculture No. 20/Permentan/OT.140/04/2009 concerning the Importation and Control for the Distribution of Carcasses, Meat and Offal from Overseas that had been notified as G/SPS/N/IDN/40 dated 9 January 2009. 
This draft Decree stipulates the following: 
- Kind of carcass, meat and/or processed pr oducts (ruminants, pork, poultry meat, 
and processed meat) 
- Requirements for importation include:  requirements of importer, criteria of 
country of origin, packaging, labelling and shipment 
- Importation procedures 
- Control for the distribution 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] 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)   
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  [X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  The reference of the proposed Draft 
Regulation is mainly supported by the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code.  
[ ] 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:  Not stated.   
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:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  17 January 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] 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 7th Floor 
Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 Indonesia Tel:  +(62 21) 781 6480 Fax:  +(62-21) 780 4337 / 781 6481/ 781 6483 E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id 
Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id
 
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 Qu arantine Agency (IAQA) 
Ministry of Agriculture Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 7th Floor Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
Indonesia 
Tel:  +(62 21) 781 6480 Fax:  +(62-21) 780 4337 / 781 6481/ 781 6483 E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id