WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IDN/20 
15 October 2008 
 (08-4936) 
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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Directorate General of Metal, Machinery, Textile and Multivarious  
Industries, Ministry of Industry 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Directorate for Multivarious Industry , Ministry of Industry 
Jl Gatot Subroto, Kav 52-53, 11  th Floor 
Jakarta 12950, Indonesia 
Phone         : + (62 21) 525 3794 Facsimile    : + (62 21) 525 3794 E-mail        : cang_kring@depperin.go.id
  
Website      : http://www.depperin.go.id  
  
Centre for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) 
Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4th Floor 
Jl.Jend.Gatot Subroto, Senayan 
Jakarta 10270 – Indonesia Telephone : +(6221) 574 7043,574 7044 
Facsimile   : +(6221) 574 7045 
Email         : kerj_int@bsn.or.id
; tbt.indonesia@gmail.com  
Website     : http://www.bsn.or.id  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X  ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Safety Shoes consist of 
three standards as follows: SNI: 12-7079-2 005, HS: 6403.40.00.00; SNI: 12-7037-2004, 
HS: 6403.40.00.00;  and SNI: 12-0111-1987, HS: 6403.40.00.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft decree of 
Ministry of Industry on Mandatory Indonesia National Standard for Injection moulding 
system leather safety shoes made from polyurethane soles and thermoplastics. 
SNI: 12-7079-2005; Quality and test methods of leather safety shoes by goodyear welt 
systems SNI: 12-7037-2004; and Safety leather shoes with rubber sole vulcanized moulding 
system SNI: 12-0111-1987 (5 pag es, available in Indonesian). G/TBT/N/IDN/20 
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  6. Description of content:   This draft Decree states that safety shoes produced within the 
country or imported, distributed and marketed in the country shall fulfil SNI requirements. 
The producers and or importers therefore sh all have Product Certificate for using SNI 
Marking and shall comply with the requirements of SNI.   
The product certificate on SNI marking shall be issued by a Product Certification Body 
which has been accredited by National Accred itation Body of Indonesia namely Komite 
Akreditasi Nasional (KAN) and/or appointed by the Minister of Industry  through: 
- Testing of the conformity of the quality for  Safety Shoes based on SNI; 
- Audit on the application of Quality manage ment System (QMS)  SNI: 19-9001-2001/ISO 
9001-2000 and its revision. 
 
The testing and audit of QMS can be subc ontracted to testing laboratories and QMS 
certification bodies within Indonesia which have been accredited by KAN or accredited by accreditation body which has signed Mutual  Recognition Arrangement  (MRA) with KAN 
and having bilateral and multila teral agreement in technical  regulation between Republic 
Indonesia and its foreign countries. 
Directorate General of Metal, Machinery, Tex tile and Multivarious Industry, Ministry of 
Industry is the institution that is responsible for the implementation of this decree and shall 
provide with technical guidance of the decree, which cover procedure of Product 
Certification and SNI Marking.  
Safety Shoes product which is distributed in domestic market that originated domestically 
and imported shall meet requirements these Safety  Shoes which consist of three standards as 
follows SNI: 12-7079-2005, HS: 6403.40.00.00; SNI: 12-7037-2004, HS: 6403.40.00.00;  No. SNI: 12-0111-1987, HS: 6403.40.00.00. 
These standards specify for scope, term and definition, design and parts of shoes, quality 
requirements, sampling, testing method, testing acceptance, marking requirement  (these 
standards are available in Indonesian). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
- To protect the consumers; 
- To increase the quality of  products; - To establish fair trade competitions. 
8. Relevant documents:    
- Technical Guidance for application/implemen tation of Indonesia National Standard for 
Safety Shoes; - Assignment of Conformity Assessment B odies for implementation of SNIs for safety 
shoes as mandatory requirements.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    2 months after notification 
6 months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after notification  G/TBT/N/IDN/20 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Centre for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) Manggala Wanabakti Bld, Block IV, 4
th Floor 
Jl.Jend.Gatot Subroto, Senayan 
Jakarta 10270 – Indonesia Telephone : +(6221) 574 7043,574 7044 Facsimile   : +(6221) 574 7045 Email        : kerj_int@bsn.or.id
; tbt.indonesia@gmail.com  
Website    : http://www.bsn.or.id