. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/IDN/52 
16 January 2012  
 (12-0216) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General  of Manufactur ing Industry Basis,  Ministry of 
Industry  
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 Metal-Based Material Industry, Ministry of Industry 
Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav.  52 - 53, 10th  floor Jakarta 12950 - Indonesia Telephone:  +(62-21) 5252185 
Facsimile:  +(62-21) 5252185 
E-mail:  dirl_imdl@kemenperin.go.id  
Website:  http//www.kemenperin.go.id 
 
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 Telephone:  +(62-21) 5747043, 5747044 Facsimile:  +(62-21) 5747045 
E-mail:  tbt.indonesia@gmail.com ;  tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id    
Website:  http//www.bsn.go.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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Steel bars for general 
purposes (BjKU) SNI:  7614:2010  HS: 7214.99.90.90 ex 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Minister of Industry on 
Mandatory Implementation of Indon esia National Standard for Steel bars for general purposes 
(BjKU) (SNI 7614:2010) (9 pages, in Indonesia language).      G/TBT/N/IDN/52 
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  6. Description of content:  This draft of decree states that al l of Steel bars for general purposes 
(BjKU) within the country or im ported, distributed and marketed in the country shall fulfil the 
SNI requirements. The producers which produced these products therefore shall comply with 
the requirements of SNI proven by having Produc t Certificate for Using SNI Mark and put 
SNI mark on every Steel bars for general purposes (BjKU) product.  
The product certificate on SNI marking shall be is sued by a Product Certification Body which 
has been appointed by the Minister of Industry though: 
a. Testing of the conformity of the produ cts quality against SNI requirements; and 
b. Audit on the implementation of the Quality Management System (QMS) SNI ISO 
 9001-2008 or its revision.  
Directorate General  of Manufac turing Industry Basis, Ministry of Industry is the institution 
that is responsible for the implementation of  this decree and shall provide a technical 
guidance of the decree, which cover procedure of Product Certification and SNI Marking.  
Products which are distributed in domestic market  that originated dome stically and imported 
shall meet the requirements consisted in SN I 7614:2010, Steel bars for general purposes, 
which specify term and definiti on,  quality requireme nts, sampling, test ing method, testing 
acceptance, marking requirement  and packagi ng (this standard is available in Indonesian 
language). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
1. To protect consumers from safety aspect;  
2. To increase the product quality; 3. To establish fair trade competition. 
8. Relevant documents:   Technical guidance for Mandato ry Implementation of Indonesia 
National Standard for Steel bars fo r general purposes, SNI 7614:2010   
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 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/IDN/12_0001_00_x.pdf