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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/34 
27 August 2007 
 (07-3595) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDONESIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live animals and animal products of rumi nant and pig origin (including raw 
material of animal origin from ruminant s, pigs and all kinds of those species)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United 
Kingdom  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Decree of Director 
General  of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture No. 92/Kpts/PD.630/F/08/2007 
concerning temporary suspension of live animals,  animal products and their derivatives, raw 
material for animal feed, feedstuff, machin ery and equipment and veterinary drugs from 
United Kingdom into Indonesia (available in Indonesian, 4 pages)  
6. Description of content:  Following an emergency report of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) 
by the OIE on 7 August 2007, the Indonesian G overnment is taking urgent measures to 
prohibit importation of live animals, animal pr oducts and their derivatives, raw material for 
animal feed, feedstuff, machinery and equipment and also veterinary drugs  which might be 
possible media for transmission of FMD viru s from the United Kingdom.  This temporary 
action will be withdrawn depend on the FMD situation in the United Kingdom.  
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  The current FMD 
outbreak has led the Government of Indonesi a to suspend the importation of these products 
from the United Kingdom.  This emergency acti on is necessary to prevent the introduction 
of FMD into Indonesia.  G/SPS/N/IDN/34 
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  9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code 2006 
Chapter 2.2.10  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  - 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  7 August 2007 
12. 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 of Agricultural Quarantine 
 Ministry of Agriculture  Jl. Harsono RM No. 3  E Building 5
th Floor 
 Ragunan, Jakarta 12550, Indonesia;  
 Tel:  +(62 21) 781 6480   
 Fax:  +(62 21) 781 6483  E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id
 
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
 Directorate General of Livestock 
 Ministry of Agriculture  Jl. Harsono RM No. 3  C Building 9
th Floor 
 Ragunan, Jakarta 12550, Indonesia;  
 Tel:  +(62 21) 781 5580   Fax:  +(62 21) 781 5581