. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IDN/38 
24 March 2010  
 (10-1621) 
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 (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Agriculture  and Chemical Based Industries, 
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 Downstream Chemical Industries, Ministry of Industry 
Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto, kav.52-53, 16th floor Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia Telephone:  +(62-21) 5251556;  5255509 ext 2259 Facsimile:  +(62-21) 5251556 
E-mail:  dirkhil@depperin.go.id;  kurniahf@yahoo.com  
Website:  http://www.depperin.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 ext 215 E-mail:  tbt.indonesia@gmail.com;  tbt.indonesia@bsn.or.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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  HS.3925.10.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft decree of 
Ministry of Industry on Mandatory Indonesi a National Standard for SNI 7276:2008 Plastic 
– Vertical cylinder water tanks – Polyethylene (PE)     
6. Description of content:  This draft Decree states that all Plastic – Vertical cylinder water 
tanks – Polyethylene (PE) produced within  the country and imported, distributed and 
marketed in the country shall fulfil SNI re quirements.  The producer and or importers 
therefore shall have a product certificate for th e using of SNI Marking and comply with the 
requirements of SNI.  G/TBT/N/IDN/38 
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  The Product Certificate on SNI Marking shall be  issued by a Product Certification Body 
which appointed by the Minister of Industry through : 
a. Testing of the conformity of the products quality against SNI requirements; 
b. Audit on the implementation of th e Quality Management System (QMS) 
SNI ISO 9001-2008 or its revision; or othe r recognized Quality Management system. 
The testing shall be carried out by testing la boratories which have been appointed by the 
Minister of Industry Republic of Indonesia.  
Directorate General of Agriculture and Chemical  Based Industries, Ministry of Industry is 
the institution that is responsible for the impl ementation of this decree and shall provide a 
technical guidance of the decree, which covers  Procedure of Product Certification and SNI 
Marking. 
Plastic – Vertical cylinder water tanks – Polyethylene (PE) which are distributed in 
domestic market that originated domestically and imported shall meet the requirements which consist in SNI 7276:2008.  This standa rd specifies the scope, term and definition, 
type, quality requirements, sampling, tes ting methods, testing acceptance, marking 
requirement and packaging (this standard  is available in Indonesian language) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
1. To protect the consumers;  
2. To increase the quality of Plastic - Vertical  cylinder water tanks - Polyethylene (PE); 
3. To establish fair trade competitions.  
8. Relevant documents:   Technical Guidance for application/implementation of Indonesia 
National Standard for Plastic – Vertical cy linder water tanks – Polyethylene (PE).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    2 months after notification 
6 months after adoptions  
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 addresses, if available of the other body:    
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.or.id  
Website:  http://www.bsn.go.id
 
And can also be downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/idn/10_1193_00_x.pdf