WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IDN/41 
15 July 2010  
 (10-3864) 
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 governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Agriculture  and Chemical Ba sed 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. Gatot Subroto Kav.  52 – 53, 16th  floor Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia Telephone:  +(62-21) 5252185;  
Facsimile:   +(62-21) 5252185; 
E-mail:  dirkhil@depperin.go.id  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 
E-mail:  tbt.indonesia@bsn.or.id;  tbt.indonesia@gmail.com   
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):  Tarpaulins of synthetic 
fibres for cereal products (HS 6306.12.00.00). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Decree of 
Minister of Industry on Mandatory Implemen tation of Indonesia National Standard; 
SNI 7582:2010     G/TBT/N/IDN/41 
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  6. Description of content:  This draft of decree states that all of Tarpaulins of synthetic fibres 
for cereal products produced within the country or imported, distributed and marketed in the 
country shall fulfil the SNI requirements.  The producers which produce these products 
therefore shall have Product Certificate for using SNI Mark and shall comply with the 
requirements of SNI.  
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 pr oducts quality against SNI 7582:2010 or its 
revision; and 
b. Audit on the implementation of the Quality Management System (QMS) SNI ISO 
9001:2008 or its revision; or other recogn ized Quality Management system.  
The testing shall be carried out by the testing laboratories which have been appointed by the 
Minister of Industry.  Testing laboratories outside Indonesia ca n be appointed by Minister of 
Industry as long as they are ac credited by accredit ation bodies which have signed MRA with 
KAN and reached bilateral or multilateral  agreement on technical regulation between 
Government of Indonesia a nd particular countries.  
Directorate General of Ag riculture and Chemical Based Industries, Ministry of Industry is the 
institution that is responsible for the implemen tation of this decree and shall provide which 
technical guidance of the decr ee, which cover procedure of Product Certifi cation and SNI 
Marking.  
Products which are distributed in domestic market  that originated dome stically and imported 
shall meet the requirements which consist in  SNI 7582:2010 products specify for term and 
definition, quality requirements, sampling, testing method, 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 consumers from safety aspect;  
2. To increase the product quality; 3. To establish fair trade competition; 
8. Relevant documents:   Technical guidance for Mandator y Indonesia National Standard for 
Tarpaulins of synthetic fibres for cereal products, SNI 7582:2010   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Two months after notification 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification  G/TBT/N/IDN/41 
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  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@bsn.or.id;  tbt.indonesia@gmail.com   
Website:  http//www.bsn.go.id 
and can be downloaded here:   
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/IDN/10_2729_00_x.pdf