WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/37 
26 October 2007  
 (07-4629) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDONESIA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Agency for Agricultural Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fresh vegetable bulbs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Decree of the 
Minister of Agriculture C oncerning Plant Quarantine Requi rements and Actions for the 
Importation into the Territory of the Republic of  Indonesia of Live Plant Product in the Form 
of Fresh Vegetable Bulbs (avail able in English, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This draft decree of the Minister  of Agriculture concerning plant 
quarantine requirements and actions  for the importations into the territory of the Republic of 
Indonesia of Life Plant Product in the Form  of Fresh Vegetable Bulbs is as follows:  
Plant quarantine requirements : The fresh vegetable bulbs imported into the terr itory of the Republic of Indonesia, shall be: 
1. accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certific ate from the country of origin and transit 
country; 
2. come through the designated point of entry; 
3. notified and presented to Plant Quarantine  Officers at the place of entry for plant 
quarantine action. 
Technical requirements : 1. Importation into the territory of the Repub lic of Indonesia of liv e plant products in the 
form of fresh vegetabl e bulbs should derive from production sites free from plant quarantine 
pest infestation as referenced  in the Appendix of this regulation or derive from production 
sites in the country of origin not free from plant quarantine pest infestation; 
2. Importation into the territory of the Repub lic of Indonesia of liv e plant products in the 
form of fresh vegetable bulbs deriving from the production sites as referr ed to in article 5, 
shall be declared in the Additional Declarati on accompanying the Phytosanitary Certificate, 
devitalized and free from soil particles and/or compost. 
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  3. Importation into the territory of the Repub lic of Indonesia of liv e plant products in the 
form of fresh vegetable bulbs deriving from a production area which is not free from 
infestation of destructive organi sms on the quarantined plant as referred to in Article 5, shall 
be treated and free from soil partic les and/or compost.  The treatm ent shall be referred to in 
para. (1), according with the type of live plan t product in the form of fresh vegetable bulbs 
and also the type of destructive plant organism which is to be prevented and shall be declared 
in the treatment column of the  Phytosanitary Certificate attached to the delivery. 
4. The provisions established in this regulation shall be likewise applicable to plant 
products in the form of fres h vegetable bulbs moving in pa ssenger’s luggage and postal 
services. 
5. To know if a production area in the country  of origin is free or not free from the 
destructive organism infestation for the quaran tined plant, the production area in the country 
of origin may be surveyed by the Plant Quaran tine Officer and/or by ot her officials appointed 
by the Head of the Agricultural Agency.  The su rvey as referred to in para. (1) shall be 
conducted with consideration of the risk anal ysis of destructive organisms of plants, 
especially the Plant Quarantine Pests and shall be  performed in accordan ce with the standard 
determined by the Internationa l Plant Protection Convention Secretariat (IPPC) and other 
published standards.  The Cost of the survey as referred to in para. (1) shall be borne by the 
budget of the Agricultural Quarantin e Agency and or by the owner. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:    
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Government 
Regulation No. 14/2002 concerning Plant Quarantine   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.  G/SPS/N/IDN/37 
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  12. Final date for comments:  60 days after publication 
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 for Agricultural Quarantine 
 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 7th Floor  Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550  Indonesia  Tel:  +62 21 781 6480 
 Fax:  +62 21 781 6481/781 6483 
 E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id   sps_ind@deptan.go.id  Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Agency for Agricultural Quarantine 
 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 7th Floor  Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550  Indonesia  Tel:  +62 21 781 6480  Fax:  +62 21 781 6481/781 6483 
 E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id 
  sps_ind@deptan.go.id  Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id