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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/38 
8 August 2008 
 (08-3780) 
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:  Centre for Fish Quarantine, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries 
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):  Live fish as carrying-media 
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 Marine Affairs and Fisheries concerning Requirement for Importation of 
Carrying-Media in the Form of Live Fi sh (available in English, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
This draft decree stipulates such requirements:  
− Definition of carrying-media; 
− Designated places for importation by MMAF; 
− Required documents of recommendation a nd Health Certificat e for importation. 
The summary of this Draft Decree of the Minist er of Marine Affairs and Fisheries concerning 
Requirement for Importation of Carrying-Media in the Form of Live Fish is as follows: 
1. Importation of carrying-media of quarantine pe sts and diseases in the form of live fish 
shall be accompanied by recommendation and Health Certificate from the country of origin; 
2. The importer shall submit the application of perm it letter for importation of live fish, to 
the Director General during working days and hours; 
3. The importer shall submit the statement letter from the Director of Province Fisheries 
Service to accompany the application of permit letter; 
4. If the application is approved then the Director General or his/her representative shall 
issue a recommendation letter as permit  letter for importation of live fish; 
5. If the application is not approved then the Dire ctor General or his/he r representative shall 
issue a refusal letter which contains the reasons of refusal; 
6. Importation of carrying-media in the form of li ve fish shall be subjected to fish quarantine 
action against importation of carrying-media of quarantine pest and di seases of fish, as 
stipulated by the Minister Decree; 
7. Carrying-media already unloaded from means of conveyance shal l be transported to fish 
quarantine installation/temporary fish quaranti ne installation for fi sh quarantine action; 
8. Importation of live fish provided for in this  (draft) decree does not cover importation of 
new kind of variety of fish; G/SPS/N/IDN/38 
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   9. Importation of new kind or variety of fish sh all be subjected to othe r relevant regulations. 
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. 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:  The reference of the purposed decree is mainly 
supported by:  Chapter 1.5 of A quatic Animal Health Code i.e.  "Import/export procedures".  
Deviation does not significantly exist. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Law No. 16 of 1992 
concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine (U nofficial English transl ation is available) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. 
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: 
Indonesian Agricultura l Quarantine Agency 
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: 
Indonesian Agricultura l Quarantine Agency 
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