. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/IDN/32 
4 November 2009  
 (09-5489) 
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  for Metal, Machinery, Textile and Multifarious 
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 Metal Industries, Ministry of Industry. 
Jl. Gatot Subroto Kav.  52 – 53, 10th  floor Jakarta 12950 – Indonesia Telephone: +(62-21) 5252185;  Facsimile: +(62-21) 5252185; 
E-mail: dirl_ilmea@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: kerj_int@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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cable products, 
HS : 9001.10.10.00; HS : 8544.11.30.00 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft Decree of 
Minister of Industry on Mandatory Indonesia National Standard for 5 (five) cable products 
i.e. : SNI 04-6629.2-2006,  SNI 04-6629.3- 2006,  SNI 04-6629.4-2006,  SNI 04-6629.5-
2006,  SNI 04-7183.1-2006, and SNI 04-7183.2-2006.     G/TBT/N/IDN/32 
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  6. Description of content:  This draft of decree states that all cable products produced within 
the country or imported, distributed and marketed in the country shall fulfil the SNI requirements. The producers and or importers 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 issued by a Product Certification Body 
which has been accredited by National Accred itation Body of Indonesia namely Komite 
Akreditasi Nasional (KAN) and appointed by the Minister of Industry though: 
a. Testing of the conformity of the pr oducts quality against SNI requirements; 
b. Audit on the implementation of the Qu ality Management System (QMS) SNI 19-9001-
2001/ISO 9001-2000 or its revision; or othe r recognized Quality Management system; 
The testing shall be carried out by testing laboratories which have been accredited by KAN 
or other accreditation body which has signe d Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) 
with KAN and Appointed by The Minister of Industry, Republic of Indonesia, and signs 
bilateral agreement between the count ry and Government of Indonesia. 
Directorate General of for Metal, Machinery, Textile and Multifarious Industries,  Ministry 
of Industry is the institution that is respons ible for the implementation of this decree and 
shall provide a technical guidance of the decree, which covers Procedure of Product 
Certification and SNI Marking. 
Cable products which are distributed in domestic market that originated domestically and 
imported shall meet the requirements whic h consist in SNI 04-6629.2-2006,  SNI 04-
6629.3-2006,  SNI 04-6629.4-2006,  SNI 04-6629.5-2006,  SNI 04-7183.1-2006, and SNI 
04-7183.2-2006. Cable products specify for te rm 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;  
2. To increase the quality of cable products;  
3. To establish fair trade competition.  
8. Relevant documents:   Technical guidance for Mandatory Indonesia National Standard for 
cable products.    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      2 months after notification 
  6 months after adoption 
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:   And can also be 
downloaded here: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/tbt/idn/09_3842_00_x.pdf