. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/39 
8 December 2008  
 (08-5991) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 number(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: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Decree of the Minister of Marine Affairs and 
Fisheries concerning Requirement for Importati on of Carrying-Media in the Form of Live 
Fish  Language:  Indonesian and English (unofficial translation).  Summary is provided.  
Number of pages:  5 
6. Description of content:   
This draft Decree stipulates: 
- Definitions 
- Required documents besides Health Certifi cates (issued by country of origin) for 
importation of live fish 
- Interval between submission of applica tion documents and a rrival/importation of 
carrying-media 
- Other requirements 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   The reference of the proposed Draft 
Decree mainly supported by Chapter 1.5 of the Aquatic Animal Health Code, i.e. 
"Import/export procedures".  G/SPS/N/IDN/39 
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  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
- Law No. 16 of 1992 concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine 
- Government Regulation No. 15 of 2002 concerning Fish Quarantine   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined.  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  Not stated. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  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  Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
 Indonesian Agricultu ral 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  Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id