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G/SPS/N/IDN/50 
8 May 2012  
 (12-2457) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible: Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  animal products from the United States of America 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[  ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  (i)Ministerial Decree No. 3238/Kpts/PD.630/9/2009 dated 
9 September 2009 concerning the Categoriza tion of animal Quarantine Diseases and 
classification of Carrier; (ii)Ministerial Circuler No. 02/Inst/PD.620/4/2012 dated 26 April 2012 Number of pages: 24 pages and 4 pages 
6. Description of content:  Following the current outbreak of Bovine Spongiform 
Enceephalopathy (BSE) in California, USA on 24 April 2012, the Indonesian Government 
is taking urgent measures to prohibit impor tation from the USA of animal products which 
might be BSE carriers. This prohibition is based on the dictum 6 of the Decree of the Minister of Agriculutre No. 3238/Kpts/PD.630/9/2009 concerning the Categorization of animal Quarantine Diseases and Classification of  Carrier and Ministerial Circular No. 02/Inst/PD.620/4/2012 dated 26 April 2012. The Ministerial Decree No. 3238/2009 
stated that importation of carrier of animal quarantine diseases group I and/or from 
countries where an outbreak of animal quaran tine diseases occured is prohibited into the 
territory of the Republic of Indonesian. This measure will be effective on 24 April 2012 . 
The prohibited commodities are Meat Bone Meal, Offal, Bone in Meat and Gelatin of Bone 
Origin. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Due to risk of 
transmission of the BSE agent to animals and humans through consumption of infected 
animal products, the Government of Indonesi a has imposed prohibition on the importation 
of animal products from the USA. This em ergency action is necessary to prevent the 
introduction of BSE into Indonesia. G/SPS/N/IDN/50 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes   [X] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:       
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
24 April 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
 
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
 Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA) 
 Ministry of Agriculture  Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 5th Floor  Ragunan, Jakarta 12550 
 Indonesia 
 Tel.: (+62) 21 7816481, 7821367  Fax: +62 21 7821367 
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
 Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA) 
 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Jl. Harsono RM No. 3 E Building 5th Floor  Ragunan, Jakarta 12550  Indonesia  Tel.: (+62) 21 7816481, 7821367 
 Fax: (+62) 21 7821367