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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 number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): Skin/hide and leather

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]    All trading partners  

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Draft Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture concerning Animal Quarantine Actions for the Importation and Exportation of Skin/Hide/Leather  Language(s): Indonesian  Number of pages: 14

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Description of content: In order to prevent the introduction, spread and release of animal quarantine diseases into, in and out of the territory of the Republic of Indonesia, which is transmitted through skin/hide or leather, then animal quarantine actions need to be conducted. Based on this consideration and as implementation of Article 7 and 59 point (3) of Government Regulation No. 82/2000 concerning Animal Quarantine, it is deemed necessary to stipulate the Animal Quarantine Actions for the Importation and Exportation of Skin/Hide/Leather.

Skin/hide and leather stipulated in this regulation are dry/wet salted skin/hide, wet pickled skin/hide, wet blue leather, crust leather and finished leather.

The scope of this regulation includes:

a.  Import requirements;

b.  Export requirements;

c.  Requirements on import and/or export between areas within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia;

d.  Quarantine actions: quarantine actions in general and quarantine actions based on the changes in quarantine animal disease status and situation in the country or region/area of origin; quarantine actions in the country of origin; monitoring;

e.  Other provisions.

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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.

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)  

[X]    World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number) Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 8.7 - Foot and Mouth Disease.

[ ]      International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[ ]      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:

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed 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: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 14 March 2015

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 Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA)

Ministry of Agriculture

Jl. Harsono RM No.3 E Building 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Floor

Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550

Indonesia

Tel: +(62 21) 782 1367/781 6480

Fax: +(62 21) 782 1367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483

E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id

Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id

13.

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] 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 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th Floor

Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550

Indonesia

Tel: +(62 21) 782 1367/781 6480

Fax: +(62 21) 782 1367/780 4337/781 6481/781 6483

E-mail: sps.indonesia@pertanian.go.id

Website: http://karantina.deptan.go.id