. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/IDN/13
17 November 2000
(00-4907)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDONESIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Centre for Agricultural Quaran tine, Ministry of Agriculture
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Plants (all species of plants, whether living or dead, unprocessed or processed
as long as they are able to carry plant pests) and any other article capable of becoming
media for the dissemination of plant pest  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to
the extent relevant or practicable:  All countries having trade in the above products with
Indonesia
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Government regulation on Plant
Quarantine (76 pages)
5. Description of content:  This proposed regulation is aimed at implementing Law No. 2 of
1992 concerning animal, fish and plant quarantine.  It stipulates  mainly the requirementsand quarantine actions for the importation into, exportation from, transit in, as well as inter-
island movements within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia of plants, including part
thereof, and any other media capable of transmitting plant  pest.  It also contains some
provisions concerning the determination of quarantine pests and their potential carriers,
entry and exit points, quarantine facilities/installations, power of quarantine officials,
quarantine fees, area under quarantine and public participation in the implementation of
plant quarantine.  No significant difference, except the inclusion of regulated non-quarantine pest, are found in the provisions of this new regulation if compared with the
existing ones.  Instead, it incorporates mostly the provisions of the existing regulations
stipulated in some ministerial decrees and the current practices of plant quarantine with the
objective of providing a more formal and stronger legal basis for the implementation of
plant quarantine works in Indonesia.
6. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Plant Protection Convention and
ISSPMs
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/IDN/13
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  60 days after publication
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: