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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/2/Add.3
22March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1049)
Original: English Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION OFTHE AGREEMENT
ONTECHNICAL BARRIERS TOTRADE
Thefollowing statement under Article 15.2oftheAgreement hasbeenreceived from the
delegation oftheRepublic ofIndonesia.
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Pursuant toArticle 15.2oftheAgreement, theGovernment ofIndonesia would liketo
inform theCommittee ofthemeasures taken toensure theimplementation andadministration of
theAgreement, asfollows:
1. Standardization activities inIndonesia come under thecoordination oftheDewan
Standardisasi Nasional orDSN (theNational Standardization Council ofIndonesia). DSN,
established byPresidential Decree in1984 (revised 1989), functions asthenational coordinating
body through which organizations concerned withstandardization mayoperate, aswellas
cooperate, torecognize, establish orimprove standardization andmetrology inIndonesia. The
National Standardization System ismade upofgovernmental andnon-governmental institutions
concerned withstandardization. Standardization includes suchactivities asstandards formulation,
conformity assessments, international standardization activities, standards information and
metrology.
2. Tosupport theGovernment ofIndonesia intheimplementation oftheAgreement, DSN is
intheprocess ofestablishing aNational Committee forGATT Standards Code. TheTerms of
Reference oftheNational Committee havebeenformulated. TheCommittee members consist of
representatives from theMinistries ofTrade, Industry, Health, Agriculture, Forestry, Mining and
Energy, Public Works, Tourism, PostandTelecommunication, Internal Affairs, andthe
Indonesian Chamber ofCommerce.
3. Within theNational Standardization System, there isonlyoneNational Standard, the
Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI). According totheprocedure forSNIformulation, drafts are
prepared bytheministries/governmental institutions within theirfieldofactivities andsubmitted to
theDewan Standardisasi Nasional (DSN) forapproval. Once approved, these drafts areadopted
under theNational Standardization system.
Asfaraspossible, theSNIareharmonized withtheexisting international standards.
Twomonths istheexpected length oftimeallowed forcomments ondrafts ontechnical
regulations, standards andrules ofcertification systems.
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4. Incoordinating theconformity assessments, theDSN hasestablished theNational
Accreditation Committee tocoordinate, control andimprove accreditation andcertification work
inIndonesia.
5. According totherequirements oftheAgreement, theGovernment ofIndonesia has
appointed Dewan Standardisasi Nasional -DSN -astheenquiry point andnotification body.
Theaddress oftheenquiry point/notification body isasfollows:
Dewan Standardisasi Nasional (DSN)
Sasana Widya Sarwono Lt5
Jl.Gatot Subroto 10
Jakarta 12710
Indonesia
Phone: +62215206574
+62215221686
Fax: +62215206574
6. DSN willestablish panels ofexperts, ifconsultations aretoberequested under Article 14.
7. TheDSN bulletin "Warta Standardisasi" isthepublication usedtoannounce thedrafting
oftechnical regulations, standards andrules ofcertification systems, andtheoneinwhich the
textsoftechnical regulations, standards, andcertification systems arepublished.
8. TheSubsystem ofStandards Formulation oftheNational Standardization System contains
amechanism, theobject ofwhich istoensure thatministries andgovernmental institutions
provide early information concerning theirproposals ontechnical regulations andstandards
whereby theDSN willbeabletofulfil itsobligations ornotifications under theAgreement.