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Notifying Member: Indonesia

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency, Ministry of Agriculture

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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): Reproductive biological material

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

[X]     All trading partners  

[ ]       Specific regions or countries:  

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Title of the notified document: Draft Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture concerning the Implementation of Animal Quarantine Actions on Reproductive Biological Material  Language(s): Indonesian  Number of pages: 20

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Description of content: This regulation is intended as the basis for the implementation of quarantine actions on the importation and exportation of reproductive biological materials to, from and within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia to ensure that the reproductive biological materials imported and/or exported to, from and within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia are free from animal quarantine diseases that can be transmitted through reproductive biological materials.

The scope of this regulation includes:

a.       Import requirements: quarantine requirements,  technical requirement and management of diseases, requirements on status and situation of animal quarantine diseases in the country of origin, packing requirements, storage requirements, transportation requirements, and documents requirements;

b.       Requirements on import and/or export between areas within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia: requirements on status and situation of animal quarantine diseases in the country of origin, packing requirements, storage requirements, transportation requirements, and documents requirements;

c.       Export requirements;

d.       Assessment procedures in the countries and area of origin:

·         procedures for pre-shipment inspection in the country of origin (parameter of Pre-Shipment Inspection; assessment on: reproductive biological materials, donor animal, packaging materials, storage, transportation; and report of the results of assessment in the country of origin);

·         procedures for In-Line Inspection in the place of production (parameter of assessment, assessment on: reproductive biological materials, animal donor, packaging materials, storage, transportation; and report of the results of assessment in the country of origin);

e.       Quarantine actions for importation and/or exportation to, from and within the territory of the Republic of Indonesia on reproductive biological materials.

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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.  

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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)  

[ ]       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:  

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    

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

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

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

[ ]       Trade facilitating measure  

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 4 April 2014

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, 5th, and 7th Floor

Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550

Indonesia

Tel: +(62 21) 781 6480

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

E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id

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

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Texts 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 1^st, 5^th, and 7^th Floor

Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550

Indonesia

Tel: +(62 21) 781 6480

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

E-mail: caqsps@indo.net.id

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