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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/IDN/18
13 June 2002
(02-3292)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   INDONESIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Livestock Services, 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):  Animals, animal products and other commodities as media for possible
transmission of FMD virus
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  South
Korea
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Prohibition and
Preventive Measures on the Introduction of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
6. Description of content:  Following an outbreak of Foot -and-Mouth Disease (FMD) among
live pigs which was confirmed in South Korea by the OIE on 6 May 2002, the I ndonesian
Government is taking urgent measures to prohibit importation of animals, animal products
and other commodities which might be possible media for transmission of the FMD virus
from South Korea for consignments as from 24 April 2002.  This temporary action will bewithdrawn dependent on the FMD situation in South Korea.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] 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:  The current FMD
outbreak has led the Government of Indonesia to suspend the importation of animals,
animal products  and other commodities from South Korea.  This emergency action is
necessary to prevent the introduction of FMD into Indonesia.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  International Animal Health Code Chapter 2.1.1.
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Circular Letter of The
Indonesia’s FMD Emergency Awareness:  137/TN.150/VI/05/02 Concerning preventive
measures against Foot-and-Mouth Disease
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  24 April 2002G/SPS/N/IDN/18
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12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
National Notification Authority:
Center of Standardization and Accreditation
General Secretariat of Ministry of AgricultureJl. Harsono RM No. 3 Ragunan
Jakarta 12550 Indonesia;
Tel:/Fax:  62 21 788 42043
E-mail:  sps_ind@deptan.go.id
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Please
see item 12