the importing Party shall assess additional information requested within 120 calendar days after receipt. Any verification the importing Party may request shall be carried out in accordance with Article 6.7 (Audit) and within 3 months following receipt of the request for verification unless otherwise agreed between the Parties, taking into account the biology of the pest and the crop concerned.
Article Article 6.10
The Parties shall:
ensure transparency as regards SPS measures applicable to trade;
enhance mutual understanding of each Party’s SPS measures and their application;
exchange information on matters related to the development and application of SPS measures, including the progress on new available scientific evidence, that affect, or may affect, trade between the Parties with a view to minimising negative trade effects;
Without prejudice
upon request of a Party, communicate the requirements that apply for the import of specific products within 15 working days; and
upon request of a Party, communicate the state of play and progress of the procedure for the authorisation of specific products within 15 working days.
Each Party shall notify in writing to the other Party within 2 working days, of any serious or significant human, animal or plant life or health risk, including any food emergencies, affecting commodities for which trade takes place.
When the information referred to in this Article has been made available by notification to the WTO in accordance with the relevant rules or when the above information has been made available on the official, publicly accessible and fee-free websites of the Parties, the addresses of which are communicated to other Party, the information exchange shall be considered to have taken place.
All notifications under this Chapter shall be made to the contact points referred to under Article 6.5 (Competent Authorities and Contact Points).
Article Article 6.11
Where a Party has significant concerns regarding human, animal, or plant life or health or concerns on measures proposed or implemented by the other Party, it can request technical consultations.
The other Party shall:
respond to such a request no later than 30 calendar days, unless mutually agreed by Parties;
engage in the technical consultations to address these concerns; and
make every effort to reach a mutually acceptable solution.
Each Party shall endeavour to provide the necessary information to avoid a disruption in trade and to reach a mutually acceptable solution.
Where the Parties have already established communication channels/mechanisms/framework for such purposes, they shall utilize them to the maximum extent possible in order to avoid unnecessary duplication.
The provisions of this Article do not preclude the Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures meeting in its sanitary and phytosanitary configuration ,, referred to in Article 6.15(Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary Configuration), from considering the concerns referred to in paragraph 1.
Without prejudice
Article Article 6.12
If a Party adopts an emergency measure that is necessary for the protection of human, animal or plant life or health, the competent authority of the Party shall:
immediately, and in any case no later than 24 hours, notify the competent authorities of the other Party and the contact point designated under Article 6.5 (Competent Authorities and Contact Points) of such emergency measure;
allow the other Party to make comments in writing;
engage, if necessary, in technical consultations as referred to in Article 6.11 (Technical Consultations); and
take the comments referred to in subparagraph (b) and results of technical consultations referred to in subparagraph (c) into account.
The importing Party shall consider information provided in a timely manner by the exporting Party when making decisions with respect to consignments that, at the time of adoption of emergency measures, are being transported between the Parties, in order to avoid unnecessary disruptions to trade.
The importing Party shall ensure that any emergency measure taken under paragraph 1 is not maintained without scientific evidence. It shall review the measure with a view to avoid unnecessary trade disruption and to minimise its negative effect on trade or to replace it by a permanent measure.
Article Article 6.13
The Parties shall promote their collaboration in all the multilateral fora, in particular with the international standard bodies.
In accordance with Article 3 of the SPS Agreement and the decisions for the implementation of the said Article adopted by the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the “SPS Committee”), when developing their respective sanitary and phytosanitary measures, the Parties shall take into account standards, guidelines and recommendations developed by the relevant international organizations.
The Parties recognise that antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to human and animal health. Antibiotic use in animal production can contribute to antimicrobial resistance that may represent a risk to man. The Parties recognise that the nature of the threat requires a transnational and “One Health” approach.
The Parties shall promote their co-operation, collaboration and information exchange in relation to antimicrobial resistance. Each Party shall endeavour to co-ordinate with
Without prejudice
regional or multilateral work programmes for reducing the use of antibiotics in animal production and to ban their use as growth promotors with the aim to combat antibiotic resistance.
The Parties shall collaborate in and follow existing and future guidelines, standards, recommendations and actions developed in relevant international organizations, initiatives and national plans aiming to promote the prudent and responsible use of antibiotics in animal husbandry and veterinary practices.
The Parties shall promote collaboration on animal welfare issues. Technical discussions on such collaboration shall take place between experts in the fields and in accordance with the indications agreed and provided by the Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting in its sanitary and phytosanitary configuration referred to in Article 6.15 (Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary Configuration).
The Parties may promote collaboration on other matters, in particular on fighting and preventing frauds, related to the sanitary and phytosanitary framework, not indicated in this article. The Committee [referred to in Article 6.15 (Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary Configuration) shall exchange information, expertise, experiences and good practices in the field of matters covered by this Article.
Article Article 6.14
The Parties recognise that the application of equivalence in Article 4 of the SPS Agreement, in the SPS Committee Decisions and in other relevant international standards is an important tool for trade facilitation and has mutual benefits for both exporting and importing Parties. A determination of equivalence may be made in relation to partial or full equivalence of sanitary and phytosanitary measures and systems.
An importing Party shall accept an exporting Party’s SPS measures as equivalent if the exporting Party objectively demonstrates to the importing Party that its measures achieve the importing Party’s appropriate level of SPS protection. To facilitate a determination of equivalence, a Party shall, on request, advise the other Party of the objective of any relevant SPS measures. For this purpose, reasonable access shall be given, upon request, to the importing Party for inspection, testing and other relevant procedures.
Each Party shall, upon request, enter into consultations with the aim of achieving bilateral arrangements related to the determination of equivalence of specified SPS measures.
The Parties shall, within three months after receipt request from exporting Party, initiate the consultation process to determine equivalence determination. The determination of equivalence shall be finalised without undue delay after the demonstration of equivalence of the proposed measures by the exporting Party. The importing Party shall
Without prejudice accelerate the assessment by taking into account any knowledge and past experience it has in trading with the exporting country to make the determination as efficiently as possible.
Without prejudice
In case of multiple requests from the exporting Party, the Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary Configuration referred to in Article 6.15 on a time schedule in which they shall initiate the process.
The consideration by a Party of a request from the other Party for recognition of the equivalence of its measures with regard to a specific product shall not be in itself a reason to disrupt or suspend ongoing imports from that Party of the product in question. When an equivalence determination is made, it shall be formally recorded and apply to the trade between the Parties in the relevant area without delay.
Where equivalence has been determined, the Parties may agree on alternative import conditions.
Article Article 6.15
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This Article complements and further specifies Article 24.4 (Specialised Committees) of Chapter 24 (Institutional Provisions).
The Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures established pursuant to Article 24.4 (Specialised Committees)] of Chapter 24 (Institutional Provisions)] and meeting in its sanitary and phytosanitary configuration (the “Committee” for the purposes of this Article) shall be responsible for the effective implementation and operation of this Chapter. The Committee on sanitary and phytosanitary measures shall be composed of representatives of the Parties who are in charge of the sanitary and phytosanitary measures with the relevant expertise.
The Committee shall meet in person within one year of the entry into force of this Agreement and shall meet at least annually thereafter or as mutually determined by representatives of the Parties.
The Committee shall establish its rules of procedures at its first meeting..
The Committee may propose to the Trade Committee to establish working groups which shall identify and address technical and scientific issues arising from this Chapter and explore opportunities for further collaboration on SPS matters of mutual interest.
The Committee may address any matter related to the effective functioning of this Chapter including to facilitate communication and strengthening cooperation between the Parties. In particular it shall have the following responsibilities and functions.
develop the necessary procedures or arrangements for the implementation of this Chapter; and
Without prejudice
monitor the progress of implementation of this Chapter;
provide a forum for discussion of problems arising from the application of certain sanitary or phytosanitary measures with a view to reaching mutually acceptable solutions and promptly addressing any matters that may create unnecessary obstacles to trade between the Parties;
provide a forum to exchange information, expertise and experiences in the field of SPS matters;
identify areas for possible technical assistance projects and activities between the Parties; and
any other function related to this Chapter that is mutually agreed by the Parties.
The Committee may adopt recommendations the authorisation of imports, exchange of information, transparency, recognition of regionalisation, equivalency and alternative measures, and any other matter referred to under this article.
Article Article 6.16
The Parties agree to explore the opportunity for technical assistance on SPS issues, with a view to enhancing the mutual understanding of the regulatory systems of the Parties and facilitating access to each other’s markets.
Each Party, on request, shall give due consideration to technical assistance in relation to SPS issues. Such technical assistance on specific issues shall be on mutually agreed terms and conditions.
The Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting in its sanitary and phytosanitary configuration referred to in Article 6.15(Committee on Trade in Goods, on Customs matters, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures meeting in its Sanitary and Phytosanitary Configuration) shall decide on the fields where to provide technical assistance. Technical assistance should be provided to address specific needs, to comply with sanitary and phytosanitary measures including food safety, plant health and animal health, and the use of international standards.
Disclaimer: In view of the European Commission's transparency policy, the Commission is publishing the texts of its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Indonesia following the Ministerial announcement on 23 September 2025. These texts are published for information purposes only and may undergo further modifications including as a result of the process of legal revision. These texts are without prejudice to the outcome of the Agreement between the EU and Indonesia. The texts will be final upon signature. The Agreement will become binding on the Parties under international law only after completion by each Party of its internal legal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement.
Chapter CHAPTER 7
TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE
Article Article 7.1
Objective
The objective of this Chapter is to increase and facilitate trade in goods by preventing, identifying, and eliminating unnecessary technical barriers to trade, and enhancing cooperation between the Parties.
Article Article 7.2
Scope
This Chapter applies to the preparation, adoption and application of all standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures as defined in the TBT Agreement, which may affect trade in goods between the Parties.
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, this Chapter does not apply to:
purchasing specifications prepared by governmental bodies for production or consumption requirements of such bodies; or
sanitary and phytosanitary measures as defined in Annex A of the SPS Agreement which are covered by Chapter 6 (Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures) of this Agreement.
Article Article 7.3
Aaffirmation of the TBT Agreement and Incorporation of Certain Provisions
The Parties affirm their rights and obligations under the TBT Agreement. Articles 2 to 9 and Annexes 1 and 3 are hereby incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
References to “this Agreement” in the TBT Agreement, as incorporated into this Agreement, are to be read, as appropriate, as references to this Agreement between the European Union and Indonesia.
The term “Members” in the TBT Agreement, as incorporated into this Agreement, shall mean the Parties to this Agreement.
Article Article 7.4
Technical Regulations
Each Party shall carry out, in accordance with its respective rules and procedures, a regulatory impact assessment of planned technical regulations.
Each Party shall, in accordance with its respective rules and procedures, assess the available regulatory and non-regulatory alternatives to the proposed technical regulation that may fulfil the Party’s legitimate objectives, in accordance with Article 2.2 of the TBT Agreement.
Each Party shall use relevant international standards where they exist or their completion is imminent, as a basis for its technical regulations, except when the Party developing the technical regulation can demonstrate that such relevant international standards would be an ineffective or inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives pursued.
International standards developed by the organisations listed in Annex 7-A (List of International Standardising Bodies) shall be considered to be the relevant international standards within the meaning of Article 2, Article 5, and Annex 3 of the TBT Agreement, provided that in development of these standards these organisations have complied with the principles and procedures set out in the Decision of the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides, and Recommendations with Relation to Article 2, Article 5, and Annex 3 of the TBT Agreement.
At the request of either Party the Trade Committee shall consider updating the list of Annex 7-A (List of International Standardising Bodies).
If a Party has not used international standards as a basis for its technical regulations, it shall, on request from the other Party, identify any substantial deviation from the relevant international standard and explain the reasons why such standards have been judged inappropriate or ineffective for the aim pursued, and provide the scientific or technical evidence on which this assessment is based.
In addition to Article 2.3 and 2.4 of the TBT Agreement, the Parties shall review technical regulations with a view to increasing their convergence with relevant international standards. The Parties shall, inter alia, take into account any new development in the relevant international standards and whether the circumstances that have given rise to divergences from any relevant international standard continue to exist.
In accordance with its respective rules and procedures and without prejudice to Chapter 19 (Good Regulatory Practices) when developing major technical regulations which may have a significant effect on trade, each Party shall ensure that transparency procedures
exist that allow persons of the Parties to provide input through a public consultation process except where urgent problems of safety, health, environmental protection or national security arise or threaten to arise. Each Party shall allow persons of the other Party to participate to such public consultations on terms no less favourable than those accorded to its own persons and shall endeavour to make the results of that consultation process public1.
Each Party shall aim to apply its technical regulations uniformly and shall apply such technical regulations consistently to its territory in a manner consistent with the TBT Agreement.
Article Article 7.5
Standards
With a view to harmonising standards on as wide a basis as possible, the Parties shall encourage the standardising bodies within their territories, as well as, if applicable, the regional standardising bodies of which they or their standardising bodies within their territories are Members:
to participate, within the limits of their resources, in the preparation of international standards by relevant international standardising bodies;
to use relevant international standards as a basis for the standards they develop, except where such international standards would be ineffective or inappropriate, for instance because of an insufficient level of protection or fundamental climatic or geographical factors or fundamental technological problems;
to avoid duplication of, or overlap with, the work of international standardising bodies;
to review national and, if applicable, regional standards not based on relevant international standards at regular intervals, with a view to increasing their convergence with relevant international standards;
to cooperate with the relevant standardisation bodies of the other Party in international standardisation activities in the international standardisation bodies or at regional level; and
to foster bilateral cooperation with the standardisation bodies of the other Party.
The Parties should exchange information on:
their use of standards in support of technical regulations; and
each other’s standardisation processes, and the extent of use of international standards and regional standards as a base for their national standards.
1 For greater certainty nothing in this Article shall be construed to require a certain manner or mechanism for publication of the results of a consultation.
Where compliance with a standard is required in a Party through incorporation of, or reference to, a standard in a technical regulation or a conformity assessment procedure, the Party shall, in developing the draft technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure comply with the transparency obligations set out in Article 7.7 (Transparency) of this Chapter and in Articles 2 or 5 of the TBT Agreement.
Article Article 7.6
Conformity Assessment
Without prejudice to Articles 5, 6, and 7 of the TBT Agreement, the provisions set out in Article 7.4 (Technical Regulations) with respect to the preparation, adoption, and application of technical regulations shall also apply, mutatis mutandis, to conformity assessment procedures.
If a Party requires conformity assessment as a positive assurance that a product conforms with a technical regulation, it shall:
select conformity assessment procedures proportionate to the risks involved as determined on the basis of a risk-assessment in accordance with each Party’s rules;
consider the use of a Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity2, as an assurance of conformity among the options for showing compliance with a technical regulation; and
if requested, provide information to the other Party on the criteria used to select the conformity assessment procedures for specific products.
If a Party requires third party conformity assessment as a positive assurance that a product conforms with a technical regulation, and it has not reserved this task to a governmental body as specified in paragraph 4, it shall:
use accreditation as the preferred means to qualify conformity assessment bodies;
make the best use of international standards for accreditation and conformity assessment, as well as international agreements involving the Parties’ accreditation bodies, for example, through the mechanisms of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (“ILAC”) and the International Accreditation Forum (“IAF”);
join or, as applicable, encourage its conformity assessment bodies to join any functioning international agreements or arrangements for the harmonisation or facilitation of acceptance of conformity assessment results;
ensure that economic operators have a choice amongst the conformity assessment bodies designated by the authorities for a particular product or set of products;
2 A Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity is a first-party attestation of conformity issued by the manufacturer on its sole responsibility based on the results of an appropriate type of conformity assessment activity and excluding mandatory third-party assessment.
ensure that conformity assessment bodies carry out their activities in an independent manner in respect of economic operators and that there are no conflicts of interest between accreditation bodies and conformity assessment bodies;
allow, to the extent possible, conformity assessment bodies to use subcontractors to perform testing or inspections in relation to the conformity assessment, including subcontractors located in the territory of the other Party. Nothing in this subparagraph shall prohibit a Party from requiring subcontractors to meet the same requirements that the conformity assessment body itself must meet to perform testing or inspections;and
publish by electronic means, preferably on a single website, a list of the bodies that it has designated to perform such conformity assessment and relevant information on the scope of each such body’s designation.
Nothing in this Article shall preclude a Party from requesting that conformity assessment in relation to specific products is performed by specified government authorities of the Party. In such cases, the Party shall:
limit the conformity assessment fees to the approximate cost of the services rendered and upon the request of an applicant for conformity assessment, explain how any fees it imposes for such conformity assessment are limited in amount to the approximate cost of the services rendered; and
make publicly available the conformity assessment fees.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 2 to 4, in the fields listed in Annex 7-B, in the cases in which the EU accepts Supplier's Declaration of Conformity as proof of compliance with existing EU technical regulations, and Indonesia requires mandatory third-party conformity assessment, Indonesia shall, subject to its laws and regulations, accept certificates and test reports issued by conformity assessment bodies that are located in the Union’s territory and which have been accredited for the relevant scopes by accreditation bodies that are established in the Union and are ILAC or IAF members, as proof of compliance with its existing technical regulations.
Article Article 7.7
Transparency
Each Party shall allow a period of at least 60 days following its transmission to the WTO Central Registry of Notifications of proposed technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures for the other Party to provide written comments, except where urgent problems of safety, health, environmental protection or national security arise or threaten to arise. Where practicable, a Party shall give positive consideration to a reasonable request to extend the comment period.
The Party shall provide, in case the notified text is not in one of the official WTO languages, a clear and comprehensive description of the content of the measure in the WTO notification format.
If a Party receives written comments on its proposed technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure from the other Party, it shall:
if requested by the other Party, discuss the written comments with the participation of its competent regulatory authority, at a time when they can be taken into account; and
reply in writing to the comments no later than the date of publication of the adopted technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure.
Each Party shall commit to publishing on a website its responses to comments it receives on its notifications referred to in paragraph 1 no later than the date of publication of the adopted technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure.
Each Party shall, if requested by the other Party, provide information regarding the objectives of, legal basis and rationale for, a technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure that the Party has adopted or is proposing to adopt.
Each Party shall ensure that its adopted technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures are published on a website free of charge.
Each Party shall provide information on the adoption and the entry into force of the technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure and the adopted final text through an addendum to the original notification to the WTO.
Each Party shall allow a reasonable interval between the publication of technical regulations or conformity assessment procedures and their entry into force for economic operators of the other Party to adapt. “Reasonable interval” shall be understood to normally mean a period of not less than 6 months, except when this would be ineffective in fulfilling the legitimate objectives pursued.
A Party shall give positive consideration to a reasonable request from the other Party, received prior to the end of the comment period following the transmission of a proposed technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure to extend the period of time between the publication of the technical regulation or conformity assessment procedure and its entry into force, except where the delay would be ineffective in fulfilling the legitimate objectives pursued.
Article Article 7.8
Marking and Labelling