REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
No. 42/PERMENTAN/SR.140/5/2007

CONCERNING
PESTICIDE MONITORING

BY THE GRACE OF GOD ALMIGHTY
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE,

Considering:

• a. that pesticide could give benefit to public but also could endanger for human health, conservation of resource of biological nature and life environment, therefore to avoid the side effect of particular pesticide, distribution, storage and usage of pesticide shall be monitored;
• b. that pesticide monitoring has been regulated by Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 517/KPTS/TP.270/9/2002;
• c. that following amendments in the organization of the Department of Agriculture, duty and function in the implementation of pesticide monitoring;
• d. that according on the above mentioned and to increase usefulness and effect in the execution of monitoring of pesticide, it is necessary to review Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 517/KPTS/TP.270/9/2002;

In view of:

• 1. Law No. 5/1984 concerning Industry (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1984 No. 22, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3274);
• 2. Law No. 5/1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Resources and their Ecosystems (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1990 No. 49, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3419);
• 3. Law No. 12/1992 concerning Plant Cultivation System (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1992 No. 46, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3478);
• 4. Law No. 23/1992 concerning Health (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1992 No. 100, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3469);
• 5. Law No. 23/1997 concerning Environmental Management (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1997 No. 68, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3669);
• 6. Law No. 8/1999 concerning Consumer Protection (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1999 Number 42, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3821);
• 7. Law No. 41/1999 concerning Forest (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1999 No. 167, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3888);
• 8. Law No. 32/2004 concerning Regional Administration (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 2004 No. 125, Supplement to Statute Book No. 4437);
• 9. Government Regulation No. 7/1973 concerning Monitoring of Distribution, Storage and the Usage of Pesticide (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1973 No. 12);
• 10. Government Regulation No. 6/1995 concerning Protection of Plant (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 1995 No. 12, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3586);
• 11. Government Regulation No. 25/2000 concerning Authorization of Government and Authorization of Province as Area of Autonomy (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 2000 No. 54, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3952);
• 12. Government Regulation No. 74/2001 concerning Management of Danger Material and Poisonous Substances (Statute Book Republic of Indonesia Year 2001 No. 138, Supplement to Statute Book No. 4153);
• 13. Presidential Decree No. 187/M/2004 concerning Establishment of Cabinet of Unity Indonesia;
• 14. Presidential Regulation No. 9/2005 concerning Position, Duty, Function, Organization Chart and Working Procedure of State Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia and Presidential Regulation No. 62/2005;
• 15. Presidential Regulation No. 10/2005 concerning Unit of Organization and Duty of Echelon I of State Ministry of the Republic of Indonesia;
• 16. Regulation of the Minister of Health No. 472/MENKES/PER/XI/1992 concerning Security of Dangerous Material for Health;
• 17. Joint Decree of the Minister of Health and Minister of Agriculture No. 881/MENKES/SKB/VIII/1996 and 771/KPTS/TP.270/8/1996 concerning the Maximum Limit of Pesticide Residue in Agriculture Products;
• 18. Regulation of the Minister of Health No. 118/MENKES/PER/X/2004 concerning Security at Healthy Tools and PKRT;
• 19. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 299/KPTS/OT.140/7/2005 concerning Organization and Working Procedure of Department of Agriculture and Regulation of Minister of Agriculture Number 11/PERMENTAN/OT.140/2/2007;
• 20. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 341/KPTS/OT.140/9/2005 concerning the Completeness of Organization and Working Procedure of Department of Agriculture and Regulation of Minister of Agriculture No. 12/PERMENTAN/OT.140/2/2007;
• 21. Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 319/KPTS/OT.160/5/2006 concerning Commission of Pesticide;
• 22. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 07/PERMENTAN/SR.140/2/2007 concerning Requirement and Procedure of Registration of Pesticide;

In view of:

Sub-paragraph of the Head of Pesticide Commission No. 123/KOMPES/2007 dated March 27, 2007;

HAS DECIDED:

To stipulate:

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE REGULATION CONCERNING PESTICIDE MONITORING;

CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISION

Article 1

In this Minister of Agriculture Regulation, the meaning of:

1. Pesticide is all chemical substance and other substances as well as also microorganism and virus which are used for:

• a. eliminate or prevent plant disease and disease which damaged the plant, parts of plant or harvest of agriculture;
• b. eliminate grass;
• c. kill the leaves and avoid the unwanted growth;
• d. regulate or stimulate the growth of plant or parts of plant exclude fertilizer;
• e. eliminate or avoid of outsider plant disease at pets and livestock;
• f. eliminate or avoid of water plant disease;
• g. eliminate or avoid the animals and microorganisms in household, building and in transportation tools; and/or
• h. eliminates or avoids the animals which cause the disease to human or protected animal by using at plants, land or water.

2. Monitoring on pesticide is a series of monitoring activity on production, distribution, storing and the usage of pesticide in order of quality guaranteed and it's effectivity, do not disturb health and human safety as well as conservation of life environment and according to the regulation and lawin force.

3. Formulation is a mixture of active material with another material with particular level and form, which possess the capacity as pesticide according with the stipulated purpose.

4. Active material is synthetic active material or natural material which contained in technical material or formulation of pesticide, which have a potential poisonous power or another biological effect for the target organism.

5. Standard active material is pure active material which use as a comparison in analyzes process of content of pesticide active material.

6. Technical material is standard material of formulation making which is the by products of an active material, which contained active material and material of impurities or may also contained another required material.

7. Pesticide for the usage of public is pesticide, which in it's usage does not need requirement and tools of special security which is mentioned outside at label.

8. Limited pesticide is a pesticide which is in it's usage requirement and the special safety tools is mentioned on outside at label.

9. Broken pesticide is pesticide which changes either chemically, physically or biologically.

10. Illegal pesticide is un-registered pesticide or pesticide with expired permit/registration number is given or a pesticide with no label.

11. Fake pesticide is pesticide where the content and or quality are not appropriate where the label is at out of limit of tolerance or pesticide whose trading name, place/package and label copying legal pesticide.

12. Distribution is import-export and or selling/buying in the domestic territory including the pesticide transportation.

13. Storing is having pesticide in stock at a yard or in a room which is used by importer, registration owner, and trader or farming business.

14. Place is a place which directly impacted the pesticide to be stored during the handling process.

15. Production of pesticide is series activity which is related with the making of technical materials, formulation including recycle, placement, wrapping, and pesticide label.

16. Usage of pesticide is using the pesticide with or without tools as referred at paragraph number 1 in this Article.

17. Label is written and shall be enclosed with pictures or symbols, which gives explanation concerning pesticide, and be pasted on the container or wrapping of pesticide.

18. Officer of Monitoring of Pesticide mentioned from here after is called the Officer of Pesticide, is certain employee of Civil State either at Central or at Regional Office which is given the duty to conduct monitoring of pesticide of environment effect as long as registration period, also pollution which is shown up as a cause from the usage of pesticide product.

19 Destroying is the activity to eliminate the characteristic and function of pesticide.

Article 2

The purpose of monitoring of pesticide is to protect the health and safety of human, natural conservation and life environment, to guarantee the quality and effective of pesticide, also to give the protection to consumer, distributor and user of pesticide.

Article 3

Scope of regulating of this monitoring of pesticide covers object of monitoring, requirements, procedures of appointed and .the stopping of monitor of pesticide, duty, authorization and execution of monitoring, reporting, coordination, of a follow up monitoring of pesticide result, as well as counseling and training of pesticide.

CHAPTER II
OBJECT OF MONITORING

Article 4

Object of monitoring of pesticide is:

• a. storageing quality and quantity of pesticide product, through quality monitoring and the amount of technical material, formulation, container, wrapping and pesticide label either which is produced in domestic or imported;
• b. permission document and another document, which is conducted through checking of permission document and another document;
• c. accident and work safety, is conducted by monitoring/watching of working accident as a cause of production process, distribution, storing, transportating and using as well as destroying of pesticide;
• d. environment effect, is conducted by testing validity of environmental effect while still under the registration period,as well as the pollution incurred of the usage of pesticide products;
• e. type and dose of pesticide as well as commodity and target organism in the usage of pesticide, is conducted through monitoring of sustainability of the usage of pesticide within the permitted provision;
• f. efficacy and resurgence of pesticide, is conducted by monitoring of efficacy and resurgence as a cause of the usage of pesticide;
• g. residue of pesticide, is conducted by monitoring at the content of residue of pesticide at farming product and environmental media;
• h. negative effect on public healthy, plant condition, animal and wild fauna is conducted through monitoring of the victim;
• i. publication in printed media and or electronic media is conducted through monitoring of investigation and advertisement monitoring, label and brochure;
• j. Tools and equipments, among others is conducted through the checking at building, warehouse, waste processing, machine and equipment for production, storageing, transport and the usage of pesticide.

Article 5

The execution of monitoring of pesticide as referred in Article 4 is conducted through production step, distribution, storing, and usage as well as destroying.

CHAPTER III
REQUIREMENT, PROCEDURE OF APPOINTING AND TERMINATING OF SUPERVISOR OF PESTICIDE

Article 6

(1) Monitoring of pesticide is conducted by Supervisor of Pesticide which consist on Supervisor of Pesticide at Central, Supervisor of Pesticide at Province and Supervisor of Pesticide at Sub-District/Town.

(2) To be appointed as Supervisor of Pesticide as referred in paragraph (1), the followings requirement must be fulfilled:

• a. employee of civil state at environment of Farming Institution, Industrial, Trading, Healthy, Supervisor of Food and Medicine Board (POM), Work Force and Transmigration, Marine and Fish, Forest, Life Environment or another related Agencies;
• b. possess a minimum of 2 (two) years work experiences;
• c. having formal education or training and knowledge at pesticide field according to the duties of monitoring of pesticide;
• d. priority will be given to those with experience in handling the job which related with pesticide or, having a training certificate according to the dutyin monitoring of pesticide; and
• e. not affiliated or has conflict of interest with business at pesticide field.

(3) Employee of Civil State which is appointed as Supervisor of Pesticide but do not have certificate of training as referred at paragraph (2) sub-paragraphsub-paragraph d shall be prioritized to be suggested to follow the training which is related with monitoring of pesticide.

Article 7

(1) Supervisor of Pesticide as referred in Article 6 is appointed by Minister, Governor or Regent/Mayor.

(2) Appointment of Supervisor of Pesticide as referred at paragraph (1) is conducted as follows:

• a. Supervisor of Pesticide at Central Level is appointed by Minister of Agriculture on suggestion of unit of institution head of base of administration as referred in Article 6 paragraph (2) sub-paragraphsub-paragraph a;
• b. Supervisor of Pesticide at Provincial Level is appointed by Governor on suggestion of unit of institution head of base administration as referred in Article 6 paragraph (2) sub-paragraph a at Provincial Level;
• c. Supervisor of Pesticide at Sub-District/Town is appointed by Regent/Mayor on suggestion of unit of institution head of base administration as referred in Article 6 paragraph (2) sub-paragraph a at Sub-District/Town.

(3) Appointment of Supervisor of Pesticide as referred at paragraph (2) shall come into force for 4 (four) years and shall be re appointed on suggestion of unit of institution head of base administration as referred in Article 6 paragraph (2) sub-paragraph a.

Article 8

(1) Supervisor of Pesticide as referred in Article 6 paragraph (1) shall be dismissed if:

• a. period of time as supervisor of pesticide as referred in Article 7 paragraph (2) is ended;
• b. transfer of duty;
• c. retire;
• d. decease;
• e. conduct an action which is broke the law;
• f. resign;
• g. affiliated or necessity conflict according with its duty field.

(2) Stopping as referred at paragraph (1) is conducted by functionary as referred in Article 7 paragraph (1).

Article 9

(1) Supervisor of Pesticide is given Identity Card of Supervisor of Pesticide.

(2) Identity Card of Supervisor of Pesticide as referred at paragraph (1) is published by functionary as referred in Article 7 paragraph (1).

(3) Identity Card of Supervisor of Pesticide shall not be handed over to another person.

(4) Form, size and color of Identity Card of Supervisor of Pesticide as mentioned at Enclosure as inseparable part of this Regulation.

Article 10

(1) Supervisor of Pesticide at the Central level in executing its duty is responsible to the Minister of Agriculture through unit of institution head of base administration.

(2) Supervisor of Pesticide at Province in executing its duty is responsible to Governor through unit of institution head of base administration.

(3) Supervisor of Pesticide at Sub-District/Town in executing its duty is responsible to Regent/Mayor through unit of institution head of base of administration.

CHAPTER IV
DUTY, AUTHORITY AND EXECUTION OF MONITORING

Article 11

Supervisor of Pesticide has the duties to:

• a. conduct monitoring of quality of technical material and formulation of pesticide by paying attention at tolerate limit which is allowed for content of active material at production level, distribution and usage;
• b. conduct monitoring at type and amount of pesticide, container, wrapping, label and publication of pesticide;
• c. conduct monitoring on document of business permit, registration number. and another of administration document at production level and distribution;
• d. conduct monitoring on provision of safety and work health;
• e. conduct monitoring on negative effect of life environment, as cause of pesticide management;
• f. conduct monitoring on suitability type and dose of pesticide also commodity and target organism which is allowed in the usage of pesticide;
• g. conduct monitoring of efficacy and resurgence of pesticide, as a cause of the usage of pesticide;
• h. conduct monitoring on application of tools provision, the used equipment for management of pesticide;
• i. conduct monitoring of negative effect on public health, as a cause of management of pesticide;
• j. conduct monitoring on residue of pesticide at farming product and environment media;
• k. conduct monitoring on execution of destroying of pesticide ; make a report on monitoring result.

Article 12

When executing the dut\ies as referred in Article 11, supervisor of pesticide has the authority to:

• a. enter the location and place of production, storing, distribution, usage and destroying of pesticide;
• b. check the document of permit and other supported administration documents at producer and distributor levels, including the certificate of the usage of limited pesticide;
• c. take an sample of pesticide in order to conducting quality test;
• d. take an sample of wrapping, place, label and another publication material;
• e. take an sample of farming product and environment media which are suspected to have contained the residues or have been polluted of pesticide, for an examination;
• f. suggest a revocationof registration number, stopping and or withdrawal of damaged pesticide, illegal and fake pesticide to Minister of Agriculture, through unit of institution head of base administration.

Article 13

(1) Execution of monitoring of pesticide by Supervisor of Pesticide at the Central level is prioritized at:

• a. completion of case management of pesticide with wide negative effect between the provinces;
• b. inspection on some entry from regional area, either submitted by report or another information, which is related with the matters and effect of the usage and distribution of pesticide;
• c. supervision on the Supervisor of Pesticide at Province.

(2) Monitoring of pesticide as referred at paragraph (1) shall be executed as directly through coordination with supervisor of pesticide at area.

Article 14

(1) Execution of monitoring of pesticide by Supervisor of Pesticide at Province is prioritized at:

• a. completion of case which has a wide effect between sub-districts/towns;
• b. formulation of several problems from each sub-district/town as a reporting materials to the Minister of Agriculture through Head of Pesticide Commission;
• c. supervision on the Supervisor of Pesticide at Sub-District/Town.

(2) Monitoring as referred at paragraph (1) shall be executed as directly through the coordination with supervisor of pesticide at sub-district/town.

Article 15

Execution of monitoring of pesticide by Supervisor of Pesticide at Sub-District/Town is conducted according with the provision as referred in Article 11 and Article 12.

Article 16

(1)Each Supervisor of Pesticide obliges to conduct an annual work plan to be proosed to each of unit institution head of base of administration.

(2) The work plan as intended in paragraph (1), if approved, is stipulated by each of unit of institution head of base of administration, as an annual work program.

Article 17

Each Supervisor of Pesticide in executing its duty shall be according to the order sub-paragraph from the institution unit of the head of base of administration.

Article 18

(1) Holder of registration number, producer, distributor and user of pesticide are obliged to receive and give the explanation to Supervisor of Pesticide who executes the duties.

(2) If holder of registration number, producer, distributor or user of pesticide reject or prevent the execution of monitoring duty as referred at paragraph (1), the supervisor of pesticide shall ask for assistance of the police officer.

(3) If supervisor of pesticide suspects or finds there is a criminal action at pesticide field, the supervisor oblige to report to an authorized investigator according to regulation and law.

CHAPTER V
REPORTING

Article 19

Result of monitoring in according with object of monitoring as referred in Article 4 and duty of monitoring as referred in Article 11, is reported periodically by Supervisor of Pesticide or at anyoccasion to each of the head unit of institution of the base of administration.

Article 20

The materials to be reported as referred in Article 19, are for:

• a. The sub-District/Town where the materials a cover amount, type and quality of pesticide which is distributed, effect of the usage of pesticide at farmer the level, as well as other matters that are surfacing in the field;
• b. The province;where the materials cover at leastthe situation of the distribution of pesticide at sub-district/town, effect of the usage of pesticide,other mattersthat are surfacing in the entire sub-district/town in one province;
• c. The central; where the materials cover at leastthe production of pesticide, export import of active material and formulation of pesticide, development of permit/registration number, and result of evaluation of monitoring at area also the matters at the entire Indonesia territory.

Article 21

Mechanism of report submission is to be conducted as follows:

• a. Supervisor of Pesticide at Sub-District/Town submits the report to the head of unit of institution of base of administration and to the head of Team /Commission of Monitoring of Sub-District/Town. The Headof Team/Commission of Monitoring of Sub District/Town would then submit the report to the Head of District/Mayor and to the Head ofTeam/Commission of Monitoring of the Province;
• b. Supervisor of Pesticide at the Province submits the report to the head of unit institution of base of administration and to the Head of Team Head/Commission of Monitoring of Province. Next Team Head/Commission of Monitoring of Sub District/Town submits the report to Governor and to Head of Commission of Pesticide;
• c. Supervisor of Pesticide at Central submits the report to unit of institution head of base of administration and to Head of Commission of Pesticide. Next Head of Commission of Pesticide submits the report to Minister of Agriculture.

CHAPTER VI
COORDINATION OF MONITORING

Article 22

Execution of monitoring of pesticide is conducted as unity and coordinated either between related institutions or between central, province and sub-district/town.

Article 23

(1) Coordination at Central is conducted by Commission of Pesticide as has already established by Decree of Minister of Agriculture.

(2) Coordination at Province is conducted by Team/Commission of Monitoring which has already established with Decree of Governor.

(3) Coordination at Sub-District Town is conducted by Team/Commission of Monitoring which has already established with Decree of Regent/Mayor.

Article 24

Coordination of monitoring of pesticide as referred in Article 23 is conducted at preparing moment, execution and report.

CHAPTER VII
FOLLOW UP ON MONITORING RESULT

Article 25

(1) Follow up to the monitoring result at sub-district/town shall be finished by Regent/Mayor, and if its negative effect is shown up between sub-district/town in one province shall be finished by Governor and if its negative effect is shown up between provinces shall be finished by Minister of Agriculture on suggestion and consideration from Commission of Pesticide.

(2) Follow up on result of monitoring at province shall be finished by Governor, and if its negative effect is shown up between provinces, shall be finished by Minister of Agriculture on suggestion and consideration of Commission of Pesticide.

(3) Follow up of result of monitoring at Central shall be, finished by Minister of Agriculture on suggestion and consideration of Commission of Pesticide.

Article 26

If there is founded the violation:

• a. do not have business permission, therefore the related party is given the written warning and is obliged to gain permission and for temporary is forbidden to conduct business activity until the business permit is obtained;
• b. do not have registration number, therefore the related party oblige to withdraw pesticide from next distribution which is obliged to obtain registration number, and if do not fulfill the requirement, or if there is none who is responsible on those pesticide obliged to be destroyed;
• c. do not use the label which is not according with the provision which come into force, therefore the holder of registration Number is given the warning and oblige to withdraw from the distribution and change the label, if there is none who is responsible therefore is obliged to be destroyed;
• d. broken pesticide, therefore the holder of registration Number is given the warning and oblige to withdraw the pesticide from the distribution or destroyed if can not be re formulated;
• e. illegal pesticide, therefore who is in charge and/or the holder of registration number is given the warning and oblige to withdraw from the distribution to be destroyed;
• f. fake pesticide, therefore the party who is producing and/or distributing and/or charging is given the warning and oblige to withdraw from the distribution to be destroyed;
• g. environment pollution, therefore execution of stopping of the usage and the distribution according with the its case;
• h. the contamination of the disease or healthy disturbance, therefore execution of activity stopping also the prevention and counseling according with its case;
• i. on publicity which is mislead, therefore execution of warning and cancellation of those publication according with its case;
• j. tools and equipment which do not fulfill the requirement, therefore execution of warning and is obliged to conduct the repairing according with the provision which is take effect;
• k. exceeding of maximum limit of pesticide residue in farming product and environment media, therefore oblige to conduct the controlling and recovery according with regulation and law which is come into force.

Article 27

(1) The Destroying as referred in Article 26 sub-paragraph b, c, d, e and f is conducted according with regulation and law which is come into force.

(2) Execution of destroying as referred in paragraph (1) is witnessed by Supervisor of Pesticide, Commission of Pesticide and authorized functionary.

(3) The Destroying as referred at paragraph (2) is made minutes of meeting and signed by Supervisor of Pesticide, Commission of Pesticide and authorized functionary.

Article 28

If warning, obligation and or order as referred in Article 26 do not execute, Supervisor of Pesticide shall report to Investigator of Civil State Employee {PPNS) or Functionary of Police of State of the Republic of Indonesia to conduct law action according with regulation and law which is come into force.

CHAPTER VIII
COUNSELING AND TRAINING

Article 29

For the fluency of execution of monitoring of pesticide at area, Government conducts counseling with:

• a. publish the guidance of monitoring of pesticide; and
• b. publish, publicized and socialized the regulation and law at pesticide field together with some of pesticide type which has already registered and permitted by Minister of Agriculture which is allow to be distributed as publicly, storage and use either pesticide which is used as limited or pesticide which is forbidden.

Article 30

For the fluency of the execution of monitoring of pesticide at area, province government shall conduct the counseling with:

• a. publish standard of minimal service of the execution of pesticide monitoring at sub-district/town; and
• b. increases the service and counseling of pesticide monitoring.

Article 31

For the fluency, execution of pesticide monitoring of sub-district/town conducts counseling to distributor, retailer and pesticide user.

Article 32

(1) Besides counseling as referred in Article 29, Article 30 and counseling as referred in Article 31, to Supervisor of Pesticide, distributor, retailer and pesticide user is given the trainings;

(2) For training curriculum as referred at paragraph (1) is suitability with the necessity of Supervisor of Pesticide, distributor, retailer and pesticide user.

(3) Training as referred at paragraph (1) is conducted as periodically, Central executes the training for Supervisor of Pesticide at Province which is next Province executes the training for Supervisor of Pesticides at Sub-District/Town.

(4) Training curriculum as referred at paragraph (2) is stipulated with own Decree.

Article 33

(1) Training as referred in Article 32 for limited pesticides is executed as coordinately between Team/local Commission of Pesticide Monitoring with Company of the Holder of Registration number of Pesticide.

(2) Training as referred at paragraph (1) is executed according with the stipulated guidance with own Decree.

CHAPTER IX
MISCELLANEOUS

Article 34

Provision of monitoring is regulated in this regulation do not lessen the goods monitoring which is distributed at market according with Law No. 8/1999 concerning Protection on Consumer and its execution regulation.

Article 35

Provisions in this regulation do not lessen the authority from Minister/related of Head of Government Institution of Non Department (LPND) in executing the pesticide counseling which is used at each sectors.

CHAPTER X
TRANSITIONAL PROVISION

Article 36

(1) Appointed supervisor of pesticide before this regulation come into force is still stated as supervisor of pesticide until end of it's appointed of period of time.

(2) Team/established of Commission of Pesticide Monitoring by Governor or Regent/Mayor before this regulation is stipulated, is still execute duty of coordination of pesticide monitoring at each working area until the establishment of Team/Commission of Pesticide Monitoring according with this law.

CHAPTER XI
CONCLUSION

Article 37

Following the stipulation of this regulation, Decree of the Minister of Agriculture No. 517/KPTS/TP.270/9/2002 concerning Pesticide Monitoring is stated not valid.

Article 38

This regulation shall come into force on the stipulated date.

Stipulated in Jakarta,
On May 7, 2007
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
Signed.
ANTON APRIYANTONO