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REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
No. 15/Permentan/OT.140/3/2012

CONCERNING
AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE No. 89/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 CONCERNING AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE No. 37/Kpts/HK.060/1/2006 CONCERNING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINE ACTION FOR THE ENTRY OF FRESH FRUITS AND/OR VEGETABLES INTO TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

BY THE GRACE OF ALMIGHTY GOD
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA,

Considering:

a. that Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 89/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 concerning Amendment to the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 37/Kpts/HK.060/1/2006 concerning Technical Requirements and Plant Quarantine Action for the Entry Fresh Fruits And Or Vegetables Into Territory of the Republic of Indonesia already stipulated places for the entry of fresh fruits and or vegetables into Territory of the Republic of Indonesia;

b. that regulations in the Free Trade Zones and Free Ports governed function of free ports to support activities of Free Trade zone;

c. that for enforcement of Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 89/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 needs preparation of structure, infrastructure, human resources, in government environment, business entrepreneurs, or trading partners;

d. that based on considerations above, and while waiting preparation of structure, infrastructure, human resources, in government environment, business entrepreneurs, or trading partner, it is necessary to postpone enforcement of Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 89/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 and opens free ports as the entry places of fresh fruits and or vegetables into Territory of the Republic of Indonesia;

In view of:

1. Law No. 16/1992 concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine (Statute Book No. 56/1992, Supplement to Statute Book No. 3482);

2. Law 17 of 2006 concerning Amendment to Law No. 10/1995 concerning Customs (Statute Book No. 93/2006, Supplement to Statute Book No. 4661);

3. Law No. 17/2008 concerning Shipping (Statute Book No. 64/2008, Supplement to Statute Book No. 4849);

4. Law No. 1/2009 concerning Aviation (Statute Book No. 1/2009, Supplement to Statute Book No. 4956);

5. Law 13 of 2010 concerning Horticulture (Statute Book No. 132/2010, Supplement to Statute Book No. 5170);

6. Government Regulation No. 82/2000 concerning Animal Quarantine (Statute Book No. 161/2000, Supplement to Statute Book No. 4002);

7. Government Regulation No. 14/2002 concerning Plant Quarantine (Statute Book 2002 No. 35, Supplement to Statute Book No. 4196);

8. Presidential Regulation No. 47/2009 concerning Establishment and Organization of State Ministries;

9. Presidential Decree No. 84/P/2009 concerning Establishment of United Indonesia Cabinet II;

10. Presidential Regulation No. 24/2010 concerning the Positions, Duties, and Functions of State Ministries, as well as Organization Structure, Tasks, and Function of Echelon I in conjunction with Presidential Regulation No. 92/2011 (Statute Book No. 142/2011);

11. Decree of the Minister of Transportation No. KM.53 of 2002 concerning Management of National Ports;

12. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 22/Permentan/OT.140/4/2008 concerning Organization, and Work Flow of Technical Implementation Unit of Agriculture Quarantine;

13. Decree of the Minister of Transportation No. KM.11 of 2010 concerning Management of National Airports;

14. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 61/Permentan/OT.140/10 /2010 concerning Organization and Work Flow of Ministry of Agriculture;

15. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 88/Permentan/PP.340/12/2011 concerning Food Safety Control on the Import and Export of Fresh Fruit of Plants Origin (State Gazette No. 842/2011);

16. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 93/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 concerning Kinds of Quarantine Plants Disturbance Organism (State Gazette No. 6/2012);

17. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 94/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 concerning Entry and Release Places for Carrier Media of Quarantine Animal Diseases and Quarantine Plants Disturbance Organism (State Gazette No. 7/2012);

18. Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 03/Permentan/OT.140/1/2012 concerning Recommendation on the import of Horticulture Products (State Gazette No. 148/2012);

DECIDES:

To stipulate:

REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE CONCERNING AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE No. 89/Permentan/OT.140/12/2012 CONCERNING AMENDMENT TO THE REGULATION OF THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE No. 37/Kpts/HK.060/1/2006 CONCERNING TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND PLANT QUARANTINE ACTION FOR THE ENTRY OF FRESH FRUITS AND/OR VEGETABLES INTO TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

Article I

To amend Article I in Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 89/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 concerning Amendment to the Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 37/Kpts/HK.060/1/2006 concerning Technical Requirements and Plant Quarantine Action for the Entry Fresh Fruits And Or Vegetables Into Territory of the Republic of Indonesia:

1. Provision of Article 17 shall be amended, so it is read as follows:

"Article 17

(1) Entry places of fresh fruits and vegetables as intended in Article 4 paragraph b, are:

(2) Beside entry places as intended in paragraph (1), entry places are determined as free ports based on regulations in the field of free trade zones and free ports can be used as entry places of fresh fruits and/or vegetables.

(3) The purpose for the entry of fresh fruits and/or vegetables through entry places as intended in paragraph (2) in accordance with regulations in the field of free trade zones and free ports."

2. To postpone enforcement of Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture No. 89/Permentan/OT.140/12/2011 from March 19, 2012 become from June 19, 2012.

Article II

This Ministerial Regulation shall comes info force on the date of promulgation.

For public cognizance, this Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture shall be promulgated by placing it in the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia.

Stipulated in Jakarta
on March 6, 2012
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA,
signed,
SUSWONO