To supervise hazardous waste exports, Indonesian Government has issued policies as written in Article 53 GR18/1999 Jo. GR 85/1999 and the Basel Convention, which states that waste exports are allowed as long as the shipment of wastes receives a written permission from the competent authority of the destination country and exporting country. KLH (Ministry of Environment) is Indonesian competent authority. Other legislations are: Minister of Industry and Trade, Letter of Decree No. 228/MPP/KP/07/1997 on Export Regulations Minister of Industry and Trade, Letter of Decree No. 259/KMK.01/1997 on Export Custom Procedures Law of the Republic of Indonesia (UU.RI.) No. 23/1997 on Environmental Management (Articles 43 and 49); Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 10/1995 on Custom Regulation and Governmental Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia (PP) No. 18/1999 Jo. PP 85/1999 on Hazardous Waste Management (article 64).

 

 

Article 53 of the Governmental Regulation No 18/1999 Jo 85/1999 on Hazardous Waste Management states that exports are allowed as long as the shipment of wastes obtain a written permission from the competent authority of the destination country. Ministry of Environment is the competent authority of the Indonesian Government.

 

 

Article 21 of the Act No. 23/1997 prohibits importing of toxic and hazardous waste. Wastes that are prohibited to be imported according to existing regulations are: Wastes listed in Appendix I PP85/1999 on Hazardous Waste Management; Hazardous Wastes with characteristics specified in Article 7 Sub Article 3 PP 85/1999 on Hazardous Wastes Management; Wastes that have been discovered to have acute and chronic characteristics after toxicological test specified by Article Sub Article 4 PP 85/1999 on Hazardous Wastes Management; Wastes listed in Annex I, II, and VIII and exhibiting characteristics listed in Annex III of the Basel Convention; Wastes in the form of dust and mud/paste/sludge as it is written in Article 4 Minister of Industry and Trade Letter of Decree No. 231/MPP/KP/07/1997 on Waste Importing Procedures; and Plastic Wastes as specified in the Appendix of Minister of Industry and Trade Letter of Decree No. 230/MPP/KP/07/1997 on Regulated Imported Goods.

The following are some waste import policies that the Indonesian Government has implemented: Prohibition of all hazardous waste imports, except for used car-battery wastes, since September 2002; Since September 1997, prohibition on issuing permits for any types of business or activities that uses hazardous wastes imports. Since January 1998, prohibition of hazardous wastes imports, including used car-batteries, from countries that are registered in the Basel Convention Annex VII (OECD, EC, Liechtenstein); and Car-batteries imports are allowed only from developing countries that are members of the Basel Convention, and other developing countries trough bilateral, multilateral and regional agreements.