Transportation ministry scraps fees, cuts permits
Transportation ministry scraps fees, cuts permits
JAKARTA (JP): The ministry of transportation yesterday abolished four major types of administration fee and reduced the number of permits under its jurisdiction as part of the government drive to cut the costs of doing business.
Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto decided to abolish four kinds of fees related to the testing of motor vehicle prototypes.
Haryanto, in Decree No.10/1996 and Instruction No.003/1996 effective as of yesterday, also cut the number of permits related to shipping and port services.
"We need to improve the efficiency of the economy as a whole and of sea transport services in particular," he noted in the ruling.
The decree abolished fees for the registration of basic motor vehicles and for testing new series of automotive vehicle models and carriages.
Fees related to the certification of civil aviation personnel, aircraft and aircraft maintenance centers were also abolished.
Other fees abolished by the ruling include those related to the administration of permits for river, lake and ferry and land transportation, including licenses for operations, route, sailing, special cargo service, advertisement and building.
Haryanto also instructed the director general of sea transport to streamline or cut the licensing procedures for shipping and port services.
"National shipping companies which intend to operate foreign ships for domestic operations need only report the operation of those ships to the directorate general," the instruction states.
Port administrators and harbor masters are obliged to serve foreign ships which are operated by national shipping companies.
The instruction frees shipping firms operating tramping services from the obligation to submit service route plans.
"Foreign ships which enter Indonesian waters need to produce only the following documents: general and cargo declarations, crew and passenger lists, dangerous cargo declarations, crew effects declarations and narcotics declarations," the instruction stipulates.
The ruling further states that imported and exported goods can be loaded or unloaded at seaports open to international trade. (vin)