JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian issued Instruction of the Minister of Home Affairs (Inmendagri) Number 18 of 2021 as a refinement to the rules for implementing restrictions on emergency community activities (PPKM).

This rule is the second amendment to Inmendagri Number 15 of 2021 concerning the COVID-19 Emergency PPKM in the Java and Bali Regions. Improvements in Inmendagri Number 18 of 2021, which are related to the arrangements in the third dictum, Letter c, numbers 1 and 3 into three sectors, essential, critical, and construction.

The first is the essential sector. Finance and banking only includes insurance, banks, pawnshops, pension funds, and financial institutions (which are oriented to physical services with customers).

This sector can operate with a maximum capacity of 50 percent of staff for locations related to office administration services to support services, while for office administration services to support operations a maximum of 25 percent is allowed.

With respect to other essential sectors, the capital market (which is oriented to physical services with customers and the good operation of the capital market), information and communication technology, including cellular operators, data centers can operate with a maximum capacity of 50 percent of staff.

Likewise, the internet, postal and media sectors related to the dissemination of information to the public and non-quarantine handling hotels.

Meanwhile, for export-oriented industry-based essential sectors, the company must show proof of sample documents for export goods notification (PEB) for the last 12 months or other documents showing export plans and must have an operational and industrial activity mobility permit (IOMKI).

The sector can operate with a maximum of 50 percent of staff only in production facilities/factories, while for office administration services to support operations, only 10 percent is allowed.

The second sector, the critical sector covering health, security, and public order can operate 100 percent of the staff without any exceptions.

For other critical sectors, namely the handling of energy disasters, logistics, transportation, and distribution, especially for the community's basic needs, food and beverages, and their supports, 100 percent of the maximum staff can operate only in production facilities, construction and services to the community.

This includes livestock/pets, fertilizers and petrochemicals, cement, and building materials, national vital objects, national strategic projects, construction (public infrastructure), and basic utilities (electricity, water, and waste management).

For office administration services to support operations, a maximum of 25 percent of staff is applied.

The Minister of Home Affairs Number 18 of 2021 also contains changes to the third dictum point f, which initially reads, the implementation of construction activities (construction sites and project sites) operates 100 percent by implementing stricter health protocols.

The regulation was later changed to the implementation of construction activities for public infrastructure (construction sites and project sites) operating 100 percent by implementing stricter health protocols.

Inmendagri Number 18 of 2021 is an inseparable part of Inmendagri Number 15 of 2021 and Inmendagri Number 16 of 2021, and is valid from 9 July to 20 July 2021.


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