GUIDELINES ON RESERVATION OF MINING AREAS (Decree oif the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources No. 1603 K/40/MEM/2003 dated December 24, 2003) THE MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, Considering: a. that in order to implement the provisions in Articles 6 and 9 of Government Regulation No. 25/2000 on the authority o f provinces as autonomous regions, standards, norms, criteria, procedures and guidelines on the ex- ecution o f public administration tasks in the general mining sector are needed; b. that based on the consideration as meant in letter a, and to prevent mining areas from overlapping, it is nec- essary to stipulate guidelines on reservation of mining areas in a decree of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources; I n view of: 1. Law No. 1111967 (Statute Book of 1967 No. 22, Supple- ment to Statute Book No. 2831); 2. Law No. 2211999 (Statute Book of 1999 No. 60, Supple- ment to Statute Book No. 3839); 3. Government Regulation No. 10/2000 (Statute Book of 2000 ...