This analysis essay, entitled The role of the Business Competition Supervisory
Commission in the price control related to alleged cartel of oil palm fresh fruit
bunches. Cartel is one of the agreements that are prohibited in Rule Number 5 of 1999
concerning Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Business Competition.
Cartel evolved occur due to several factors such as laws which provide opportunities or
law enforcement agencies can not reach out and do their job properly. Related allegation
cartel of oil palm fresh fruit bunches, society and the planters assume the Commission is not
the slightest supervise the movement of the palm oil business actors. But the fact is oil palm is
one of the largest industries in Indonesia even in the world that greatly affect the economy. In
fact, the existing legal instruments in Indonesia has not been able to observe, let alone solve the
case. This condition is apparent in the number of cartel cases were handled by the Business
Competition Supervisory Commission. This study aims to understand the role of the
Commission in the price control related to alleged cartel of oil palm fresh fruit bunches. The
method used is a normative legal research to look at the rules regarding Law No. 5 of 1999
concerning Prohibition of Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Competition and Regulation of
the Minister of Agriculture palm oil prices. The results of this study indicate that Law No. 5 of
1999 still limit the authority of the Commission in carrying out its duties and Minister of
Agriculture Regulation No. 14 of 2013 on Guidelines for Determination of Purchase Price of
fresh fruit bunches of oil palm planters Production has not been effective in achieving its goal,
Law No. 5, 1999 and Regulation of the Minister of Agriculture Number 14 Year 2013 needs to
be revised.