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News and Updates

BKPM to Launch Online Single Submission System (OSS) Version 1.1 on January 1, 2020

On October 17, 2019, the Capital Investment Coordinating Board (Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal or “BKPM”) issued BKPM Letter No. 5743/A.8/B.1/2019 (“Letter 5743”) on Implementation Plan of a New…


Minister of Trade Relaxes Franchise Regulation

On September 4, 2019, the Minister of Trade (the “MOT”) issued MOT Regulation No. 71 of 2019 on Franchise Implementation (“MOT Reg. 71/2019”). MOT Reg. 71/2019 revokes and replaces a number of…


Contributions for Oil Fuel Supply and Distribution, and Gas Transportation Through Pipelines

On July 8, 2019, the Government issued Government Regulation No 48 of 2019 on Amounts and Utilization of Contributions of Business Entities in the Business Activities of Fuel Oil Supply and Gas…


Minister of Manpower Regulation on Outsourcing Amended Further

On August 1, 2019, the Minister of Manpower (the “MOM”) issued Regulation No. 11 Year 2019 (“Regulation 11”) to amend several provisions of the MOM Regulation No. 19 Year 2012 dated November 14, 2012…


Compilation of Positions Available to Expatriates

The Minister of Manpower (the “Minister”) recently enacted the Minister of Manpower Decree No. 228 of 2019 dated August 27, 2019 on Certain Positions Available to Expatriates (“Decree 228”).  Decree…


Permanent Establishments Clarified

On April 1, 2019, the Minister of Finance issued Regulation No. 35/PMK.03/2019 of 2019 on Determination of Permanent Establishments (the “Regulation”). Previously, permanent establishments were dealt…


New Minister of Trade Regulation on Company Registration

With the launch of the new electronic licensing system, namely the Online Single Submission (the “OSS”) system, the Government is seeking to significantly improve the ease of doing business in…


New Regulation on Acquisition of Publicly Listed Company

On July 27, 2018, the Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan – “OJK”) of the Republic of Indonesia issued a new OJK Regulation No. 9/POJK.04/2018 on Acquisition of Publicly Listed…


New Government Regulation Clarifies Foreign Ownership in Insurance Business Companies

The Indonesian Government has just issued Government Regulation No. 14 of 2018 on Foreign Ownership in Insurance Business Companies (“GR 14/2018”), which entered into force on April 18, 2018. The…


Newsflash on BI Sets Out New E-Money Regulation

On May 4, 2018, the Central Bank of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia - “BI”) finally issued a long-expected regulation regarding electronic money, namely BI Regulation No. 20/6/PBI/2018 on Electronic Money…