News andUpdates
News and Updates
April 11, 2014
New MOLHR Procedures for Raticication of Legal Entities, Amendment of AoA and Company Data
On March 26, 2014, the Minister of Law and Human Rights (“MOLHR”) issued regulation No. 4 of 2014 (“Regulation”) on Procedures for Applications for Ratification of Legal Entities and Approval and…
March 10, 2014
Enactment Of New Trade Law
The House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat – “DPR”) passed the long-awaited Bill on Trade on February 11, 2014. For the previous 80 years, Indonesia had relied on the…
January 24, 2014
New Provisions on Expatriate Working Permits
On December 30, 2013, the Minister of Manpower and Transmigration of the Republic of Indonesia (“MOMT”) enacted MOMT Regulation No. 12 of 2013 on Procedure for Employing Expatriate Workers…
January 23, 2014
Government Allows Export of Some Minerals until 2017; Progressive Export Duty Imposed
Following the closing date for export of unprocessed minerals and the obligation of IUP holders and Contract of Work companies in the production phase to domestically “add value” to mining products…
January 15, 2014
MEMR Issues Guidelines On Mining Permits For Transportation And Sale, Processing And Refining
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (“MEMR”) promulgated Regulation No. 32 of 2013 on Procedure for Granting Special Permits in the Field of Mineral and Coal Mining (“Regulation”) on…
December 24, 2013
SUPREME COURT ANNULS MEMR No. 7/2012: IMPLICATIONS FOR DOMESTIC MINERAL PROCESSING AND REFINING
Indonesia’s Supreme Court recently published Decision No. 13 P/HUM/2012, dated April 3, 2013, (“Decision”), ordering the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (“MEMR”) to revoke MEMR Regulation…
September 26, 2013
Statute of Limitation to Claim Payment under Manpower Law
The Constitutional Court has added yet another complication to employer-employee relations in Indonesia. In Decision No. 100/PUU-X/2012 dated September 19, 2013 (the “Decision”), the Court revoked…
August 27, 2013
Coastal and Small Island Reclamation
Presidential Regulation No. 122 of 2012 on Reclamation of Coastal Areas and Small Islands (“Regulation”) requires reclamation projects (dredging, draining, and landfill) to comply with permitting…
July 24, 2013
Transnational Electricity Licensing
Indonesia has committed to a number of cross-border power projects with Singapore and Malaysia as part of the ASEAN Power Grid (“APG”), which was devised to support economic growth in Southeast Asia…
April 15, 2013
Microfinance Law Finally Enacted
Law No. 1 of 2013, dated January 8, 2013, on Microfinance Institutions (“Microfinance Law”) has been enacted after more than two years of deliberation in the House of Representatives. The…