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EuroCham was invited by the Customs Main Office to a workshop on 14 August 2019. The Workshop is mainly intended to disseminate information about the main changes introduced by Minister of Finance Regulation No. 109/PMK.04/2019 on Second Revision to Regulation No. 229/PMK.04/2017 on Procedures for Imposition of Import Duty Tariffs based on FTAs. This second revision is effective since 1 August 2019 and similar with the first revision, adds more FTAs already ratified by Indonesia into the scheme.

The second revision now stipulates procedures to get preferential tariffs based on ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA); ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA); ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA); Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA); ASEAN-India Fee Trade Area (AIFTA); ASEAN-Australia-New Zeland Free Trade Area (AANZFTA); Indonesia-Pakistan Preferential Trade Agreement (IPPTA); ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP); MoU between Indonesia and Palestine on Trade Facilitation for Certain Products, and lastly Indonesia-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IC-CEPA).

The workshop discussed in detail the various requirements for companies to enjoy the preferential tariffs, including the submission of Certificate of Origin and other supporting documents, criteria of good’s origin, shipping conditions, etc. The complete customs’ presentation as well as a copy of the by Minister of Finance Regulation No. 109/PMK.04/2019 are available for download in Bahasa via: shorturl.at/tFQT5

EuroCham was invited by the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DG IP), Ministry of Law and Human Rights, to a Focus Group Discussion on 7-9 August 2019. The government is revising again the Patent Law, as currently stipulated under Law No. 13 of 2016. This event identified main provisions in the 2016 Patent Law that need to be revised to make sure compliance with international conventions and agreements, as well as ensuring the provisions can boost more innovation and investment to the country, and therefore accelerate transfer of technology.

During this event, the DG IP also collected inputs from the industry’s players, sectoral associations, and also foreign chambers including EuroCham. All inputs conveyed to the DG IP will be considered for the development of academic papers as a requirement to start developing a draft revision to the 2016 Patent Law. The DG IP is targeting the finalization of the academic papers by October 2019 in order to include the draft revision to the 2016 Patent Law to the National Legislation Program of 2020.