28 Feb 2018
Competition Authority Goes into Forced Hibernation but New Dawn at Hand
In an entirely unexpected development, Indonesia’s competition authority, the Competition Supervisory Commission (“KPPU”), has announced that it has been forced to suspend many of its key operations due to the emergence of a legal vacuum resulting from the simultaneous expiry of the terms of office of all of its commissioners on Feb 27 -- in reality, their terms expired on Dec 27…
14 Feb 2018
MEMR Announces Easing of Regulatory Burden: New & Renewable Energy Sector to Benefit
On 5 February 2018, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (“MEMR”) issued a press release announcing the revocation of 32 regulations in the energy and mineral resources sector. Subsequent checking revealed that the bulk, if not all, of the regulations have not yet been revoked but are due to be revoked at some time in the future. However, there is no time line yet as to when this…