Govt to Issue E-Commerce Regulation

Fitri Novia Heriani, Andin Aditya Rahman
 
Law No. 7 of 2014 on Trade (Trade Law) issued earlier this year mandates the issue of a significant number of implementing regulations. In total, the Trade Law requires the issue of 9 Government Regulations, 14 Presidential Regulations, and 20 Ministerial Regulations.
 
Of the new regulations to be issued, one of the few that has already been prepared is a Government Regulation on E-commerce (E-commerce Regulation). Lasminingsih, the Head of the Legal Department at the Ministry of Trade, has confirmed that the Government prepared the E-commerce Regulation even before the Trade Law was enacted.
 
“Even before the Trade Law was passed, we had already prepared a PP (Government Regulation) on electronic trade,” Mrs. Lasminingsih said at a seminar held by Hukumonline on Tuesday.
 
Mrs. Lasminingsih explained that the E-commerce Regulation will only apply to domestic ecommerce businesses.  International electronic trade, on the other hand, will be otherwise covered by further regulations as determined by the Government.
 
“Primarily it will apply nationally. For foreign business players, they will be also be covered otherwise,” she said.
 
Mrs. Lasminingsih was reluctant to provide an exact date as to when the E-commerce Regulation will be issued.
 
“As soon as possible, Insya Allah,” she concluded.
 
(For more information on the Bill on Trade, see: ILB No. 2342and ILD No. 347)
 
(hot/kc)