House Passes Standardization and Compliance Assessment Bill

In line with requirements for the upcoming ASEAN Economic Community and to ensure Indonesia’s interests are protected, on August 26^th the House of Representatives (“’House”) passed the Standardization and Compliance Assessment Bill (“Bill”)[1] [2]

The Bill is the first regulatory instrument at the level of a law for assessing standardization and compliance (standardisasi dan penilaian kesesuaian – “SPK”) of manufactured goods, services, systems, processes, and individuals,[3] covering the institutions that will carry out  assessments, cooperation, public participation, development, supervision, and the SPK information system.[4]