The new Bill on Criminal Procedural Law (Bill) is set to usher in a modern criminal procedural system that encompasses structured corporate liability rules, a new Deferred Prosecution Agreement framework that will allow corporations to enjoy conditional case suspensions, as well as a plea bargaining mechanism that will reward voluntary cooperation with reduced sentences. This new framework should ensure that Indonesias criminal justice processes are characterized by greater fairness, efficiency and accountability.

This Decree establishes a comprehensive framework for the handling of complaints related to patient satisfaction, incidents involving patient safety and other service-quality issues that occur at Advanced Healthcare Facilities (Fasilitas Pelayanan Kesehatan Tingkat Lanjut FPKTL), including hospitals, main clinics, blood service units and medical laboratories. Complaints are classified into two categories, i.e. complaints relating to patient satisfaction and complaints relating to patient safety incidents, each with its own defined scope and a resolution timeframe of up to 45 business days. All such attempts at resolutions will follow a structured procedure. Meanwhile, any FPKTL that are ultimately found in violation may face the imposition of progressive administrative sanctions ranging from verbal and written warnings to fines, accreditation adjustments and the revocation of their business permits.

Bank Indonesia (BI) has issued an Amendment to its Implementing Regulation on Short-Term Liquidity Loans (Pinjaman Likuiditas Jangka Pendek/PLJP) for Conventional Commercial Banks (Bank Umum Konvensional/BUK), introducing BI Floating Rate Notes (BI-FRN) and other high-rated securities as new types of eligible collateral. BI-FRN is treated as high-quality collateral that is equivalent to other BI-issued securities, with 100% collateral value and 0% haircut based on its BI-Scripless Securities Settlement System (BI-SSSS) selling value. Meanwhile, BI will subsequently announce detailed requirements for the use of other high-rated securities through its official channels.

The Draft Bill on Criminal Adjustment has been introduced in order to implement Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code (Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana - KUHP) by bringing all laws and Regional Regulations into line with the KUHPs First Book. The Draft Bill replaces short prison terms with fines and introduces proportional and alternative penalty systems, while exempting serious crimes from its new provisions. The Draft Bill also amends the KUHP by limiting fine payments to one year, allowing life prison terms to be reduced after 10 years and revising various death penalty and special crime provisions in order to improve the overall clarity and consistency of legal enforcement.

While maintaining the registration fee that must be paid in order to become Carbon Exchange service users (Users), which has been set at Rp. 5 million, this Decree officially extends the exemption period for User registration fees until 1 January 2027. Moreover, this Decree also revises the list of requirements that must be met in order to become a User, as originally outlined under the previous framework.

This new Bank Indonesia (BI) Regulation significantly broadens the Monetary Operations (Operasi Moneter OM) framework through the introduction of government-established financial institutions (Lembaga Jasa Keuangan LJK) that support public welfare programs as eligible securities issuers. In this regard, LJK will now operate alongside BI, the Republic of Indonesia and foreign governments. This new framework also broadens the available types of eligible securities, retaining most existing instruments while introducing BI Floating Rate Notes (BI-FRN) and LJK-issued securities, which must have a minimum remaining maturity of five business days at the time of their second leg. Additionally, this new Regulation sets BI-FRN prices at 100% of face value and applies market-based pricing to sovereign bonds that are issued by foreign governments, as well as to LJK-issued securities.

Forming part of the various administrative sanctions that can be imposed upon palm-oil plantation businesses that engage in activities within forest areas without first securing forestry permits, reacquisition (penguasaan kembali) measures will be implemented through a forest area release mechanism. Said forest areas include convertible and/or permanent production forest. The above-mentioned releases of forest areas will be carried out based on successful approval applications that are submitted to the Minister of Forestry. Meanwhile, the leaderships of BP BUMN or BUMN will be appointed to manage any palm-oil businesses that result from such reacquisition measures.

This Amendment retains the requirement for Venture Capital Companies and Sharia Venture Capital Companies to submit monthly reports (Reports) online through the Data Communications Network System organized by the Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan OJK), with system access being managed via applications that have been approved by the relevant boards of directors. This Amendment also allows for flexibility in cases where technical disruptions occur, allowing for electronic submissions to be completed via the OJKs designated email address or via offline delivery if necessary. Additionally, the Amendment updates the applicable components of company profile reports and also expands the reporting obligation to include Sharia Business Units (Unit Usaha Syariah/UUS), adding new details such as the collection of information on personnel.

This Decree outlines a comprehensive set of guidelines (Guidelines) for the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin that derives from the recycling of used PET plastic products that meet safety requirements for use as food packaging (Recycled PET Resin). The guidelines specifically address the following aspects: 1) Scope; 2) Definitions; 3) Product safety systems; 4) Production environments and facilities; 5) Product and machinery controls; 6) Personnel; and 7) Distribution controls. The Guidelines should be used as a reference during the production of Recycled PET Resin that meets the applicable quality requirements in accordance with the Indonesian National Standard (Standar Nasional Indonesia/SNI) 8424:2023 on PET, as well as relevant Laws.

If this Draft Regulation ultimately comes into force, then it will bring the current carbon trading mechanism for the forestry sector into line with that stipulated under Regulation of the President No. 110 of 2025, meaning that such trading can only be implemented via the offsetting of greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to redefining the parties eligible to participate in trading, as well as the official list of carbon sources, this Draft Regulation also features Non-SPE GRK carbon units, which are now available for trading in line with international standards.