ISPO certification obligation must be implemented by plantation businesses by 16 March 2020 and by growers (pekebun) by 16 March 2025

In the granting of WIUPK, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources will offer BUMN and BUMD through priority method. Under this new Regulation, BUMN and BUMD are able to have business partners who operate as private business entities and are required to fulfill relevant administrative, technical and financial requirements.

Under the Second Amendment, purchases of electricity produced through renewable sources of energy which are undertaken through Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) schemes have now been eliminated in relation to purchases of renewable sources of energy from any of the following sources: 1) Photovoltaic solar-power plants; 2) Wind-power plants; 3) Hydroelectric power plants; 4) Biomass power plants; 5) Liquid-biofuel power plants; and so forth.

Business entities may manage state-owned assets and the assets of state-owned enterprises which take the form of infrastructure in relation to the following areas: 1) Transportation; 2) Toll roads; 3) Water resources; 4) Drinking water; 5) Wastewater management systems; 6) Solid waste management systems; 7) Telecommunications and informatics; 8) Electricity; and 9) Oil, natural gas and renewable energy

Parties eligible to enjoy import-duty exemptions for imports of goods which are to be used in relation to geothermal activities have now been broadened to encompass the following: 1) KKOB; 2) Business entities which are engaging in geothermal business and which have secured certain licenses and; 3) Vendors who are specifically appointed by KKOB or by business entities in order to undertake imports.

This new provision on the determination of tariffs for the transportation of natural gas through pipelines specifies tariff calculation types, specifically calculation for the following: 1) New facilities which have not previously been determined by BPH Migas; 2) Auction result facilities; 3) Periodic reviews; and 4) Facilities which have been fully depreciated.

The Draft Bill no longer requires any employer aiming to employ foreign workers to obtain a license from the Minister of Manpower, but the employers are still required to draw up plans on the employment of foreign workers which should subsequently be approved and legalized by the government.

This regulation now allows for the granting of exemptions relating to import duty and non-collection of PDRI for not only Production-Sharing Contract, but also for Gross-Split Contracts.

Any applications to secure these licenses will now be processed via Non-Timber Forestry Products Information System (Sistem Informasi Hasil Hutan Bukan Kayu/SI-HHBK) which is integrated to Online Single Submission (OSS) system

In order to undertake any mining product-related export activities (i.e. involving metal and non-metal minerals, rocks and concentrates), relevant businesses are first required to obtain certain permits, specifically 1) IUP-OP; 2) IUPK-OP; 3) IUP-OP for processing/purification; 4) IUP-OP for shipping and sales (this IUP does not apply to exports of concentrates); or 5) (IUI).