The 2015 Regulation sets out the procedures for a palm oil business (?Business?) to undergo the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Certification at the Ministry. The ISPO Certification is designed to ensure a Business complies with the requirements under prevailing laws and regulations relating to economic, social, and environmental obligations so they may sell their products overseas.

The 2015 Regulation aims to implement Law No. 11 of 1974 on Water (?Water Law?), which was re-enacted by the Constitutional Court on 18 February 2015. The 2015 Regulation sets out detailed provisions that were not incorporated under and to supplement the Water Law.

The Circular responds to questions raised by businesses that utilize water in their operations, as to whether or not their business activities and investments are still intact. The Circular is designed to provide legal certainty for water utilization permits and private-public cooperation agreements (?Cooperation Agreements?) for pipeline drinking water supply after the Constitutional Court (?Court?) rendered Decision No. 85/PUU-XI/2013 (?Decision?).

The Third Amendment aims to accelerate the use of biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuel. The Third Amendment also aims to reduce the import of fuel and preserve the State budget.

The Amendment makes changes to the following provisions: Joint operation between mining companies to process/purify minerals; Cooperation between mining companies and research or educational institution to develop domestic mineral processing/purification; and Requirements for minimum levels of processed/purified minerals.

The Minister of Trade (?Minister?) has issued Regulation No. 26/M-DAG/PER/3/2015 on Specific Provisions on the Implementation of Using a Letter of Credit for Exporting Certain Commodities (?Regulation?).

The Amendment changes the administrative procedures for oil, gas and geothermal companies (?Company?) to pay land and building tax (Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan ? ?PBB?) to the government.

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (?Minister?) has issued Regulation No. 1 of 2015 on Cooperation on Electric Power Supply and Joint Utilization of Electricity Distribution Networks (?2015 Regulation?). The 2015 Regulation was issued to provide for increased electric power supply and better use of electricity distribution networks.

Under the Decision, the Court found that recent legislation derived from the Water Resources Law mean that the state no longer has the power to control the use of water for the greater good as mandated by Article 33 (2) of the 1945 Constitution. To avoid a legal vacuum, the Court reinstated the predecessor of the Water Resources Law, Law No. 11 of 1974 on Water (?1974 Law?).

The 2014 Regulation implements Article 7 (2) of Presidential Regulation No. 97 of 2014 on One-Stop Integrated Service, which mandates all business licensing procedures to be performed via the One-Stop Integrated Service (?PTSP?) organized by the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (?BKPM?). For this purpose, the Regulation provides a legal basis for the Head of BKPM to issue electricity business licenses on behalf of the Minister.