Event Reports

On 1 August 2022, the EuroCham Automotive Working Group held its first in-person Working Group meeting in over 2 years. The Working Group discussed policy and procedural updates in the Automotive industry including updates on the Ministry of Transportation Regulation No. PM 15 of 2022, Presidential Instruction No. 7 of 2022, Personal Data Protection Law, developments on immigration policy for foreign workers, and updates on commodity balance.

The meeting was chaired by Daniel Purba Head of the Working Group & Associate Director of External Affairs at Mercedes-Benz and was attended by several members of the Working Group.

On 12 October, EuroCham attended the National Drug and Food Control Agency (BPOM) socialization on the Draft BPOM Regulation on the Supervision of Manufacturing and Distribution of Traditional Medicines, Quasi Drugs, and Health Supplements. The socialization was led by Irwan, Director of Supervision of Traditional Medicines and Health Supplements of BPOM.

This regulation is critical for the inspection of production and distribution facilities to facilitate supervision, especially in tracing traditional medicinal products, quasi-medicines and health supplements, as well as providing a strong legal umbrella and transparent supervision to business actors.