Event Reports

On 27 January 2021, the National Agency of Drug and Food Control (BPOM) invited EuroCham and the local associations of the Traditional Medicines, Health Supplement, and Cosmetics industries. The purpose was to jointly assess draft regulations currently being prepared by the Deputy II of BPOM who is responsible for supervising the said products. The hybrid meeting was opened with an opening speech by Reri Indriani (Deputy for Supervision of Traditional Medicines, Health Supplement, and Cosmetics) and Drs. Tepy Usia, Apt, M.Phil, Ph.D (Director of Standardization of Traditional Medicines, Health Supplement, and Cosmetics) as a speaker. Some inputs and recommendations were given by participating associations in the meeting to enrich the drafting process.

On 26 January 2021, the group leaders of the Finance, Tax, and Investment Working Group met to coordinate working group’s upcoming activities. In this meeting, the Head of the Working Group, Omar Abdulkadir, and his Deputy Head, Leonard Anilaputra Eggert, planned the process of collection of issues for the purpose of updating the EuroCham position papers. This year’s sectoral paper plans to once again highlight issues related to development and issues related to taxation, policies related to financial services, as well as latest observation on the investment regime.