Event Reports

On 30 July, EuroCham Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Working Group held a dialogue meeting with Sarjuni Adicahya (Head of Operations of Surveyor Indonesia), to share on Procedures for The Calculation of Local Content For Pharmaceutical Products, as regulated under the Minister of Industry Regulation No. 16 of 2020. This regulation highlights the role of an independent institution as a verification agency of the said local contant certificate. Based on this meeting, the local content certificate documents are a prerequisite for the pharmaceutical industry to take part in the e-catalog system. For this reason, it is expected that the pharmaceutical industry immediately undertake the local content certification process so as to be able to participate in the auction process in the e-catalog system. The overall discussion was moderated by Harimurti Listianto (Deputy Head of Pharmaceutical & Medical Technology Working Group).

The Automotive Working Group held a meeting on Wednesday, 29 July 2020. Chaired by the Head of the Working Group, Daniel Purba, from Mercedes Benz, the meeting discussed five topics. Three of them are related to electric vehicles namely, the Minister of Transportation Regulation on Physical Type Approval, Draft Minister of Industry Regulation on Battery Electric Vehicles, and Minister of Transportation Regulation on Certain Vehicles that use Electric Motors. Another topic discussed was updates on motor vehicle type approval and import provisions on Complementary Good, Good for Market Test, and After Sales. During this meeting it was agreed that member companies shall provide inputs and feedback related to the regulations. Lastly, the group also discussed the upcoming plans to start engaging again the relevant stakeholders either virtually, and if it is already possible, through direct face-to-face meetings.