SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFECTING IMPORTATION OF FINISHED GOODS BY PRODUCERS
The Supreme Court has struck down the core provisions of the Trade Minister Regulation which allowed producers to import finished goods (No. 39/M-DAG/PER/10/2010). The regulation will cease to have legal effect as of 8 May 2012
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The Constitutional Court in Decision No. 27/PUU-IX/2011 (“Decision”) declared articles 65(7) and 66(2)(b) of Law No. 13 of 2003 (“Manpower Law“) conditionally unconstitutional where fixed-term employment contracts used in outsourcing arrangements do not provide a clause protecting the rights of existing workers when the principal company (work provider) switches outsourcing company or labour provider but the same work continues.
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in response to changes made to the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature, the Government issued Minister of Trade Regulation No. 08/M-DAG/PER/2/2012 (“MOTR 8/2012”) on the Amendment to Minister of Trade Regulation No. 54/M-DAG/PER/12/2010 (“MOTR 54/2010”) on Iron and Steel Import Provisions
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The Government issued Government Regulation No. 47 of 2012 on Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility on 4 April 2012 (“GR 47”).
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As Visas on Arrival (VoA) are often applied for by foreign citizens traveling on emergency travel documents, on 29 February 2012
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