;
Chapter Chapter 14 (Energy and Raw Materials)];
Chapter Chapter 15 (Trade and Sustainable Development and Growth)] and
Chapter Chapter 16 (Sustainable Food Systems) and
Chapter Chapter [18 (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises)]; and
any other areas mutually agreed by the Parties.
For the implementation of this Chapter, the Parties shall establish an annual Work Programme as guidance for formulating activities of economic cooperation and capacity building.
The Work Programme shall be consistent with the principles set under Article 1 (Basic Principles) of this Chapter and based on proposals submitted by the Parties for priority areas of cooperation. Such proposals may also include references to forms of cooperation, objectives, and technical contact points.
Resources for Economic Cooperation and Capacity Building
The Parties shall endeavour to make available the necessary resources for the implementation of this Chapter.
Resources for economic cooperation and capacity building under this Chapter shall be provided as mutually agreed by the Parties.
This Article complements and further specifies Article 24.4 (Specialised Committees)] (Institutional Provisions)].
The Committee on Trade and Sustainable Growth in its Economic Cooperation and Capacity Building configuration (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee” for the purposes of this Article) shall be responsible for the effective implementation and operation of this Chapter.
With respect to this Chapter, the functions of the Committee shall include:
establishing the annual Work Programme referred to in Article 17.5 (Work programme). The first Work Programme shall be established within one year from the date of the entry into force of this Agreement;
monitoring and reviewing the cooperation activities undertaken under this Chapter, in order to ensure its effective implementation and to support the achievement of its intended objectives;
exchanging information on all relevant activities pertaining to this Chapter; and
discussing any matter arising under this Chapter.
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 22 (Dispute Settlement).
Disclaimer: In view of the European Commission's transparency policy, the Commission is publishing the texts of its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Indonesia following the Ministerial announcement on 23 September 2025. These texts are published for information purposes only and may undergo further modifications including as a result of the process of legal revision. These texts are without prejudice to the final outcome of the Agreement between the EU and Indonesia. The texts will be final upon signature. The Agreement will become binding on the Parties under international law only after completion by each Party of its internal legal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement.
Chapter CHAPTER 18
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
Article Article 18.1 General Principles
The Parties recognise that small and medium sized enterprises, which include micro, small and medium sized enterprises and entrepreneurs (hereinafter referred to as “SMEs”), contribute significantly to trade, economic growth, employment and innovation. The Parties seek to support the growth and development of SMEs by enhancing their ability to participate in and benefit from the opportunities created by this Agreement.
The Parties recognise the importance of access to trade-specific information and transparency disciplines to facilitate the inclusion of SMEs in international trade. They also recognise that in addition to the provisions in this Chapter, there are other provisions in this Agreement that seek to enhance cooperation between the Parties on small and medium-sized enterprises issues or that otherwise may be of particular benefit to SMEs. Such cooperation activities shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17 (Economic Cooperation and Capacity Building).
Article Article 18.2 Information Sharing
Each Party shall establish or maintain its own publicly accessible website containing information regarding this Agreement, including:
a summary of this Agreement; and
information designed for SMEs that contains:
a description of the provisions in this Agreement that the Party considers to be relevant to SMEs ; and
any additional information that the Party considers would be useful for SMEs interested in benefitting from the opportunities provided by this Agreement.
Each Party shall include links from the website provided for in paragraph 1 to:
the text of this Agreement, including all annexes, tariff schedules, and product-
specific rules of origin;
the equivalent website of the other Party; and
the websites of its government authorities and other appropriate entities that the Party considers would provide useful information to persons interested in trading, investing, or doing business in that Party.
Each Party shall include an internet link in the website provided for in paragraph 1 to websites of its own authorities with information related to the following.
import, export, and transit regulations as well as a description of the importation, exportation, and transit procedures informing of the practical steps needed and the forms, documents and other information required for importation into, exportation from, or transit through the customs territory of that Party;
regulations and procedures concerning intellectual property rights, including geographical indications;
technical regulations, conformity assessment procedures and lists of conformity assessment bodies, where third party conformity assessment is mandatory;
sanitary and phytosanitary measures relating to importation and exportation;
rules on public procurement, a database containing public procurement notices as well as other relevant information concerning public procurement opportunities;
business registration procedures;
applied rates of duties and taxes of any kind imposed on or in connection with importation or exportation;
fees and charges imposed by or for governmental agencies on or in connection with importation, exportation or transit;
duty drawback, deferral, or other types of relief that reduce, refund, or waive customs duties;
rules for the classification or valuation of products for customs purposes; and
(g) other information which the Party considers may be of assistance to SMEs;
Each Party shall include a link from the website provided for in paragraph 1 to a database that is electronically searchable by tariff nomenclature code and that includes the following information with respect to access to its market:
rates of customs duties and quotas (including most-favoured nation , rates concerning non-most favoured nation countries and preferential rates and tariff rate quotas);
excise duties;
taxes (including value added tax, and/or income tax on imports, and/or sales tax on luxury goods);
rules of origin;
other tariff measures;
information needed for import procedures; and
information related to non-tariff measures or regulations.
Each Party shall regularly, or when requested by the other Party, update the information and links referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 to ensure that they are up-to-date and accurate.
Each Party shall ensure that information set out in this Article is presented in a manner that is easy to use for SMEs. Each Party shall endeavour to make the information available in English.
No Party shall apply a fee shall apply to any persons on either party for access to the information provided pursuant to paragraph 1 to 4.
Article Article 18.3 SME Contact Points
Each Party shall, upon the the entry into force of this Agreement, designate a contact point for the implementation of this Chapter (hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as “SME Contact Points”) and notify the other Party of the contact details including information regarding the relevant officials. The Parties promptly notify each other of any change of those contact details.
The SME Contact Points shall:
ensure that SMEs’ needs are taken into account in the implementation of this Agreement so that SMEs of both Parties can take advantage of new opportunities under this Agreement;
consider ways to strengthen the cooperation on matters of relevance to SMEs between the Parties to increase trade and investment opportunities for SMEs;
identify ways and exchange information for EU and Indonesian SMEs to take
advantage of new opportunities under this Agreement;
monitor and ensure that the information referred to in Article 18.2 (Information Sharing) is up-to-date and relevant for SMEs. Either Party may, through the SME Contact Points, suggest additional information that the other Party may include in its websites to be maintained in accordance with Article 18.2 (Information Sharing);
examine any matter relevant to SMEs in connection with the implementation of this Agreement, including:
exchanging information to assist the Trade Committee in its task to monitor and implement the SMEs-related aspects of this Agreement;
assisting and participating as appropriate in the work of other committees, contact points and working groups including those dealing with the provisions on regulatory cooperation/regulatory coherence and non-tariff issues established by this Agreement in identifying and considering matters of interest to SMEs in order to improve the ability of SMEs to engage in trade and investment among the Parties;
report periodically on their activities, jointly or individually, to the Trade Committee for its consideration; and
consider any other matter arising under this Agreement pertaining to SMEs as the Parties may agree.
SME Contact Points shall meet as mutually agreed once a year if appropriate and shall carry out their work through the communication channels decided by the Parties, which may include electronic mail, videoconference, or other means.
SME Contact Points may seek to cooperate with experts and external organisations, as appropriate, in carrying out their work in accordance with this Chapter.
Article Article 18.4
Non-Application of dispute settlement
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be subject to Chapter 22 (Dispute Settlement).
Disclaimer: In view of the European Commission's transparency policy, the Commission is publishing the texts of its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement with Indonesia following the Ministerial announcement on 23 September 2025. These texts are published for information purposes only and may undergo further modifications including as a result of the process of legal revision. These texts are without prejudice to the final outcome of the Agreement between the EU and Indonesia. The texts will be final upon signature. The Agreement will become binding on the Parties under international law only after completion by each Party of its internal legal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement.
Chapter CHAPTER 19
GOOD REGULATORY PRACTICES
Article ARTICLE 19.1
General principles
Each Party shall be free to determine its approach to good regulatory practices under this Agreement in a manner consistent with its own legal framework, practice and fundamental principles, including the precautionary principle, underlying its regulatory system.
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as to require a Party to:
deviate from domestic procedures for preparing and adopting regulatory measures,
take actions that would undermine or impede the timely adoption of regulatory measures to achieve its public policy objectives, or
achieve any particular regulatory outcome.
This Chapter does not apply to regulatory authorities and regulatory measures, practices or approaches of the Member States of the European Union.
This Chapter does not apply to regulatory authorities and regulatory measures, practices or approaches of the provincies, regencies and municipalities of the Government of Indonesia.
Article ARTICLE 19.2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Chapter:
"regulatory authority" means:
for the European Union: the European Commission; and
for Indonesia: the Central Government of Indonesia.
"regulatory measures" means:
for the European Union:
regulations and directives, as provided in Article 288 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); and
implementing and delegated acts, as provided in Article 290 and Article 291 TFEU, respectively;
For Indonesia:
laws;
government regulations ; and
Presidential Regulations and Ministerial Regulations to the extent that the laws provide an empowerment for such measures.
Article ARTICLE 19.3
Scope
This Chapter shall apply to regulatory measures by regulatory authorities in respect to any matter covered by this Agreement.
Article ARTICLE 19.4
Internal coordination of regulatory development
Each Party shall maintain internal coordination processes or mechanisms with respect to regulatory measures that its regulatory authorities are preparing. Such processes or mechanisms should seek, inter alia, to:
foster good regulatory practices, including those set forth in this Chapter;
identify and avoid unnecessary duplication and inconsistent requirements in the Party’s regulatory measures;
ensure compliance with international trade and investment obligations; and
promote consideration of the impacts of the regulatory measures under preparation, including those on small and medium-sized enterprises.
Article ARTICLE 19.5
Regulatory processes and mechanisms
Each Party shall make publicly available descriptions of the processes and mechanisms used by its regulatory authority to prepare, evaluate or review regulatory measures. These descriptions shall refer to relevant guidelines, rules or procedures, including those regarding opportunities for the public to provide comments.
Article ARTICLE 19.6
Early information on planned regulatory measures
Each Party shall make publicly available at least on an annual basis a list of planned major regulatory measures that its regulatory authorities reasonably expect to adopt within a year.
With respect to each major regulatory measure included in the list referred to in paragraph 1, each Party should make publicly available, as early as possible:
a brief description of its scope and objectives; and
as appropriate, the estimated timing for its adoption, including opportunities for public consultations.
Article ARTICLE 19.7
Public consultations
When preparing a major regulatory measure, each Party shall, in accordance with its respective rules and procedures:
publish either the draft regulatory measures or consultation documents providing sufficient details about regulatory measures under preparation to allow any person to assess whether and how the person's interests might be significantly affected;
offer reasonable opportunities for any person, on a non-discriminatory basis, to provide comments; and
consider the comments submitted, provided that they are relevant for the consultation.
The regulatory authority of each Party should make use of electronic means of communication and seek to use and maintain a dedicated and, if available, single electronic portal for the purposes of providing information and receiving comments related to public consultations.
The regulatory authority of each Party shall endeavour to make publicly available a summary of the results of the consultations and shall make publicly available any relevant comments received, except to the extent necessary to protect confidential information or withhold personal data or inappropriate content.
Article ARTICLE 19.8
Impact assessment
The regulatory authority of each Party affirms its intention to carry out, in accordance with its respective rules and procedures, an impact assessment of major regulatory measures it is preparing.
When carrying out an impact assessment, the regulatory authority of each Party shall establish and maintain processes and mechanisms that promote the consideration of the following factors:
the need for the regulatory measure, including the nature and the significance of the problem the regulatory measure intends to address;
feasible and appropriate regulatory and, to the extent possible, non-regulatory alternatives including the option of not regulating, if any, that would achieve the Party's public policy objective;
to the extent possible and relevant, the potential social, economic and environmental impact of those alternatives, including on international trade and investment and on small and medium-sized enterprises; and
how the options under consideration relate to relevant international standards, if any, including the reason for any divergence, where appropriate.
With respect to any impact assessment that a regulatory authority has conducted for a regulatory measure, each Party shall prepare a final report detailing the factors it considered in its assessment and the relevant findings. Such reports shall be to the extent possible made publicly available no later than when the regulatory measure is made publicly available.
Article ARTICLE 19.9
Retrospective evaluation
The regulatory authority of each Party shall maintain processes or mechanisms to promote retrospective evaluations of regulatory measures in effect.
2 When conducting a retrospective evaluation the regulatory authorities of a Party shall consider among others whether there are opportunities to more effectively achieve public policy objectives and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, including on small and medium-sized enterprises.
Each Party shall make publicly available its plans for and the results of such retrospective evaluations.
Article ARTICLE 19.10
Regulatory register
Each Party shall ensure that regulatory measures that are in effect are published in a designated register that identifies regulatory measures by topic and that is publicly available through a freely accessible internet website. The website should allow searches for regulatory measures by citations or by word. Each Party shall periodically update its register.