Indonesia’s regulatory landscape is shifting again, and this time, the focus is squarely on the investor. The new Government Regulation (GR) 28/2025 is not merely an update; it is a fundamental transformation designed to make investment processes faster, more certain, and entirely predictable.
For foreign investors, GR 28/2025 addresses the two biggest deterrents to market entry: uncertainty of time and complexity of procedure. This regulation is built on three core pillars:
Pillar 1: Business Licensing Certainty
The era of open-ended licensing timelines is over. GR 28/2025 formalizes predictable service standards, a massive win for budgeting and planning.
- Establishment of SLAs: The regulation mandates the creation of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for basic licensing and all business activities. This means investors know the exact timeline required for their permits, removing a major source of project risk.
- Time Limits on Corrections: Crucially, the policy regulates strict time limits for the correction process. This prevents applications from stalling indefinitely in the bureaucracy, guaranteeing forward momentum.
Pillar 2: Process Simplification
The government is actively eliminating administrative friction to speed up market entry.
- Elimination of Layered Procedures: GR 28/2025 aims to eliminate redundant and layered procedural requirements, reducing the complexity and volume of paperwork foreign investors must manage.
- Streamlined Workflows: The regulation systematizes licensing stages and streamlines workflows, ensuring a clear, logical progression from initial registration (NIB) to final operational approval. This reduces the administrative footprint required to operate.
Pillar 3: Regulatory Restructuring
To reduce cross-sector and cross-regional conflicts, the policy focuses on internal structural clarity.
- Harmonization of Nomenclature: The regulation enforces the harmonization of sector nomenclature, ensuring that terms and classifications used by different governmental agencies (e.g., the Ministry of Industry vs. the OSS) align perfectly. This reduces the risk of rejection due to conflicting definitions.
Accura: Locking in the Speed of the New Regulation
GR 28/2025 is a significant step toward an investor-friendly environment. However, navigating the transition to a new regulatory framework, while it is being rolled out, requires specialized local expertise. The risk of misinterpretation during this phase is high.
Accura is uniquely positioned to ensure your company benefits fully from this new speed and certainty:
- SLA Compliance Guarantee: We use the new government-mandated SLAs as the basis for our service guarantee, ensuring your company is incorporated and licensed within the fastest possible, predictable timeframe.
- Zero-Correction Submission: We meticulously prepare your documents to comply with the new standardized inspection rules, eliminating the slow, back-and-forth correction process.
Partner with Accura to transform Indonesia’s commitment to simplification into your fastest, most compliant market entry yet.