On 7 February 2017, the European Commission announced that it had published nine initial European proposals for the trade agreement under negotiation with Indonesia. Together with the proposals, the Commission has made available the report from the second round of talks that took place in Indonesia between 24 and 27 January. The announcement said in part:
The texts now made available represent the EU’s initial negotiating position, and its publication is part of the Commission’s commitment for a more transparent trade and investment policy.
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Amongst other things, the texts presented by the EU in the negotiations so far aim to: increase participation of European companies in Indonesian public tenders and vice versa; increase cooperation on imports requirements related to food safety, plant and animal health; broaden protection of traditional European products, known as ‘geographical indications’; reduce unnecessary overlapping regulatory barriers to trade and increase the part of trade benefits that go to small companies. At the same time, the agreement will uphold levels of consumer, worker and environment protection and promote sustainable development.
Further EU proposals will be made available as the negotiations progress on the Transparency in Action portal, where EU proposals from other negotiations have been published since October 2015. The negotiations with Indonesia were launched in July of last year.
