Regulation
UU
Also known as: Undang-Undang, law, statute
TL;DR
An Indonesian law, the highest tier of national legislation, passed by the House of Representatives (DPR) and signed by the President.
Full explainer
UU — Undang-Undang — is the standard abbreviation for an Indonesian law: a piece of national legislation passed by the People's Representative Council (DPR-RI) and signed into force by the President. In the legal hierarchy laid out by UU 12/2011, UU sits above Government Regulations (PP), Presidential Regulations (Perpres), and ministerial regulations (Permen).
For carbon, the most directly relevant UU is UU 7/2021 (Harmonisasi Peraturan Perpajakan, the 2021 tax-harmonisation law) which introduced Indonesia's domestic carbon tax. UU 16/2016 ratified the Paris Agreement, giving Indonesia's NDC its domestic legal anchor. UU 32/2009 (Environmental Protection and Management) provides the umbrella authority under which most KLHK regulations operate.
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