The IJEPA is the first bilateral agreement that signed by the Indonesian government. Since its enactment in 2007, Indonesia has been eager to enhance the implementation of each sector of the agreement, including competition provision. This article intends to assess whether the implementation of the competition chapter of the IJEPA has met its objectives. As the research data shown on the implementation of the competition chapter of the IJEPA between the KPPU and JFTC leads into many positive cooperation activities. Accordingly, the fulfilment on the objectives of the competition chapter shows that most activities by the KPPU and the JFTC regarding all provisions of the competition chapter such as notification, exchange of information, technical cooperation, and transparency are in line with its objectives. Nevertheless, there were still limitations of its provisions and constraints on its implementation. The provisions of notification did not state in details and specify how to implement, such as (1) timing of notification; (2) in which phase of enforcement activities that notification should be given to the other party; (3) in what way to send the notification letter: (4) also in what kind of relevant area of enforcement activities it is necessary to have notification.
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