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Bank Indonesia issued Circular Letter No. 18/6/DKEM on 22 April 2016 to amend prudential regulations governing external debt management for non-bank corporations in Indonesia. The amendment clarifies that specific accounts receivable to residents can be classified as foreign currency assets if they relate to strategic infrastructure projects or transactions permitted in foreign currencies, subject to Bank Indonesia approval. Additionally, the regulation expands exemptions from mandatory minimum credit ratings for external debts used for infrastructure financing, refinancing, trade credit, and loans from finance companies meeting specific soundness criteria.
No. 18/6/DKEM Jakarta, 22 April 2016 CIRCULAR LETTER To ALL NON-BANK CORPORATIONS IN INDONESIA Subject: Second Amendment of Bank Indonesia Circular Letter Number 16/24/DKEM dated 30 December 2014 concerning the Implementation of Prudential Principles in Managing External Debt of Non-Bank Corporation. Pursuant to Bank Indonesia Regulation Number 16/21/PBI/2014 concerning the Implementation of Prudential Principles in Managing External Debt of Non-Bank Corporation (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 394 of 2014, Supplement to State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 5651), as amended by Bank Indonesia Regulation Number 18/4/PBI/2016 (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 74 of 2016, Supplement to State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 5874), it is necessary to issue the second amendment to Bank Indonesia Circular Letter Number 16/24/DKEM dated 30 December 2014 on the Implementation of Prudential Principles in Managing External Debt of Non-Bank Corporation, as amended by Bank Indonesia Circular Letter Number 17/18/DKEM dated 30 June 2015, as follows:
2 2) between 3 (three) and 6 (six) months from the end of the quarter. that are sold in an outright manner or irrevocable and after deduction of allowance for impairment of receivables. b. Accounts receivable to Residents as referred to in letter a is calculated as a component of Foreign Currency Assets provided that they have entered into a contract or agreement executed prior to 1 July 2015 until the written agreement expiration. c. Accounts receivable to Residents whose contract or agreement is signed on 1 July 2015 may be calculated as Foreign Currency Assets provided that:
3 2. Provision of point II.2 is amended as to read as follows: 2. Exemptions from the mandatory minimum Credit Rating will be granted for: a. External Debts in Foreign Currencies applied to substitute the previous External Debts (refinancing); b. External Debts in Foreign Currencies for infrastructure project financing sourced:
4 3. Appendix I is amended, and therefore, it reads as set forth in Appendix I constituting an inseparable part of this Bank Indonesia Circular Letter. 4. 1 (one) appendix is added as Appendix III constituting an inseparable part of this Bank Indonesia Circular Letter. This Bank Indonesia Circular Letter shall commence on 22 April 2016. For public recognition, it is hereby ordered that this Bank Indonesia Circular Letter be promulgated in the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia. BANK INDONESIA, JUDA AGUNG HEAD OF ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY DEPARTMENT
5 APPENDIX I BANK INDONESIA CIRCULAR LETTER NUMBER 18/6/DKEM, DATED 22 APRIL 2016 CONCERNING THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF BANK INDONESIA CIRCULAR LETTER NUMBER 16/24/DKEM DATED 30 DECEMBER 2014 CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRUDENTIAL PRINCIPLES IN MANAGING EXTERNAL DEBT OF NON-BANK CORPORATION LIST OF RATING AGENCIES APPROVED BY BANK INDONESIA FOR THE APPLICATION OF PRUDENTIAL PRINCIPLES TO MANAGE NON-BANK CORPORATE EXTERNAL DEBT Name of Rating Agency BB- Equivalent Rating Domestic Rating Agencies PT. Pemeringkat Efek Indonesia (PEFINDO) id BBPT. Fitch Ratings Indonesia BB-(idn) International Rating Agencies Moody’s Investors Service Ba3 Standard & Poor’s BBFitch Ratings BBJapan Credit Rating Agency BBRating and Investment Information Inc. BBHEAD OF ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY DEPARTMENT JUDA AGUNG
6 APPENDIX III BANK INDONESIA CIRCULAR LETTER NUMBER 18/6/DKEM, DATED 22 APRIL 2016 CONCERNING THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF BANK INDONESIA CIRCULAR LETTER NUMBER 16/24/DKEM DATED 30 DECEMBER 2014 CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRUDENTIAL PRINCIPLES IN MANAGING EXTERNAL DEBT OF NON-BANK CORPORATION LIST OF SCOPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS a. Transportation infrastructures among others are:
7 2) production unit; and/or 3) distribution unit. e. Centralized sewage management system infrastructures among others are:
8 j. Energy conservation infrastructures among others are:
9 3) state detention house; 4) state storehouse for seized goods; 5) temporary child shelter; 6) child support institution; and/or 7) correctional institution’s hospital. r. Public housing infrastructures among others are: