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Author	Prof Claureria Angie Ely
Organisation/Institution	Universitas Pelita Harapan, Faculty of Law
Country	INDONESIA
Panel	Competition Law
Title	Enforcing Indonesian Competition Law in Digital Markets in Indonesia: Challenges and Opportunities
Abstract	In one hand the Government of Indonesia encourages the growth of the digital ecosystem through startup companies which are one of the motors of the economy. And in the other hand the Indonesian Competition Commission (ICC) shall oversee and protect the competition in the digital markets so that every single undertaking may carry out his business without restrictions and for a while Indonesian competition law does not cover the digital markets. The current Indonesian competition law is just to rule the competition in the traditional market. While the digital markets is such as platforms have different characteristic in comparing to the traditional market. Markets in the digital markets need to be defined in order to assess the competitive forces at play for a certain product or service. By this means, market definition establishes a legal, normative picture of that part of the economy that is of relevance for the case. And platforms are characterised by having several market sides (multi-sided markets). In May 2021 Gojek acquired Tokopedia and become GoTo and it has been notified to ICC and ICC has done assessment by using Indonesian competition law without considering that the market is digital and the ICC announced that GoTo has no dominant position and Tokopedia and Gojek were not in the same relevant market and ICC determined that GoTo has no potential to conduct unfair competition. GoTo received no objection letter from ICC. This study aims to elaborate on some cases of digital markets and how ICC handled the case without having digital provisions what are the challenges and is there any opportunity to apply the Indonesia competition law in digital markets in the future. Keywords: Indonesian Competition Law, digital markets,
Biography	Claureria Angie Ely is an undergraduate law student in Universitas Pelita Harapan, Medan Campus, with an academic focus on business law. She has completed coursework in corporate law, competition law, and law research methodology. Claureria has experience in academic writing, basic legal research and English-Indonesian legal translation. She has also been involved in student affairs and communication-related roles within the campus community. Her academic interests include digital market regulations, competition policy, and the development of legal frameworks for emerging technologies.