Legal Regulation and Protections for The Parties in The Franchise Business Agreements in Indonesia

In  Indonesia  doing  business  with  the  concept  of  franchising  in  various  fields  is currently very popular among the people. Doing business with the concept of franchising  is  desirable  because  in  addition  to  being  seen  in  terms  of  profits  and various ease of doing business offered by the franchisor to the franchisee. Franchising is based on an agreement called a franchise agreement, but there are not a few legal problems that arise with the existence of the franchise agreement. Based on this, this research aims to find out the form of arrangement of the franchise agreement and legal protection for the parties in the franchise agreement. The normative juridical method is the method used in this study. This method is intended to analyze the legal materials related to the arrangements in the franchise agreement and legal protection for the parties in Indonesia. This study addresses the franchise business agreements including agreements  that  are  not  well-known  or  innocent  and  legal  protection  carried  out further regulated in the Republic of Indonesia's Minister of Trade Regulation Number 53/M-DAG/PER/8/2012 regarding Franchising. The legal status of the parties in the franchise agreement in force in Indonesia is independent.