[ABSTRAK Dalam suatu perikatan yang dibuat oleh para pihak, pada umumnya pihak yang memiliki haktagih/ piutang kepada pihak lainnya meminta untuk diberikan jaminan pemenuhan haknyakepada pihak yang berutang. Pada praktek yang terjadi, terdapat suatu bentuk pemberianjaminan yang dinamakan Letter of Undertaking/ surat sanggup, di mana Letter ofUndertaking ini merupakan salah satu bentuk surat pernyataan yang diberikan oleh pihakketiga yang menyatakan kesanggupannya untuk mengambil alih tanggung jawab untukmemenuhi kewajiban dari pihak yang berutang sekaligus risiko yang mungkin timbul akibatdilaksanakannya kewajiban tersebut oleh pihak penerbit Letter of Undertaking. Letter ofUndertaking ini berbeda dengan perjanjian penanggungan. Keberadaan Letter of Undertakingsebagai bentuk dari surat pernyataan tidak diatur secara khusus, sehingga sejauh manakekuatan hukum mengikatnya terhadap pihak penerbit Letter of Undertaking dan bagaimanapemberian perlindungan atas pelaksanaan pemenuhan haknya bagi pihak yang menerimaLetter of Undertaking tersebut masih menjadi pertanyaan. Hal inilah yang diangkat sebagaipokok permasalahan oleh penulis. Oleh karena tidak ada pengaturan terhadap Letter ofUndertaking, maka metode penelitian yang digunakan oleh penulis adalah denganmenggunakan pendekatan konseptual (conceptual approach), di mana pendekatan konseptualdilakukan manakala penulis tidak beranjak dari aturan hukum yang ada. Hal ini dilakukankarena memang belum atau tidak ada aturan hukum untuk masalah yang dihadapi. Denganmenggunakan pendekatan konseptual, maka penulis bermaksud untuk menemukankedudukan hukum dari Letter of Undertaking dalam hukum positif yang berlaku di Indonesia,khususnya yang berlaku dalam hukum perikatan. ABSTRACT In an agreement, practically, those who have the right to claim to other parties ask for aguarantee for the fulfillment of its rights to those who have the obligation to such party. In thepractice that occurs, there is a form of a guarantee is called Letter of Undertaking, in whichthe Letter of Undertaking is one form of an affidavit given by a third party who state hisreadiness to take over the responsibility for fulfilling the obligations of party that owe andany risks might be occurs because of obligations fulfillment of such third party. Letter ofUndertaking is different from the underwriting agreement. The existence of a Letter ofUndertaking is not specifically regulated, so the extent to which legal force to the issuer ofLetter of Undertaking and how to provide protection for the implementation of rights to theparty receiving the Letter of Undertaking is the subject matters by the authors. Because thereis no regulation of the Letter of Undertaking, the research methods used by the author isconceptual approach, in which the conceptual approach is used when the author did not beginfrom the existing law. Such approach is used because it is not yet or there is no rule of law tothe matters encountered. By using the conceptual approach, the author intends to find thelegal standing of the Letter of Undertaking in the positive law in Indonesia, especially as itapplies in the law of contract., In an agreement, practically, those who have the right to claim to other parties ask for aguarantee for the fulfillment of its rights to those who have the obligation to such party. In thepractice that occurs, there is a form of a guarantee is called Letter of Undertaking, in whichthe Letter of Undertaking is one form of an affidavit given by a third party who state hisreadiness to take over the responsibility for fulfilling the obligations of party that owe andany risks might be occurs because of obligations fulfillment of such third party. Letter ofUndertaking is different from the underwriting agreement. The existence of a Letter ofUndertaking is not specifically regulated, so the extent to which legal force to the issuer ofLetter of Undertaking and how to provide protection for the implementation of rights to theparty receiving the Letter of Undertaking is the subject matters by the authors. Because thereis no regulation of the Letter of Undertaking, the research methods used by the author isconceptual approach, in which the conceptual approach is used when the author did not beginfrom the existing law. Such approach is used because it is not yet or there is no rule of law tothe matters encountered. By using the conceptual approach, the author intends to find thelegal standing of the Letter of Undertaking in the positive law in Indonesia, especially as itapplies in the law of contract.] |