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Tuesday, 2 August, 2022

Shorter Waiting Period for Payment of Supplies

From August 1, 2022, the waiting period for the payment of imports of certain supplies (paper, plastic, rubber, etc) for the local production of goods is reduced from 180 to 90 calendar days from the date of registration of customs entry of the goods, if they have an SIMI B or C. MORE

Monday, 1 August, 2022

Conversion of MP 1.103 Into Law: New Benchmark for Securitization Companies

In an article published in Revista Consultor Jurídico (ConJur), our partners Fábio Souza Aranha Cascione and Gabriel Capella talk about the expectations around the legal framework of securitizations, which seeks to consolidate in a single legal diploma the entire rule of securitization operations, currently positive in a sparse way in specific laws. MORE

Monday, 1 August, 2022

Election of Foreign Jurisdiction and the Understanding of the Courts

In an article published in Revista Consultor Jurídico (ConJur), Tatiana Kauffmann and Clara Caiado address the discussion involving the election of foreign jurisdiction in contracts concluded between national and international parties, which has become increasingly recurrent due to globalization and the current political and economic context, which is permeated by instability in several countries. MORE

Monday, 1 August, 2022

Labor Law Newsletter

Read in our Labor Law Newsletter:

• Justice frees The Anonymous Football Company (SAF) from Cruzeiro to answer for actions
• STF modulates decision on outsourcing
• Suspended labor execution against transport company in judicial recovery
• STF decides that receiving fees by attorneys of SP should observe salary ceiling
• Travel hours are computed in the journey in the period after the labor reform of 2017. MORE

Monday, 1 August, 2022

Talent That Donates Talent

Santiváñez Abogados participated in the Free Legal Assistance Campaign for the residents of the community of Pamplona Alta; The profession of law was born as a tool in favor of society and also stands as a means by which positive changes can be made. MORE
Thursday, 28 July, 2022

New “Soy Dollar”

As of 7/27/22, producers or operators of grains for marketing who sell soybeans to a buyer who will export them directly or as a result of a production process carried out in Argentina, and who do not export those goods on their own account, may use the pesos charged for those sales until 8/31/22 as follows. MORE

Wednesday, 27 July, 2022

Carbon Credits and ESG: Environmental Licensing, Disasters and Mining

Our environmental law partner Rafael Fernando Feldmann participated in the 10th episode of webseries on Carbon Credits and ESG, produced by ECOA PUC-Rio, with the theme "Environment: Environmental Licensing, Disasters and Mining" where it was discussed when an enterprise should be licensed or not and by whom. MORE

Wednesday, 27 July, 2022

Tax Talks: Premium Payment After the Labor Reform

In another Tax Talks, the tax lawyer Jéssica Passarini Messias talks with Bianca Caruso Fortunato Freire Spörl, a labor law lawyer, about awards awarded to employees after the Labor Reform. MORE

Monday, 25 July, 2022

The New Fatal, Non-Fatal, Dangerous Incident and Occupational Disease Notification Forms Are Published

The publication of the new forms occurs in the context of the modifications of article 1 of Supreme Decree No 012-2014-TR, which approved the Single Registry of Information on work accidents, dangerous incidents and occupational diseases, and of article 110 of the Regulations of the Law on Safety and Health at Work, provided by Supreme Decree No 006-2022-TR, published on April 28, 2022. MORE

Monday, 25 July, 2022

Country “Kills” More Than One Partnership With the Private Sector per Day

Our partner Felipe Estefam collaborated with ESTADÃO on how legal uncertainty, lack of planning and issues with the MP and TCU prevent PPPs projects from going ahead. MORE

Friday, 22 July, 2022

Thank-You

We want to thank the probono team of Richards, Cardinal, Tützer, Zabala & Zaefferer SC, Accenture Argentina for the joint work and the legal advice provided. MORE

Friday, 22 July, 2022

“A” 7553: Government Authorizes Import Payments of Inputs

Communication "A" 7553 of the BCRA allowed the payment of imports of goods through the foreign exchange market ("MLC"), to the extent that the following conditions are met. MORE

Friday, 22 July, 2022

“A” 7552: More Restrictions on Payments Abroad

BCRA Communication “A” 7552 established that in order to access the foreign exchange market to make payments abroad, it must be declared that there are no CEDEARs and/or available liquid foreign assets that together exceed USD 100,000; otherwise, prior authorization from the BCRA will be required. MORE

Friday, 22 July, 2022

“A” 7551: The Tourist Dollar

Communication "A" 7551 of the BCRA provides that entities authorized to operate in exchange may receive foreign currency bills from non-resident tourists to carry out, on their own behalf and order, "MEP Dollar" operations, declaring that in the last 30 days they did not carry out operations in excess of USD 5,000 in all the entities. MORE

Friday, 22 July, 2022

Law No 20038 on Electronic Check

On May 27, 2022, Law No 20038 was enacted, which introduces certain amendments to Decree-Law No 14412 (“Check Law”), and the General Process Code (“CGP”); In this way, the digitization of checks and electronic checks as instruments of the payment system is enabled. MORE

Friday, 22 July, 2022

Digital Constitution of SAS

The General Directorate of Registries regulated the procedure for the Registration of a Simplified Stock Company (SAS) by generating a Manual for Citizens and instructions for carrying out the procedure online. MORE

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