{"id":132,"date":"2023-01-09T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/boletin-normativo-january-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T01:09:03","slug":"boletin-normativo-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/boletin-normativo-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Newsletter &#8211; January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant News<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restrictions to acquire foreign currency (access to MULC) Related to Knowledge based Economy<\/li>\n<li>Acquisition of Foreign Currency \u2013 Incremental Production of Oil &amp; Gas<\/li>\n<li>Tax Benefits on the Exportation of Hydrocarbons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #025b8c;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LEGISLATION<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Communication \u201cA\u201d 7664\/2022 \u2013 Access to MULC<\/h3>\n<p>By means of Communication &#8220;A&#8221; No. 7626\/22, the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) provides certain amendments to the regulations on Foreign Exchange (\u201cNormas de Exterior y Cambios del BCRA\u201d), mostly applicable to the beneficiaries of the Regime for the Promotion of Knowledge based Economy (the \u201cBeneficiaries\u201d). Among others, the Communication provides that Beneficiaries shall be exempted from settling payments for exports of goods and services entering through the MULC within the applicable term, corresponding to activities of knowledge based economy, subject to the issuance of a &#8220;Certification of Increasement\u201d of said exports. The funds in foreign currency must be deposited in a special account until they are finally destined to the payment -in foreign currency- of employees\u2019 salaries. The Communication also provides that the Beneficiaries shall be exempted from the settling up to 20% of foreing direct investments entering through the MULC, if: (i) the exempted foreign currency is deposited in a special account destined to the Regime for the Promotion of Knowledge based Economy&#8221;, and (ii) an affidavit is signed by the Benefiary compromising the destiny of such funds exclusively for any of the applications admitted in Chapter I of Decree 679\/2022, submiting the documentation of the final capitalization of the contribution within 365 calendar days.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #025b8c;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LATEST NEWS IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR <\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Resolution 13\/2023 \u2013 Access to Foreign Exchange<\/h3>\n<p>By means of Resolution N\u00ba 13\/2023 the Secretariat of Energy approves the general terms and conditions in order to access foreign currency for the incremental production of Oil (RADPIP), Natural Gas (RADPIGN) and for the Promotion of Employment, Labor and Development of Regional and National Suppliers of the Hydrocarbons Industry (RPEPNIH).<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution 20\/2023 \u2013 Price of Bioethanol (Sugar Cane and Corn)<\/h3>\n<p>By means of Resolution N\u00ba 20\/2023, the Secretariat of Energy sets forth the price of bioethanol obtained from sugar cane and corn destined for mandatory mixture with petrol (Law 27,640) applicable to operations performed as of January 16th, 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Neuqu\u00e9n &#8211; Procedure for Prior Consultation to Indigenous Communities<\/h3>\n<p>By means of Decree N\u00ba 108\/2023 the Executive Branch of the Province of Neuqu\u00e9n approves the \u201cProcedure for Prior, Free and Informed Consultation\u201d applicable to those indigenous communities with provincial recognized legal status. The procedure shall be mandatory for the provincial authorities in relation to the issuance of regulations capable to affect such communities. In particular, and among others, the Procedure shall apply to the authorization proceedings of exploratory or exploitation programs of natural resources located on indigenous territory.<\/p>\n<h3>Neuqu\u00e9n &#8211; Public Tender 1\/2023 \u2013 Cero Hamaca Area<\/h3>\n<p>Public Tender N\u00ba 1\/2023 of the Province of Neuqu\u00e9n calls interested parties to participate in the granting of hydrocarbons exploitation, development and exploration rights within Cerro Hamaca Area, located in the Province of Neuqu\u00e9n. Tenders shall be received until March 13th, 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution 26\/2023 \u2013 Benefits for Exports of Hydrocarbons<\/h3>\n<p>By means of Resolution N\u00ba 26\/2023, the Secretariat of Energy approves the procedure for application of a benefit of 0% on export duties regarding exports of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (under Decree N\u00ba 929\/2013).<\/p>\n<p>Please, do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any further questions or comments:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tm-article-columns uk-text-left uk-margin-large\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">D\u00e1maris Martinez<br \/>Senior Associate<br \/>dmartinez@bcoabogados.com.ar<br \/> +54 11 4326-7777<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Leandro Martin Orts<br \/>Partner<br \/>lorts@bcoabogados.com.ar<br \/> +54 11 4326-7777<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant News Restrictions to acquire foreign currency (access to MULC) Related to Knowledge based Economy Acquisition of Foreign Currency \u2013 Incremental Production of Oil &amp; Gas Tax Benefits on the Exportation of Hydrocarbons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcoabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}