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Argentina's Senasa eliminates 43 outdated regulations to simplify framework
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Argentina's Senasa eliminates 43 outdated regulations to simplify framework

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Official statement New plan
  • Argentina's National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) has eliminated 43 outdated regulations to simplify its regulatory framework.
  • The move is part of an effort to create a more transparent and less bureaucratic system for producers and exporters.
  • This initiative aligns with the government's broader deregulation agenda, aiming to improve legal certainty and facilitate compliance with sanitary obligations.

Argentina's National Agrifood Health and Quality Service (Senasa) has taken a significant step toward modernizing its regulatory system by eliminating 43 obsolete resolutions and provisions. This action, published in the Official Gazette, aims to create a "simpler, less bureaucratic, and more transparent" regulatory framework.

more simple, less bureaucratic, and more transparent

— Senasa resolutionThe resolution states the central objective of advancing towards a regulatory framework that is simpler, less bureaucratic, and more transparent.

The eliminated norms, dating from 1964 to 2025, cover various aspects of plant health, phytosanitary certifications, pest alerts, and technical regulations. The move is part of Senasa's ongoing development of a Regulatory Digest, a tool designed to organize, systematize, and improve access to all sanitary regulations for stakeholders in the agri-food chain.

will compile, simplify, and keep updated a Digest of Norms that will contain the current regulatory framework

— Regulatory Decree 776/2019The resolution recalls that Regulatory Decree 776/2019 establishes that the organization will compile, simplify, and keep updated a Digest of Norms.

This initiative aligns with the national government's broader deregulation efforts, including the Decree of Necessity and Urgency 70/2023, which promotes deregulation in commerce, services, and industry by removing unnecessary restrictions. Senasa's goal is to enhance legal certainty and simplify compliance for producers, companies, and exporters, ensuring a more updated and accessible regulatory environment.

it is imperative to have an updated regulatory framework that improves the legal certainty of its users

— National Directorate of Plant ProtectionThe resolution's foundations state that it is imperative to have an updated regulatory framework that improves legal certainty for users.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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