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Doing Business in Argentina
Copyright Protection under the Argentine IP law includes scientific, literary, artistic or educational works, regardless of the processes used for their reproduction.
The regulatory environment is complex so for more details contact the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) at: http://www.inpi.gob.ar/ or the DIT team in Buenos Aires at: https://www.gov.uk/ world/organisations/department-forinternational-trade-argentina#contact-us. [Source – Argentine Investment & Trade Promotion Agency (Jan 2018)]
Export licences On 27th June 2018 the UK Government informed Parliament of a change of the Government’s arms exports policy in relation to Argentina. This change lifts a set of restrictions which were imposed in 2012.
Under those restrictions it had been the British Government's policy not to grant an export licence for any military or dual-use goods and technology being supplied to military end-users in Argentina, except in exceptional circumstances.
The revised policy means that applications for export licences for goods to military end-users in Argentina are no longer prohibited, but instead will be assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (the “Consolidated Criteria”).
You can find the full statement at: https://www.parliament.uk/business/ publications/written-questions-answersstatements/written-statement/Commons/ 2018-06-27/HCWS799/.
You can find out more about getting a licence to export dual use goods, services or technology to Argentina at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/beginnersguide-to-export-controls.
To find out which products will need certification or licensing before they can be exported to Argentina, see: https://www.gov.uk/starting-to-export/ licences.
Law on marketing and selling If you are selling to consumers you must be aware of and comply with Argentina’s Consumer Protection Law (CPL). The Commerce Secretariat is the enforcement authority of the CPL at the national level. The National Directorate of Consumer Protection at: https://www.argentina.gob.ar /defensadelconsumidor has details of provincial offices across the country. Standards and technical regulations The Argentine Standards Institute (IRAM) has signed the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards.
Argentina, as an active MERCOSUR member, participates in the development of MERCOSUR standards and regulations. The MERCOSUR Standards Association (AMN) – composed of the standards institutes of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay – develops and harmonises standards. The Executive Secretariat of the AMN is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. For information on Argentine and MERCOSUR standards, contact the Argentine Standards Institute (IRAM) at: http://www.iram.org.ar/ and MERCOSUR Standards Association at: https://www.amn.org.br/.
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