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On 1 December 2023, the Energy Secretariat, through Resolution 970/23 (“Resolution”), created the National Program for the Measurement and Reduction of Emissions from Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Activities.
Hydrocarbon-producing companies must submit: (i) an annual plan for the measurement of emissions; and (ii) a comprehensive five-year plan for the reduction and/or capture of emissions before the Hydrocarbons Sub-Secretariat, which will be in charge of issuing further complementary regulations.

On 14 November 2023, through Resolution 385/2023 of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, the National Strategy for the Use of Carbon Markets (ENUMeC) was approved.
The ENUMeC aims to promote the implementation of carbon markets and the development of projects that contribute to the mitigation and adaptation to climate change in Argentina, in line with the international climate commitments undertaken by Argentina (under the Paris Agreement, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol).

On 30 November 2023, the Argentine Central Bank issued Communication “A” 7901, which introduces amendments to the regime for foreign exchange dealers, including limits for the sale of foreign currency to entities authorized to operate in foreign exchange and to related customers, as well as new obligations for foreign exchange dealers.

On 30 November 2023, the Central Bank of Argentina issued Communication “A” 7905, extending the effective date of certain modifications to the National Payments System related to immediate debit and the interoperability of credit card payments through Quick Response codes.

Following Administrative Decision No. 641/2021 on “Minimum information security requirements for the national public sector,” the AAIP approved its information security policy. The purposes of the policy are to protect the information resources of the AAIP and the technological tools used for their processing; ensure the confidentiality, integrity, availability, legality and reliability of information, and strengthen the adequate implementation of security measures, identifying available resources.

By means of Resolution No. 198/2023, published in the official gazette on 18 October 2023, the Agency of Access to Public Information (AAIP) approved the model contractual clauses included in the Implementation Guide of Model Contractual Clauses for International Personal Data Transfers of the Ibero-American Data Protection Network (MCC and IADPN, respectively).

Through Resolution No. 161/2023, published in the official gazette on 4 September 2023, the Agency for Access to Public Information (AAIP) created the Program for Transparency and Protection of Personal Data in the Use of Artificial Intelligence and entrusted its execution, monitoring and evaluation to the National Directorates of Evaluation of Transparency Policies and Protection of Personal Data.

By Decree 433/2023 and General Resolution No. 5414/2023 of the Federal Tax Administration, new benefits were established until 31 October 2023 for companies that enter into price agreements — or adjust the existing ones — with the Secretary of Commerce.

On 31 August 2023, the Financial Information Unit (UIF, for its Spanish acronym) issued Resolution UIF No. 169/2023, by which new guidelines were established for the management of money laundering and terrorist financing risks and minimum compliance for obliged entities of the sector (companies that carry out capitalization and savings operations) in order to manage procedures of control for risks generated by possible money laundering and terrorist financing actions by third parties. The Resolution will become effective on 1 November 2023.