In order to mitigate the economic effects of quarantine due to the coronavirus, the Government expanded the list of activities that can be carried out during the “social, preventive and mandatory isolation” which governs the country until April 12 due to the advance of the pandemic, through the Administrative Decision 450/2020.
The measure, published this Friday (03.04.2020/XNUMX/XNUMX) in the Official Gazette, incorporates eight practices and services to the list of activities declared essential, within which Those linked to foreign trade appear.
The official text clarifies that "the movements of persons covered by this article must be limited to the strict performance of activities and services considered essential."
Thus, "people affected by this Administrative Decision must process the Single Certificate Authorizing Circulation - Covid-19."
New activities exempted from isolation
1. Sale of construction supplies and materials provided by lumberyards.
2. Activities related to forestry and mining production, distribution and marketing.
3. Tanneries, sawmills and wood products factories, mattress factories and road and agricultural machinery factories.
4. Activities related to foreign trade: exports of finished products and imports essential for the functioning of the economy.
5. Exploration, prospecting, production, transformation and marketing of nuclear fuel.
6. Essential maintenance and fumigation services.
7. Mutual and credit cooperatives, through minimum on-call guards, for the sole purpose of guaranteeing the operation of the credit and/or payment system.
8. Registration, identification and documentation of persons.
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