With the Resolution 1 / 2022 of the Ministry of Economy's Trade Secretariat, a restructuring of the import licensing process has been implemented.
In its recitals, the rule in question determines that to avoid regulatory dispersions, it is necessary to "implement the modifications mentioned above and avoid the regulatory dispersion of its treatment, it is necessary to fully repeal Annexes IV, V, VII, VIII, X, XIII and XIV of Resolution No. 523/17 of the Secretariat of Commerce and its modifications and unify in a single annex (Annex II) the universe of tariff items of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR (NCM) affected by the processing of Non-Automatic Import Licences."
In order to comply with this, through this Resolution it has been decided to replace previous regulations with a new text, as provided by replacing art. 1 of Res. 523/2017 with a new text that states: "The merchandise included in all tariff items of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR (NCM) for definitive import for consumption must process Automatic Import Licences, except for those tariff items determined in Annex II of this resolution or the one which replaces it in the future, which must process Non-Automatic Import Licences. "
Then it is arranged about the requirements for processing of Non-Automatic Licenses, namely:
- Be duly registered in the registry created by Resolution No. 442 dated September 8, 2016 of the former Ministry of Production and its amendment, or the one that replaces it in the future.
- Complete the information detailed in Annex I of this measure in the System.
- Complete in the System, for the tariff item of the Common Nomenclature of MERCOSUR of the merchandise to be imported, the information indicated in section 2) of Annex II of this measure, as appropriate."
The possibility of also continues requirements during the process, which the application authority may provide to the interested party, "at any stage of the procedure, additional information and/or documentation listed in an enunciative manner in the Annex III of this measure, as well as request the intervention of the competent technical bodies or obtain information from its own or third-party sources and request, if it deems appropriate, any clarifications it deems appropriate."
Likewise, Annex III of Resolution No. 523/17 of the Secretariat of Commerce and its amendments are replaced by Annex II (IF-2022-87533691-APN-DIMP#MDP) and Article 16 and Annexes IV, V, VII, VIII, X, XIII and XIV of Resolution No. 523/17 of the Secretariat of Commerce and its amendments.
This resolution published on August 25, 2022, will come into force the following day, 26 for August.
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