Comprehensive Legislative Proposal Unveiled. A Bird’s Eye View

The government of Javier Milei has submitted a bill to Congress for consideration. Some key points are detailed below. The omnibus bill addressing diverse areas, including dispute resolution, administrative and judicial reforms, economic sectors, electoral changes, large investments, cultural and environmental reforms, education, transportation, and public safety, among others.

1. Mechanisms for Dispute Resolution:

• State inclusion in Mandatory Mediation Law for private law cases.
• Introduction of transactional agreements in administrative, judicial, and arbitration disputes involving Administration contractors.

2. Administrative Procedure Update:

• Precise application scope and enhanced hierarchical review.
• Inclusion of principles such as good faith, loyalty, gratuitousness, bureaucratic efficiency, and citizen participation.
• Changes in the validity and invalidity requirements of administrative acts and notifications.

3. Reforms in Legal Prescriptions and Judicial Processes:

• Non-always retroactive effects of annulment judgments.
• Prescription periods for relative and absolute nullity claims.
• Exceptions to administrative route exhaustion and liability action for illegitimate acts.

4. Administration Contracts:

• Emergency economic renegotiation or termination options for contracts with public fund availability.

5. Competition Defense Legislation Update:

• Streamlined and transparent selection of Competition Defense Tribunal members.
• Investigation of anti-competitive practices by public entities.

6. Insurance Sector Reforms:

• Insurance companies’ freedom to define products without prior authorization.
• Amendments to Discount Codes and Tax Regularization: Removal of restrictions in the discount code.

7. Streamlining Credit Operations and Eliminating Intra-Public Sector Debts:

• Efficient mechanism for credit operations and elimination of intra-public sector debts.

8. Strengthening the Agro-industrial and Fishing Sectors:

• Improvements in the operation of slaughterhouses.
• Market opening and bidding in the fishing industry with regulated technical and environmental standards.

9. Insurance Market Liberalization:

9. • Removal of restrictions on discount codes for insurance policies.
   • Restoration of individual freedom to impose credit restrictions.
10. Tax Obligation Regularization:
    • Introduction of a new regime for exceptional regularization of tax, customs, and social security obligations.
    • Implementation of tax regularization programs and adjustments to personal assets and internal taxes.
11. Streamlining Credit Operations:
    • Introduction of a more agile mechanism for credit operations.
    • Authorization for the elimination of intra-public sector debts, enhancing transparency and reducing management costs.
12. Livestock and Agriculture:
    • Strengthening the system for the approval and operation of establishments for animal slaughter.
    • Promotion of growth in the fishing market through increased openness and a bidding system for quota-species, ensuring compliance with technical, environmental, and safety standards.
13. International Variety Protection Agreement:
    • Promotion of adherence to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1991) to encourage international best practices in agriculture.
14. Energy Sector Reforms:
    • Advocacy for changes in current energy legislation, emphasizing an integrated and international approach.
    • Encouragement of international free trade in natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, butane, oil, and derivatives.
15. Structural Changes in Energy Administration:
    • Revision of administrative structures in the energy sector, emphasizing modernization and professionalism.
    • Allocation and use of energy trust funds, including those designated for specific subsidies, subject to legislative changes.
16. Environmental Conservation and Energy Policies:
    • Joint efforts with local jurisdictions to establish uniform environmental legislation.
    • Compliance with absolute net emission goals for Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) as per the Paris Agreement, including the creation of a GHG emission rights market.
17. Security Measures for Public Demonstrations:
    • Establishment of a regulatory framework for organizing demonstrations to ensure the free movement of citizens and the normal development of economic and labor activities.
18. Legal Reforms for Public Security:
    • Strengthening penalties for crimes of attack and resistance against authority.
    • Regulation of the right to self-defense, providing legal certainty for both citizens and security forces.
19. Solidarity Responsibility of the State:
    • Inclusion of the State’s solidarity responsibility for acts of public officials.
    • Application of Civil Code rules rather than special laws in cases of state responsibility.
20. Tax System Revisions:
    • Implementation of regularization programs and modifications to personal assets and internal taxes.
21. Enhanced Functioning of Establishments and Sanitary Control:
    • Strengthening the system for approving and operating establishments where animals are slaughtered.
    • Promotion of effective coordination with jurisdictions for the National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality.
22. Encouraging Cultural Independence and Transparent Funding:
    • Promotion of changes in cultural organizations to ensure the independence of artists.
    • Reforms to enhance transparency in political financing, ensuring fairness among political parties.
23. Educational Reforms:
    • Implementation of an integrative exam at the end of secondary education.
    • Access for parents to their children’s grades and comparison with national averages.
    • Participation of non-teaching professionals in the educational process.
    • Prohibition of admission to higher education without completion of secondary education.