New Public Registry of Sanctions to Suppliers

Provision 362/2026 of the Undersecretariat of Consumer Protection and Fair Trade, published in the Official Gazette on March 5, 2026, establishes the criteria, guidelines, and procedures necessary for implementing the Argentine Registry of Infringers (RENAI). The RENAI was originally created through article 49 of Decree 1798/1994, which regulates the Consumer Protection Law 24240 (LDC).

The RENAI will operate as a centralized, publicly accessible database that will include administrative infringements and sanctions imposed on suppliers of goods and services throughout Argentina for violations of consumer protection regulations (LDC), legal metrology regulations (Law 19511), and fair-trade practices (Decree 274/2019). It will be managed by the Undersecretariat of Consumer Protection and Fair Trade.

Each sanction recorded in the RENAI must include:

1. The corporate and trade names (if any) of the infringer. If it is an individual, the relevant personal identification details.
2. Tax identification number.
3. The case file number under which the sanction was issued.
4. The type, classification, amount (if applicable), and date of the sanctioning decision.
5. The legal grounds of the infringement.
    

The Provision invites enforcement authorities across all jurisdictions within Argentina to incorporate into the RENAI the sanctions issued within their respective jurisdictions, with the aim of building a federal information system.

Finally, the Provision establishes that the obligation imposed on suppliers under article 47 of the LDC to publish sanctions in widely circulated media will be deemed fulfilled if the sanction is published on the official website of the federal enforcement authority, in the specific website section designated for that purpose.