Environmental News N° 92
Environmental legislation published in November 2022
FEDERAL
Decree No. 779/2022, approving the regulation of Law No. 25916 on comprehensive household waste management.
Resolution No. 783/2022 of the National Parks Administration, creating the transfer program to municipalities linked to national protected areas and their buffer zones through the contribution of conservation policies and sustainable management of natural resources.
Resolution No. 787/2022 of the National Parks Administration, approving Fundación Parques’ proposed bylaw.
Resolution No. 492/2022 of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, establishing the transfer of ARS 5.384.961.865,38 corresponding to the National Fire Management Fund, pursuant to Law No. 26815.
Resolution No. 503/2022 of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, approving the guidelines for the reconversion plans of productive processes using mercury.
Resolution No. 504/2022 of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, creating the national list of existing, controlled, restricted, and banned chemical products and substances.
Resolution No. 514/2022 of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, amending Resolution No. 358/2018 concerning the National Glacier Inventory.
Resolution No. 558/2022 of the National Electricity Regulatory Agency, establishing that generating agents, self-generators, co-generators, high voltage electrical energy transporters, and electrical energy distributors under federal jurisdiction of the Wholesale Electricity Market must comply within 180 days with an Environmental Management System for the facilities under their responsibility.
Resolution No. 622/2022 of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, amending the annex of Resolution No. 32/02 of the Board of Directors on the regime of penalties for class II and III facilities, non-routine practices, and transport of radioactive materials.
PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES
Decree No. 1576/2022, approving the United Nations Development Program Project Document ARG/22/008 "Strengthening the Environmental Policy of the Province of Buenos Aires".
PROVINCE OF MISIONES
Law No. XVI-155, declaring of provincial interest the protection of the dark sky, to guarantee its conservation as a natural resource through a sustainable design for the preservation of the environment and innovative regulation of artificial light use.
Decree No. 2215/2022, regulating section 4 of Law VIII- No. 82 concerning the set of agricultural practices based on the design, development, and management of sustainable agricultural systems respecting local ecosystems.
PROVINCE OF CHACO
Law No. 3700, creating the program to reduce the use of straws and plastic cups for single-use liquid containing.
PROVINCE OF CÓRDOBA
Decree No. 1444/2022, exempting from gross income tax the income from the transfer of displaced carbon certificates made by parties who –within the framework of the "Program for Reduction and Compensation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions" created by Resolution No. 297/2022– have obtained the certificates after verifying the reduction and/or absorption of greenhouse gas emissions in their processes in the Province of Cordoba.
PROVINCE OF NEUQUÉN
Law No. 3357, establishing mechanisms guaranteeing the right to comprehensive environmental education.
PROVINCE OF JUJUY
Law No. 6305, establishing the compatibility and promotion scheme for reduced carbon certification projects.
PROVINCE OF SALTA
Resolution No. 633/2022 of the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development, approving the admissibility requirements of applications for the access to the National Fund for the Enrichment and Conservation of Native Forests, pursuant to Law No. 26331.
PROVINCE OF SANTA FE
Law No. 14178, stating that the Province of Santa Fe adheres to Federal Law No. 27592 (the "Yolanda Law").
PROVINCE OF RIO NEGRO
Resolution No. 1409/2022 of the Secretariat of Environment and Climate Change, approving the regulation using unmanned vehicles (drones) in the province's natural protected areas and the minimum contents of the environmental affidavit for requesting overflight permits with drones within the province’s natural protected areas.
This insight is a brief comment on legal news in Argentina; it does not purport to be an exhaustive analysis or to provide legal advice.