Argentina: The Government criticizes an EU regulation against deforestation but enables registration

Published 2024년 7월 31일

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The Afip has enabled agricultural producers to share information with the Visec platform to ensure compliance with EU Regulation 2023/1115, which mandates that only soybeans and meat from non-deforested areas be sold to the EU starting December 30, 2024. This initiative, despite national government opposition, aims to simplify foreign trade and expand markets. Supported by various industry entities, the platform aligns with EU environmental standards. Meanwhile, the government and other Southern Agricultural Council countries have requested a postponement of the regulation, with President Javier Milei criticizing such environmental policies for potentially limiting agricultural production.

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The Afip enabled producers to share information with the Visec platform aimed at guaranteeing that only soybeans and meat from deforested areas are sold to that destination before December 2020. The national government spoke out against a resolution of the European Union (EU) by which the entry of products, such as soy and meat, that come from deforested areas will be prohibited on dates after December 31, 2020. However, the Federal Public Revenue Administration (Afip) on Monday enabled the possibility for agricultural producers to share information with the Gran Chaco Sector Vision (Visec) platform intended to guarantee that requirement. This platform is promoted by the Chamber of the Oil Industry and the Cereal Exporters Center (Ciara-Cec), and has the support of dozens of entities and companies linked to the soy and meat chains, to adapt to EU Regulation 2023/1115, which will come into force from December 30, 2024. Resolution 5533/2024, published this Monday in the Official ...

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