Resolution 84/2022, published on 11/28/22 in the Official Gazette, creates the Federal Registry of Mining Suppliers, with a public status within the Secretariat, and the Federal Mining Suppliers Committee, in order to promote the development and growth of the mining activity, in view of the need to establish tools aimed at benefiting suppliers of mining supplies and services (the “Resolution“).

I. The Federal Registry of Mining Suppliers (the “Registry“)

Benefits of the Registry

The FSM expects that the implementation of the Registry will accelerate the contracting process of suppliers, promote the increase of human capital, and encourage work, making possible the continuous development of the sector and productive diversification.

Through the Registry, mining companies operating or with the prospect of investing in the country will have an instrument that will make it possible to make visible the suppliers of goods, supplies, and services of the Argentine provinces.

Who can register?

In the Registry the eligible parties will be able to register:

  1. persons domiciled in Argentina, and
  2. legal entities incorporated in Argentina that, due to their activity, or corporate purpose, offer goods, inputs, or services, including those of technological innovation and knowledge economy, to companies that carry out mining activities, and/or to any company that carries out activities associated to the Mining Value Chain.

In order to register, the interested party must:

  1. Complete the form -related to the data of the interested party- set forth in Annex I of the Resolution:
    1. Name & Identification: Name or Company Name, CUIT N° /Document.
    2. Contact data: Address / Telephone / E-mail / Focal point data.
    3. Business line: services and products offered
    4. Chamber you are a member of
    5. Optionally, the tariff position of the products.
  2. Submit the following information:
    1. Proof of registration with AFIP
    2. List of the personnel payroll
    3. Proof of registration in the local chamber of suppliers.

Enforcement Authority

The Resolution establishes that it is the National Directorate of Mining Value Chain and Infrastructure (the “National Directorate“) under the Undersecretariat of Mining Policy. The National Directorate will have the following functions:

  1. Registration of suppliers of goods, inputs, or services, including those of technological innovation and knowledge economy, of the mining activity.
  2. Creation of files with the background of each of the registered suppliers.
  3. Periodic updating of the background of the registered suppliers’ files.
  4. Preparation of statistics based on the data collected.
  5. Promotion and granting of benefits to registered suppliers.

Likewise, the National Directorate shall be empowered to issue the complementary and clarifying rules that may be necessary for the implementation of the Federal Registry of Mining Suppliers. Meanwhile, the Undersecretariat of Mining Policy is empowered to sign agreements with provincial authorities and the heads of national and provincial chambers related to the mining activity, for the exchange of experiences, data, and information. It is also empowered to summon all those public and private actors it deems necessary and convenient due to the nature of the technical issues to be dealt with in the Federal Mining Suppliers Committee.

II. The Federal Mining Suppliers Committee

Furthermore, the Resolution creates the Federal Bureau of Mining Suppliers. It will be attended by those registered in the Registry, representatives of the Secretariat, national and provincial agencies, and national and provincial Chambers related to the mining activity.  The purpose of the Federal Mining Suppliers Committee is to establish a permanent, participative, broad, and federal space for dialogue and exchange among different actors in the mining activity. The meetings of the Board will be held four (4) times a year.

III. Legal Background

The Resolution has as precursor Resolution No. 47/2020, which approved 18 Management Programs 2020/2023 formulated on the basis of the strategic objectives of the “Strategic Plan for the Argentine Mining Development”, among which are: Spontaneous Assistance to Producers and Small and Medium Mining Companies (SMEs); and Strengthening of the Mining Value Chain.

The Strategic Plan for the Argentine Mining Development is aimed at building a Shared Vision for mining in the next 30 years, with the aim of consolidating the mining activity as part of the federal productive development based on the criteria of rational, sustainable, and inclusive use of natural resources.

 

For further information or questions on these issues, please contact: Marcos Moreno Hueyo and/or Dolores Reyes.