On 1 March 2023, a multisectoral committee composed of government ministries decreed that definitive safeguard measures should not be applied to imports of clothing products entered under chapters 61, 62 and 63 of the National Customs Tariff.
Supreme Decree No. 004-2023-SA approved the new “Regulations governing the Medicinal and Therapeutic Use of Cannabis and its Derivatives,” which will enter into force on 1 September 2023.
In brief On 6 January 2023, Law No. 31668 (“Law”), which approves the temporary reduction of the costs of acquiring imported inputs relevant to the national economy, was published. The Law aims to reduce a percentage of transport and related expenses of 16 national subheadings to pre-pandemic levels, to contribute…
On 31 December 2022, Supreme Decree No. 022-2022-SA was published in the extraordinary digital edition of the official journal El Peruano. The decree extended the deadline by which adhesives that incorporate advertising warnings on imported food and nonalcoholic beverages, including those marketed by micro and small businesses must stop being used.
The extension has been granted until 30 June 2023.
Decision No. 908 of the Commission of the Andean Community was published in the Official Journal of the Cartagena Agreement N° 5097 on 29 December 2022. Through Decision 908, the provisions of Decision 706 (Harmonization of legislation on household hygiene products and absorbent personal hygiene products) have been amended, in the sense of facilitating imports of these products from third countries.
The deadline that allows the use of adhesives or stickers to attach octagonal advertising warnings on imported processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages (imported foods) in accordance with the healthy eating framework was on 31 December 2022. In the absence of a new extension allowing the use of stickers to date, a number of questions arise, which are addressed in this alert.
On 25 October 2022, Supreme Decree No. 015-2022-PRODUCE was enacted, approving a new regulation of the law on labeling and verification of technical regulations.
On 26 March, 2022, Legislative Decree No. 1542 was published, by which certain provisions contained in the Law on Customs Offenses was approved by Law No. 28008.
The objective of these modifications is to seek a clearer process regarding the investigation and termination of customs offences.
For all current and potential investors in a country, understanding the legislation, the system, the guarantees and other nuances of local regulations is important, especially as the legal framework is constantly evolving. This is why Estudio Echecopar, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, has put together Doing Business in Peru 2022, a handbook that offers find useful and current information related to the legal framework that every investor must take into account to operate in the country.
Certain importers may continue to use prohibited adhesives
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and Non-Tariff Trade Barriers has granted the interim measure requested by various importers of industrialized food and beverages and the Chamber of Commerce of Lima to allow the use of adhesives for the posting of advertising warnings on said imported products. See Resolution No. 012-2022/CDB-INDECOPI.