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26 February 2021

Legal News Alert - Special Edition: Foreign Exchange Controls

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26/02/2021

ALERTA DE NOVEDADES LEGALES

LEGAL NEWS ALERT

Control de Cambios

Foreign Exchange Regulations

Nuevas medidas cambiarias implementadas por el Banco Central de la República Argentina. Posfinanciaciones de exportaciones. Extensión de obligación de reestructurar deuda financiera en moneda extranjera

En fecha 25 de febrero de 2021, el Banco Central de la República Argentina (el “BCRA”) aprobó una serie de adecuaciones a la normativa cambiaria, a través de las Comunicaciones “A” 7229 y “A” 7230.

La Comunicación “A” 7229 implementó ciertas adecuaciones en el régimen de seguimiento de las posfinanciaciones de exportaciones. En este sentido, atento a la regla de que no pueden registrarse como “cumplidas” en el SECOEXPO las liquidaciones de posfinanciaciones donde el cesionario mantenga posibilidad de recurso contra el exportador; la Comunicación “A” 7229 ha establecido que, como contrapartida, el exportador podrá solicitar al banco de seguimiento que el plazo para registrar en el SECOEXPO el cumplido de la exportación se extienda hasta la fecha en que venza el crédito de mayor plazo descontado y/o cedido por el exportador (que es la fecha en que se extinguiría ese derecho de recurso, una vez que el cedente hubiera cobrado la totalidad de las facturas).

Por su parte, la Comunicación “A” 7230 dispuso extender el régimen de la Comunicación “A” 7106 (es decir, la refinanciación obligatoria de deudas financieras en moneda extranjera) a los endeudamientos en moneda extranjera que venzan entre el 1 de abril de 2021 y el 31 de diciembre de 2021. El plan de refinanciación deberá ser presentado ante el BCRA como mínimo 30 días corridos antes del vencimiento de capital a refinanciarse; excepto para los vencimientos a registrarse entre el 1 de abril de 2021 y el 15 de abril de 2021, en cuyo caso deberá presentarse antes del 15 de marzo de 2021.
 
En el marco de la extensión referida, la Comunicación “A” 7230 amplió el universo de deudas en moneda extranjera que quedan exceptuadas de este régimen; incluyendo de ahora en más, junto con las excepciones ya existentes, (a) endeudamientos originados a partir del 1 de enero de 2020 y cuyos fondos hayan sido ingresados y liquidados en el mercado de cambios; (b) endeudamientos originados a partir del 1 de enero de 2020 y que constituyan refinanciaciones de vencimientos de capital posteriores a esa fecha, en la medida que la refinanciación haya permitido alcanzar los parámetros de la Comunicación “A” 7106; (c) la porción remanente de vencimientos ya refinanciados bajo la Comunicación “A” 7106, en la medida que la refinanciación haya permitido alcanzar los parámetros de la Comunicación “A” 7106; y (d) para los vencimientos a partir del 1 de abril de 2021, los pagos de capital que no superen el equivalente a US$ 2.000.000 por mes calendario (mientras que para los vencimientos hasta el 31 de marzo de 2021, se mantiene el límite de US$1.000.000 para la excepción). 

Para mayor información, por favor contactar a Diego Serrano Redonnet y Danilo Parodi Logioco.

New foreign exchange control regulations introduced by the Argentine Central Bank. Export post-financing. Extension of the obligation to restructure financial debt in foreign currency.

On February 25, 2021, the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (the “BCRA”) approved a series of adjustments to the FX Regulations, through Communications “A” 7229 and “A” 7230.

Communication “A” 7229 implemented certain adjustments in the monitoring regime for export post-financing. In this sense, attentive to the rule that post-financing settlements cannot be recorded as "fulfilled" in SECOEXPO while the transferee maintains the possibility of recourse against the exporter; Communication “A” 7229 established that, nonetheless, the exporter would be entitled to request the monitoring bank that the term to register the fulfillment of the export in the SECOEXPO shall be extended until the date on which the assigned credit with the longest maturity expires (which is the date on which this right of recourse would expire as well, once the assignee had collected all the invoices).

On the other hand, Communication “A” 7230 extends the regime of Communication “A” 7106 (that is, the mandatory refinancing of financial debts in foreign currency) to borrowings in foreign currency maturing between April 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. The refinancing plan must be submitted to the BCRA at least 30 calendar days before the maturity of the principal to be refinanced; except for maturities to be registered between April 1, 2021 and April 15, 2021, in which case it must be submitted before March 15, 2021.
 
In this context, Communication “A” 7230 enlarged the group of debts in foreign currency that are exempted from this regime; including from now, in addition to the existing exemptions, on (a) indebtedness issued/arose since January 1, 2020, as long as it proceeds have been entered and liquidated into Argentina; (b) indebtedness issued/arose since January 1, 2020, as long as they are refinancing of indebtedness maturing after such date and have been issued as part of the refinancing of those prior indebtedness in the terms of Communication “A” 7106; (c) the unpaid part of an indebtedness which was already refinanced under the terms of Communication “A” 7106; and (d) indebtedness whose principal repayment in a given calendar month, together with other foreign indebtedness of the resident with scheduled principal repayments in the same calendar month, does not exceed the equivalent of US$ 2,000,000 per calendar month if due on or after April 1, 2021 (while the US$1,000,000 cap is maintained in relation to indebtedness due on or before March 31, 2021). 

For further information, please refer to Diego Serrano Redonnet and Danilo Parodi Logioco.

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