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15 March 2024

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ALERTA DE NOVEDADES LEGALES

LEGAL NEWS ALERT

Compliance

Compliance

Ley N° 27.739 de reforma al Sistema Preventivo Nacional de Lavado de Dinero y Financiación del Terrorismo

Por medio de la Ley N° 27.739, publicada en el Boletín Oficial el 15 de marzo de 2024 y con entrada en vigencia el 23 de marzo de 2024 se modifican varios artículos del Código Penal y de la Ley N° 25.246 de Encubrimiento y Lavado de Activos de Origen Delictivo (la “Ley”) y sus modificatorias.

Entre las modificaciones efectuadas, se reforma el artículo 20 de la Ley, modificándose el espectro de Sujetos Obligados (“SO”) a informar a la Unidad de Información Financiera, (la “UIF”). En tal sentido, se incorporan  como SO: (i) los  proveedores de servicios de activos virtuales; (ii) los proveedores no financieros de crédito; (iii) los emisores, operadores y proveedores de servicios de cobro y pago (antes previstos como “empresas emisoras de cheques de viajero u operadoras de tarjetas de crédito o de compra”); (iv) los abogados y los contadores públicos (cuando se acrediten ciertos extremos); y (v) proveedores de servicios societarios y fiduciarios, que realicen determinadas actividades. No se consideran como SO a: (i) las organizaciones sin fines de lucro (quienes encuentran un tratamiento especial en el Capítulo VI de la Ley N° 27.739); (ii) a ciertos intermediarios de seguros (peritos y liquidadores de siniestros, productores asesores de seguros patrimoniales y de vida sin ahorro y sociedades de productores asesores de seguros patrimoniales y de vida sin ahorro); y (iii) al Tribunal Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia.

Se crea un Registro Centralizado de Beneficiarios Finales conformado con la información proveniente de los Regímenes Informativos establecidos por la Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (AFIP), el que deberá contener información adecuada, precisa y actualizada de los beneficiarios finales de personas y estructuras jurídicas.

Asimismo, se crea un Registro de Proveedores de Servicios de Activos Virtuales, cuya autoridad de aplicación será la Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV).

Finalmente, se modifica y amplía el régimen sancionador de la UIF a la vez que se adopta una unidad de medidas denominada “módulo”  a cuyo valor unitario inicial se fija en $40.000, facultándose a la UIF a revisarlo en cada ejercicio presupuestario, a los fines de mantener el carácter disuasivo de las sanciones.

Para mayor información, por favor contactar a María Gabriela Grigioni.

Law No. 27,739 amendment of the National Preventive System for Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism

Law No. 27,739, published in the Official Gazette on March 15, 2024 and effective as of March 23, 2024, amends several articles of the Criminal Code and Law No. 25,246 on Concealment and Laundering of Proceeds of Crime (the “Law”), as amended.

Section 20 of the Law is amended, modifying the range of Obligated Entities to report to the Financial Information Unit (the “UIF”, after its Spanish acronym): In such sense, the Law incorporates (i) virtual asset service providers; (ii) non-financial credit providers; (iii) issuers, operators and providers of collection and payment services (previously contemplated as “companies issuing traveler's checks or operators of credit or purchase cards”); (iv) lawyers and public accountants (when certain extremes are accredited); and (v) corporate and trust service providers, who perform certain activities. Likewise, the following are eliminated as Obligated Entities: (i) non-profit organizations (which are given special treatment in Chapter VI of Law No. 27,739); (ii) certain insurance intermediaries (loss adjusters, property and casualty and non-savings life insurance advisors); and (iii) the National Court for the Defense of Competition.

A centralized Registry of Beneficial Owners is created receiving  information from the Information Regimes established by the Federal Tax Authority (AFIP, after its Spanish acronym). Said registry  must contain adequate, accurate and updated information on the beneficial owners of individuals and legal structures.

A Registry of Virtual Asset Service Providers is created, whose enforcement authority will be the National Securities Commission (CNV, after its Spanish acronym).

Finally, the sanctioning regime of the UIF is modified and expanded while adopting a unit of measures called “module” whose initial unit value is set at AR$40,000, enabling the UIF to review it in each budget year, in order to maintain the dissuasive nature of the sanctions.

For further information, please refer to María Gabriela Grigioni.

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