Passenger transport: from permits to free supply

The regime of permits/concessions with State-set routes and fares is replaced by a free-competition scheme with a simple registry enrollment. Decree 830/2024 repeals Decree 656/1994 (urban/suburban transport of national/AMBA jurisdiction): it creates the Free-Supply Services, which the carrier provides at its own cost and risk, freely setting routes, schedules, prices, modalities and vehicles within minimum safety standards (Arts. 9 and 26-31; Art. 26: the authority cannot restrict the number of services, routes or fares), and creates the National Registry of Road Passenger Transport (Art. 10). Decree 883/2024 does the same for inter-jurisdictional/long-distance transport: free setting of routes, schedules, prices, modalities and duration (Art. 15), National Registry of Inter-jurisdictional Road Passenger Transport (Art. 3), and enrollment suffices as authorization, being able to operate after 5 business days (Art. 14). Both provide for automatic enrollment/re-enrollment of operators of the previous regime. No evidence of reversal, repeal or judicial halt was found in 2025-2026; both remain in force. The researcher reported later regulations (Res. 57/2024 and Res. 73/2025) NOT opened in a primary source. verif · Sep 16, 2024 ↗

Decree 830/2024 in force from its publication, 09/16/2024 (Art. 36); Decree 883/2024 in force from its publication, 10/07/2024 (Art. 29). Full implementation of the registries within up to 60 business days. verif · Sep 16, 2024 ↗

Carriers and road passenger-transport companies of national jurisdiction (urban/suburban of the AMBA under 830/2024) and inter-jurisdictional/long-distance (between provinces and CABA, between provinces, and at national ports/airports, under 883/2024). Enforcement authority: Transport Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy. Operators of the previous regime move to the new registry automatically. It does not cover strictly provincial/municipal transport or international routes. verif · Sep 16, 2024 ↗