In force since Dec 21, 2023
Public procurement: the national preference falls
DNU 70/2023, arts. 10 and 38
in forceNATIONAL
Market deregulation
DNU 70/2023 repeals the bulk of the Ley 27.437 Compre Argentino regime: the State is no longer obliged to favor the local bidder.
The other rules on this subject40
Mega-DNU 70/2023: repeals the Rentals, Shelves and Supply lawsDecreto 70/2023 (DNU-2023-70-APN-PTE)in force
The IGJ digitizes companies' financial statementsIGJ General Res. 9/2026 (RESOG-2026-9-APN-IGJ#MJ), Official Gazette Jul 2, 2026in force
What changed and who it applies to
What changed
DNU 70/2023 dismantles the national-preference regime in public procurement: art. 10 (Title II, Economic Deregulation) repeals arts. 1 to 21 and 24 to 30 inclusive of Ley 27.437 (Compre Argentino and Supplier Development) and art. 38 (Title III, State Reform) repeals arts. 1 to 20 and 23 to 28 inclusive of Ley 18.875 (Compre Nacional). It is a PARTIAL repeal: the non-enumerated articles of each law survive (in 27.437, arts. 22-23 and 31; in 18.875, arts. 21-22 and 29), but the practical effect is to eliminate the State's obligation to prefer national bidders/inputs in its procurement. verif Dec 20, 2023 ↗
In force
Signed on 12/20/2023 and published in the Official Gazette on 12/21/2023 (notice 301122). General validity of the DNU 8 calendar days after publication (12/29/2023). The DNU was rejected by the Senate (Mar-2024) but the Chamber of Deputies never considered it; under Ley 26.122 a DNU only loses validity if both chambers reject it, so these repeals remain firm. verif Dec 21, 2023 ↗
Who it applies to
National State bodies and their public procurement (the mandatory preference for national bidders and inputs stops applying); national suppliers who enjoyed the preference margin; and foreign importers and suppliers who become enabled to compete on equal terms in State procurement. verif Dec 20, 2023 ↗
The norm
DNU 70/2023 (DNU-2023-70-APN-PTE) "Bases para la Reconstrucción de la Economía Argentina" (Bases for the Reconstruction of the Argentine Economy), Title II, arts. 10 and 38. A Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia (emergency decree) of the national Executive. verif Dec 20, 2023 ↗
Our reading
The State stops choosing by decree whom to buy from: the mandatory national preference falls and public procurement returns to being decided by price and quality. It is textbook deregulation (R4 · opening and deregulation): less sector privilege, more competition and less fiscal overcost in each contract. What we watch: it is a DNU rejected by the Senate and not yet considered by the Chamber of Deputies, so its ultimate firmness depends on the Chamber not overturning it or on an eventual Supreme Court ruling. thesis
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Where it lands, province by province1
Neuquén The federal government stops preferring national suppliers in its own purchases, but Neuquén repealed nothing: its local content law, its public procurement law and the 20% tax credit for hiring Neuquén suppliers all remain. The local contracting floor is now provincial, not federal — what the nation lets go, the province keeps. mixed federal-provincial tension thesis
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