Legal Alert: Legal Recognition of Telemedicine in Chile
March 21, 2023 | By Marco Salgado, Sofía O’Ryan, and Juan Cristóbal Ríos On March 17, 2023, Act No. 21,541 came into force, which amends the current regulations in order to authorize health care providers to provide medical care through telemedicine. Specifically, the main modifications are in relation to Act No. 20,584, which regulates the rights and duties of patients […]
Read moreLegal Alert: Temporary suspension of instruction on rural land subdivisions
29th November, 2022 | Bernardita Doren y María José Morales. Last July, in order to preserve rural land for agricultural purposes and to avoid the effects of real estate development outside of territorial planning, the Minister of Agriculture, the Undersecretary of Agriculture and the National Director of the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG), instructed the Regional Directorates of SAG through […]
Read moreLegal Alert: Electric Energy Storage and Electromobility Law
21st November, 2022 | Diego Peña, Roberta Andreani y Camila Fajardo. Today came into force Law No. 21.505, which promotes electric energy storage and electromobility (the “Law”). Its purpose is to encourage the participation of renewable energies in the Chilean energy matrix through the promotion of storage technologies; to enable the efficient connection of renewable generation-consumption systems to the electricity […]
Read moreLegal Alert: Subdivision of Rustic Land: Instructions for its suspension or rejection
July 25, 2022 | Authors: Bernardita Doren and María José Morales In order to preserve rural land for agricultural purposes and to avoid the effects of real state development outside territorial planning, the Minister of Agriculture, the Undersecretary of Agriculture and the National Director of the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG, by its initials in Spanish) instructed the regional directorates […]
Read moreAlert Tax Law: Affidavits and penalties: certain related party transactions
June 29, 2022 / By: Amory Heine and Sebastián Camus This Thursday, July 30th, is the deadline to submit affidavits N°1907, N°1937, N°1950 and N°1951 for domiciled taxpayers, residents, or parties established in Chile with operations related to parties that are not domiciled or reside in Chile. Affidavit N°1907 on “Transfer Pricing”, must be submitted by taxpayers that, on or […]
Read moreLegal Alert Law 21,455: Framework Law on Climate Change
June 13, 2022 / By Diego Peña, Roberta Andreani and Camila Fajardo On June 13, 2022, came into force Law No. 21,455, Framework Law on Climate Change. Its purpose is to address the challenges posed by climate change, move towards a development low in greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the international commitments assumed by the State of Chile on […]
Read moreLegal Alert: EPR Law: catalog of products that are considered as “packaging”
May 13, 2022 / By: Felipe Bahamondez, Paulina Farías, Roberta Andreani and Camila Fajardo. La Ley N° 20.920 del año 2016, conocida como “Ley REP”, con el fin de otorgar un nuevo marco legal en materia de residuos y fomento al reciclaje, estableció entre otros instrumentos de gestión ambiental, la Responsabilidad Extendida del Productor. Este régimen especial exige que los […]
Read moreLegal Alert: guaranteed minimum income and extension of leave in case of death
May 11, 2022 / By: Luis Parada, Ignacio Abogabir and Iñaki Irrisarri. Obligation to apply for the “guaranteed minimum income” (Law No. 21.218): As of May 2022, employers will have the obligation to apply, in a monthly basis, those employees with a gross salary of less than $452,477 CLP (approx. USD 530) to the “guarantee minimum income” policy, which will […]
Read moreLegal Alert: CMF issues rule regulating investment advisory services
April 13, 2022 By / Jorge Timmermann and Agustín Buzeta On April 13, 2022, the Financial Market Commission (“CMF” or the “Commission”) issued its General Rule No. 472, which regulates investment advisory services. The most relevant points of the regulation are the following: Individuals and legal entities other than banks, insurance and reinsurance companies, securities intermediaries, general fund managers and […]
Read moreLegal Alert: new crimes that can be charged to legal persons
By Mauricio Halpern and María Jesús Caballero Law 20.393, which establishes the Criminal Liability of Legal Persons, contemplates a list of crimes for which this entities may be criminally liable. The list was extended at the beginning of this year by means of Law 21.412, which adds the crimes of the arms control law, and with the approval of the […]
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