Regulatory Policy in Argentina

Abbreviations and acronyms

AFIP	Federal Administration of Internal Revenue
AGN	General Audit Office of the Nation
ALADI	Latin American Association of Integration (Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración)
BIPM	International Bureau of Weights and Measures
BIS	Department of Business, Innovation and Skills of the United Kingdom
BRDO	Better Regulation Delivery Office of the United Kingdom
CABA	Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
CBD	Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
CITIES	Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CNV	National Securities Commission
COAG	Council of Australian Governments
COFEFUP	Federal Civil Service Council of Argentina
COFEMA	Federal Council of Environment of Argentina
COFEMOD	Federal Modernisation Council of Argentina
CONAMER	National Commission of Regulatory Improvement of Mexico
DGTAL	CABA’s General Legal, Technical and Administrative Directorates
DNU	Decree of Necessity and Urgency
EE	Electronic file system of Argentina
ENACOM	National Communications Agency
ENARGAS	National Gas Regulator
ENRE	National Electricity Regulator
FIRE	Remote audit system of the Revenue Agency of the Province
FTIS	Foreign Trade Information System
GDE	System of Electronic Management of Files
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GEDO	Digital Generator of Official Documents
GGP	Gross Geographic Product
GMC	Common Market Group
IAF	International Accreditation Forum
IAIS	International Association of Insurance Supervisors
ICT	Information and Communication Technologies
IEC	International Electro technical Commission
IFAC	International Federation of Accountants
IFT	Federal Institute of Telecommunications of Mexico
IHO	International Hydrographic Organization
ILAC	International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
ILO	International Labour Organization
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IMO	International Maritime Organization
INDEC	National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina
IOM	International Organisation for Migration
IOSCO	International Organization of Securities Commissions
IRC	International Regulatory Co-operation
iREG	Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance
ISO	International Organization for Standardization
IT	Information Technology
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature
LACORS	The Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services of the United Kingdom
LGA	Local Government Association of the United Kingdom
MERCOSUR	Southern Common Market
MPT	Ministry of Production and Labour
NSC	National Securities Commission
OECD	Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation
OIE	World Organisation for Animal Health
OMB	Office of Management and Budget of the United States
OZONE	Secretariat for the Vienna Convention and its Montreal Protocol – Ozone Layer
PBA	Province of Buenos Aires
RANON	Registry of Accessions to National Standards
RANOP	Registry of Accessions to Provincial Standards
RIA	Regulatory Impact Assessment
RRC	Regulatory Reform Committee
SADE	Integrated Digital System of Argentina
SALAR	Swedish Association of Local Governments
SCM	Standard Cost Model
SELA	Latin American and Caribbean Economic System
SENASA	National Service of Food Quality and Health of Argentina
SGN	General Administrator of the Nation
SIGAF-PBA	Digital system for public management of PBA’s treasury
SLyT	Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Presidency
SLyT-CABA	CABA’s Legal and Technical Secretariat
SLyT-PBA	PBA’s Legal and Technical Secretariat
SPS	Sanitary and Phytosanitary
TAD	Remotely Conducted Administrative Procedures
TBT	Technical Barriers to Trade
TUS	Single Simplified Procedure of the Government Secretariat of Agribusiness
UNCITRAL	United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
VUCE	One-stop-shop for Foreign Trade
WCO	World Customs Organization
WHO	World Health Organization
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Rights Organization
WMO	World Meteorological Organization
WPS	World Port Source
WTO	World Trade Organization
WTO-SPS	WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement.
WTO-TBT	WTO Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement