The Ministerial Agreement MDT-2025-043; hereinafter the “Agreement”, was published on March 19, 2025, by means of the fourth supplement to Official Registry No. 1; and amends the regulations governing the administrative approval process. We highlight the following:
- It establishes that the appointment of the sponsoring attorney must be made by means of a power of attorney or by appointing them in the process, which was not clearly established in the previous regulations.
- Determines that the request for approval must be accompanied by the requirements contained in article 143 of the COGEP in its paragraphs 1,2,3,5 and 7, as follows:
- Power of Attorney, if necessary.
- Proof of legal representation.
- Tax identification of the company.
- Necessary evidence.
- Necessary evidence.
- It details in a better way the phases of the investigation hearing; the first one composed of remediation, evacuation of previous exceptions, fixing points of debate and conciliation and the second one composed of the practice of evidence and allegations.
- Extends from 10 days to 1 month the time for the substantiation of the appeal filed against the inspector’s resolution.
- Any of the parties may request a hearing while the appeal is being heard.
Edmundo Ramos, Partner at CorralRosales
eramos@corralrosales.com
+593 2 2544144
