On 26 March, 2022, Legislative Decree No. 1542 was published, by which certain provisions contained in the Law on Customs Offenses was approved by Law No. 28008.
The objective of these modifications is to seek a clearer process regarding the investigation and termination of customs offences.
For all current and potential investors in a country, understanding the legislation, the system, the guarantees and other nuances of local regulations is important, especially as the legal framework is constantly evolving. This is why Estudio Echecopar, member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, has put together Doing Business in Peru 2022, a handbook that offers find useful and current information related to the legal framework that every investor must take into account to operate in the country.
Certain importers may continue to use prohibited adhesives
Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual Commission on Dumping, Subsidies and Non-Tariff Trade Barriers has granted the interim measure requested by various importers of industrialized food and beverages and the Chamber of Commerce of Lima to allow the use of adhesives for the posting of advertising warnings on said imported products. See Resolution No. 012-2022/CDB-INDECOPI.
Given the on-going COVID-19 health emergency, the Commission of the Andean Community has recently extended exceptional and temporary provisions applicable to health products (cosmetics, household hygiene products and absorbents for personal use).
On 22 May 2021, by Supreme Decree No. 102-2021-PCM, the procedure for the elimination of non-tariff trade barriers was approved. The Decree contains provisions regulating the elimination of illegal and/or unreasonable non-tariff trade barriers that restrict or hinder the free trade of goods from or to Peru.
On 15 June 2021, Superintendency Resolution No. 000079-2021/SUNAT was published, approving the DESPA-PE.01.37 (version 1) specific procedure, which sets out the requirements and procedure for the proper application of tariff preferences under the Trade Agreement between Peru and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Law No. 31225, titled “Law promoting the acquisition and provision of the Sars-Cov-2 Coronavirus vaccine as a vaccination health strategy to ensure timely access” has been published in the Official Journal “El Peruano” on 21 June 2021.