In brief
On 24 July 2026, Disposition No. 8/2026 (the “Disposition”) was published in the Official Gazette. Through this regulation, the National Directorate for Consumer Protection and Consumer Arbitration, acting under the Ministry of Economy, established the framework governing the incorporation and publication in the National Registry of Offenders (RENAI, for its acronym in Spanish) of final administrative sanctions imposed for violations of Consumer Protection Law No. 24,240 (“Consumer Protection Law”).
In particular, the Disposition sets forth the conditions under which the enforcement authority must disclose in the RENAI sanctions imposed on violators of the Consumer Protection Law, making such information publicly available through unrestricted public access.
In focus
The Disposition establishes the operational framework of the RENAI and sets forth the conditions under which final sanctions imposed by the enforcement authority for violations of the Consumer Protection Law must be published. In particular:
- Administration of the Registry: The RENAI will be administered by the Directorate of Administrative Coordination of Infringement Proceedings, which operates within the Undersecretariat for Consumer Protection and Commercial Fairness.
- Publication of final sanctions: Final sanctions imposed by the enforcement authority for violations of the Consumer Protection Law must be published on the main page of the official website of the Undersecretariat for Consumer Protection and Commercial Fairness. Such publication will be made at no cost to the supplier and will remain publicly available for the period established under Section 49 of the Consumer Protection Law.
- Content of the publication: Each entry recorded in the RENAI must include information relating both to the offender and to the sanction imposed, including: the offender's corporate name or identifying information, tax identification number (CUIT), the type of sanction imposed, the amount of the sanction (where applicable), the date of the sanctioning decision, the legal basis of the violation, and a brief description of the sanctioned conduct.
- Public access: Information published in the RENAI will be publicly available and freely accessible to any interested party, thereby enhancing transparency and consumer access to information regarding administrative enforcement actions.
- Complementary nature of the publication requirement: The Disposition expressly clarifies that publication of sanctions in the RENAI constitutes an additional disclosure mechanism and does not replace or limit the other enforcement powers provided under Section 47 of the Consumer Protection Law. Accordingly, the enforcement authority retains the power to impose monetary fines and to order the publication of the sanctioning decision, or a summary of the facts, violation, and sanction imposed, through any media it deems appropriate, at the offender's expense.
Accordingly, following the entry into force of the Disposition, final sanctions imposed for violations of the Consumer Protection Law may not only give rise to fines and other ancillary measures available under Argentina’s consumer protection framework, but will also be incorporated into and published through the RENAI, thereby creating an additional layer of public exposure regarding suppliers’ sanction records.
RENAI is already operational and may be accessed by the public through the official Consumer Protection portal of the Ministry of Economy.
Sofia Arfuch, Associate, has contributed to this legal update.
Download the Spanish version of Argentina: Consumer Protection: Final Sanctions to be Published in the National Registry of Offenders.