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Law No. 19.549 of April 3, 1972, on Administrative Procedure (as amended up to Decree No. 1.023/2001 of August 13, 2001, Governing Contracts with the National Administration), Argentina

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Year of Version 2001 Dates Entry into force: August 25, 1972 Adopted: April 3, 1972 Type of Text IP-related Laws Subject Matter Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Other Notes This consolidated version of the Law on Administrative Procedure incorporates all the amendments up to August 13, 2001 (see Title III, Article 7(f) for the amendments made by Decree No. 1.023/2001 of August 13, 2001).

The Law on Administrative Procedure provides for administrative rules of procedure to be used in relation with the National Public Administration, both central and local, including autonomous bodies, except for military, defense and security agencies.
The National Institute of Industrial Property, an autonomous administrative body, implements the administrative procedures concerning intellectual property rights. For example, Title V of the Law on Patents and Utility Models streamlines administrative procedures relating to patent applications and proceedings, which are undertaken by the National Administration of Patents.

Article 33 of the Law stipulates that it shall take effect 120 days after its publication in the Official Gazette. The Law was published in the Official Gazette on April 27, 1972 (B.O. 27/04/72), and shall enter into force 120 days from this date.

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Spanish Ley N° 19.549 de 3 de abril de 1972 del Procedimiento Administrativo (modificada por el Decreto N° 1.023/2001, de 13 de agosto de 2001 sobre el Régimen de Contrataciones de la Administración Nacional) PDF HTML
Legislation Supersedes (1 text(s)) Supersedes (1 text(s))
Law No. 19.549 of April 3, 1972, on Administrative Procedure (as amended by Law No. 25.344 of October 19, 2000 on Economic and Financial Emergency)(AR063)
 Is implemented by (6 text(s)) Is implemented by (6 text(s))
Decree No. 242/2019 of April 1, 2019, on Approval of the Regulation of Law No. 22.362 of December 26, 1980, on Trademarks and Designations (AR198)
Resolution P-183/2018 of the National Institute of Industrial Property-INPI of July 12, 2018, on the Administrative Procedure and Resolution of the Oppositions (as amended by Resolution No. 279/2019 of October 8, 2019 of the National Institute of Industrial Property-INPI) (AR219)
Decree No. 1759 of April 3, 1972, on Approval of the Regulation on the Administrative Procedure (as amended up to Decree No. 894/2017 of November 1, 2017) (AR194)
Rule No. 88/2017 of October 5, 2017, of the National Institute of Intellectual Property (AR170)
Resolution No. 5/1998 of January 22, 1998, of the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (AR202)
Decree No.1881/1991 of September 17, 1991, on Amendments and on Approval of the Consolidated Version of the Regulation on Administrative Procedure (AR062)

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