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Qualification process under Decree 29-89 and exclusions

Dossier
Importing machinery and inputs17-importar-maquinaria.md
Domain
Importing machinery: duty and clearanceimportar-maquinaria
Room
Invest · Importing machinery: duty and clearance/invertir/importar-maquinaria
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The application is filed with the Industrial Policy Directorate of the Ministry of the Economy (MINECO) with a technical and economic report; the opinion must be issued within a maximum of 30 days (arts. 20-21). A company may operate before the resolution by guaranteeing the taxes with a bond or deposit (art. 24). Excluded from access (art. 4 bis): those previously sanctioned with revocation, taxpayers with final tax debts, debtors of the social security institute (IGSS), those in breach of final labor judgments, ZOLIC users, and those already enjoying incentives under other laws. Dossier 13 notes that the practical timeline cited by advisers is 30-45 working days, and that MINECO's official list of requirements did not resolve in that pass.

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Plazo legal del dictamen de calificaciónDecreto 29-89 arts. 20-21
máximo 30 díasvigente

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