Administrative Decision 524/2020
DECAD-2020-524-APN-JGM - Exception of compliance with "social, preventive and compulsory isolation" and the prohibition of movement, within the scope of certain Provinces, for staff
affected by the detailed activities and services.
Buenos Aires City, 04/18/2020
HAVING SEEN Law No. 27,541, Decrees Nros. 260 of March 12, 2020, 287 of March 17, 2020, 297 of 19
March 2020, its regulatory and complementary regulations, and
CONSIDERING:
That by Decree No. 260/20 the public emergency in the matter was extended for a period of ONE (1) year
established by Law No. 27,541, by virtue of the pandemic declared by the WORLD ORGANIZATION
OF HEALTH (WHO) in relation to COVID-19.
That through Decree No. 297/20 a preventive and compulsory measure of social isolation was established, which
was successively extended by Decrees Nos. 325/20 and 355/20, until April 26, 2020, inclusive.
That Article 6 of the aforementioned Decree No. 297/20 exempted from compliance with "social, preventive and
compulsory ”and the prohibition to move affected people to activities and services declared essential
in the emergency; establishing that the movements of authorized persons must be limited to the strict
compliance with said activities and services.
That in the aforementioned article the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers was empowered, in his capacity as coordinator of the "Unit of
General Coordination of the Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention of Public Health Events of International Importance ”,
to expand or reduce the exceptions provided, depending on the dynamics of the epidemiological situation and the
effectiveness that will be observed in complying with the regulations issued on the matter.
That, in this framework, through various administrative decisions, exceptions were gradually expanded
initially arranged.
That through Article 2 of Decree No. 355/20 the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers was empowered, in the same capacity
indicated above and after intervention by the national health authority, at the request of the Governors,
the Province Governors or the Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, except for
compliance with the "preventive and compulsory social isolation" and the prohibition to circulate, to the personnel affected by
certain activities and services, or to people who inhabit specific and delimited geographical areas,
under certain requirements.
That this was established in response to the different epidemiological situations observed within the country and
even within the same jurisdiction.
That, within the framework of the aforementioned norm, the Governors of the PROVINCES of LA PAMPA,
NEUQUÉN, FORMOSA, SANTA CRUZ, CORRIENTES, TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ANTARCTICA AND THE ATLANTIC ISLANDS
SOUTH, SALTA, SAN JUAN, CÓRDOBA, JUJUY, LA RIOJA, CHUBUT, CATAMARCA, RÍO NEGRO, ENTRE RÍOS,
MENDOZA, SANTA FE, CHACO, BUENOS AIRES, SAN LUIS and MISIONES and the Head of Government of the CITY
AUTÓNOMA DE BUENOS AIRES have formalized two requests in order to exempt from “isolation
social, preventive and compulsory ”and the prohibition to circulate, within the scope of their jurisdictions, to persons
affected to certain activities and services, accompanying the effect of the assent of the highest authority
health service and the corresponding operating health protocol, under the terms of article 2 of the
Decree No. 355/20.
That the necessary inspection procedures to guarantee compliance with social isolation,
preventive and mandatory, of the protocols in force and of the norms established in the framework of the emergency
and its complementary regulations, including the observance of protocols related to activities
and services excepted from "social, preventive and compulsory isolation", will be arranged and implemented by
each local jurisdiction, within the scope of its competence (cf. Article 3 of Decree No. 355/20).
That, within the framework outlined, it is necessary to issue the respective administrative act in exercise of the
power indicated, about the activities and services requested by the provincial authorities and by
the Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
That the health authority has taken the intervention of its competence, in accordance with the provisions of the
regulations in force.
That the pertinent legal service has taken the intervention of its competence.
That this measure is issued in use of the powers conferred by Article 100 subsections 1 and 2 of the
NATIONAL CONSTITUTION and by article 2 of Decree No. 355/20.
Thus,
THE HEAD OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS
DECIDES:
ARTICLE 1 .- Except, within the framework of the provisions of article 2 of Decree No. 355/20 of compliance
of the “social, preventive and obligatory isolation” and of the prohibition to circulate, within the province of
LA PAMPA, NEUQUÉN, FORMOSA, SANTA CRUZ, CORRIENTES, TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ANTARCTICA AND ISLANDS OF
SOUTH ATLANTIC, SALTA, SAN JUAN, CÓRDOBA, JUJUY, LA RIOJA, CHUBUT, CATAMARCA, RÍO NEGRO, ENTRE
RÍOS, MENDOZA, SANTA FE, CHACO, BUENOS AIRES, SAN LUIS and MISIONES and to the AUTONOMOUS CITY OF
BUENOS AIRES, to the personnel affected by the activities and services detailed below, in the terms
established in this administrative decision:
- Establishments that carry out activities to collect services and taxes.
Official Gazette No. 34,359 - First Section (Supplement) 3 Saturday, April 18, 2020 - Income offices of the PROVINCES, the AUTONOMOUS CITY OF BUENOS AIRES and the Municipalities, with
shift systems and minimum guards. - National and provincial registry activity, with a shift system and minimum guards.
- Sale of ready-made merchandise from retail stores, through electronic commerce platforms,
telephone sales and other mechanisms that do not require personal contact with customers and only through
home delivery modality with the appropriate sanitary safeguards, protocols and logistics planning.
In no case may the mentioned businesses open their doors to the public. - Scheduled medical and dental care, preventive and monitoring of chronic diseases,
with previous shift system. - Clinical analysis laboratories and diagnostic imaging centers, with a previous shift system.
- Optics, with previous shift system.
- Experts and claims adjusters from insurance companies that allow settlement and payment
of the claims reported to the beneficiaries. In no case may attention be paid to
public and all procedures must be done virtually, including the corresponding payments. - Establishments for the care of victims of gender violence.
- Production for export, with prior authorization from the MINISTRY OF PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
- Specific industrial processes, with prior authorization from the MINISTRY OF PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
ARTICLE 2 .- The activities and services mentioned in article 1 are authorized to function,
subject to the implementation and compliance with the health protocols that each jurisdiction establishes, in
compliance with the recommendations and health and safety instructions of the national authorities.
In all cases, the organization of shifts, if applicable, and the ways of working and
transfer that guarantees the necessary distance and hygiene measures to reduce the risk of contagion
of the new Coronavirus.
The displacements of the people reached by this article must be limited to strict compliance
of the activities and services excepted hereby. Employers and employers must ensure
the hygiene and safety conditions established by the respective jurisdictions to preserve the health of
the workers and the workers.
ARTICLE 3º.- Each Provincial Jurisdiction must dictate the necessary regulations for the development
of the excepted activities and services, being able to limit the scope of the same to certain areas
geographic or specific municipalities or establish specific requirements for their development, which meet
to the local epidemiological situation and the characteristics of the place, in order to minimize the risk of
spread of the virus.
ARTICLE 4º.- The persons reached by this administrative decision must process the Certificate
Sole Enabler for Circulation - Covid-19, with the exception of those aimed at establishments
Consigned in sections 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 of article 1, which will circulate with the record of the shift granted
For your attention. Neither will the aforementioned certificate require those who travel for the purposes set forth in the
section 1, provided they are establishments close to home; and those who do it to request
attention for gender violence.
ARTICLE 5º.- The exceptions granted through article 1 of this may be left without effect by
each Governor or Governor or by the Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, within the
of its territorial competence, in whole or in part, by virtue of the recommendations of the health authority
provincial and in accordance with the epidemiological evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, having to communicate such decision to
Chief of Cabinet of Ministers.
ARTICLE 6 .- The Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers may, at any time and circumstance, leave without effect
any of the exceptions provided for in article 1 of this, according to the evaluation carried out, with
intervention of the national health authority, of the evolution of the epidemiological situation.
ARTICLE 7 .- This rule will come into effect from the day of its publication in the OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
ARTICLE 8 .- Communicate, publish, give yourself to the NATIONAL ADDRESS OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRY and file.
Santiago Andrés Cafiero - Ginés Mario González García