Recently the "guideline for the supervision and regulation of the nutritional composition of foodstuff and its advertisement ("the guideline") was published by the Undersecretary of Health.

This act approves the Regulation that sets the technical conditions to be fulfilled during the design, construction and operation stages of hydraulic works, as defined in Article 294 of the Water Code.

A new ministerial order that provides the new terms and conditions applicable to land concessions ("CUOs") granted over State-owned land for the development of NCRE projects...

Chile's Congress has approved a comprehensive Tax Reform Bill featuring a gradual reduction of the Corporate Income Tax rate to 23%, full tax system integration, and new tax invariability regimes for investors. The reform introduces significant changes including preferential rates for foreign capital disclosure, elimination of capital gains tax on publicly traded shares, and temporary reductions in gift taxes for family transfers.

On October 25th, Chilean President, Sebastián Piñera, signed a bill on computer crimes, and issued a Presidential Instructive

As the Commission for the Financial Market came into full force this January, the regulation of the Chilean financial market took a step forward in terms of institutionalism and modernization.

The recently enacted tax reform -Law N° 20,780 (2014), amended by Law N° 20,899 (2016) – introduced the option to voluntarily pay a substitute tax over the accumulated taxable earnings...

Chile's Public Health Institute has opened a public consultation on updated guidance for its National Technovigilance System, establishing comprehensive post-market surveillance requirements for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics. The framework introduces stringent obligations for manufacturers, importers, and distributors, including mandatory technovigilance officer appointments, incident reporting timelines, and field safety corrective action protocols.

On February 12, 2019, the Chilean Commission for the Financial Market ("Comisión para el Mercado Financiero" o "CMF") issued General Rule No. 431 ("NCG 431), regarding the deadlines for reporting of quarterly and annual reports and financial statements for the following entities.

Chilean firm Carey has helped Costa Rican private equity company Mesoamerica purchase a majority stake in Chilean fast food company Unifood.

On March 1st, 2016, Supreme Decree N° 62 of the Ministry of Economy, introduced in 2006 (hereinafter, the "Decree 62"), that regulates capacity transfers among power generation companies entered into force, modifying the methodology used to calculate transfers.

Regarding the public tender process for the supply of energy and capacity to distribution companies that will take place this year ("2017/01 Tender Process"), please consider the following:

On December 26, 2018, the Central Bank of Chile published an amendment to Chapter III.J.2 of its Financial Regulations Compendium, on Payment Cards Operation, after a one-month public consultation that allowed the general public to make comments or observations to the proposal.

Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP in New York and Chilean firm Carey have advised the International Finance Corporation on its US$140 million equity investment in Chilean financial institution Consorcio Financiero.

On December 11th, Decree No. 1 of the Ministry of Health (herein, the "Decree") was published on the Official Gazette.

On June 6th, 2015, Law No. 20,850, which creates the Financial Protection System for Diagnostics and Treatment of High Costs, and pays posthumous tribute to Luis Ricarte Soto Gallegos, has been published.

On July 26th, 2017, Exempt Resolution No. 860 which "Approves Technical Standard No. 191 on Nutritional Guidelines for Healthy Claims on Foodstuff Products" was published on the Official Gazette.

Last August 12th entered into force Decree No. 1410, which made a series of modifications to the regulation enacted under the Law of Administrative Procurement and Services Contracts, contained in Decree N. 250 of 2004.

Chilean firm Carey has promoted three lawyers to counsel positions, two of them women, in its corporate and M&A, IP and technology, and environmental practices.

The Chilean government has submitted a bill to postpone the implementation of its comprehensive personal data protection law by one year, pushing the effective date to December 2027. The proposed delay aims to provide additional time for establishing the Personal Data Protection Agency and allow organizations to adapt their processes to the new regulatory requirements.