Overview

• Deputies Victoria Borrego and Juan Manuel López introduced a bill to limit executive discretion in agricultural emergencies and deliver quicker aid to producers.
• The proposal sets a five‑day deadline for the national commission and another five days for the Executive, with automatic approval if neither issues a decision in time.
• It raises the National Fund for Agricultural Emergencies (FONEDA) minimum allocation to ARS 130,000 million from a 2009 level that remained frozen, with periodic updates outlined in the draft.
• The package adds fiscal relief for affected producers, including suspending tax prepayments, cutting the cheque tax rate to 0%, and reducing export duties to as low as 0% so producers in declared zones do not pay retentions.
• The initiative comes after floods that Carbap says affected more than one million hectares and after national emergency declarations in 12 Buenos Aires districts, and Ámbito notes the larger fund could challenge the government’s 1.6%‑of‑GDP surplus target while the bill still awaits congressional debate.