NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROPULARY TECHNOLOGY DECEMBER 287

Adequacy and updating of the structure and functioning of the Institute.

Bs. As., 3/3/86

VISTO Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its amendments, providing for the establishment of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology, as proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, and

CONSIDERING:

Attentive to the importance of the agricultural sector in the economic activity of the country, it is necessary to ensure a continuous increase in its productivity, for which it is essential to accelerate its technological evolution.

That modern and technical agriculture has a dynamizing effect of the greatest importance on the other sectors of the economy.

That in the contemporary world the competitiveness in the international markets of agricultural products is increasingly dependent on the level of technological development of the countries participating in it and not simply on its natural resources.

That the National Institute of Agricultural Technology constitutes the main agency of the State dedicated to the generation and transfer of agricultural technology.

That through its actions in the fourth century that has been alive, the pre-quoted Institute has contributed in a notorious way to the process of technicalizing the agrarian sector.

That the National Executive has repeatedly pointed out its decision to promote the modernization and dynamization of the State apparatus.

That the transformations in the agricultural sector, both in terms of the greater and more specific demand for technology and the increase of participants in the generation and transfer of technology, make it necessary to adapt and update the structure and operation of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology to the present circumstances.

This requires the operational decentralization of the units of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology and the participation in their leadership of the various sectors involved in the generation and adoption of technology in the field of unity, which will expedite actions and facilitate more efficient and coordinated use of available resources.

That this decentralization of the operational units will enable the central governing bodies of the Institute to effectively carry out its overall driving mission and to establish the institutional policy of the agency by freeing them from unnecessary administrative tasks in which they are currently involved.

That in the regional operational units, participation of the various sectors of agricultural production, of the provincial governments, of the universities and of the centific-technical community in the conduct of them, will ensure the correspondence between the activities of the Regional Centres and the local problem.

Adequate representation is also needed in the conduct of the Research Centres of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology in order to ensure that their tasks are aimed at meeting the demands of the Regional Centres to a greater extent, as well as improving their complementarity with other centres of the national scientific system.

That the growing technological demand of the agricultural sector will only be properly addressed if adequate complementation and use of available human, material and financial resources are achieved, both in the public and private sectors.

That this measure is given in the use of the powers arising from Article 86, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the National Constitution.

Therefore,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINA NATION

RIGHT:

Article 1 El The National Institute of Agricultural Technology, through the Board of Directors, will determine the scientific, technological and institutional policy of the agency and approve its Agricultural Technology Plan, which will be elaborated according to the directives given by the National Executive.

Art. 2o o It will be the faculty of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology to resolve the expansion or creation of Experimental Stations or Research Institutes.

The Regional Centres may provide for the expansion or creation of laboratories, extension services, demonstration fields or pilot farms, in accordance with the institutional policy and budgetary forecasts of the agency.

However, in cases where the exercise of such powers imposes the need to plan, project, perform or conduct works or work, the respective tasks shall be assigned by the Board of Directors to the specific units it determines.

Art. 3o ). The agricultural entities referred to in Article 6 (b) of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and their modifications will be the following: Asociación Argentina de Consorcios Regionales de Experimentación Agrícola (AACREA), Confederación Intercooperativa Agropecuaria Limited Cooperative (CONINAGRO), Confederaciones Rurales Argentinas (CRA), Federación Agraria Argentina (FAS) and the Argentine Agricultural Federation.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries shall request in advance no less than ninety (90) days after the expiration of the respective mandates, the corresponding land, for the appointment of members of the Board of Directors representing the agricultural producers.

Within the fifteen (15) days of receipt of the terrestrials proposed by the above-mentioned entities, the Secretariat shall propose to the National Executive the corresponding candidates for appointment.

The representatives referred to in Article 6 (c) of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and their amendments shall be elected in accordance with the following procedure:

In anticipation of not less than ninety (90) days after the expiration of the respective mandate, the National Institute of Agricultural Technology shall notify the Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary and similar institutions of equivalent university studies of the different National Universities, in order to propose to give due credit to the representative.

Art. 4o El The Board of Directors can:

(a) With regard to the provisions of Article 7 (b) of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its amendments, the adoption of the organizational-functional structure of the body and the issuance of regulations necessary to ensure its functioning.

(b) With regard to the provisions of subparagraph (c) of this Article, appoint the following officials: National Director, National Assistant Directors, Director General of Administration, Directors of Regional and Research Centres and Directors of Agricultural Experimental Stations and Institutes.

(c) With regard to the provisions of subparagraph (e) of the above-mentioned article, adopt the Annual Training Plan proposed by the Regional and Research Centres and the National Directorate.

(d) With regard to the provisions of subparagraph (g) of the above-mentioned article, compensation for items of the budget, as well as their expansion or decrease in accordance with the needs and resources of their own, should be communicated to the National Executive within thirty (30) days of its approval.

Art. 5o The National Directorate will be responsible for preparing the necessary studies, backgrounds and proposals for the implementation by the Board of Directors of the functions assigned to it, as well as for assisting the operational units when requested, in terms of organization and administration, legal-institutional standards, programming and evaluation systems and the development and maintenance of physical infrastructure and other topics that the units deem necessary.

The National Directorate will evaluate and elevate the Institute ' s Technology Plan to the Board of Directors, and will also designate the technical staff of the agency and the administrative, technical assistant, support technician, workers and teachers and temporary assistance of the National Directorate.

Art. 6th . Delegate to the Board of Directors the power to accept donations from which it refers to Article 12 of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its amendments must communicate within thirty (30) days after its approval, such acts to the National Executive.

Art. 7o . Any purchase or sale, as well as any contract on locations, as data, lease, assignment of use, jobs or supplies made by the National Institute of Agricultural Technology pursuant to Article 15 of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its amendments, shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the present decree and in the supplementary rules issued by the agency, and the general principles governing the State are applicable to cases not provided for.

1 PROCEDURES

1.1. Public Licitation: When the amount of the operation exceeds ten thousand australes (A 10,000).

1.2. Private Licitation: When the amount of the operation does not exceed ten thousand Australians (A 10,000).

1.3. Public auction:

(a) The sale of real estate must be made through the specialized office of the National, Provincial or Municipal State. In the event that the latter are unable to act for properly documented reasons, it may be carried out through private entities or firms;

(b) The sale of movable goods and products of the animal or plant kingdom, which can be made through the specialized offices of the national, provincial or municipal State. Where the latter are unable to act for properly documented reasons, they may be carried out through private entities or firms.

1.4. Direct recruitment:

(a) When the operation does not exceed five hundred australes (A 500);

(b) The purchase of products from the animal or vegetable kingdom;

(c) Where circumstances require that operations be kept secret, this situation will have to be established by the Board of Directors;

(d) For reasons of urgency in which the tender cannot be expected in the merit of unforeseen circumstances;

(e) Where a tender has been dismissed or has not been filed, admissible or desirable tenders;

(f) The scientific, technical or artistic works, the execution of which should be entrusted to specialized companies, persons or artists, subject to the foundation of the qualities of specialization and analysis of the background that proves the notorious scientific, technical or artistic capacity of those who carry out the work;

(g) The acquisition of goods whose manufacture or sale is exclusive to those who are privileged to do so or possess a particular person or entity, provided that there are no suitable substitutes, which must be based on the relevant technical reports;

(h) Purchases or locations that need to be made in foreign countries provided that tendering is not possible;

(i) Contracts between public divisions, companies, entities or societies in which the State is involved;

(j) Where there is a noticeable shortage in the local market of goods to acquire or rent, which must be credited in each case by the relevant technical reports;

(k) Sales of perishable products and elements for the promotion of the country ' s economic activities or for meeting health needs;

(l) Repair of vehicles, machinery, engines and any other manual, electrical or electronic instrument, for which repair is necessary for prior disarmament;

(m) The purchase of semovants by selection.

The only requirements required for the direct contracting referred to in point 1.4. (a) shall be: The request for technical report as appropriate, the budget and the respective document that credits the operation carried out by the competent authority, in accordance with the jurisdictional limits set out in point 2 (Months and Jurisdictionals).

2. MONTOS AND JURISDICCIONAL

The procedures indicated in the preceding point shall be authorized, substantial, approved or adjudicated by the authorities which are then detailed, with the authority of the Board of Directors to include those which are required in accordance with their organizational-functional structure, in order to ensure the executive decentralization and consequently the speed in administrative proceedings, as well as to modify the jurisdictional amounts as deemed necessary.

LICITATION PUBLICA	AUTHORIZATION OR PREVIOUS SUBSTAANCE	ADOPTION O ADJUDICATION
More than 400,000.	Board of Directors or National Director.	Board of Directors.
Up to 400,000.	Director National, Director of Regional Centre, Director of Research Centre, Director General of Administration.	National Director.
Up to 300,000.	Director of Regional Centre, Director of Research Centre, Director General of Administration, Director of the Institute or Director of Agricultural Experimental Station.	Director of Regional Centre, Director of Research Centre or Director-General of Administration.
Up to 150,000.	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station, Chief of Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.	Director of Institute and Director of Agricultural Experimental Station.
Up to 50,000.	Chief, Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.	Chief, Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.
LICITATION PRIVATE
Up to 10,000.	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station, Chief of Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.	Director of Regional Centre, Director of Research Centre, Director-General of Administration, Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station, Chief of Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.
Up to 5,000.	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station, Chief of Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station, Chief of Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.
PUBLIC REMATE
1.3 (a)	Board of Directors.	Board of Directors.
1.3 (b)	According to jurisdictional regime for public tenders.
CONTRACTING DIRECTOR
More than 50,000	National Director.	Board of Directors.
Up to 50,000.	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station or Director General of Administration.	Director of Regional Centre, Director of Research Centre or Director-General of Administration.
Up to 10,000.	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station, Chief of Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station or Director General of Administration.
Up to 6,000	Chief, Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator	Director of Institute, Director of Agricultural Experimental Station, Chief of Procurement and Supply Division or Administrator.

Direct recruitments referred to in Article 7 (c), (f) and (g) shall be authorized by the National Director and approved by the Board of Directors.

Art. 8o . The National Customs Administration should provide the National Institute for Agricultural Technology when it deems it necessary documentation and information regarding compliance with the provisions of Article 16 (a) of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its modifications in order to practice the economic-financial and administrative-counting analysis inherent in the agency's income.

Art. 9th de The liberation of Customs rights and surcharges established in Article 17 of the Decree-Law No 21,680/56 and its modifications include exemption from the payment of import duties and any other tax, tax, contribution, rate, tariff or customs service, ports and storage in ports and airports of any nature or origin created or created, as well as from the constitution of prior deposit and from the obtaining of import licences and certificates of foreign exchange coverage, to all instrumental products, animal products, equipments

The National Customs Administration shall arrange for the issuance of applications, with the corresponding exemption, of the goods and goods referred to in the preceding paragraph against the submission in each case of an affidavit extended by the Directorate General of Administration of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology.

Art. 10. El The realignment of the current budget will be made by major items that will correspond to the current nomenclature or equivalents to those that could replace them in the future.

It will be the faculty of the Board of Directors:

(a) Adjustment of the receivables as set out in the preceding paragraph, which must be made by major headings according to the current nomenclature or which replaces it in the future;

(b) Modify discrimination on charges based on credits distributed by the National Executive for the corresponding categories of staff costs;

(c) Modify the analytical distribution of the annual public work plan with arrangements to the credits distributed by the National Executive.

Art. 11. The National Center for Agricultural Research will be composed of research centers and institutes with the designation, hierarchy and functions assigned by the Board of Directors, in accordance with the powers conferred by Article 9 of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its amendments.

The Regional Centres will be established by the Board of Directors with the territorial area, headquarters, organizational and functional structure and the degree of executive, administrative and technical decentralization that is established in each case.

Each Regional or Research Centre shall constitute a Council consisting of:

1. Regional Centres: One (1) representative of the Board of Directors; one (1) member proposed by the Government of the Province in which the Centre operates; one (1) member proposed by the Universities of the Area to maintain research programmes with the Centre; one (1) member to emerge from among the persons of recognized scientific-technical versation in related disciplinary areas, on the proposal of the Board of Directors; three (3) members proposed by the entities of agricultural producers This should be a member of one of the Local Advisory Councils and represent one of the producer associations that integrate them.

When the Regional Centre has jurisdiction in more than one province, one (1) representative shall be appointed by each Government of Province, not exceeding the number of two (2) the number of total provincial representatives between that Council.

For the purpose of maintaining proportionality in representation among the representatives, of the Producers ' Entities, including that proposed by the Advisory Local Councils, and the other members cited in item 1 of this article, it is stated that:

(a) If the representation of more than one (1) member is resolved by the Governments of the Provinces in which the Centre operates, the representatives of the Producers ' Entities will be increased in the same amount;

(b) In the event of a resolution to increase the number of representatives by the Producers' Entities, representatives of: People with recognized scientific-technical versation in related disciplinary areas and/or universities within the Centre must be increased in the same amount to maintain integration programmes with the Centre and/or the Governments of the Provinces in which the Centre operates.

The Board of Directors will be able to modify the total number of members of each Regional Centre Council, according to the characteristics of each of them, not exceeding the maximum number of fourteen (14), without varying proportionality.

2. Research Centres: One (1) representative member of the Board of Directors; two (2) members who will emerge from among the persons of recognized scientific-technical versation in related disciplinary areas, on the proposal of the Board of Directors, one of whom should be a researcher at the university level, and two (2) members, technicians of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology, on the proposal of the directors of the Regional Centres.

Each Regional or Research Centre shall form part of the Council, with a voice but without a vote, the Director of the said Centre, and one (1) representative of the technical staff belonging to the Centre on the proposal of the said staff.

The Presidency of the Council shall be exercised by the representative of the Board of Trustees of the first time and thereafter shall be elected by a majority vote from among the members of the Council.

The Council shall operate with half plus one of its members entitled to vote and the decisions shall be adopted by a majority vote of the present, if no consensus is reached.

The President shall have a double vote in the event of a tie.

The members of the Regional and Research Councils will be appointed the first time by the Board of Directors. Members may be redesigned, unable to exercise their positions consecutively for more than two (2) periods.

The subsequent designations, duration and rotation of the posts as well as any other status relating to the functioning of the Council shall be established by regulation of the Board of Directors.

Art. 12. Los The Regional and Research Centre Councils will have the following functions:

(a) To evaluate and elevate the Board of Directors, through the National Directorate, the Technology Plan and the Centre ' s preliminary budget proposal, which will respond to the scientific-technological and institutional policies and other guidelines established by the Board of Directors;

(b) To evaluate periodically the implementation of the Centre ' s Technology Plan, when appropriate, any corrections and/or adaptations it deems necessary, provided that they do not modify the general principles of the Plan approved by the Board of Directors;

(c) Identify and evaluate situations of legal, social, political, economic, organizational and other nature that are harmful to the process of technological change and propose measures that are available to facilitate its solution and suggest relevant actions to the Board of Directors and the National Directorate;

(d) To propose to the Board of Directors, through the National Directorate, the expansion or creation of Experimental Stations or Institutes;

(e) Analyse and elevate the Board of Directors through the National Directorate the annual memory of the Centre ' s activities developed by it;

(f) To promote, in the case of the councils of the regional centres within the area of their jurisdiction and the institutions within their scope, the constitution of the Councils of Agricultural Technology in accordance with Article 5 of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its amendments.

Art. 13. Los The Directors of the Regional and Research Centres shall have the following powers and functions:

(a) To develop and upgrade to the Council of the Regional or Research Centre the Technology Plan and the draft annual budget for the Centre in accordance with the guidelines determined by the Board of Directors and the Council of the respective Centre;

(b) To propose to the National Director the designation, promotion and removal of the hierarchical and technical staff of the operational units of the Centre, informing the Council of the Regional Centre or of respective research.

(c) Translating the Centre ' s staff within its scope in accordance with the implementation of the plan of action by communicating it to the Centre Council;

(d) To elect proposals for the establishment and expansion of Experimental Stations or Institutes to the Council of the Centre;

(e) Develop the annual memory of the technical and administrative activities of the Centre;

(f) Designate or remove administrative, technical assistant, support technician, worker and teachers from the Centre and the Experimental Stations or Institutes from their jurisdiction and designate, remove or transfer transitory personnel from their direct dependence, except for the appointment of temporary assistance from the Experimental Stations and Institutes dependent on the Centre, to be carried out by the Directors of these units;

(g) Understand the administration of human, material and financial resources allocated to the Directorate of the Centre;

(h) To keep the Council of the Regional or Research Centre informed of the implementation of the actions provided for in the Centre ' s Technology Plan, as well as the other provisions adopted.

Art. 14. . Please refer to the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology to establish, in the manner and conditions that this rule, the roads and the mobility that should be paid to the members of the Councils of Regional and Research Centres, as well as those that correspond to the implementation of Article 18 of Decree-Law No. 21.680/56 and its amendments.

Art. 15. . Please refer to the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology to establish the complementary and procedural rules to which the present decree takes place.

Art. 16. los Destroy the decrees No. 4.644 of 6 May 1957 and No. 14.897 of 25 November 1960, as amended by the similar No. 4.371 of 29 September 1971 and No. 1.428 of 16 July 1980.

Art. 17. . Communicate, publish, give to the National Directorate of the Official Register and archvese.

ALFONSIN

Juan Vital Sourrouille Lucio G. Reca Mario S. Brodersohn