MINISTERY OF ECONOMY AND ARTWORKS AND PUBLIC SERVICES Decree 917/94 Displace the National Register of Consulting Signatures.

Bs. As. 10/6/94

I look at the Nros Laws. 22,460 and 23,696, Decree No. 2284 of 31 October 1991 ratified by Act No. 24,307, Decree No. 6176 of 25 July 1963, 202 of 28 October 1963 and 1496 of 6 August 1991, the Resolution of the former MINISTERY OF ECONOMY No. 621 of 9 November 1973 and the Resolution of the former SECRETARY OF TRANSPORT STATE AND PUBLIC ARTWS No. 55 of 27 November 1973; and

CONSIDERING:

That Decree No. 6176 of 25 July 1963 created the PERMANENT REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONALS OF ACTIVITY PRIVATE IN RELATION TO THE PUBLIC OBRA and approved the rules to which the provision of services of such professionals should be adjusted.

That by Nros Decrees. 202 of 28 October 1963 and 9404 of 30 December 1972, the aforementioned Register expanded its scope and proceeded to act in the orbit of the NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF PUBLIC ARTERS under the name of the NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF CONSULTORS.

That Act No. 22,460, which regulates the promotion and recruitment of consultancy services, provides that the organization and functions of the NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF CONSULTORS shall be determined by regulation and until the date of this decree was not regulated.

That consultancy services organized under individual business forms or professional activity have been widely disseminated in the country in recent years.

That the existence of the NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF CONSULTURAL FIRMS restricts the capacity to hire the National State by limiting the supply of signatures and professionals to those inscribed therein.

That the National State should enjoy wide freedom at the time of requiring consultancy services in such a way as to adapt its demand to the needs of each procurement, and should also seek the widest competence among the offenders.

In recent times, most of the consultancy services requested by the National State have been channelled through the Technical Assistance provided by International Agencies, with the process of hiring professionals or consulting firms in charge.

That, as a result of the above-mentioned, an important number of firms and professionals do not require registration in the Register and the enabling it extends for the development of the activity in connection with the Public Sector.

That under the above circumstances, the Register in question is neither complete nor provides up-to-date information on the composition of the service offering, operating as an additional restriction on the access of new companies and professionals to contracts with the Public Sector.

That for the reasons set out and within the framework of the government programme established, inter alia, by Law No. 23,696 on State Reform and Decree 2284/91 ratified by Law No. 24,307, the NATIONAL EXECUTIVE PODER considers it necessary to dissolve the NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF CONSULTURAL FIRMS.

That the aforementioned Law on State Reform in Article 61 authorizes the NATIONAL EXECUTIVE PODER to dissolve organisms, even if they are created by special laws.

That the present is given in the use of the above-mentioned powers and those arising from article 86 (1) of the NATIONAL CONSITUTION.

Therefore,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINA NATION

RIGHT:

Article 1 - Displace the NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF CONSULTURAL FIRMS, with effect being Article 5 of Act No. 22,460.

Article 2 - As a result of the preceding article, the contracting of consultancy services carried out by the Public Administration under Act No. 22,460 is governed by the principle of free recruitment by each committee to seek the widest competence among the offerors in setting the requirements to be met by professionals or consulting firms.

Article 3. Destroy the Nros Decrees. 6176 of 25 July 1963 and 202 of 28 October 1963, the ex-Ministerial Resolution of ECONOMY 621 of 9 November 1973 and the ex-SCRETARY Resolution of the STATE OF TRANSPORT AND ARTWORKS PUBLICS 55 of 27 November 1973.

Article 4 - Amend within the organizational structure of the SECRETARIAT OF PUBLIC ARTWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MINISTERY OF ECONOMY AND PUBLIC SERVICES, the denomination of the DIRECTION OF NATIONAL REGISTERS OF PUBLIC OBRATES AND CONSULTURAL FIRMS BY THE DIRECTION OF

Article 5: Replace paragraph 5 of the subtitle "Actions" of the title NATIONAL DIRECTION OF PUBLICS of Annex II to Decree No. 1496 of 6 August 1991 with the following: "5. . Organize, direct and control the registration of companies contractors of public works".

Article 6: Note the BICAMERAL COMMISSION established by Article 14 of Act No. 23,696.

Article 7: Contact, post, give to the National Directorate of the Official Register and archívese MENEM . Domingo F. Cavallo.