SYSTEMS OF JUBILATIONS AND PENSIONS Decree 116/96 Please note that the National Directorate of the National Register of Persons shall take the measures that enable, immediately after the events have occurred, its efficient processing for communication to the bodies referred to in article 21 of Decree No. 290/95.

Bs. As., 9/2/96

VISTO Article 21 of Decree No. 290 of 27 February 1995 and

CONSIDERING:

That the above article establishes personal responsibilities under article 131 of Act No. 24,156, with respect to the authorities of the bodies responsible for administering the existing JUBILATIONS AND PENSIONS that do not comply with the measures established therein.

That it is necessary in the light of the provisions of article 21 to clarify their terms by appropriately delimiting the responsibilities and encouraging the use of methodologies to avoid payment of benefits after the death of the beneficiary and the detection of persons who perceive more than one benefit and are in contravention of the legal rules governing the incompatibility of the foreseeable benefits.

That in order to enable the bodies referred to in the above-mentioned rule to take timely notice of the death of their beneficiaries by avoiding undue payments, the NATIONAL DIRECTION OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF PERSONS should provide timely and efficient information for all deaths occurring in the country.

In view of the lack of the above-mentioned information, the aforementioned agencies have made reasonable use of alternative methods of detecting the death of their beneficiaries, including the processing of the information emerging from the payment of sepellium subsidies and the requirement to banks that pay forecast benefits that require the holders to submit their personal documents together with those of the beneficiary or, where appropriate, the certificate of survival of the holder.

That the present is dictated in the use of the powers conferred by article 99, paragraph 2 of the NATIONAL CONSTITUTION.

Therefore,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINA NATION

RIGHT:

Article 1 de To enable the bodies referred to in article 21 of the Decree No. 290/95 are in a position to take appropriate notice of the death of their beneficiaries and to be in a position to take measures to avoid unnecessary transfers of funds to the paying banks and/or the improper collection of the assets by third parties, the NATIONAL DIRECTION OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF PERSONS shall take the measures that enable the decess of the 2190/95 bodies to be processed immediately following.

Art. 2o los Until the bodies mentioned in article 21 of the Decree No. 290/95 may be counted immediately after the death of the information referred to in the preceding article, they shall arbitrate and/or initiate alternative methods, whether by entering into agreements with Municipalities, Civil Records, National, Provincial or Municipal Agencies or other intermediary entities, and by increasing control over the paying agents in order to comply with the contractually agreed security rules, in order to be able to take notice of the misappropriation of third parties and to avoid unnecessary transfer

Art. 3o Los The bodies mentioned in article 21 of the Decree No. 290/95 should encourage and, where appropriate, adopt the necessary technical-administrative mechanisms to carry out joints between their recipients ' registers and those of the Provincial or Municipal Insurance Funds or Institutes, in order to detect the existence of persons who perceive more than one benefit obtained in contravention of the legal norms that regulate the incompatibility of the foreseeable benefits.

Art. 4o s Please note that the personal responsibility of the authorities of the agencies responsible for administering the existing JUBILATIONS AND PENSIONS, referred to in the second paragraph of Article 21 of Decree No. 290/95, shall be subject to non-compliance with the alternative methods referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of this Decree

Art. 5o . Communicate, publish, give to the National Directorate of the Official Register and archvese. . MENEM. . Eduardo Bauzá. . José A. Caro Figueroa. . Carlos V. Corach.