OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL ACTION Decree 744/97 Authorize the State Department to import ambulances and mobile units, except for the operation of the provisions on the import of motors established by Decree No. 2677/91 and its amendments.

Bs. As., 4/8/97

VISTO Issue No. 060-000602/97 of the Register of MINISTERY OF ECONOMY AND ARTWS AND PUBLIC SERVICES, Law No. 23.670, Law No. 21.932, Decree No. 2677 of 20 December 1991 and its amendments, Decree No. 235 of 16 February 1995, Decree No. 454 of 11 September 1995 and

CONSIDERING:

That Law No. 23,670 approves the General Treaty on Cooperation and Friendship between the ARGENTINA REPUBLIC and the SPAIN KINGDOM, which includes an economic agreement.

That by Decree No. 235 of 16 February 1995, the NATIONAL EXECUTIVE PODER approved International Public Litigation No. 8 of 14 April 1994. Such tendering included, among other assets for high-complex medical equipment, ambulances and mobile units.

That by Decree No. 454/95, funding was approved, within the benefits established by the General Treaty on Cooperation and Friendship, and the models of credit agreements that should be implemented for the payment of the assets subject of litigation No. 8/94.

That the Ex-SECRETARY Resolution of INDUSTRIA TRADE, dependent on MINISTERY OF ECONOMY AND ARTWORKS AND PUBLIC SERVICES No. 136 of 28 April 1993 states that the participation of the Implementation Authority consists, inter alia, in the visa of the final invoices and in the extension of the documentation necessary for the dispatch to square of the goods to be imported.

That Act No. 21.932 repealing Act No. 19.135 left the suspension of imports of motor vehicles without effect, and that the import subject to certain requirements which were subsequently regulated by Decree No. 2677/91 and its amendments.

That in view of the exceptional characteristics of the concessional credits subscribed under Law No. 23,670 and that the CINCUENTA and OCHO (58) vehicles "ambulances and mobile units", that the MINISTERIO DE SALUD And SOCIAL ACCION intends to import, they are part of a highly complex medical equipment, being the destination of the same public health, it is convenient to exempt such property from the quota regime provided for in article 19 of Decree No. 2677/91 and its amendments.

That the decision taken through this decree arises as a result of having deeply pondered the reasons for opportunity, merit and convenience that so advise and is of the nature of an exceptional measure which, if not to mediate the situation and the fate of the goods referred to in the previous consideration, would not have taken place.

That, according to this, it is considered necessary to exempt the managed operation from the provisions on the import of motors established by Decree No. 2677 of 20 December 1991 and its amendments.

That the Permanent Legal Service of the MINISTERY OF ECONOMY AND ARTWORKS AND SERVICES PUBLICOS has taken the intervention that belongs to him.

This Decree is issued in the use of the powers conferred by article 99 (1) of the National Constitution.

Therefore,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINA NATION

RIGHT:

Article 1Authorize the MINISTERY OF HEALTH and SOCIAL ACTION to import CINCUENTA AND OCHO (58) vehicles - ambulances and mobile units-prevista en la Licitación Pública Internacional No 8/94 comprendidates en los Crédito concesionales del Tratado General de Cooperación y Amistad celebra entre la REPUBLICA ARGENTINA y el REINO de ESPAÑA, ratified by Law No. Art. 2o-SECRETARIAT OF INDUSTRIA, TRADE AND MINERIA OF THE MINISTERY OF ECONOMY AND ARTWS AND SERVICES PUBLICS shall proceed to visa final commercial invoices in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Ex-SECRETARY Resolution of INDUSTRIA and TRADE, which is dependent on the MINISTERY of ECONOMY and ARTWORKS and PUBLIC SERVICES No. 136/93. Art. 3o-Contact, post, give to the National Directorate of the Official Register and archívese.-MENEM.-Jorge A. Rodríguez.-Roque B. Fernández.