Categoría: Legal Bulletin

New resolutions issued by the Personal Data Protection Superintendence: General Standard on Large-Scale Personal Data Processing; and General Standard on Personal Data Processing in Family or Domestic Activities The Personal Data Protection Superintendence (the “SPDP”) has issued two key new resolutions: Resolution No. SPDP-SPD-2026-0005-R, approving the General Standard on Large-Scale Personal Data Processing. Resolution No.…

Dear Clients and Friends: We hereby inform you that the Legal Representatives of companies subject to the supervision of the Superintendence of Companies, Securities and Insurance must submit the following documentation relating to their foreign corporate partners or shareholders between January 1 and February 5, 2026. Otherwise, the Administrator will be required to report such…

On December 17, 2025, the Very Illustrious Municipal Council of Guayaquil enacted the ORDINANCE REGULATING THE ANNUAL OPERATING LICENSE FOR ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CANTON OF GUAYAQUIL (hereinafter, the “Ordinance”), which governs the registration, authorization, and control of establishments where economic activities are carried out by natural or legal persons within the canton of Guayaquil. Below…

On December 3, 2025, the Plenary of the Foreign Trade Committee issued Resolution No. 017-2025 (the “Resolution”), which amends Article 4 of COMEXI Resolution No. 376-2007 with respect to the use of Sanitary Registrations and Sanitary Notifications as prior control documents in importation processes. Below is a summary of the most relevant aspects for importers…

On September 30, 2025, the Andean Community (CAN) Commission published Decision 960, a regulation that establishes harmonized requirements for the registration, control, commercialization, importation, manufacturing, and use of veterinary products in the Member Countries. Its main objective is to facilitate intra-community trade while reducing risks to animal health, public health, and the environment. Below is…

Key Aspects: The Superintendency for Personal Data Protection (“SPDP”) issued its first administrative sanctions for serious infringements of the Organic Law on Personal Data Protection (“LOPDP”), after concluding sanctioning proceedings against the Ecuadorian Professional Football League (“LIGAPRO”) and the Ecuadorian Football Federation (“FEF”). Both cases are related to the processing of personal data through the…

Dear clients and friends, By Executive Decree No. 191, dated October 27, 2025, the General Regulations to the Organic Law on Social Transparency were issued (Official Register, 8th Supplement No. 153, October 28, 2025). Among other provisions, the Regulations govern the payment on account of undistributed profits and the single tax on the distribution of…

In Official Register No. 145, Sixth Supplement, dated October 16, 2025, Resolution No. ARCONEL-2025-0030-RES, issued on October 13 of the same year by the Electricity Regulation and Control Agency (“ARCONEL”), was published. This resolution establishes the compensation rate for energy generated by emergency generator groups to be recognized for emergency generators (the “Rate”). Following the…

On October 16, 2025, the Electricity Regulation and Control Agency (“ARCONEL”) issued Regulation No. ARCONEL-005/25 (the “Regulation”), applicable to new Non-Conventional Renewable Energy Generation Plants (“CGRNC”) with a nominal capacity greater than 10 MW and less than or equal to 100 MW, which are not part of the Master Electricity Plan (“PME”) and are not…

Relevant Aspects:The SPDP issued a new statement reaffirming and expanding key interpretative criteria for the application of the Organic Law on Personal Data Protection (“LOPDP”) and its General Regulations (“RLOPDP”); in particular, regarding the disqualifications and incompatibilities applicable to the role of Personal Data Protection Officer. Inquiry Submitted:The inquiry raised the following question: If a…