Categoría: Legal Bulletin

Through the General Regulations to the Organic Law of National Solidarity (Executive Decree No. 54, Official Register Supplement 81 of July 15, 2025), a direct restriction is established on the activities of simplified joint stock companies (SAS) in Ecuador, which may not engage in the following activities: SAS companies incorporated prior to the publication date…

On February 1, 2024, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) published Ministerial Agreement MAATE-2023-134 (hereinafter, the ‘Ministerial Agreement’) in Official Register No. 490, by which it issued the Technical Standard for the Application of the Extended Producer Responsibility Principle in the Comprehensive Management of Expired or Out-of-Specification Medicines and Pharmaceutical Products. This…

On July 3, 2025, the Organic Law on People with Disabilities was published in the Fourth Supplement No. 73 – Official Register, which represents a comprehensive reform of the existing regulations, aimed at guaranteeing fundamental rights and promoting the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in society. Key reforms of the new law in the…

The Organic Law on Public Integrity (LOIP), published on June 26, 2025, in the Official Register, introduced a robust package of reforms to various legal frameworks, including the Organic Law of the National Public Procurement System (LOSNCP). The central aim of these reforms is to strengthen transparency, institutional ethics, preventive oversight, and the fight against…

In the exercise of the powers granted to it by the Organic Law on the Protection of Personal Data («LOPDP»), and through a non-binding opinion that does not generate general legal effects, the Superintendence for the Protection of Personal Data («SPDP»), through Official Communication No. SPDP-IRD-2025-0090-O, issued a response to the following inquiry: «Should insurance…

Date: June 30, 2025 | Official Register Third Supplement No. 70; SRI Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC25-00000015, dated June 27, 2025. Subject: Application of the remission regime for 100% of interest, fines, surcharges, and costs on tax obligations. Remission will be applied once payment of the principal is verified by December 31, 2025. Finally, payments that exceed…

Date: June 30, 2025 | Official Register Third Supplement No. 70; SRI Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC25-00000014, dated June 27, 2025. Subject: Cancellation of sales receipts, withholding vouchers, and supplementary documents issued in electronic format. This Resolution will enter into force as of August 1, 2025, in accordance with its Final Provision. If you require additional information,…

On June 20, 2025, the «Organic Reform Law to Various Legal Bodies to Guarantee the Labor Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Rare Diseases, Orphans, Catastrophic and High Complexity Conditions, and Their Substitutes» was published in the Fifth Supplement No. 64 of the Official Register. This legal reform incorporates significant labor guarantees for these groups, introducing…

In Official Gazette No. 64 dated June 20, 2025, Resolution No. ARCOM-003/25, issued by the Mining Regulation and Control Agency (hereinafter, “ARCOM”), was published. Through this resolution, ARCOM established the Supervision and Control Fee. The implementation of this fee aims to strengthen technical supervision and control activities, enhance operational and logistical management, and support the…

Date: June 17, 2025 | Supplement: Fourth Supplement of the Official Registry No. 61 By Resolution No. NAC-DGECCGC25-00000013, issued on June 16, 2025, which amends Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC15-00000052, establishing the list of tax havens and the applicable rules for the qualification of low-tax jurisdictions and preferential tax regimes, the Director General of the Internal Revenue…