On July 10, the Congress of the Republic issued Law 2300/2023, which aims to establish the channels, hours, and frequency with which consumers may be contacted by entities supervised by the Financial Superintendency and all individuals and legal entities that carry...
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Issuance of a Statement of Objections against Rappi
The Superintendency of Companies brought charges against the delivery company Rappi for alleged violations of the Money Laundering Risk Management regime and the Business Transparency and Ethics program, which could result in a fine equivalent to 232 million pesos....
Colombian citizens may contribute to pension schemes in 14 countries to qualify for retirement benefits
Colombia signed the Ibero-American Social Security Agreement, which protects the social security of migrant workers and their families. Under this agreement, workers who have worked in one or more of the 14 signatory countries throughout their working lives will be...
Energy and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) Arbitration Award – Resolution 501 001, dated January 20, 2023
COMMENT In exercise of the arbitration powers granted by paragraph (p) of Article 23 of Law 143 of 1994 and regulated by CREG Resolution 067 of 1998, the CREG defined the dispute between the company CENTRAL HIDROELECTRICA DE CALDAS S.A. E.S.P. – CHEC as Network...
Legal Obligations 2023
Reforma tributaria para la igualdad y la justicia social
The landscape of legal tech startups in Colombia
In the most recent Legal Tech Index ranking of justice digitization, conducted a few months ago by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organization (based in Latin America), Colombia ranked second for its results in implementing such processes in three areas: government,...
Technical session on freedom of expression in social networks
Our partner Daniel Peña Valenzuela was invited by the Constitutional Court of Colombia (office of Judge Natalia Angel Cabo) to the technical session of experts in the case Esperanza Gomez v. Instagram. Fundamental rights in #cyberspace, #socialmedia, and soon in the...
Rige en Colombia nueva normatividad de visas
Por: Juan Simón Larrea y Javier Moya El 21 de octubre de 2022 entró a regir una nueva normatividad en materia de visas, a través de la Resolución 5477 de 2022 expedida por el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y que deroga las Resoluciones 1980 de 2014 y 6045 de...
Obligation to enter data in the Beneficial Ownership Single Registry “RUB”
By: Juan Simon Larrea & Javier Moya With the issuance of Law 2155 of September 14, 2021 "Social Investment Law", articles 631-5 and 631-6 of the Tax Statute (hereinafter "ET") were modified and the Single Registry of Final Beneficiaries (hereinafter "RUB") was...