AFIP: what documentation must be carried to travel
Thus, it provided that drivers have to circulate with:
- Valid document to circulate in Mercosur
- Driver’s license
- Document that qualifies you as a tourist issued by the immigration authority
- Authorization to drive the vehicle
- Title or other official document proving ownership of the car
- Proof of current insurance
New regulation to circulate through Mercosur
The decision was formalized through the General Resolution 5366/2023, published this Thursday in the Official Gazette, through which the Government adopted a measure of the Common Market Group that determined that Mercosur community vehicles, owned by resident natural persons or legal persons with registered office in a Member State, when used for tourism trips, may circulate freely in any of the other States.
According to the provisions, the documents may be displayed in printed or digital format when an electronic means of verification is available and to the extent that it is agreed bilaterally or multilaterally by the States.
In addition, the circulation of community vehicles from one State to another “will not be subject to compliance with customs formalities, without prejudice to the selective controls that the customs authority may exercise to verify compliance with the conditions and requirements demanded”, according to with the official text.
AFIP: what happens if there are accidents, thefts or cases of force majeure
The AFIP also established that in the event of an accident, theft, robbery or other situations of fortuitous event or force majeure, which occurred during the period of stay granted, which would have prevented the return of the vehicle to the State Party of origin, the party responsible must notify the fact. to the customs authority of jurisdiction of the place where it occurred.
To this end, you must present the corresponding supporting documentation, so that Customs can immediately adopt and without any prior substantiation, the pertinent measures.
AFIP: who is excluded from the application of the standard
On the other hand, the following cases are excluded from the application of the standard:
- When the driver of the vehicle does not prove his tourist status, according to the immigration legislation of the State Party of entry.
- When the vehicle is registered or registered in a third country, even when driven by a community tourist.
- When the vehicle is used for the provision of the people transfer service, free or not, or in activities of a commercial nature, including for tourist purposes, except for rental vehicles.
- Tourists who are not habitual residents of any of the States Parties.
The collecting entity also clarified that automobiles registered in Argentina must have the domain number engraved, as a minimum, on the front windshield, the rear window, and on the larger side windows, in automobiles that have six crystals or more; When the number of crystals is less, the recording must be done on all of them.
Source: Ambito
