As anticipated Scopethe Government is moving forward with the deregulation of freight transport, an old claim by businessmen in the sector due to the high costs of logistics. The measure was confirmed by the Minister of Deregulation and Transformation of the State, Federico Sturzeneggerwho announced the changes this Monday from his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Under the initiative of the Hojarasca law, promoted by the government of Javier Milei, it generated the rejection of the truckers’ union led by Hugo Moyano. Added to this are other fronts of conflict, such as the regulation of the labor reform established in the law Bases.
The Government is moving forward with deregulation in freight transport
The Government’s decision to move forward in the deregulation of freight transport It was finalized today through Decree 832/2024, published in the Official Gazette.
“Decree 832/24 signed by President Javier Milei regulates Law 24,653 on cargo transportation with two central innovations: the virtual elimination of the Single Registry of Motor Transport (RUTA) in digital or physical format; and the increase in the weight allowed for transport exempt from the regime of law 24,653,” Sturzenegger said.
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The official defined the RUTA as “an absurd procedure, purely for statistical purposes, which was expensive and cumbersome to carry out.”
“Now it is a free digital registration. Lost days of work are avoided and transporters save money that would have gone to the caste. The RUTA was mandatory for all transport with more than 700 kilos of cargo, which meant that a producer could not move his own cargo in his own vehicle without submitting to this state bureaucracy,” Sturzenegger said.
“This minimum weight is raised to 3,500 kilos, completely freeing the entire freight and light cargo industry from this nuisance,” said the minister, while anticipating that the Government will try to permanently eliminate the RUTA through a law.
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In the transportation chapter of the Hojarasca law, the Government seeks the deregulation of air, sea and land transport, and particularly cargo.
The minister has his sights set on National License for Interjurisdictional Transportation (LiNTI)known as “Moyano Registry”, in reference to Hugo Moyanothe union leader who promoted the creation of the permit required to use a cargo vehicle in Argentina.
The regulation covers single-cab pickup trucks and assumes that they carry commercial cargo, even if their owner is a plumber transporting his tools or the vehicle is used in the field to transport supplies. The way that was found to avoid this license was the use of double-cab vehicles.
Source: Ambito
