Official: they declare a holiday in the province of Buenos Aires for December 24 and 31

The government of the province of Buenos Aires This Monday, through Decree 3430 published in the Official Gazette of the district, the administrative holiday in the scope of the provincial public administration was established, on December 24 and 31, 2024.

There it was clarified that the holiday does not apply to personnel dependent on the Police of the Province of Buenos Aires and of Emergency Telephone Assistance System of the Ministry of Securitynot even for him dependent personnel of the Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service.

Nor, for the personnel belonging to the Provincial Agency for Children and Adolescents who perform functions in the devices of the Juvenile Criminal Responsibility System, for the workers of official Homes and Shelter Houses and those who perform transfer functions, for the personnel who perform in the Provincial Directorate of High Risk Situations and Critical Cases.

Employees of Line 144 and in Comprehensive Protection Homes are also excluded.l, all dependent on the Ministry of Women and Diversity, to the hospital staff of the Ministry of Health that is necessary for the coverage of essential services, on-call and emergency and any other service that cannot be interrupted, to the personnel commissioned within the framework of the “Operation Sol 2024-2025” and the personnel dependent on the Undersecretary of Road Policy and Safety who are available for this purpose and those who carry out Road Inspection tasks.

It also establishes that the measure does not cover banking institutions and financial entities and invites the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch and the municipalities to adopt the same measure.

Private banks also adhere to the holiday on December 24 and 31

The Private banks will also join the holiday on the 24th and 31st December after the invitation of BCRA. This was confirmed in a joint statement signed by the Association of Banks of Argentina (ABA), the Association of Public Banks and Private of Argentina (ABAPPRA), the Specialized Banking Association (ABE) and the Association of Argentine Banks (ADEBA).

As confirmed, Bank branches will remain closed on those daysbut all system users They will be able to make payments and transfers with debit cards, home-banking, virtual wallets and mobile applicationswhich constitute a safe, simple and fast way to carry out operations.

Furthermore, they confirmed that ATMs will be recharged for cases in which the withdrawal of cash is required.

Also Numerous alternative channels will continue to be available to extract banknotes in businesses that allow it. such as supermarket chains, collection and payment chains, service stations, pharmacies, and sales of household appliances, among others. They only require the presentation of ID and debit card to make withdrawals.

Banks will not open on December 24 and 31

He Central Bank (BCRA) reported in a statement that the days of the New Year’s Eve holidays, December 24 and 31will give its employees a holiday and, consequently, the banks will not operate on both days. The measure is in line with the provision of the National State of declare those two days off for public administration.

The monetary regulator said that will not operate during the two holidays and invited private banks to do the same with their staff.

ATMs and digital channels will operate as on all holidays and the BCRA assured that it took all pertinent measures to guarantee the distribution of banknotes among financial entities so that they can recharge the ATMs. In this way, it is intended that the self-service points have sufficient cash and meet the demand during these days.

Likewise, funds can be withdrawn through the network of cash registers of businesses participating in the “withdraw cash” system. While the Bank compensations will only be made on Thursday, December 26 and Thursday, January 2.