GUATEMALA
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS
Individual persons or commercial companies acting as distributors, agents or representatives, shall be registered as such in the Registro de Agentes, Distribuidores y Representantes. They should take into consideration the date in which the distribution relation began...
  EL SALVADOR
GUARANTEES PROVIDED BY THE STABILITY FOR INVESTMENT LAW
This law guarantees legal security to investors by implementing Legal Stability Contracts. Applicants shall file a request within the Promoter Export and Investment Agency of El Salvador, after the execution of such Contract the investor shall have the right to tax stability at different levels...
  HONDURAS
MOODY´S UPGRADES HONDURAS RATINGS TO B2 FROM B3
Moody's upgraded Honduras' government bond ratings to B2 from B3. Concurrently, it has upgraded the foreign and local currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings to B2 from B3. In accordance with the Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez, this new rating evidences trust in Honduras...
  NICARAGUA
LAW PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH THE NICARAGUAN MINING ENTERPRISE
The Executive Branch submitted a law proposal for the establishment of the Nicaraguan Mining Enterprise. This law proposal includes the creation of a Fund of Surveillance and Supervision of Mining Activities in order to finance and execute inspection and monitoring of the mining sector, among others...
 

COSTA RICA
COSTA RICA MOVES FORWARD TO BECOME PART OF THE OECD
Since early 2010, Costa Rica began an interinstitutional coordination process, led by the Ministry of Foreign Trade, focused on becoming part of the OECD. During the next two years Costa Rica will be evaluated in 22 areas by the organization´s committees through accession reviews. This process is expected to end in 2018...
 

PANAMA
PANAMA RESTRUCTURING THE FREE ZONE OF COLON
The law of the Colon Free Zone had not been modified since its inception 68 years ago, and now aims to boost the commercial, economic and touristic life of the Atlantic area, with additional benefits such as the taxes to be applied to businesses...

Arias & Muñoz Costa Rica Reaffirms Commitment to Intellectual Property Law

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