Exchange Measures and Effects
- 19/01/2023: TRM $4.702.67 ↑
- 20/01/2023: TRM $4,683.85 ↓
According to the information reported by DANE1, imports made by Colombia as of November 2022 amount to USD 6,043 M, which represents a contraction of 7.7% if compared to the results of the same month last year.
Road tolls charged to ANI and INVIAS will not be increased
The President of the Republic, through Decree 50 of 2023 and as an anti-inflationary measure, ordered not to increase the toll rates of the National Roads Institute (Spanish acronym "INVIAS") and the National Infrastructure Agency (Spanish acronym "ANI"), a measure that, in first place, will be in force until December 31, 2024, date from which it is expected to normalize the estimated tariff scheme for that time.
The regulation empowers INVIAS and ANI to apply the mechanisms agreed in the agreements for the recognition of the tariff adjustments that may arise; on the other hand, ANI must meet the obligations generated in the concession or APP projects charged to the infrastructure sub-account of the Contingency Fund of State Entities, and finally, the Ministry of Transportation, INVIAS and ANI were entrusted with the creation of mechanisms for the reestablishment of the tariff no later than December 31, 2024.
This decree is effective as of its publication date, this being January 15, 2023.
Monitoring the environmental sector bills
As of January 19, 2023, the Congress of the Republic is processing 104 bills related to the environment: 94 bills were presented in the current legislature, which runs from July 20, 2022 to June 20, 2023, and 10 in the last legislature.
It is important to note that 48% of the current bills are pending first debate. Of the bills, 9 are Legislative Acts, while the remaining 95 are Bills. The status and topics of these bills are shown in the following graphs:
This is the draft of the Regulatory agenda of the Ministry of Environment
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, through the Legal Advisory Office, published the regulatory agenda for the year 2023. Among the topics subject to modification or regulation are:
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Unit |
Object of regulation |
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Climate Change and Risk Management Directorate |
Procedure to enforce the non-assessment of the national carbon tax |
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National Climate Change Council and the National Climate Change System - SISCLIMA. |
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National Program for Greenhouse Gas Emission Transferable Quotas. |
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Inclusion of climate change management in the determinants of land use plans. |
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Carbon budgets |
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Directorate of Territorial Environmental Management-SINA |
Coordination and articulation of the SINA entities. |
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Education and Participation Subdirectorate |
Activities and procedures for the sanction of community work in environmental matters and the preventive measure of attendance to mandatory environmental education courses as part of the reprimand. |
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Creation of the National Indigenous Environmental Commission (hereinafter CNAI) as an instance of support, coordination and technical interlocution of the MPC in relation to environmental issues of interest to indigenous peoples and territories. |
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Environmental, Sectorial and Urban Affairs Directorate |
Inclusion of new activities to the list of those requiring environmental licenses and updating of environmental licensing requirements. |
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Integral management of hazardous waste |
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Control of transboundary movements of non-hazardous waste destined for recovery activities and adoption of other provisions. |
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Mechanisms for the gradual implementation of the Basic Performance Standards - EBD in storage facilities, use or transfer of solid waste, which are not subject to environmental licensing. |
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Forestry, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Directorate |
Commercial use of biological resources for bioprospecting for commercial and industrial purposes. |
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Sustainable Forest Management of natural forest. |
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Productive use of Guadua and bamboo. |
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Designation of an area of Lake Tota as a Ramsar wetland of international importance. |
1 Spanish acronym for National Administrative Department of Statistics.