The repository of legislation on risk factors offers Member States organized, systematized, and updated legal information on the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This information system is an integral component of PAHO’s REGULA initiative. It is the product of broad multidisciplinary research on public sources of information on legislation and regulations in 19 Latin American countries, compiled by PAHO. (Read more)

32 Normative Acts

Modifícase la Ley de Impuestos Internos, texto ordenado en 1979 y sus modificaciones. Disposiciones Generales. Tabaco. Bebidas alcohólicas. Cervezas. Bebidas analcohólicas, jarabes, extractos y concentrados.
Publication date: 13/08/1996
Organ issuer:
Act scope: National / Argentina
(primer párrafo del artículo 15) Has been changed by Law 26467, of 17 of December of 2008 
(artículo 16) Has been changed by Law 26467, of 17 of December of 2008 
(artículo 21) Has been changed by Law 26467, of 17 of December of 2008 
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Establece normas sobre el Impuesto Específico Interno
Publication date: 17/04/1990
Organ issuer: Treasury
Act scope: Federal / Uruguay
(artículo 28) Has been changed by Decree 164, of 30 of May of 2005 
(artículo 29) Has been changed by Decree 164, of 30 of May of 2005 
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Configura infrações à legislação sanitária federal, estabelece as sanções respectivas, e dá outras providências.
Publication date: 24/07/1977
Organ issuer: Executive Branch
Act scope: Federal / Brazil
(artigos 2 e 10) Has been changed by Law 2190-34, of 23 of August of 2001 
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Codigo Tributario
Act scope: National / Dominican Republic
(párrafos II, V y VII del artículo 375) Has been changed by Law 175-07, of 21 of June of 2007 
(artículos 367 y 375) Has been changed by Law 3-04, of 06 of January of 2004 
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Modifica la Ley n° 125/91, modificada por la Ley n° 2421/04, sobre el impuesto selectivo al consumo y destina un porcentaje del mismo al fondo nacional de desarrollo del deporte
Organ issuer: Legislative Branch
Changes Law 125/91, of 09 of January of 1992  (Secciones I y II del Artículo 106)
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