{"id":1819,"date":"2016-03-29T19:31:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T22:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2026-08-19T12:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:51:59","slug":"trial-costs-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/trial-costs-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial costs in Argentina &#8211; foreign plaintiffs need not security for costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trial costs in Argentina have suffered a beneficial change. As from 1 August 2015, Argentina has in force a new and modern Civil and Commercial Code (the CCCN) setting out many changes as to private international law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The equal treatment of foreign people has constitutional basis in Argentine law (National Constitution, Article Number 20).\u00a0In accordance with said constitutional protection, the CCCN, in its Article Number 2,610, states that citizens and permanent residents of foreign countries are granted free access to jurisdiction to defend their rights and interests under the same conditions as the citizens and permanent residents of Argentina. Furthermore, it states that no security for costs or deposit may be imposed because of foreign nationality or residency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This CCCN\u00b4S new provision enhanced the foreigner\u00b4s access to jurisdiction, trumping over the local procedural codes requiring posting a bond to file lawsuits unless the plaintiff was a national from or was domiciled in a country that had signed an international treaty or convention dispensing with the security for costs requirement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of this equal treatment principle before the national jurisdiction, foreign plaintiffs litigating in Argentina will not be required to comply with a security for costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mario E. Castro Sammartino<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our publications exclusively express the\u00a0author\u00b4s opinion and do not purport to be legal counsel on any case. Should\u00a0you need it, you must consult with your trusted lawyer.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,24,1286],"tags":[51,54,46],"csp_materia":[],"csp_coleccion":[],"class_list":["post-1819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-companies","category-individuals","category-litigation","tag-corporate","tag-individuals-en","tag-litigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225551,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819\/revisions\/225551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"csp_materia","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/csp_materia?post=1819"},{"taxonomy":"csp_coleccion","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/csp_coleccion?post=1819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}