{"id":217014,"date":"2020-03-25T11:34:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T14:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/?p=217014"},"modified":"2022-11-06T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T12:25:43","slug":"covid-19-in-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cspabogados.com.ar\/en\/covid-19-in-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 in Argentina. Some legal implications for business. Steps to consider"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COVID-19 has disrupted business all over the world and Argentina is not the exception, although perhaps more informed and prepared because the outbreak of the virus is reaching our country later than in Asia or Europe. Yet, the business impact is significant and has a wide range of legal projections, some of which we will briefly go through in this post.<\/p>\n

The key definition when assessing the potential legal impact of the COVID-19 in Argentina is that of the acts of God or force majeure contained in the Article 1,730 of the Civil and Commercial Code of the Nation (the CCCN). This legal definition deems acts of god and force majeure as those events that could not have been foreseen or that, having been foreseen, could not have been avoided. This definition is further complemented by several other CCCN\u00b4s provisions, streamlining the concept of acts of god and force majeure with additional requirements.<\/p>\n

If an event or series of events fall into the definition of acts of God or force majeure, the party invoking it may defer, or be released from its duties to perform, without liability.<\/p>\n

In the following links, we have briefly covered the effects that the unforeseeable and unavoidable event posed by the COVID-19 may have over labor relationships, contracts, and corporate meetings:<\/p>\n