Paraguay
Senate committees approve, with changes, a bill to create an anti-smuggling directorate
The initiative promoted by Patrick Kemper proposes an agency under the DNIT to coordinate actions against smuggling and illicit trade. Before reaching the floor, substantive and formal amendments will be reviewed.
The Industry and Commerce Committee and the Science, Technology, Innovation and Future Committee of the Chamber of Senators issued a favorable opinion, with amendments, on the bill that proposes the creation of the General Directorate for the Prevention, Combat and Suppression of Smuggling and Illicit Trade.
According to La Nación Paraguay, the proposal was submitted by Senator Patrick Kemper and provides that the new agency will operate under the authority of the National Directorate of Tax Revenues (DNIT).
According to what the sponsor explained, the aim is to establish a specialized body to coordinate interinstitutional actions aimed at preventing and prosecuting smuggling and illicit trade in the country.
The president of the Industry Committee, Luis Pettengill, explained, according to that outlet, that the changes incorporated will be reviewed before the bill is considered by the full Senate. He also noted that there are substantive and formal adjustments, with the goal of clarifying the scope of the initiative and avoiding problems in its application or possible constitutional challenges.
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