Legal Framework

Below, you will find links to the main legal and regulatory framework regarding commercial activities in Chile, including the ones especially related to the direct selling industry:

• Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile
• Civil Code
• Commercial Code
• Sanitary Code
• Labor Code
• Tax Code
• Law on Income Tax (Decree Law No. 824/1974 of the Ministry of Finance)
• VAT Law (Decree Law No. 825/1974 of the Ministry of Finance)
• Resolution of the Internal Revenue Service regarding the change of subject of VAT right in sales by catalog (Exempt Resolution n ° 52/2012)
• Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights (Law No. 19.496 / 1997)
• Sanitary Regulation of Foodstuff (Decree No. 977/1996 of the Ministry of Health)
• Regulation of the National Cosmetics Control System (Decree No. 239/2002 of the Ministry of Health)