Argentina

v. 28 – Q4 2023

Market Executive Summary
  • Argentina is one of the early adopter markets for serialisation/traceability, starting in 2011 with a limited set of products and an incremental roll-out leading to full E2E Medicines Traceability infrastructure.
  • Initial requirements included Data Standard Guidance followed by full Item Level Serialisation and data reporting to the central system.
  • Additional requirement to include GTIN on invoice issued by Argentinian Tax Authorities in Jan 2016.
Key Dates
  • January 1, 2017: All applicable products are now included in Serialisation requirements (Disposición 10564/2016)
  • February 1, 2016: Inclusion of GTIN on all invoices
  • January 1, 2011: Start of serialization requirements for limited set of products (Resolución 435/2011)

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