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CHILE
AGENDA
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
TARIFF & NON-TARIFF
POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
PRODUCT
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CULTURAL
ENVIRONME
NT
religion
The religion has played a large role in defining
social and political life.
Religious instruction in public schools is almost
exclusively Roman Catholic.
Abortion is actually illegal due to the influence of the
Church.
Divorce was illegal until 2004.
Most national holidays are religious in nature.
BUSINESS CUSTOMS
Busines
s Card
Stand
position
Surname
s
MEETING
S&
GREETIN
GS
Eye
contacts
Formality
Hand
shakes
BUSINESS CUSTOMS
Hand
movemen
t
Time is
not
essence
Interrupts
BUSINESS
MEETINGS
Never
openly
criticize
Indirect
communicat
ion
GEERT HOFSTEDE
GEERT HOFSTEDE
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION
SOURCE : www.transparency.org
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION
SOURCE : www.transparency.org
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION
SOURCE : www.transparency.org
BRIBE PAYERS
SOURCE : www.transparency.org
LEGAL
ENVIRONME
NT
COURT OF CHILE
SUPREME
COURT
SUPREME
COURT
COURT OF
APPEAL
17 Court of Appeal in Chile
Consist between 4 to 31 of judges called Minister
Operate in chambers of at least 3 judges ( presence
of majority judges on some hearing)
Courts of Appeal are the hierarchical superiors to the
Courts of Letters, the Courts of Guarantee, the Oral
Criminal Tribunals, Family Courts, Labour Courts,
Labour Courts of Collection, and Local Police Courts.
CRIMINAL
COURT
While the Prosecution is in exclusive charge of the
functions of investigation and accusation, the Criminal
Courts have the exclusive task of judging, they have no
power to investigate crimes, only to try them.
During the investigative phase, a Guarantee Judge
takes charge of the protection of the rights of the
people involved in the case.
Once enough proof is gathered, the Prosecution will
decide whether to indict the accused or file the case.
CRIMINAL
COURT
For most minor offenses and some simple crimes for which
the prosecutor in the Attorney General sought the
imposition of a penalty of up to 540 days of imprisonment,
the case is judged by the Guarantee Judge in a summary
trial.
Oral Criminal Courts are integrated by three professional
judges, who hear the cases exposed by the Prosecutor and
the Defense of the accused, then deciding and establishing
the guilt or innocence of the accused.
LAW OF CHILE
The legal system of Chile belongs to the Continenta
Law tradition.
The basis for its public law is the 1980 Constitution,
reformed in 1989 and 2005.
PUBLIC LAW
Constitution
The current Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile
approved by Chilean voters in a tightly
controlled plebiscite on September 11, 1980 under Augusto
Pinochet, and made effective on March 11, 1981
has been amended in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000,
2001, 2003 and 2005.
LAW OF CHILE
Administrative law
The President of the Republic must fulfill the
administrative function, in collaboration with
several Ministries or other authorities
with ministerial rank. Public property is subject to
privileges and burdens,
There is not a singular Administrative court to
deal with actions against the administrative
entities, but several specialized courts and
procedures of review.
LAW OF CHILE
PRIVATE LAW
Civil Code
The Civil Code of the Republic of Chile is the work of the
Chilean-Venezuelan jurist and legislator Andrs Bello.
Congress passed the Civil Code into law on 14 December
1855, and came into force on 1 January 1857.
The Code has kept in force since then though it has been the
object of numerous alterations.
The main modernisations the code has undergone have
affected family law and the law of successions sentences of
a higher court can be appealed to the Supreme Court based
in the erroneous application of the law, thus being able to
deliver uniform decisions in controversial matters of law.
LAW OF CHILE
Commerce
Though the Commerce Code of 1868 was the main source
of business law, nowadays the legislation is widely spread in
many legislative bodies.
For instance, both the Civil Code and the Commerce Code
deal with the basic matters of enterprises,
but Corporations and limited liability enterprises have a
statute of its own.
Recently the law of bankruptcy has been incorporated in the
Commerce Code, in a process of re-codification.
Matters such as banking and the stock exchange are
strongly regulated by government agencies and therefore
are subject to public scrutiny. Recently, these agencies have
fined important executives for insider trading
TARIFF &
NON-TARIFF
MALAYSIA-CHILE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT
first bilateral FTA between Malaysia and a Latin American
country came into force on 25 February 2012.
signed by YB Datuk Richard Riot Anak Jaem, Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia and Hon. Alfredo
Moreno Charme, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile on 13
November 2010 in Yokohama, Japan.
Commitments are made in specific chapters in the MCFTA to
facilitate Trade in Goods include areas of:
tariffs;
rules of origin (RoO);
sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures (SPS);
customs procedures; and
technical barriers to trade (TBT).
MALAYSIA-CHILE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT
An FTA between Malaysia and Chile, in the long term,
offers opportunities to strengthen trade and
investment linkages by:
enhancing Malaysia 's market share in Chile;
facilitating two-way investment flows in areas of
common interest; and
creating potential for Malaysian traders and investors
to expand to other Latin American
markets.
MALAYSIA-CHILE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT
CHILE
Eliminate import duties for 6,960 tariff lines from the date of entry into force
for products that include video recording apparatus and data processing
machines (electrical and electronic items), vulcanized rubber thread and
cord, surgical gloves, vegetable fats, cocoa butter, fats and oil and parts of
aircraft.
By 2015 (Year Three) further eliminate tariff on 355 tariff lines that include
palm oil, cocoa powder containing added sugar, rubber gloves, textile,
apparel and clothing accessories, footwear, ceramic tiles, paints and
varnishes, ceramic sanitary products, glass and glassware, paper products,
machinery equipment, wooden furniture products.
By 2017 (Year Five) further eliminate tariff on 313 tariff lines for products such
as examination gloves, palmatic acid and stearic acid, paints, polypropylene
and polyethylene, wooden frames and pallets, tyre flaps, float glass, ceramic
wares, chemical products, plastic products, iron and steel bars and rods,
rubber products, wood products, footwear and motor vehicles.
MALAYSIA-CHILE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT
MALAYSIA
Fully eliminate import duties on 9,311 tariff lines upon date of entry
into force
By 2015 (Year Three) further eliminate 405 tariff lines on products
such as vegetable oil, glycerol, floorcovering, plastic products,
flooring materials of rubber, particle board, veneered panels,
waterproof footwear, copper products, high pressure hydro-electric
conduits and kitchenware.
By 2017 (Year Five), reduce import tariff on 500 tariff lines further
cap duties at 5% on items that include compounded rubber
products, tubes, pipes ad hoses of vulcanized rubber, new
pneumatic tyres, transmission belts, aluminum products, heavy
vehicles including concrete-mixer lorries, mobile drilling derricks
and fire-fighting vehicles.
MALAYSIA-CHILE FREE
TRADE AGREEMENT
Excluded item :
Chile - 96 tariff lines comprising wines and alcohol,
tobacco, rice wheat or meslin flour, sugar, glucose and
syrup, honey and used pneumatic tyres.
Malaysia 138 tariff lines comprising items such as
explosives, ammunition, rice, tobacco and alcoholic
beverages.
POLITICAL
ENVIRONME
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President of Chile
Spanish :Presidente de la Repblica de Chile
Head of states and the head of government of
the Republic of Chile
Role and significance has changed over the history of
Chile
Considered as one of the institutions that make up the
"Historic Constitution of Chile
President is elected to serve for a period of four years,
with immediate re-election being prohibited (current
constitution)
Official seat of the President of Chile is the La Moneda
Palace in the capital Santiago.
37 presidents since 1826.
Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet
Award and Media Recognition
Ranked 17th most powerful women in the
world by Forbes magazine in Defense of Freedom and
Democracy Award by Ramn Rubial Foundation
(January 2007).
Ranked world's 15th most influential person
by TIME magazine in 2008.
Keys to the City of Miami (November 2010).
Eisenhower Fellowships's Eisenhower Medal for
Leadership and Service (May 2012).
2012 "10 Most Influential Ibero American
Intellectuals" of the year Foreign Policy magazine
Michelle Bachelet
Orders
President of Chile
Name
Elected
(BirthDeath)
Political Party
(Political Coalition)
Independent
(179018760
1826
2
Agustn Eyzaguirre
Independent
(17681837)
Pipiolos
(17871851)
1827
Pipiolos
(17851858)
Pelucones
(17871831)
Manuel Bulnes
(17991866)
Manuel Montt
(18091890)
1831
Pelucones
1836
Conservative Party
1841
Conservative Party
1846
1851
Conservative Party
President of Chile
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
Anbal Pinto
(18251884)
Jorge Montt
(18451922)
Germn Riesco
(18541916)
1856
National Party
1861
National Party
1866
(Fusion)
1871
1876
1881
1886
1891
1896
1901
Liberal Party
(Fusion)
Liberal Party
(Liberal Alliance)
Liberal Party
(Liberal Alliance)
Liberal Party
(Liberal Alliance)
Independent
(Coalition)
Liberal Party
(Coalition)
Liberal Party
(Liberal Alliance)
President of Chile
16
Pedro Montt
1906
(18491910)
17
1910
(18351919)
18
1915
(18581930)
19
1920
(18681950)
19
1920
(18681950)
20
1925
(18661931)
21
National Party
(Liberal Alliance)
Liberal Party
(Liberal Alliance)
Liberal Democratic Party
(Coalition)
Liberal Party
(Liberal Alliance)
Liberal Party
(Liberal Alliance)
Liberal Democratic Party
(Coalition)
1927
Independent
1931
Radical Party
1932
Liberal Party
(18771960)
22
23
24
1938
Radical Party
(Popular Front)
President of Chile
25
1942
(18881946)
26
1946
Radical Party
(Democratic Alliance)
Radical Party
(18981980)
27
1952
(18771960)
28
1958
(18961986)
29
1964
Independent
(FENAFUI)
Independent
(Democratic Front of Chile)
Christian Democratic Party
(19111982)
30
1970
(19081973)
31
Socialist Party
(Popular Unity)
Military
(19152006)
32
1989
(1918)
33
1993
President of Chile
34
1999
(1938)
35
36
37
2005
2009
2013
National Renewal
(Coalicin)
Socialist Party
(Nueva Mayora)
SENATE of Chile
Upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress
Composed of thirty-eight directly elected senators,
chosen by universal popular suffrage vote in 19 senatorial
circumscriptions
Serve eight-year terms, with half of them being replaced
every fourth year
Criteria of senator : eligible to vote completed secondary
school, or its equivalent at least 35 years old
Leadership : President Patricio Walker , Christian
Democratic ( New Majority )
Vice - President Adriana Muoz D'Albora, PPD ( New
Majority )
SENATE of Chile
Political group :
New Majority
Christian Demochratic ( 7 )
Socialist Party ( 6 )
Party for Democracy ( 6 )
Broad Social Movement ( 1 )
New Majoritys Independent ( 1 )
Chile Vamos ;
Independent Democratic Union ( 8 )
National Renewal ( 6 )
Chile Vamoss Independent ( 1 )
Out of pack ;
Amplitude ( 1 )
Patagonian Regional Democracy
CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES
Lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress.
Its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of
Chile's current constitution.
comprises 120 members called honorable deputies (H.D.),
who are elected to four-year terms, by direct universal
suffrage, from 60 two-member electoral districts.
Criteria : be aged at least 21
not be disqualified from voting
have finished secondary school or its equivalent
have lived in the corresponding electoral district
for at least two years prior to the election.
CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES
Leadership : President Marco Antonio Nez, PPD
(New Majority )
Vice- President Patricio Vallespin ,
Christian Democratic ( New Majority )
Voting system : Binomial system
Place of meets : Valparaiso, Chile
CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES
MINISTER OF STATE OF
CHILE
Spanish: Ministros de Estado de Chile
Based on Chile constitution Minsters are direct and
immediate collaborator of the President of the Republic
in the government and administration of the state.
President can appoint and remove ministers freely, and
each reports to directly to the president.
23 Government Ministry
MINISTER OF STATE OF
CHILE
Government Ministry
Incumbent Minester
Jorge Burgos(2015)
Heraldo Muoz(2014)
Ministry of Finance
Rodrigo Valds(2015)
Jorge Insunza(2015)
Marcelo Daz(2015)
Marcos Barraza(2015)
Ministry of Education
Nicols Eyzaguirre(2014)
Ministry of Justice
Javiera Blanco(2015)
Ximena Rincn(2015)
Alberto Undurraga(2014)
Ministry of Health
Carmen Castillo(2015)
Paulina Saball(2014)
Ministry of Agriculture
Carlos Furche(2014)
Ministry of Mining
Aurora Williams(2014)
Andrs Gmez-Lobo(2014)
Ministry of Energy
Mximo Pacheco(2014)
Pablo Badenier(2014)
Claudia Pascual(2014)
Ministry of Sport
Natalia Riffo(2014)
Ernesto Ottone(2015)
POLITICAL
PARTIES
1826 -1841
Independent
Pipiolos
Pelucones
1841 1973
Conservative Party
National Party
Liberal Party
Liberal Democratic Party
Radical Party
Christian democratic Party
1973 1990
Military
1990 present
Christian democratic
Party
Party for Democratic
Socialist Party
National Renewal
POLITICAL
PARTIES
Christian Democratic Party
President : Jorge Pizarro
Founded : 28 July 1957
Membership : 115,007
Ideology : Christian democracy , Social conservatism ,
Conservatism , Third way
Party for Democracy
President : Jaime Quintana
Founded : 15 December 1987
Membership : 99, 384
I deology : Social Democracy , Social Liberalism
POLITICAL
PARTIES
Socialist Party
President : Isabelle Allende
Founded : 19 April 1933
Membership : 109,561
Ideology : Social Democracy , Democratic Socialism
National Renewal
President : Christian Monckeberg
Founded : 29 April 1987
Membership : 90, 027
Ideology : Conservatism , Liberal Conservatism ,
Conservative Liberalism , Classical Liberalism
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