Last December 31st, a new regulation of the Lobby Law was published by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the Official Gazette. This update replaces the text in force since 2014 and aligns its content with current standards of transparency, integrity, and institutional management. Introducing relevant adjustments to how activities covered by Law No. 20,730 must be recorded. 

It incorporates more precise definitions, expands the range of regulated activities, and strengthens registration and disclosure obligations, in line with the regulatory developments on transparency and the criteria established by the Public Integrity and Transparency Commission. 

Key modifications 

A series of modifications have been introduced that affect how the Public Prosecutor’s Office must manage activities covered by the Lobby Law. Among the main elements: 

a) Explicit incorporation of the Lobby Law online platform (“Ley de Lobby”, in Spanish) as the official system for fulfilling registration obligations. 

b) Broader definitions and greater conceptual clarity regarding: lobbying, private-interest representative, lobbyist, representative, and hearing or meeting. The regulation expressly clarifies that lobbying activities may seek to influence not only traditional administrative decisions, but also the definition, amendment, or implementation of institutional policies, plans, programs, and other measures that are under discussion or development. It also formally recognizes the possibility of holding hearings by virtual channels through videoconference, which must be recorded in the same manner as in‑person meetings. 

c) Detailed list of activities that do not constitute lobbying, including: 

• Public activity or regular field work carried out by prosecutors and staff. 

• Actions inherent to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the performance of its legal duties. 

• Requests for information about a procedure. 

• Providing information formally required by an authority. 

• Information submitted in an administrative process without trying to affect its outcome. 

• Academic or technical advice or invitations from specialized institutions. 

• Participation before congressional committees, which have their own registration systems. 

• Attendance at technical meetings convened by public authorities. 

• Actions within judicial or administrative defense, including representation or amicus curiae interventions. 

• Submission of information by the directly affected party within a proceeding or investigation. 

• Submission of written statements or oral interventions in public hearings within administrative procedures that allow for public participation. 

Enhanced obligations for passive subjects 

The category of passive subjects is expanded, and a procedure is established to request the inclusion of additional staff. In addition, prosecutors and officials must evaluate, on a case‑by‑case basis, whether a meeting -including those held outside working hours or in private settings – constitutes a regulated activity. 

Passive subjects include: the highest authorities of the Public Prosecutor’s Office; staff with decision‑making power or significant influence, as defined by resolution of the National Prosecutor; staff whose inclusion is requested by a third party, if considered appropriate by the National Prosecutor; and members of public procurement evaluation committees, only  with respect to that function. 

Updates to public agenda registers 

The regulation introduces adjustments to the registration and disclosure of hearings, travels, and gifts, with standardized criteria and defined deadlines. 

For hearings, the following must be recorded: identity, purpose, attendees, date, among other details. 

For travel and gifts, mandatory information requirements and confidentiality conditions are specified. 

Deadline for registration: up to the fifth business day of the following month. 

All information will be published on the institutional transparency website (Fiscalía Transparente, in Spanish). 

Sanctions regime 

Specific fines are established for non-compliance, which may reach up to 50 UTM in cases of inexcusable omissions or provision of false information. Additionally, the sanctions procedure now includes clearer deadlines and mechanisms. 

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