National Contact Point for ResponsibleBusiness Conduct Peer Reviews: Argentina2026 Disclaimers This work was approved and declassified by the Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct on 18 May 2026. This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to thedelimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. Photo credits:© Cancillería Argentina. © OECD 2026. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. By using this work, you accept to be bound by the terms of this licence(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Attribution–you must cite the work. Translations–you must cite the original work, identify changes to the original and add the following text:In the event of any discrepancy between the original work and thetranslation, only the text of original work should be considered valid. Third-party material–the licence does not apply to third-party material in the work. If using such material, you are responsible for obtaining permission from the third party andfor any claims of infringement. You must not use the OECD logo, visual identity or cover image without express permission or suggest the OECD endorses your use of the work. Foreword The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct (the Guidelines)are recommendations addressed by governments to multinational enterprises operating in or fromadhering countries. They provide non-binding principles and standards for responsible business conductina global context consistent with applicable laws and internationally recognised standards.TheGuidelines are the only multilaterally agreed and comprehensive code of responsible business conductthat governments have committed to promoting. Adhering governments to the Guidelines are required to set up a National Contact Point for ResponsibleBusiness Conduct (NCP) that operates in a manner that is visible, accessible, transparent, accountable,impartial and equitable, predictable, and compatible with the Guidelines. The 2023 update of theGuidelines reinforced peer reviews of NCPs by making them mandatory and periodic, subject to theModalities for Peer Reviews of National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct, approved bythe Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct (WPRBC). The peer reviews are led by representatives of two other NCPs who assess the NCP under review andprovide recommendations. The reviews give NCPs a mapping of their strengths and accomplishments,while also identifying opportunities for improvement, including a structured assessment of how the NCPaddressesthecoreeffectivenesscriteria.Moreinformationcanbefoundonlineathttps://www.oecd.org/en/networks/national-contact-points-for-responsible-business-conduct/national-contact-point-peer-reviews.html. This document is the peer review report of the NCP of Argentina. This report was prepared by a peerreview team made up of reviewers from the NCPs of Chile and Romania. The NCP of Chile wasrepresented by Felipe Henríquez. The NCP of Romania was represented by Doru Claudian Frunzulică.The OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct was represented by Nicolas Hachez and EmilyHalstead. The report was informed by dialogue between the peer review team, the NCP of Argentina andrelevant stakeholders during an in-person mission on 3-4 November 2025. The peer review team wishesto acknowledge the NCP for the preparation of the peer review. This report also benefited from commentsby delegates to the WPRBC and institutional stakeholders (BIAC, OECD Watch, TUAC). It was discussedby an informal review group of the WPRBC on 21 April 2026 and approved and declassified by the WPRBCon 18 May 2026. Table of contents Disclaimers2 Foreword3 1 Key findings and recommendations6 Institutional arrangementsPromotional activitiesSpecific instancesSupport for government efforts to promote RBC 6789 2 Structured assessment of core effectiveness criteria10 3 Introduction112019 peer review of the Argentine NCP12Economic context13 4 Institutional arrangements 15 Legal basis15NCP Structure15Functions and operations16Advisory Council (advisory body)16Resources19Reporting19 5 Promotion21 Promotional planInformation and promotional materialsPromotional eventsWebpageResponding to enquiriesCo-operation amongst NCPs 6 Specific instances 26 OverviewCase-handling proceduresSpecific instances in practice 262732 7 Support for government policies to promote RBC36Recent governmental policies enabling and promoting RBC36National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights37The role of the NCP37Annex A. Organisations that responded to the NCP peer review questionnaire38Annex B. Organisations that participated in the NCP peer review on-site visit39Annex C. Promotional events40Annex D. Overview of spe