The Council of Ministers of Cuba issued the , which will serve as the legal framework for at least five resolutions from two ministries: the Ministry of Finance and Prices (MFP) and the Ministry of Domestic Trade (MINCIN).
The regulation establishes guidelines for a set of ministerial provisions published this Friday in the , which is part of a package of eight provisions.
The decree from the MFP, headed by Vladimir Regueiro Ale, publishes the , which establishes maximum fees in foreign currency for charging services related to commercial license procedures, a sensitive issue for private operators who must cover their authorizations in foreign currency.
The MINCIN, led by Betsy Díaz Velázquez, contributes four resolutions to the regulatory package, all aimed at reorganizing the operations of the commercial sector on the island.
The introduces a relaxation of regulations for wholesale trade, a mode that had been subject to severe restrictions in December 2024, when Resolution 56/2024 from MINCIN automatically revoked wholesale licenses for self-employed individuals and limited that activity to entities with specific approval.
The approves the Commercial Establishment Classifier, a tool that categorizes the various types of establishments authorized to operate in the country and provides a technical foundation for the implementation of the other regulations in the package.
On its part, the establishes the technical requirements for the development of commercial activities, while the sets maximum fees for the services of the Central Commercial Registry, the MINCIN entity responsible for registering and authorizing establishments and activities in the sector, whose authorizations are valid for five years.
The same edition of the Gaceta includes the from the Council of State, which repeals Decree-Law 155 regarding the seizure of goods for violating the provisions of the Central Commercial Registry, and from the Council of Ministers, also related to Domestic Trade.
The set of provisions is part of a process to reorganize the regulatory framework for trade, which intensified from 2021 with the opening to private micro, small, and medium enterprises (mipymes) and non-agricultural cooperatives. This process underwent a period of regulatory adjustment following the restrictions imposed at the end of 2024 on private wholesale trade.
The complete text of all regulations is available in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cuba, as well as in the .
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