The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX) established this Friday seven reasons for which the license of a foreign commercial representation in Cuba may be canceled, two more than those considered in the previous regulation.
Through the , published today in Official Gazette No. 82 Ordinary of 2026, the minister Óscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga amended Article 14 of the from the same MINCEX, which regulates the procedure for the National Registry of Foreign Commercial Representations, and it took effect upon publication this Friday.
The seven grounds for cancellation mentioned in the resolution are: request from the entity itself; termination or resolution of the agency or representation contract; unjustified failure to pay the registration fee; dissolution, liquidation, or extinction of the commercial company; lack of interest in renewal within the deadline; renewal denied due to failure to meet the conditions that justified the granting; and actions contrary to current regulations, reasons of public order, or national interest.
The two grounds added concerning the previous text are the dissolution, liquidation, or termination of the commercial company and the equivalent situation of its parent company.
This latter measure had been added days earlier to the —the framework regulation for the sector— through the of the Council of Ministers, dated September 21; Resolution 152/2026 now provides procedural development.
The regulation distinguishes two procedures for processing based on the reason for cancellation.
For the first five grounds — voluntary request, termination of contract, non-payment, dissolution or extinction, and lack of renewal — the registrar can perform the cancellation within a period of seven working days without the need for a ministerial resolution, having to inform MINCEX or the Ministry of Tourism, as appropriate, within the following ten days.
When the cancellation is due to a rejected renewal or actions contrary to regulations, the process is more formal: a ministerial resolution must be issued, which is then sent to the Registrar for immediate notification to the interested party and communication to the governing bodies within the same ten-day period.
In addition, the resolution requires supervisory and regulatory bodies to convey to the Registry official the results of inspections carried out at representative offices, branches, and agents, as well as the measures taken in each case.
The consolidates five regulations that comprehensively reform the legal framework for foreign representations in Cuba: the from the Council of State regarding the hiring of workers, Decree 183/2026 from the Council of Ministers, the from MINCEX on the import of goods without a commercial character, and the from the Ministry of Labor concerning the labor regime for contracted personnel.
This regulatory package is part of the 176 economic reform measures that Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz presented to the National Assembly in June 2026, which include facilitating foreign investment and opening up foreign trade.
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