Regulatory

Subtel formalizes the exclusion of extrajudicial debt collection from the 600/809 regime following a Supreme Court ruling

Exempt Resolution No. 900 of 2026 (RE900) of Subtel eliminates the obligation to use the 600 and 809 blocks for telephone extrajudicial debt collection, complying with the Supreme Court ruling of March 5, 2026 that annulled Official Ordinance No. 11,269 of 2025. As a result, companies that carry out or contract collection by phone no longer need to apply the 600/809 numbering regime, which allows them to review contracts, update compliance, and clearly delimit which communications are extrajudicial debt collection, although other mass communications remain subject to the scheme.

CGR updates thresholds and modalities of prior control for public contracts and concessions

The CGR updated, effective June 1, 2026, the thresholds and modalities of prior control for public contracts, works, and concessions, setting limits of 8,000 UTM for goods and services, 10,000 UTM for works by direct deal, and 25,000 UTM for public tender, plus new thresholds for consultancies and transfers; it introduced the possibility for the CGR to abstain from or return acts, required published or notified acts registered with qualifications and/or instructions to be accompanied by the respective official letter, and added to prior control the acts of several ministries, CORFO, and SEP, while contracts under a standard format are exempt from the contractual procedure, although the award act remains subject to control.

TDLC: discretionary instructions of the CMF can be reviewed under competition law

The TDLC determined that CMF Ordinance No. 59,888, which ordered Transbank to cease the installment advance (ADC), does not infringe D.L. 211, since insufficient evidence of significant anticompetitive effects was provided; however, it established that discretionary administrative acts of the financial regulator can be reviewed under competition law when there is serious evidence of competitive harm, which requires companies in the sector to document and evidence any competitive impact of future regulatory instructions.