Chile approves the regulation for the public registry of environmental sanctions

The Ministry of the Environment approved the regulation governing the Public Registry of Sanctions provided for in Article 140 of Law No. 21,600, which creates the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service and the National System of Protected Areas. The regulation was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,536, on Friday, August 28, 2026, pages 1 to 3, under code CVE 2859953.

Decree No. 10, signed in Santiago on April 22, 2025, was signed by the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric Font, and the Minister of the Environment, María Heloísa Rojas Corradi, and endorsed by the Undersecretary of the Environment, José Vial Barros. The Comptroller General of the Republic, through Comptroller Dorothy Pérez Gutiérrez, processed the instrument with a scope via official letter OF144754/2026, dated July 31, 2026.

A public and updated registry

The regulation establishes that the Registry will be administered by the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service and will be public in nature, using clear language, kept updated, and accessible through an electronic site of the Service. Sanctions for infractions of Title V of Law No. 21,600 will be incorporated in chronological order once the sanctioning resolution becomes final.

The minimum content of the Registry includes:

• Name or business name and identity card or unique tax role of the sanctioned persons.
• The infractions and their category, along with the infringed instrument.
• Dates of the commission of the infraction, the sanctioning resolution, and its finality.
• Georeferenced location of the place of the infraction.
• Type and nature of the sanction, amount of the fine, and proof of payment.
• Copy of the sanctioning resolution and access to the electronic file.

Update, deadlines, and removal

The Service must update the Registry monthly within the first five days of each month. The removal of entries shall proceed, ex officio or at the request of a party, five years after their inclusion. Deadlines will be computed in business days in accordance with Article 25 of Law No. 19,880.

The Comptroller General specified that the five-year removal rule will apply as of December 1, 2026, by virtue of the modification introduced by Law No. 21,719 to Article 25 of Law No. 19,628, whose effectiveness is deferred to that date. The regulation enters into force from its publication in the Official Gazette.

A milestone for environmental transparency

The regulation complies with the mandate of Article 140 of Law No. 21,600 and the twelfth transitory article, which required the issuance of regulations within two years from the publication of the law, which occurred on September 6, 2023. With this, Chile provides publicity and traceability to environmental sanctions, allowing citizens to know the final infractions and their compliance, a relevant advancement for oversight and confidence in the sanctioning system.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Chile, No. 44,536, Friday, August 28, 2026, General Regulations, pp. 1-3 (official reference: CVE 2859953).