{
    "name": "AI Policy Radar",
    "publisher": "Green Diplomat",
    "description": "Climate laws and carbon-pricing instruments classified by legal stage; every record cites the document it was checked against and the date of that check.",
    "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/",
    "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "citation": "Green Diplomat (2026). AI Policy Radar: a verified tracker of climate laws by legal stage. https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/ (accessed 6 October 2026).",
    "generated": "2026-10-06T02:58:39+00:00",
    "count": 1,
    "fields": {
        "record_id": "Stable identifier of the record (also the end of its web address).",
        "jurisdiction": "Country or sub-national jurisdiction that adopted the instrument.",
        "iso3": "ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the country.",
        "instrument_type": "Emissions trading system, carbon tax, framework law, target law, crediting mechanism, energy-transition law, disclosure / MRV rule.",
        "legal_stage": "In force · Enacted, not yet in force · In rulemaking · Proposed / announced · No binding instrument.",
        "stage_date": "Date the instrument reached its current stage (YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD, as precise as the source allows).",
        "legal_reference": "Act, decree or gazette reference.",
        "coverage": "Sectors, entities or share of emissions covered, as stated by the source.",
        "what_to_watch": "The next decision, deadline or review named by the source.",
        "source_name": "Publisher of the document the record was checked against.",
        "source_url": "Address of that document.",
        "source_type": "“official” (law, gazette, government or regulator) or “reference” (a recognised compilation such as ICAP).",
        "btr_status": "Indicative status for Biennial Transparency Reports: planned, adopted or implemented (see Standards).",
        "last_verified": "Date the record was last checked against its source.",
        "legal_journey": "Dated milestones (proposed, enacted, rulemaking, in force, later milestone), each with its own source. JSON and journeys.csv only."
    },
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            "record_id": "ar-carbon-tax",
            "jurisdiction": "Argentina",
            "iso3": "ARG",
            "country": "Argentina",
            "instrument_type": "Carbon tax",
            "legal_stage": "In force",
            "stage_date": "2018-03",
            "legal_reference": "Law No. 23,966, Title III (as substituted by Law No. 27,430 of 2017); Decree 501/2018",
            "coverage": "Fossil fuels listed in Law 23,966 art. 11, including fuel oil, mineral coal and petroleum coke",
            "summary": "Argentina's tax on carbon dioxide was introduced by the 2017 tax reform (Law No. 27,430) and has applied to fossil fuels since March 2018 alongside the tax on liquid fuels. The law keeps these fuel taxes in force until 31 December 2035.",
            "what_to_watch": "The annual inflation updates of the tax amounts and the executive decrees that set the applicable amounts, and any reform of fuel taxation ahead of the 2035 end date.",
            "source_name": "InfoLEG — Ministerio de Justicia, Argentina (Ley 23.966, texto actualizado)",
            "source_url": "https://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/0-4999/365/texact.htm",
            "source_type": "official",
            "btr_status": "implemented",
            "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
            "region": "Americas",
            "topics": [
                "Carbon Pricing"
            ],
            "url": "https://greendiplomat.com/ai-policy-radar/ar-carbon-tax/",
            "legal_journey": [
                {
                    "date": "2017-12-27",
                    "milestone": "enacted",
                    "event": "Congress passes tax reform Law 27,430, creating the tax on carbon dioxide",
                    "source_url": "https://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=305262"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2018-03",
                    "milestone": "in-force",
                    "event": "Carbon dioxide tax takes effect on fossil fuels",
                    "source_url": "https://climate-laws.org/document/tax-reform-act-nr-27-430_0bed"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2018-05-31",
                    "milestone": "milestone",
                    "event": "Decree 501/2018 regulates the liquid fuels and carbon dioxide taxes",
                    "source_url": "https://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=311009"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}