Company: AKO-B
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000473
Chunk: 79

Company: ANDINA BOTTLING CO INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-26
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 79
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ASA related to these rules, whose violation normally results in a fine.
Paraguay
The environmental framework comprises several national and local environmental regulations. The Paraguayan Constitution of 1992 states that everyone has the right to live in a healthy and ecologically balanced environment and has the obligation to preserve it. All damage caused to the environment will carry the obligation to repair and compensate.
Law 1561/00 chartered the three primary environmental agencies in Paraguay. These are: The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Paraguay (Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible or “MADES”), National Environmental Council (Consejo Nacional del Ambiente or “CONAM”), and National Environmental System (Sistema Nacional del Ambiente or “SISNAM”). The Law establishes the authority and responsibility of these agencies to develop and oversee the national environmental policy.
The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development is the main environmental body responsible for the development and implementation of national environmental laws and it is also the authority responsible for implementing most of the national environmental regulations and for monitoring their compliance. The CONAM is responsible for investigating and establishing the main goals in the environmental policies, which the MADES must then implement. The SISNAM is integrated by several bodies, including governmental and municipal agencies and private sector stakeholders, all interested in solving environmental issues. The SISNAM provides a discussion forum for the public and private sectors to work together collectively, developing ideas and plans to promote a sustainable development.
Environmental Impact: Law 294/93 states the rights and obligations that will be triggered by any damage caused to the environment and provides the obligation to restore the environment to its previous state or, if that is technically impossible, to make a payment or provide compensation.
Water Resources Act of Paraguay: Law 3239/07 on water resources establishes the sustainable management of all waters (superficial, ground, atmospheric) and the territories that generate such waters, regardless of their location, physical condition or natural occurrence within the Paraguayan territory, in order to make it socially, economically and environmentally sustainable for the people living in the territory of Paraguay. The supervising agency is the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. Superficial and ground waters are property of the State’s public domain. The law establishes the following order of priority for the use of water: i) fulfillment of the needs of aquatic ecosystems; ii) social use within the home environment; iii) use and enjoyment for agricultural activities, including aquaculture;