Of the original list of 41 companies that the Government of Javier Milei intended to privatize when it first presented the Omnibus bill, YPF was the first to fall by the wayside.
Then, the number of shares that could be transferred from three others was limited: Banco Nación, the satellite company Arsat and Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, the electric power generating company that manages Embalse, Atucha I and Atucha II.
This is how the project entered Congress.
But in the negotiations with the opposition to be able to approve the megalaw,
another 9 of the 37 that remained were removed
from Chapter II of the Majority Opinion on the privatization of public companies :
BICE
(Investment and Foreign Trade Bank
)
The
Mint
Coastal Radio
Radio University of Córdoba
Veng
(New Generation Space Vehicle), aerospace company controlled by Conae.
Dionisio Water Mining Deposits
(Catamarca mining)
Dioxitek
(uranium dioxide production)
The Argentine Aircraft Factory from
Cordoba
military manufactures
Furthermore, it is ratified that
Banco Nación, Arsat and Nucleoeléctrica
can only be partially privatized and the State must maintain the majority participation in the capital or in the formation of corporate decisions.
Thus, finally, the 27 companies that could be transferred to the private sector were divided into three annexes: general firms, those linked to transportation and, finally, those linked to media and content:
In the first group are:
The General Administration of Ports
SE
Aysa
Argentinian airlines
Argentine Mail
YCRT
Construction of Housing for the Argentine Navy SE
Argentine Energy
(former Enarsa)
Intercharge
Agricultural Technological Innovations
SA (INTeA)
Railway Beaches of Buenos Aires
SA
Constituents
SA Technological Pole
Tandanor
(North Dock Naval Workshops SACI and N.)
Nación Bursátil
SA
Nación Reaseguros
SA
Nación Retirement Insurance
SA
Nation Services
SAH
In a second package are:
The Railway Infrastructure Administration
Railway Operator
Belgrano Cargo and Logistics
Argentine Railways
Argentine Air Navigation Company
Development of Railway Human Capital
Road Corridors
And the firms linked to the media and content:
The Télam
news agency
Educate
Public Contents
Argentine Radio and Television
There is a firm, Pellegrini, which is a common investment fund manager for Banco Nación that was on the original list of firms to be privatized but disappeared from the last count.
It is not known if the idea was to remove it or if it fell by the wayside in the heat of the negotiations.