Overview
- A federal judge in San Martín granted a precautionary injunction on May 27, 2026, ordering INTI to abstain from executing any administrative act derived from Resolución 42/26 for six months.
- The ruling bars cessation, transfer or modification of over 900 targeted services and prohibits any movement or reallocation of technical equipment tied to those services.
- The court required preservation of staff categories, salaries and effective occupation for affected employees, a move unions say prevents roughly 700 anticipated layoffs from a workforce near 2,300.
- INTI provides national reference testing, metrology, calibration and certification used by food, automotive, mining, oil, construction and export sectors, and industry groups warned many functions have no private equivalent.
- The injunction preserves the status quo but does not decide the constitutional challenge to Resolución 42/26 and leaves broader questions about the government's austerity-driven restructuring and long-term institutional design unresolved.