In brief The Ministry of the Environment, IBAMA and ICMBIO published Joint Normative Instruction (INC) MMA/IBAMA/ICMBio nº 1 of 2021, published in the Federal Official Gazette last Wednesday (April 4), which updated the rules regarding the federal administrative proceedure for administrative infractions related to due harmful conducts and activities to the environment. More details In […]

After the ruling session concluded last Monday (4.12.2021), the Supreme Court ruled by majority (9×2) that the Federal Court of Accounts is not allowed to review the constitutionality of laws and normative acts in Brazil. With that in consideration, the Court surpassed the Precedent 347, edited in 1963, that previously authorized this type of review […]

In brief On April 7, 2021, a new Public  was launched by the Central Bank of Brazil, aiming to improve the rules of social, environmental, and climate risks management, as well as the requirements regarding the Policy of Social, Environmental and Climate Responsibility. Determinations The  consultation are based on two regulatory proposals: Social, Environmental, and […]

In brief On April 8th 2021, the National Consumer Secretariat (“SENACON”) issued Ordinance No. 12/2021, which determines that specific companies must proceed with its registration in the conflict resolution platform “consumidor.gov.br” within 30 (thirty) consecutive days. The Ordinance already came into force. Determinations The companies that must proceed with the registration are the following: 1. […]

Brazilian government is offering 2,762 research and mining areas On March 31, 2021, the Brazilian Mining Agency (ANM) launched the Tender Protocol for the 3rd Round of Available Areas, in which 2,762 research and mining areas are being offered. The areas available may be consulted here and they can be filtered by location, size of […]

The State Court of Appeals of São Paulo has recently decided that creditors cannot try to collect amounts  from the guarantors of a company that is under judicial reorganization. Until then, that Court understood that guarantees could not be reduced or released based on the filing of judicial reorganization lawsuits, unless the creditor who held […]

In summary On March 22nd, 2021 the National Consumer Secretariat (“SENACON”) and the National Authority of Data Protection (”ANPD”) executed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to speed up the inspection and investigation of security incidents involving consumer data. One of the main goals of the Agreement is to standardize the actions involving consumer complaints related to […]

As per the terms of Decree nº 60.131, issued today, the following holidays were advanced, in the city of São Paulo, from March 26 to April 1st: 2021 Corpus Christi, 2021 black conscious day, the anniversary of the city of São Paulo in 2022, 2022 Corpus Christi and 2022 black conscious day, as authorized by […]

House of Representatives rejects the amendments proposed by the Senate and approves the new gas law, which will now be subject to final presidential approval On March 17, 2021, the House of Representatives rejected the amendments proposed by the Senate and approved Bill of Law No. 4,476/2020 (updated number of Bill of Law No. 6,407/2013) […]