Legal alerts

Two decisions issued in administrative accountability procedure, conducted by the General Controller´s Office (“CGU”), were published in the Official Gazette this Friday (10/16/2020)due to violation of the Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law. 1 – Food Company Sanctions: fine of R$ 442,690.00 corresponding to 0.1% (one tenth percent) of the company’s gross revenue in 2017 Reduced fine: authority took into […]

The Brazilian Federal Government issued yesterday (October, 13, 2020) the Decree # 10.517, which authorizes a new extension of the term for employers to implement the measures foreseen on the Emergency Employment and Income Maintenance Program, previously regulated by Provisional Measure # 936/2020 and, currently, by Law # 14.020/2020 and Decrees # 10.422 and 10.470. […]

ANVISA published on October 9, in the Official Gazette the new Resolution of the Collegiate Board – RDC nº 430/2020 providing for the Good Practices of Distribution, Storage and Transport of Drugs. This new Resolution revokes Resolution No. 304/2019, which was published almost a year ago, but had not yet entered into force. ANVISA maintained the […]

On October 7, 2020, the National Health Surveillance Agency (“ANVISA”) approved the new Resolution on nutritional labeling of packaged foods. Approved  by consensus by ANVISA’s Collegiate Board of Directors, the current standard’s revision has been discussed for years and aims to provide more clarity and legibility to the nutritional information on food labels. The following are the […]

E-Alert Compliance | CGU e OCDE lançam o projeto Valores do Serviço Público Federal On Tuesday, October 6, the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) launched with the support of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) the project “Values ​​of the Federal Public Service”, whose main objective is to define in a collaborative […]

The National Consumer Secretariat (“SENACON”) has been implementing efforts in the review and update of the “Customer Service Decree” (Federal Decree No. 6,523 / 2008- which sets general rules on the Customer Services) within the scope of the National Council for Consumer Protection. Recently, SENACON held a Workshop to publicly discuss the revision of the […]

On October 1st, 2020, Federal Law No. 14,066 was published, which substantially altered the National Dam Safety Policy (Federal Law No. 12,334/2010), especially regarding  (i) the classification of risk and potential damage associated with dams, (ii) the preparation of the Dam Safety Plan, (iii) preparation of the Action and Emergency Plan, (iv) new administrative infractions […]

Ordinance No. 518/2020 from the Ministry of Environment was published on October 01, 2020, launching the Forest+ Carbon Modality Program. The Forest+ Program, created by Ordinance No. 288/2020 from the Ministry of Environment, aims at encouraging the private market of payments for environmental services, towards enabling the conservation and protection of native vegetation in all […]

The Municipal Law No. 17,471/2020 was published this last Thursday (October 01, 2020), and establishes the mandatory implementation of the take back system in the Municipality of São Paulo to be held by producers, importers, distributors and sellers of the following products and their packaging: (i) used and contaminated lubricating oil and its residues; (ii) lead-acid batteries; […]