In brief On May 17, 2024, the National Mining Agency (ANM) published the Tender Protocol for the 8th Round of Available Areas (the “Round”). The aim of the Round is to grant agents in the mining sector the right to apply, on a priority basis and within a fixed period of time, for a research […]
Summary On May 6, 2024, the Federal Government published Federal Law No. 14.852/2024, which established the Legal Framework for the Electronic Games Industry in Brazil. As a result, the manufacture, import, marketing, development and commercial use of electronic games in the country will be regulated by the new law. More details Federal Law No. 14.852/2024 […]
In a nutshell On May 3, 2024, Federal Law No. 14,850/2024 was published, establishing the National Air Quality Policy, setting out its principles, objectives and instruments, as well as the guidelines for air quality management in the country. More details The National Air Quality Policy seeks to establish general rules for controlling and monitoring air […]
In brief SECEX (the Brazilian Secretariat of Foreign Trade) opened on 30 April 2024 a new antidumping investigation against Brazilian imports of titanium dioxide pigments, in the rutile form, from China, commonly classified under the NCM code 3206.11.00. Titanium dioxide pigments in rutile form are widely used by the industry to provide whiteness, brightness and […]
In brief On April 25, 2024, Minister Cristiano Zanin of the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) granted a precautionary measure requested by the Attorney General’s Office (AGU) in the proceedings of ADI 7,633. This measure suspends certain provisions of the law that extended the Contribution on Gross Revenue – “CPRB” for municipalities and 17 productive sectors […]
In brief The Brazilian government has postponed the requirement for visitor visas for citizens of Australia, Canada and the United States to enter the country until April 10, 2025. The measure was published in an extra edition of the Official Gazette by means of Decree No. 11.982, of April 9, 2024. This comes as a […]
Summary On 10 April 2024, Decree No. 63,341/2024 was published. This decree regulates the Incentive Installment Program (PPI 2024), created by the São Paulo City Hall, which allows for the settlement of tax or nontax debts with reduced fines and interest. More details Below is a summary of the benefits of the PPI 2024 in […]
In brief On March 20, 2024, IBAMA published Ordinance No. 30/2024, which established the correspondence between IBAMA’s environmental licensing typologies and the descriptions in the Federal Technical Registry of Potentially Polluting Activities and Users of Environmental Resources (“CTF/APP” in Portuguese). The Ordinance, which aims to facilitate the inspection and control of activities, as well as […]
In brief IBAMA established a new way of calculating the Environmental Control and Inspection Fee (TCFA) and, as of the first quarter of 2024, the economic size to be declared by subsidiaries will be the economic size of the parent company and the subsidiary jointly, considering the annual gross income of the legal entity as a whole […]
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