The Transportation Manifest of Industrial Waste (MTR – Manifesto de Transporte de Resíduos), document which must accompany the transportation of industrial waste in the national territory will be mandatory as of January 01st, 2021 for all those waste generators subject to the preparation of a Management Plan on Solid Waste, as set forth by Ordinance […]
On December 8th, 2020, Brazilian General Customs Coordination enacted Ordinance COANA #85/2020, approving the REPETRO-Sped e-Manual and stating that the REPETRO “Q&A” Section shall have binding effects over the customs tax authorities and the regime beneficiaries, when expressly provided. The e-Manual aims at providing general guidance on the regime rules , while the “Q&A” Guide […]
On December 7, 2020, the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários) published a public hearing proposing amendments to the CVM Rule No. 480/09 with the purpose of improving the rules on disclosure of environmental, social and governance matters (also known as “ESG”) required from publicly-held companies in Brazil. The hearing also proposes other amendments […]
IN BRIEF The Brazilian Federal Government has once more reduced to zero the tax rate of the Tax on Financial Transactions (IOF) levied on credit operations contracted between December 15 and 31, 2020. COMMENTS On December 11, 2020, the Brazilian Government published Decree No. 10,572, which amended Decree No. 6,306 / 07 and reinstated the […]
On December 11, 2020 the Brazilian Senate finally approved the bill of a new public procurement general law, which will substitute Law nº 8,666/1993 (“New Public Procurement Law“), and will be applicable to public entities in Federal, State and Municipal levels. State controlled companies, however, will only be reached by the new definitions of crimes […]
Trench Rossi Watanabe has just been named the main highlight in the legal category of the Women in Leadership Award, organized by the Women in Leadership in Latin America (WILL) in partnership with Grupo Globo and the Ipsos Institute. The Firm was recognized for being the company with the best practices and policies that encourage […]
On November 30, 2020, Ordinance No. 589/2020 was published to update guidelines and criteria applicable to the environmental conciliation phase of IBAMA and ICMBio’s administrative procedures, while lasts the public health emergency situation caused by the pandemic of coronavirus (Covid-19). Considering the changes related to the scheduling of conciliation hearings provided in Ordinance No. 2/2020, […]
In brief, the State Attorney General Office in São Paulo, in line with the federal tax settlement program, published in the Official Gazette on the 24th of November 2020 Ruling No. 27/2020, after the State program was created in by Law No. 17,293/2020. This is an alternative of settling directly with the State Attorney General […]
State Law No. 11,326/2020 came into force on November 22, 2020, establishing the obligation for producers, importers, distributors and sellers to implement the take-back system of several post-consumption products and their packaging sold in the Brazilian State of Maranhão. Even though most of the obligations established by the state law are already in force as […]
