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In brief On March 11, 2022, Supplementary Law # 192 introduced the single-stage ICMS tax regime on transactions with fuels. This new law aims at reducing the final customer’s tax burden on transactions with the following fuels: gasoline; anhydrous ethanol fuel; diesel; biodiesel; liquefied petroleum gas; and natural gas. Moreover, Supplementary Law # 192 temporally […]

In brief On March 17, 2022, was published the State Decree (SP) n. 66.575, which deals with the mandatory use of masks in the state. In summary, the decree provides for the mandatory use of face protection masks only (i) in places intended for the provision of health services and (ii) in means of collective […]

The National Health of Surveillance Agency (“ANVISA”) published today the Resolution RDC No. 625/2022, which provides the minimum requirements related to the obligation of the marketing authorization holders to communicate the implementation of a drug recall to the competent authorities and consumers, in case there is sufficient evidence or proof of quality deviation resulting in […]

In brief Decree No. 10,997/2022, published today, 03/16/2022, reduces the rates of the Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions (“IOF-Câmbio”).The Decree establishes an immediate reduction for some transactions, such as the reduction to zero of the rate applicable to short-term foreign loan operations. In other cases, however, the rate reduction is gradual over the next few […]

In brief The federal government published on 27 January 2022 Decree No. 10,950 of 2022, which provides for the National Contingency Plan for Incidents of Oil Pollution in Waters under National Jurisdiction (PNC). The plan aims to: (i) reduce environmental damage; (ii) prevent damage to the public health; and (iii) enable a more capable action […]

In brief After the Reform of the Brazilian Arbitration Law, Federal Union and other Federal institutions have been increasingly participating in arbitrations, a great number of which involve high values and/or sensitive issues. There were doubts as to which criteria the Federal Union could adopt to choose arbitrators, which is regulated by this new ruling, […]

In brief On March 9, 2022, Law 14,311/2022 was published in the Official Gazette, amending Law 14,151/2021, providing for cases in which pregnant employees can return to on-site work. In summary, there are three hypotheses in which the employer can determine the return to on-site work of pregnant employees: (i) after the end of the […]

In brief The new provisional measure was published in the Official Gazette, amending Law nº 14.046, of 24 August 2020, as to the emergency measures to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the tourism and culture sectors. More details The new provisional measure amends Law nº 14.046/2020 and brings new specifications for postponements or […]

In brief On March 3rd, 2022, it was published the Ordinance MJSP/MRE no. 28/2022, which governs the granting of a temporary visa valid for up to 180 days and a residence permit for humanitarian purposes to Ukrainian nationals and stateless individuals who have been affected or displaced by the conflict situation in Ukraine. More details […]