In the past weeks, different developments occurred in the intellectual property field in Brazil. This e-alert addresses three recent updates that may impact our clients. Federal Government opens public consultation on the National Intellectual Property Strategy (ENPI). On 08/10/2020, the Inter-ministerial Group on Intellectual Property (GIPI), chaired by the Ministry of Economy, launched a public […]
On July 30, 2020, the OECD Secretariat and Brazilian IRS (RFB) launched a survey seeking for public collaboration in the development of safe-harbours and other simplification measures on transfer pricing matters. The survey is part of the joint project developed by OECD and RFB in order to evaluate possible strategies for aligning Brazilian transfer pricing rules […]
Brazil made another important step towards the internalization of the Nagoya Protocol. On 6 August 2020, the Brazilian Senate approved the Protocol, an international agreement supplementary to the Convention on Biological Diversity that creates incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources. It strengths the contribution of the biodiversity to the environmental development. […]
The Rio de Janeiro State enacted, on 31st July 2020, State Law # 8,960/2020, granting a special ICMS tax regime for steel sector industries located in Rio de Janeiro State. Note that the incentives provided by this new law were originally created by State Decree # 46,793/2019, now revoked. Accordingly, the main purpose of State […]
On yesterday’s judgment (08.04.2020), by majority vote, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) ruled on the Extraordinary Appeal 567,967 – leading case – an important tax thesis by recognizing the unconstitutionality of the levy of social security contributions upon payments made as maternity leave wages, as provided in art. 28, §2 and §9, “a”, of Law 8,212/91. According to the vote […]
State Decree No. 55,374/2020 which establishes new regulation for the ascertainment of infractions to the environment and their administrative procedures in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, was published on July 23, 2020. The new Decree revoked State Decree No. 53,202/2016 and the new rules will come into force 60 (sixty) days after the […]
The Brazilian National Health of Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published on July 29, 2020 the Resolution RDC No. 406/2020 and Normative Instruction – IN No. 63/2020 in order to update the regulations on pharmacovigilance. The new regulatory framework is the result of an extensive discussion between ANVISA and the industry through public consultations. Both RDC No. […]
The Minister of State for Infrastructure, Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas, signed, last Friday (07/24), Ordinance No. 102, which institutes the “Infra + Integrity” seal. The certification is intended to reward companies that operate in the land transport infrastructure sector and that are known to develop good governance and integrity practices, demonstrating their commitment to transparency […]
On July 27, 2020, the foreign trade secretary enacted SECEX Ordinance # 44/2020, ruling on the authorization and use of drawback customs regimes, revoking the former drawback provisions contained in SECEX Ordinance # 23/2011, which consolidates foreign trade and customs operations. SECEX Ordinance # 44/2020 rules on drawback regimes granted after it entered into full […]
