In summary Decree No. 48,893 of September 11, 2024 provides for the Free, Prior and Informed Consultation – FPIC referred to in Article 6 of Convention No. 169 of the International Labor Organization – ILO concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. More details The regulatory decree establishes that environmental licensing carried out within the state that affects indigenous […]
In brief On August 27, 2024, the Brazilian National Consumer Secretariat (SENACON, in Portuguese) published Ordinance No. 44/2024, setting out strategies to guarantee consumer health protection at concerts, festivals and large-scale events during periods of high temperature. In more detail The recent SENACON Ordinance, considering the presence of high temperatures in recent years in Brazil, […]
In brief On August 28th, the Special Secretariat of the Federal Revenue Service (“SRFB”) presented the first drafts of the Normative Instructions (“INs”) that will regulate the new Brazilian Transfer Pricing Law (No. 14.596/2023), more specifically transactions with intra-group services (Annex I of the Consultation) and the Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreement (APA), concluded under the […]
In brief SECEX (the Brazilian Secretariat of International Trade) initiated a new antidumping investigation against Brazilian imports of hypodermic needles from China on 28 August 2024. The products are commonly classified under the NCM code 9018.32.19. Hypodermic needles are medical devices used for intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous, and intradermal access, for the infusion of medicines and extraction of bodily fluids. […]
We are pleased to announce the hiring of Cristina de Freitas Bueno and Vitor Jabbur Stern as the new partners of Trench Rossi Watanabe in the Transactional Practice Group. Cristina and Vitor, operating from the São Paulo office, will focus their efforts on the M&A and Private Equity areas, which are central pillars of our […]
In brief The Brazilian Data Protection Authority (“ANPD“) published the Resolution CD/ANPD No. 19, which creates the procedures and rules for recognizing the suitability of other countries or international bodies to carry out international personal data transfer operations – the “Regulation“, as well as approving the standard contractual clauses that may be used by processing […]
In brief SECEX (the Brazilian Secretariat of International Trade) initiated a new antidumping investigation against Brazilian imports of Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Products from China on 19 August 2024. The products are commonly classified under the NCM codes 7209.15.00, 7209.16.00, 7209.17.00, 7209.18.00, 7209.25.00, 7209.26.00, 7209.27.00, 7209.28.00, 7209.90.00, 7211.23.00, 7211.29.10, 7211.29.20, 7225.19.00, 7225.50.90, 7226.19.00, and 7226.92.00. Cold-Rolled […]
In a nutshell On July 30, 2024, the National Consumer Secretariat (“SENACON”) published Technical Note No. 2/2024/Gab-DPDC/DPDC/SENACON/MJ, providing for the Ads Quality Criteria and Data Quality Criteria, as transparency parameters to be adopted and complied with by digital platforms in Brazil. More details SENACON’s recent Technical Note established transparency criteria applicable to platforms, mentioning the […]
Summary On 2 August 2024, Bill No. 2308/2023 (“Bill“), which establishes the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen in Brazil, was approved with a partial veto. Numbered as Law 14948/2024 (“Law“), it has created the National Low-Carbon Hydrogen Policy, which will form part of the country’s National Energy Policy. The Law has also established the competence of the […]
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