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Doing Business in Brazil
1. Most Relevant Laws
The Brazilian legal system is composed of a great number of laws and regulatory authorities, as Brazil is one of the leading actors
in international discussions on the environment. The Federal, State and Municipal administration in Brazil all have their own set of public bodies and regulations, which they enforce within their own jurisdictions.
Below we list the main legislation applied at the Federal level:
• Law 6,938/1981 – National Environmental Policy
Federal Law No. 6,938/1981 created the National Environmental Policy, which represented a significant effort towards the protection and improvement of environmental quality, once it established the general organization of the National Environmental System (Sistema Nacional do Meio Ambiente – SISNAMA) at federal, state and municipal levels.
The National Environmental
Policy also set forth the National Environmental Council (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente – CONAMA) as a part of its structure, which represents the advisory
and consultive body of SISNAMA. CONAMA is responsible for establishing rules and criteria on the licensing of potentially polluting activities, and to determine the execution of studies to evaluate
the possible environmental
CONAMA is responsible for establishing rules and criteria on the licensing of potentially polluting activities, and to determine the execution of studies to evaluate the possible environmental consequences of public and private projects, among other competencies.
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