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Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Date of original text: 05 October 1988 (02 July 2020)

Políticas

Agricultural and Livestock Plan 2017-2018.
Date of text: 2017
National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change (NAP).
Date of text: 10 May 2016
National Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (PLANSAN 2016-2019).
Date of text: 05 May 2016
Agricultural and Livestock Plan 2016-2017.
Date of text: 2016
ENREDD+ National REDD+ Strategy
Date of text: 2016

Legislación

Desarrollo agrícola y rural

Law No. 8.171 on agricultural policy.
Date of original text: 17 January 1991 (11 November 2019)
Law No. 10.831 on organic farming and other provisions.
Date of text: 23 December 2003
Law No. 12.787 on National Policy of Irrigation.
Date of text: 11 January 2013
Law No. 14.475 creating the National Policy to Promote Precision Agriculture and Livestock aimed to increase efficiency in the application of resources and production inputs, in order to reduce waste, reduce production costs and increase productivity and profitability, as well as guarantee environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Date of text: 13 December 2022
Law No. 13.288 providing for integration contracts, obligations and responsibilities in contractual relations between integrated producers.
Date of text: 16 May 2016

Cambio climático

Decree No. 6.263 instituting the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change (CIM).
Date of text: 21 November 2007
Decree No. 9.888 establishing the annual compulsory targets for greenhouse gas emission reduction related to fuel trade referred to in Law No. 13.576 and creating the National Biofuels Policy Committee (Comité RenovaBio).
Date of original text: 25 June 2019 (25 April 2023)
Decree No. 9.578 consolidating normative acts issued by the Federal Executive Branch providing for the National Fund on Climate Change, dealt with Law No. 12.114 of 9 December 2009, and the National Policy on Climate Change, dealt with Law No. 12.187 of 29 December 2009.
Date of original text: 22 November 2018 (28 November 2019)
Decree No. 55.947 regulating Law No. 13.798 of 9 November 2009 on the State Policy on Climate Change.
Date of text: 24 June 2010
Decree No. 11.550 providing for the Interministerial Committee on Climate Change.
Date of text: 05 June 2023

Cultivos

Law No. 11.105 ruling on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) use and other provisions.
Date of text: 24 March 2005
Law No. 10.711 ruling on National System for seeds and seedlings.
Date of text: 05 August 2003
Law No. 9.456 establishing the Plant Variety Protection Law and enacting other measures.
Date of text: 25 April 1997
Law No. 14.785 on research, experimentation, production, packaging, labelling, transport, storage, commercialization, use, import, export, final destination of waste and packaging, registration, classification, control, inspection and supervision of pesticides, environmental control products, technical and similar products.
Date of text: 27 December 2023
Law No. 13.123 regulating art. 225 of the Federal Constitution; Articles: 1, 8, 10, 15 and 16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, promulgated by Decree No. 2.519 on the access to genetic resources, protection and access to associated traditional knowledge and the sharing of benefits for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Date of text: 20 May 2015

Gestión del riesgo de desastres

Decree No. 11.433 creating the Interministerial Working Group, under the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, with the purpose of presenting proposals to prevent and mitigate the effects of the drought on agricultural production in the Southern Region, and authorizing the concession of an additional credit operation of installation for beneficiaries of the National Agrarian Reform Programme with undertakings affected by drought within the municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul State.
Date of text: 10 March 2023
Decree No. 10.689 creating the Disaster Support Group within the Ministry of Regional Development.
Date of text: 27 April 2021
Decree No. 7.257 regulating Provisional Measure No. 494 of 2 July 2010, aimed to provide for the National Civil Protection System (SINDEC), for the recognition of emergency situations and the state of public disaster, on the transfer of resources for relief actions, assistance to victims, restoration of essential services and reconstruction in disaster-stricken areas.
Date of original text: 04 August 2010 (27 June 2011)
Alagoas: Decree No. 69.691 declaring Abnormal Situation, characterized as a State of Public Calamity in Alagoas Territory, affected by Infectious Viral Disease - Cobrade 1.5.1.1.0, according to Normative Instruction no. 2, of December 20, 2016, from the Ministry of National Integration, for the purposes of Prevention and Fight against the New Coronavirus, Cause of Covid-19.
Date of text: 15 April 2020
São Paulo: Decree No. 64.879 recognizing the state of public calamity, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which affects the State of São Paulo.
Date of original text: 20 March 2020 (03 April 2020)

Medio ambiente

Environmental Policy Act No. 6.938.
Date of original text: 31 August 1981 (02 September 2013)
Law No. 14.850 creating the National Policy on Air Quality.
Date of text: 02 May 2024
Law No. 10.650 on access-to-information available in the bodies composing the National System for Environment (Sisnama).
Date of text: 16 April 2003
Law No. 14.119 creating the National Payment Policy for Environmental Services.
Date of text: 13 January 2021
Law No. 7.661 establishing National Planning for Coastal Zone Management.
Date of original text: 16 May 1988 (30 October 2023)

Pesca

Law No. 11.959 on Sustainable Development Policy on Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Date of text: 29 June 2009
Decree No. 4.895 establishing conditions for using water areas for aquaculture purposes.
Date of text: 25 November 2003
Law No. 13.902 providing for the development policy and support for the activities of women clam harvesters.
Date of text: 13 November 2019
Law No. 11.958 transforming the Secretary of Aquaculture and Fishery into the Ministry for Fishery and Aquaculture, amending Law No. 10.683 of 2003 on Government Institutions and Ministries.
Date of text: 26 June 2009
Act No. 11.699 regulating National Associations, Federations and Confederations of Fishery sector.
Date of text: 13 June 2008

Alimentación y nutrición

Law No. 11.346 on the National System for Food and Nutrition Security (SISAN).
Date of original text: 15 September 2006 (04 June 2019)
Decree-Law No. 986 creating basic norms on food.
Date of original text: 21 October 1969 (04 July 2016)
Law No. 14.016 providing for combating food waste and donating surplus food for human consumption.
Date of text: 23 June 2020
Law No. 13.860 providing for the production and marketing of artisanal cheese.
Date of text: 18 July 2019
Law No. 13.680 amending Law No. 1.283 providing for the process of inspection of artisanal food products of animal origin.
Date of text: 14 June 2018

Bosques

Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests.
Date of original text: 25 May 2012 (23 August 2023)
Law No. 11.428 on the use and protection of Atlantic Forest Biome.
Date of original text: 22 December 2006 (25 May 2012)
Law No. 11.284 on public forests management for sustainable production and other provisions.
Date of original text: 02 March 2006 (24 May 2023)
Law No. 13.288 providing for integration contracts, obligations and responsibilities in contractual relations between integrated producers.
Date of text: 16 May 2016
Law No. 1.300 regulating the commercial exploitation of submerged wood in dammed waters in the state territory.
Date of text: 17 January 2019

Género

Law No. 14.611 establishing equal pay and remuneration criteria between women and men.
Date of text: 03 October 2023
Law No. 11.446 creating the State Policy of Training and Continuing Qualification of Women for the World of Work.
Date of text: 30 May 2023
Decree No. 11.795 regulating Law No. 14.611 on the equal pay and remuneration criteria between women and men.
Date of text: 23 November 2023
Decree No. 4.377 enacting the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Date of text: 13 September 2002
Rio Grande do Sul: Law No. 16.102 establishing the State Programme to Support and Encourage Women Entrepreneurs Heads of Household.
Date of text: 18 March 2024

Pueblos indígenas

Law No. 14.021 providing for social protection measures to prevent the contagion and dissemination of Covid-19 in indigenous territories; creating the Emergency Plan to Fight Covid-19 in indigenous territories; establishing measures to support quilombola communities, artisanal fisherfolks and other traditional peoples and communities to face Covid-19.
Date of text: 07 July 2020
Law No. 6.001 establishing the Indigenous People Statute.
Date of text: 19 December 1973
Decree No. 11.510 creating the Interministerial Committee for the Coordination, Planning and Follow-up of Actions for the Protection of Indigenous Lands.
Date of text: 28 April 2023
Decree No. 11.509 creating the National Council for Indigenous Policy.
Date of text: 28 April 2023
Decree No. 7.747 establishing the National Policy on Territorial and Environmental Management of Indigenous Lands (PNGATI).
Date of text: 05 June 2012

Tierra y suelos

Law No. 4.504 regulating rights and obligations regarding rural real estates in order to implement the Agricultural Reform and to promote the Agricultural Policy.
Date of original text: 30 November 1964 (05 January 2007)
Law No. 7.661 establishing National Planning for Coastal Zone Management.
Date of original text: 16 May 1988 (30 October 2023)
Law No. 9.147 approving the Ecological-Economic Coastal Zoning of the Northern Coastal Zones of Sergipe, referred to in art. 11 of Law No. 8.634 of 27 December 2019, as amended by Law No. 8.924 of 22 November 2021.
Date of text: 29 December 2022
Law No. 11.977 regulating the Programme “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” on land regularization in urban settlements.
Date of text: 07 July 2009
Law No. 11.952 concerning public lands.
Date of text: 25 June 2009

Ganado

Law No. 14.475 creating the National Policy to Promote Precision Agriculture and Livestock aimed to increase efficiency in the application of resources and production inputs, in order to reduce waste, reduce production costs and increase productivity and profitability, as well as guarantee environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Date of text: 13 December 2022
Law No. 6.198 establishing sanitary controls to be carried out on animal feedstuff.
Date of text: 26 December 1974
Decree-Law No. 467 regulating controls on drugs for veterinary use.
Date of text: 13 February 1969
Decree No. 8.772 regulating Law No. 13.123 providing for the access to genetic resources, protection and access to associated traditional knowledge and the sharing of benefits for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Date of text: 11 May 2016
Decree No. 6.296 approving the Regulation implementing Law No. 6.198 on sanitary controls on animal feedstuff.
Date of text: 11 December 2007

Mar

Law No. 7.661 establishing National Planning for Coastal Zone Management.
Date of original text: 16 May 1988 (30 October 2023)
Law No. 9.147 approving the Ecological-Economic Coastal Zoning of the Northern Coastal Zones of Sergipe, referred to in art. 11 of Law No. 8.634 of 27 December 2019, as amended by Law No. 8.924 of 22 November 2021.
Date of text: 29 December 2022
Law No. 12.815 providing for the direct and indirect exploitation by the Union of ports and port facilities and the activities carried out by port operators.
Date of original text: 05 June 2013 (10 June 2019)
Law No. 12.379 on National System of Transport.
Date of text: 06 January 2011
Law No. 11.518 creating The Special Secretariat of Ports.
Date of text: 05 September 2007

Protección social

Law No. 8.742 providing for the National Social Protection.
Date of original text: 07 December 1993 (22 June 2021)
Law No. 14.601 creating the Family Support Programme, called Bolsa Família.
Date of text: 19 June 2023
Law No. 14.021 providing for social protection measures to prevent the contagion and dissemination of Covid-19 in indigenous territories; creating the Emergency Plan to Fight Covid-19 in indigenous territories; establishing measures to support quilombola communities, artisanal fisherfolks and other traditional peoples and communities to face Covid-19.
Date of text: 07 July 2020
Law No. 12.288 creating the Statute of Racial Equality.
Date of original text: 20 July 2010 (20 April 2023)
Decree No. 11.762 regulating the Federal Inspection Network for the Bolsa Família Programme and the Registry for Social Programmes of the Federal Government (CadÚnico).
Date of text: 30 October 2023

Agua

Law No. 9.433 creating the National Water Resources Policy, the National Water Resources Management System, regulating Section XIX, Article 21 of the Federal Constitution.
Date of original text: 08 January 1997 (19 June 2023)
Law No. 12.787 on National Policy of Irrigation.
Date of text: 11 January 2013
Decree No. 24.643 approving the Water Code.
Date of original text: 10 July 1934 (09 December 1998)
Decree No. 4.895 establishing conditions for using water areas for aquaculture purposes.
Date of text: 25 November 2003
Law No. 14.026 updating the legal framework for basic sanitation and amending Law No. 9.984 of 17 July 2000, to give the National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency (ANA) new competence to edit reference standards on the sanitation service.
Date of text: 15 July 2020

Especies silvestres y ecosistemas

Law No. 9.985 establishing the National System of Protected Areas Management - SNUC.
Date of original text: 18 July 2000 (21 March 2008)
Act No. 5.197 providing for the protection of wild fauna.
Date of original text: 03 January 1967 (18 July 2000)
Law No. 12.651 on the protection of Native Forests.
Date of original text: 25 May 2012 (23 August 2023)
Law No. 13.123 regulating art. 225 of the Federal Constitution; Articles: 1, 8, 10, 15 and 16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity, promulgated by Decree No. 2.519 on the access to genetic resources, protection and access to associated traditional knowledge and the sharing of benefits for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Date of text: 20 May 2015
Decree No. 3.607 on the implementation of the Convention on the flora and fauna international trade.
Date of original text: 21 September 2000 (08 July 2011)

Miscelanea

Law No. 10.406 providing for the Civil Code.
Date of original text: 10 January 2002 (08 March 2022)
Law No. 12.690 regulating the organization and functioning of Cooperatives and creating the National Programme for Cooperatives (PRONACOOP).
Date of text: 19 July 2012
Law No. 11.116 ruling on the Special Registry of biodiesel producers and importers and other provisions.
Date of text: 18 May 2005
Law No. 11.097 ruling on Biodiesel introduction among Brazil national energy sources.
Date of text: 13 January 2005
Law No. 10.848 on the commercialization of electric energy.
Date of original text: 15 March 2004 (08 April 2020)

Acuerdos Internacionales

Decree No. 11.917 promulgating the Technical Cooperation Agreement between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, signed in Basseterre, on April 15, 2016.
Date of text: 14 February 2024
Resolution No. 25/2023 ratifying the Agreement on Social Security between the Republic of Mozambique and the Federative Republic of Brazil, signed on May 11, 2017, in Maputo.
Date of text: 11 May 2017
Decree No. 8.959 promulgating the Agreement between the Government of the Federate Republic of Brazil and the Government of the French Republic for the establishment of a Transboundary Cooperation in Emergency Relief.
Date of text: 16 January 2017

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