Federal Law No. 13,838/2019, published on June 5, sought to facilitate the geo-referencing process of rural properties. With the addition of a new paragraph 13 into article 176 of the Public Registers Law, the consent of abutting landowners in the geo-referencing process required in cases of subdivision, splitting, consolidation, and transfer of rural properties was dispensed with. Consent  will be replaced by a declaration by the applicant that he respected the limits and boundaries of his property.

The Special Court of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) advanced to put an end to the controversy over the limitations period applicable to claims based on contractual civil liability. In a judgment last May 14, the Justices decided, by a majority vote (7x5), that the ten-year statute of limitations is what is appropriate in these cases.

Executive Order ("MP", in its abbreviation in Portuguese) No. 884, published last Friday, June 14, amended the Forest Code (Law No. 12,651/2012), so as to determine that registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) "shall be mandatory for all rural properties and holdings." The amendment redrafted the third paragraph of article 29, which sets forth the end date for registration in the CAR.

Legal entities and investment funds incorporated in Brazil have until August 15 to submit a report to the Central Bank of Brazil, detailing investments in their quotas and/or shares held by foreign investors on December 31 of the previous fiscal year, or the outstanding short-term trade debts owed to non-residents on the same date, in the following situations:

Resolution No. 241 of the Superior Council of the Labor Judiciary (CSJT), in force since June 6, amends some of the rules of Resolution No. 185, bringing in important changes in the use of the Electronic Judicial Procedure (PJe).

On July 9th, law No. 13,853/2019, which amended Law No. 13,709/18 (the General Data Protection Law - LGPD) was published in the Official Gazette. The main changes are summarized below