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The importance of priority projects in the Brazilian capital market has grown exponentially in recent years, as indicated by the data regarding the issuance of incentivized debentures. According to the December 2022 Incentive Debentures Report...

The Federal Constitution instituted the Financial Compensation for Mineral Exploitation (CFEM) – more commonly known as "mining royalties" – as a consideration for the economic use of mineral resources (Union assets) to be collected by the...

The National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) approved, on February 14 of this year, the new Arbitration Convention of the Electric Energy Trading Chamber (CCEE), at the 4th Ordinary Public Meeting of the Board of Directors of 2023. The text, which...

Law 14,514/22, published on December 29, 2022, brought in two relevant changes to the mining sector: the possibility of establishing liens on exploration permits and a new set of rules applicable to research, mining, and marketing and sale of...

The biogas sector has been gaining more space in Brazil in recent years. It is a critical segment in the current global scenario, in which sustainable solutions are sought in the energy transition effort. In this sense, having an adequate legal and...

In a move that has gone largely unnoticed by the general public, the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) took an important step in February of this year towards consolidating Brazil's leading role in the global energy...

The Federal Constitution assigns to the Federal Government the competence for the exploitation of nuclear services and the state monopoly on the research, mining, enrichment and reprocessing, industrialization and trade of nuclear ores. The...

The revised administrative infractions and fines set out by the Mining Code came into effect last August resulting in penalties and fines that could reach R$ 1 billion. Among the various measures adopted after the disasters that occurred in...

Bill 414/21, which originated from Senate Bill 232/16, aims to implement a few of the motions to modernize the electricity sector. It results not only from years of work of the Federal Government’s but also from civil contributions towards a more...

Coming into force on March 2, 2022, the National Mining Agency (ANM) Resolution 90/21 regulates Articles 43 and 44 of the Mining Code Regulation (Regulamento do Código de Mineração), providing the cases in which mining concessions (concessões...

Por Rafael Vanzella, Debora Leal, Gabriel Rapoport Furtado and Gabriel Nagle Law No. 14.286/21 (New Foreign Exchange Law), enacted on December 30, 2021, represents a milestone in Brazilian law regarding foreign currency...

Since its advent in 1992, the Law of Administrative Improbity, Federal Law 8.429, has evolved, either by the interpretation of our courts or by legislative reforms, in the search for a difficult balance: on one hand, to combat the public agent in...

Fabio Falkenburger and Julia Souza Torres Amidst controversy, the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) published, on February 23, the final adjustments to the draft of the bid notice for the 7th round of airport concessions. The first draft...

Law 14,301, of January 7, 2022 (Cabotage Law), passed with vetoes by the President of Brazil, establishes a new regulatory framework for cabotage in Brazil with different innovations and performance alternatives within the shipping sector....

2021 ended bringing a new package of changes for Brazilian aviation, which is still suffereing the consequences of the significant demand recudtion caused by the pandemic. The changes were implemented through Provisional Measure (MP) 1,089/21,...

The joint board of the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) approved sending for public consultation a draft resolution with new rules on airport coordination and allocation and monitoring of the use of airport infrastructure. The main reason for...

Fabio Falkenburger, Marina Estrella Barros, Pedro Amim, Vitor Guilherme da Silva Barbosa, Vittoria Psillakis Mickenhagen and Izadora Figueiroa Mastrangelli Amidst the initiatives to regulate the activities of operation and...

After the publication of Law 9.478/97 (Petroleum Law) and with the advance of the granting of exploration and production concession contracts by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), an extremely relevant market for...

With the progress of vaccination and gradual reopening of borders, the aviation sector is beginning to show signs of recovery. In Brazil, the federal government's plan to grant the operation of federal airports to the private sector is following...

The Brazilian mining sector has undergoing several changes in recent years. These are changes that seek to bring more dynamism and legal certainty to the sector, filling old gaps related to mining practice and addressing social and environmental...

Infrastructure and energy

The changes promoted by Decree 11,498/23

The CFEM and the collection of PIS and Cofins

New arbitration convention of CCEE

New legislation changes the nuclear ore sector

Potential and challenges of the biogas sector

Impacts of the ANP's change in regulations on RD&I

Flexibilization on nuclear projects oportunities

Stricter penalties and fines in the mining sector

On the modernization of the electricity sector and expansion of the Free Energy Market

ANM regulates the use of mineral rights as collateral for financing transactions

New Foreign Exchange Law represents boost to infrastructure projects in Brazil

The reformulation of the Law of Administrative Improbity

The new model of the 7th round of airport concession: what is the new bidding and why will Santos Dumont be tendered only in 2023?

New Regulatory Framework for Cabotage, which implements the BR do Mar Project, is passed with the promise of heating up the sector

2021 ends with new measures to reduce bureaucracy in the Brazilian aviation industry introduced by Provisional Measure 1,089/21

Airport infrastructure: Anac proposes new rules for slot distribution

New regulations on shared ownership of aircraft

Assignment of E&P contracts: possible improvements in ANP Resolution 785/19

Congonhas and Santos Dumont should drive dispute in new round of federal airport concessions even amid uncertainty caused by pandemic

Recent legislative changes seek to make the mining sector more dynamic

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