The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) modified some regulations of the Regime for the Promotion of the Knowledge Economy (“Regime”). These regulations relate to, among others, the procedure of registration in the registry of beneficiaries of the Regime; the procedure for the use, consultation and imputation of the tax credit bonds; the information that the beneficiaries must provide on social security matters; and the annual revalidation of benefits.
The Brazilian president on 10 March 2021, sanctioned Law 14.125/2021, authorizing private companies to purchase COVID-19 vaccines approved by the health regulatory agency (ANVISA). All doses must be reverted to the public healthcare system while priority groups are being vaccinated. After the vaccination of priority groups is completed, companies will be able to purchase the vaccines for their own use (distributing them free of charge), but 50% of the shots must still be reverted to the public healthcare system.
The Brazilian Senate approved last week the final text of the bill for a new public procurement general law (“New Public Procurement Law”), which will substitute Law nº 8,666/1993. The final document will now be submitted to the Brazilian president for signature and/or vetoes.
In brief The Advocacy and Competition Law Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy (SEAE) published last Wednesday Public Consultation no. 02/2021, through which it seeks to receive contributions regarding potential abusive or excessive actions by federal regulators. The contributions will be used by the SEAE to develop a public policy…
The Brazilian Senate approved last week the final text of the bill for a new public procurement general law (“New Public Procurement Law”), which will substitute Law nº 8,666/1993. The final document will now be submitted to the Brazilian president for signature and/or vetoes.
In brief On 12 March 2021, Law No. 27,613 (“Law”) was published in the Official Gazette, through which…
In brief The Mexican government published a Decree that amends and incorporates several provisions of the Power Industry Law (“Amendment”) in the Federal Official Gazette on 9 March 2021. The Amendment will severely affect the business of private entities investing in the power industry. Recommended actions We consider that the…
The Brazilian federal government published on 10 March: (a) Federal Law No. 14,124/2021, for providing for exceptional measures related to the acquisition of vaccines and other services related to COVID-19; and (b) Federal Law No. 14,125/2021, for providing for liability and adverse events of post-vaccination against COVID-19, and for the acquisition and distribution of vaccines by private entities and federative entities (state or municipality).
The Access to Public Information Agency has issued a communication establishing the criteria to be followed for the processing of personal data of individuals who have been vaccinated. Additionally, the agency highlighted the approach communicated by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which states that governments must guarantee transparency when establishing the criteria used to determine priority recipients of the vaccine and also ensure that it is widely communicated to the population.
On March 12, 2021, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a final rule [CBP Dec. 21-05] that amends the CBP regulations to reflect an extension of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material [Pre-Columbian archaeological material ranging approximately from 1500 B.C. to 1530 A.D. and ecclesiastical ethnological…