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Rafael Dias Gil joined the firm in 2016. He integrates the environmental, consumer and sustainability practice group, with focus on consultancies, administrative procedures and lawsuits. In the environmental area, Rafael has a wide breadth of experience in cases involving contamination, environmental and urbanistic licensing procedures, environmental liability, take-back requirements, protected areas and minorities and climate change.
Rafael represents several clients in the oil & gas, automotive, chemicals and services sectors.
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In Tax

Brazil: IBAMA changes the way TCFA is calculated

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The Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) established a new way of calculating the Environmental Control and Inspection Fee (TCFA) and, as of the first quarter of 2024, the economic size to be declared by subsidiaries will be the economic size of the parent company and the subsidiary jointly, considering the annual gross income of the legal entity as a whole for the basis for calculating this fee.

In Environment

Brazil: Public consultation on corporate emissions’ control and Proconve L8

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The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Resources opened a public consultation regarding a new normative that regulates the control of corporate emissions and the management of pollutant emission credits for the Vehicle Emission Control Program’s L8 phase. The public consultation is in accordance with CONAMA Resolution No. 492/2018, which established the Proconve L7 and L8 phases, and aims to obtain input from stakeholders who will be involved in Proconve L8.

In Brazil

Brazil: Brazilian government publishes the National Program for the Recovery of Contaminated Areas

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On 15 January 2021, the federal government made available on its website (https://www.gov.br/mma/pt-br/assuntos/agendaambientalurbana/ProgramaNacionaldeRecuperaodereasContaminadas.pdf) the National Program for the Recovery of Contaminated Areas, object of Ordinance MMA No. 603/2020. In summary, the program seeks to expand and consolidate data and information on key issues for the management of contaminated areas in Brazil.