The Brazilian Secretariat of International Trade initiated a new antidumping investigation against Brazilian imports of pre-painted steels from China and India on 19 September 2024. Pre-painted steels are used for civil construction, automotive industry, white goods, packaging and others.
On 2 August 2024, Bill No. 2308/2023, which establishes the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen in Brazil, was approved with a partial veto. Numbered as Law 14948/2024, it has created the National Low-Carbon Hydrogen Policy, which will form part of the country’s National Energy Policy. The Law has also established the competence of the National Agency for Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels to authorize, regulate and inspect activities in the low-carbon hydrogen value chain, and has created the Brazilian Hydrogen Certification System and the Special Incentive Regime for Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production, a tax regime designed to foster technological and industrial development, competitiveness and added value in national production chains.
On 30 July 2024, the National Consumer Secretariat published Technical Note No. 2/2024/Gab-DPDC/DPDC/SENACON/MJ, providing for the Ads Quality Criteria and Data Quality Criteria, as transparency parameters to be adopted and complied with by digital platforms in Brazil. The recent Technical Note established transparency criteria applicable to platforms, mentioning the need to comply with dignity, health, safety, protection and harmony within consumer relations.
The Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published Resolution CD/ANPD No. 19, which creates the procedures and rules for recognizing the suitability of other countries or international bodies to carry out international personal data transfer operations, as well as approving the standard contractual clauses that may be used by processing agents to legitimize the international transfer of personal data.
The Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has published Resolution CD/ANPD No. 18, which creates additional rules for the appointment of the Person in Charge (similar, although not equivalent, to the Data Protection Officer under the GDPR).
As background, according to Law No. 13.709/18 (Brazilian Data Protection Law (LGPD)), data controllers must appoint a Person in Charge. The “Person in Charge” has the primary role of serving as a communication liaison between the data controller, data subjects and ANPD, as well as providing training and guidance to the controller’s employees, and complying with any other instructions that controller may give.
Federal Law No. 14.904/2024 was published. The law establishes guidelines for the preparation of climate change adaptation plans, with the aim of guiding the implementation of measures to reduce the vulnerability and exposure to risks of environmental, social, economic and infrastructure systems, in the face of the current and expected adverse effects of climate change.
The National Civil Aviation Agency published Resolution No. 743 of 15 May 2024, which regulates the monitoring and offsetting of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) on international flights under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation. The resolution comes into force on 1 January 2025.
On 6 May 2024, the Federal Government published Federal Law No. 14.852/2024, which established the Legal Framework for the Electronic Games Industry in Brazil. The new law sets out the basic principles and rules for the development and sale of electronic games in Brazil. It establishes guidelines on the manufacture, import, marketing, development and commercial use of electronic games, in addition to providing that the State must establish the indicative age classification. Therefore, it provides a specific framework for this sector in Brazil and ensures the protection of its consumers and users.
On 23 April 2024, the Federal Senate approved Bill 6,007/2023, which originated as Bill 200/2015, and which generated intense debate among all those involved in the clinical research ecosystem. While the bill was supported by the economic sectors and part of academia due to the stability and security it brings to clinical research in Brazil, various social segments, part of academia and government authorities who are members of the system raised concerns about the possibility of weakening national ethical guidelines and dismantling the CEP/CONEP system.
On 26 April 2024, the Brazilian Data Protection Authority (ANPD) published the Resolution CD/ANPD no. 15 which approved the Regulation on Notification of Security Incident (“Regulation”). Such Regulation sets forth the mandatory procedures that data controllers must follow when notifying security incidents to ANPD and personal data subjects.
According to Law No. 13,709/18 (Brazilian General Data Protection Law, or LGPD), the controller must notify the occurrence of a security incident that may give rise to relevant risk or damage to data subjects not only to ANPD, but also to the data subjects.