📋 Tender Overview
The Agriculture Commission (CRA) may vote on Tuesday (20) project of the General Environmental Licensing Law (). The project is being analyzed together by CRA and the Environment Commission (CMA). The CRA meeting has two items on the agenda and is scheduled for 14h.
The bill was initiated in the House of Representatives in 2004. Presented by former Deputy Luciano Zica (SP), the text was approved in 2021 and has since been under analysis in the Senate. A single report was built together by rapporteurs in CRA and CMA, Senators Tereza Cristina (PP-MS) and Confucius Moura (MDB-RO), respectively.
The current legislation that deals with the National Environmental Policy () presents the legal hypotheses of licensing requirement for the approval of enterprises considered of high impact to the environment. There are also several resolutions of the National Environmental Council (CONAMA) that establish rules of procedures and situations in which licensing is required, as well as license modalities.
The diversity of regulations causes many licensing litigation. The expectation is that a general law will provide more legal certainty.
The exemption of environmental licensing for four agricultural activities is one of the items of the proposal that generates more disagreements. The Confucius Moura and Tereza Cristina report maintains the chambers understanding that there must be dismissal for the cultivation of species of agricultural, temporary, semi -perennial and perennial interest; extensive and semi-intensive livestock; Small livestock; and agricultural research without biological risk.
Until the afternoon of Friday (16), 94 amendments had been presented by the senators. The recommendation of the rapporteurs is for the approval of the project with 24 amendments. Prior to voting at CRA, the project can be voted at the CMA, which has a deliberative meeting scheduled for 9am.
Securitization
The other project on the commissions agenda is the, which seeks to decrease losses of rural producers affected by climate tragedies, by allowing debt securitization. Securitization enables producers to use their debts as a financial product. Thus, they can anticipate the receipt of resources to finance projects.
Senator Luis Carlos Heinze (PP-RS) project has a favorable report by Senator Hamilton Mourao (Republicans-RS).
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