The Senate accredited low-cost on Wednesday (21) with 54 votes and 13 in opposition to the draft regulation (PL 2.159/2021), which defines a brand new authorized framework for environmental licensing in Brazil. The proposal determines the rules for the environmental licenses and their software by the accountable our bodies in addition to the licensed necessity versatile in some circumstances. 
When the textual content was modified by the senators, it returns to the Home of Representatives for the brand new evaluation. The proposal has been mentioned within the Home of Representatives for 21 years and 4 years within the Senate.
The accredited textual content frees us about environmental license actions that don’t supply an environmental threat or need to be carried out for nationwide sovereignty or public accident. Additionally free of the licensing of agricultural tasks to domesticate forms of agricultural curiosity, in addition to expanded, semi -intensive and small -scale cattle.
The license and dedication license (LAC) was additionally initiated, that are meant for small or medium -sized and low -medium assure actions. The license will be granted within the self -sufficiency of legal responsibility and the dedication of the entrepreneur, whereby the necessities given by the license authority can be found.
The venture rapporteur, Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS), mentioned that the aim of the proposal is to licens the works within the nation with extra readability, effectivity and justice. The present regulatory framework with overlapping guidelines accommodates necessary initiatives and discourages accountable investments.
“The proposal is just not rising across the environmental licensing, the other.
In distinction to the regulation, Senator Leila Barros (PDT-DF) reminded that protection of the surroundings is a requirement of the worldwide group.
“Brazil as we speak is experiencing a reconest of its credibility of the surroundings. This optimistic picture turns into actual alternatives for our nation in diplomatic and financial phrases,” ββhe warned.
Punish
Laws at the moment states that the crime of constructing or reforming air pollution work or companies with out an environmental license generates a jail sentence of 1 to 6 months. The senators elevated the punishment to 6 months to 2 years or a advantageous or each cumulative.
“Environmental crime stays a criminal offense, we don’t change something. The oppression of an area vegetation with no license remains to be prohibited,” mentioned Tereza Cristina.
Disturbance
In a declaration printed on Wednesday (21), the Ministry of the Surroundings and Local weather Change (MMA) explains that the PL represents a big dysfunction of the prevailing rule on this subject and is a threat of environmental and social safety within the nation.
“The proposal may have a adverse influence on social and ecological administration, along with a excessive stage of justification, which makes the method of environmental licensing for society and the Brazilian state extra sluggish and dearer,” says MMA.
In accordance with the folder, some of the essential factors of the PL is the appliance of the license for adhesion and dedication, a simplified modality of licensing because of the self -declaration of the entrepreneur.
“In apply, the textual content would allow using LAC for a big share of the at the moment licensed corporations. As well as, these tasks would monitor all corporations licensed by this modality by samples and the supervision of the supervision by the environmental authority,” says the observe.
Environmental organizations claim that the project is the biggest setback Relating to environmental laws because the 1988 structure. One other criticism of the proposal is the exclusion of licensing for agricultural actions.
*With data from the Senate Company
