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Guidelines, strategies, regulations, resolutions and agreements, at the international, regional, national and subnational levels that configure the actions of the State.

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Resolution 69/93, which establishes the MERCOSUR technical regulation on microbiological requirements for cheese.

This regulation establishes the microbiological requirements for the manufacture and marketing of cheese in MERCOSUR.

Treaty of Asunción for the Establishment of a Common Market

The Treaty of Asunción for the Establishment of a Common Market was signed on March 26, 1991 by the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Rep...

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Brazilian Agricultural Policy Law

Law No. 8,171 of 1991 establishes the foundations, objectives and actions of agricultural policy in Brazil. It covers aspects such as production, commercialization, supply, rural credit, agricultural ...

Law no. 7,797, July 10, 1989. Creates the National Environment Fund and makes other provisions.

This law creates the National Environmental Fund to develop projects aimed at the rational and sustainable use of natural resources, including the maintenance, improvement or recovery of environmental...

CONAMA Resolution No. 001 on Environmental Impact

This resolution establishes definitions, responsibilities, basic criteria, and general guidelines for the implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment as an instrument of the National Environment...

Decree No. 91,766 in 1985 of the National Agrarian Reform Program (PNRA)

The PNRA aims to promote a better distribution of land in Brazil by modifying the land tenure and use regime, adapting it to the country's development requirements. Its objectives are to progressively...

Law No. 7,347, of July 24, 1985. Regulates the public civil action of liability for damages caused to the environment.

It also includes damages caused to the consumer, to goods and rights of artistic, aesthetic, historical, tourist and landscape value (VETOED) and dictates other provisions.

Law No. 6.938, of August 31, 1981, which establishes the Provisions of the National Environmental Policy, its purposes a...

The objective of the National Environmental Policy is to preserve, improve and restore environmental quality conducive to life, with a view to ensuring the conditions for the socioeconomic development...

Cooperative Program for the Agri-food and Agro-industrial Technological Development of the Southern Cone.

To contribute to the construction of a Regional Innovation System, focused on the generation of knowledge and technologies to address the demands of the Agri-food and Agro-industrial System within the...

Treaty of the Plata Basin

The Plata Basin Treaty, signed by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, focuses on the harmonious development and physical integration of the basin and its areas of influence, promoting co...

International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Convention)

The UPOV Convention is an international treaty that provides a legal framework for the protection of new plant varieties, granting exclusive commercial rights to the breeders. To obtain protection, a ...

Decree No. 37,106 - School Meal Campaign [EN]

In 1955, the "School Meal Campaign" was officially established through Decree No. 37,106, and is now one of the largest school meal programs in the world and the only one with universal coverage.