nota-tecnica-alteracao-codigo-florestal-ameaca-implementacao-1-dbafb0d83add0f9e.pdf

This technical briefing by the Climate Policy Initiative analyzes the risks posed by Provisional Measure (MPV) 884/2019 and its associated parliamentary amendments to the implementation of Brazil's Forest Code (Law 12.651/2012). The document focuses on the implications of removing the registration deadline for the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and how this affects the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) and agricultural credit.

• Provisional Measure (MPV) 884/2019 proposes to remove the final deadline for registration in the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), making it a permanent system. While the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) and the Ministry of Environment (MMA) argue this prevents the exclusion of small landowners, particularly in the Northeast, the briefing notes that the previous deadline had ended on December 31, 2018.
• The removal of the CAR deadline in MPV 884/2019 directly impacts the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) because the deadlines for both are linked. If the PRA adherence deadline is extended indefinitely, producers may continue agricultural activities in consolidated areas without incentives to regularize environmental liabilities in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP) and Legal Reserves.
• Of the 35 parliamentary amendments proposed to MPV 884/2019, many are described as having no relation to the central object of the measure (the CAR deadline) or no thematic relevance at all, potentially altering various other articles of the Forest Code or different laws entirely.
• Certain amendments (nos. 12, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 27) propose a drastic change to the PRA system by shifting the responsibility for promoting environmental regularization to state environmental agencies via notification. The briefing warns this could force states to revise existing legislation, paralyzing current regularization programs and creating legal insecurity.
• Amendments 14, 22, 23, 24, and 35 seek to extend the CAR registration deadline specifically for the purpose of granting agricultural credit. Without these amendments, the deadline remains December 31, 2018, allowing financial institutions to require prior CAR registration for credit.
• The Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) filed a Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI 6.157/DF) against MPV 884/2019, arguing it is a re-edition of a previous measure (MPV 867/2018) that lost efficacy, lacks urgency, and violates the principle of prohibition of environmental regression.

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