Brazil’s Ministry of Economy has issued a new decree (Decree 10229/2020) aimed at fostering regulatory modernisation in the country. This regulation provides that federal, state, district and municipal public agencies responsible for revising technical standards for goods and services must do so within six months. According to the Ministry of Economy, if they fail to issue such revisions citizens are authorised to produce and consume the relevant product or service in accordance with the most modern international standards.
Parties interested in updating a technical standard must submit a request to the public entity responsible for the standard identifying the outdated standard as well as the standard is that being used internationally. During a pilot phase, standards from the following five international institutions may be used as valid examples of international standards: International Organisation of Standardisation, International Electrotechnical Commission, Codex Alimentarius Commission, International Telecommunication Union, and International Organization of Legal Metrology.
[huge_it_slider id=”15″]Ministry of Economy De-bureaucratisation Director Geanluca Lorenzon declared that technical standards that regulate goods and services can take up to three years to be updated, preventing Brazilians from accessing thousands of new products and services launched globally on an annual basis.
Decree 10229/2020 will enter into force on 6 April. It was issued within the framework of the Economic Freedom Act, which allows the development and commercialisation of goods and services in instances where outdated Brazilian technical standards are an obstacle to innovation.
