Decree Establishes New Rules For E-Commerce In Brazil

Keywords: electronic commerce, Consumer Protection Code, consumer demands

President Dilma Rousseff published, on March 15, Decree 7,962/2013, which establishes specific rules applicable to electronic commerce in Brazil. The decree was approved as a regulation of the Consumer's Protection Code (Law 8,078/90), which was not up to date with online technology for the acquisition of products and services.

The decree has brought some important innovations. According to the new rules, suppliers shall expressly inform in the websites their names, taxpayer registration numbers, physical and electronic addresses, as well as all essential information about the products or services offered, including any eventual charge or restriction applied to the offer.