On December 28, 2018, Decree n. 9640 was published on the
Federal Official Journal (DOU), regulating the Environment Reserve
Quota (CRA), established by article 44 of Law n. 12651/2012 (Forest
Code).
The Decree aims to regulate proceedings regarding the emission,
registry, transfer, use and cancellation of the CRA.
In this sense, the owner of a rural property with Legal Reserve
registered and approved through the Rural Environment Registry
(CAR), with exceeding native vegetation remainder or area under
recovery process in the property is entitled to use the exceeding
Legal Reserve area for the issuance of the CRA.
Among the main legal provisions, we highlight:
- CRA's right to issue will be
granted to the owner only when the following requirements are met:
i) inclusion of the property in the CAR, ii) application formalized
by the owner through the Sicar, iii) evidence report issued by the
state or district competent authority or and (iv) approval of
