This article examines the Law no. 13640, published on 3/27/2018.
Said law amended the Law on the National Urban Mobility Policy (Law
no. 12587/2012), regulating the paid individual private
transportation of passengers. In other words, a transportation
services contract made through apps.
Law no. 13640/2018 establishes that the individual private
transportation of passengers is a paid service, not opened to the
public, that offers individualized or shared rides and requested
only by registered users of apps.
By inserting art. 11-A in Law no. 12587/2012, it also
establishes that the Municipalities and the Federal District
(Brazilian Capital) have exclusive competent jurisdiction to
regulate the paid individual private transportation of passengers.
However, the guidelines listed in the sole paragraph of that
article 11-A must be followed.
