On December 18, 2018, the Ministry of Energy and the Energy
Regulatory Commission published in the Federal Official Gazette the
Resolution A/044/2018, which issues the applicable criteria for
biofuels-related activities and, in general terms, sets forth the
following:
Biofuels trading consists of, jointly or separately, offering to
final users the following:
The sale of biofuels.
The management or contracting of transport, storage or
distribution services for biofuels, and
The provision or intermediation of value-added services for the
benefit of users or final users.
Biofuels retail consists of direct retail sale to the consumer
of biofuels, within specific or multimodal purpose facilities.