Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-III§174 |
Brazil |
2013 |
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Incentives and government assistance are available in various configurations, with programmes administered at both the federal and sub-federal levels. Incentive programmes may be regional, aimed at developing research, or targeted at specific sectors. Most initiatives seek to promote entrepreneurship, technological and infrastructure upgrades, innovation, exports (section 3.3.4), energy efficiency, and regional development.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-III§277 |
Brazil |
2013 |
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Intellectual property measures |
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In April 2012, the INPI started the Pilot Programme of Priority Examination of " Green Patents", which fast-tracks patent applications filed in Brazil via the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, with an application date from 2 January 2011, by residents or non-residents. The number of applications is limited to 500, based on a first-requests-considered-apt criterion determined after an analysis by a Technical Commission. The Programme was scheduled to last one year but was extended. The programme of fast-tracks patent applications related to: (i) alternative energy; (ii) transport; (iii) preservation of energy; (iv) waste management; and (v) agriculture.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-Table-III.25 |
Brazil |
2013 |
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Intellectual property measures |
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Plant Variety Protection Law No. 9,456 of 25 April 1997- New plant varieties and derived plant varieties of any genus or species.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-III§297 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Measures |
Intellectual property measures |
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Plant Variety Protection Law No. 9,456 of 25 April 1997 protects new plant varieties and derived plant varieties of any genus or species;. The law guarantees the property right to any natural or legal person obtaining a new plant variety or essentially derived variety. The term of protection is 15 years from the grant of a certificate except for vines, fruit trees, forest, trees, and ornamental trees, including the mother graft thereof, for which the term is 18 years. Plant varieties may be subject to compulsory licences for three-year periods, renewable .
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Forest
Renewable
Wildlife
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-Table-IV.4 |
Brazil |
2013 |
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Agriculture |
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Federal Government agricultural credit programmes administered by the BNDES, harvest year 2011/12- Programme to Strengthen Household Agriculture (PRONAF) -
Provides credit to small-scale producers with annual income up to R$160,000 per family. The BNDES operates six credit lines under this programme, focusing on: agri-industry; women; organic and agri- ecological production systems; environmental technologies; productivity increase; and debt restructuring.
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-Table-IV.4 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Federal Government agricultural credit programmes administered by the BNDES, harvest year 2011/12- Programme for the Modernization of Agriculture and the Conservation of Natural Resources (MODERAGRO)
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Conservation
Natural resources
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-Summary§26 |
Brazil |
2013 |
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Agriculture |
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Brazil’s level of support to its agricultural producers is relatively low compared with other countries, but it maintains several domestic support measures, including preferential credit lines and price support mechanisms. During the review period, new programmes were created to finance farmers, including the Medium-Scale Agricultural Producer Support Programme (PRONAMP) and the Low Carbon Agriculture Programme (Programa ABC).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-IV§16 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Brazil provides a relatively low level of support to its agricultural producers compared with
OECD countries (see below). However, it maintains several domestic support measures, including
subsidized credit lines and price support mechanisms (Table 4.2). During the review period, new programmes were created to finance farmers, including the Medium-Scale Agricultural Producer Support Programme (PRONAMP) and the Low Carbon Agriculture Programme (Programa ABC).
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Secretariat TPR |
WT/TPR/S/283/REV.1 |
S-IV§39 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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Also in 2010, the Government launched the Plan for Low Carbon Emissions in Agriculture (Plano ABC), which comprises a credit line organized under the ABC programme (see below). Disbursements worth R$3.4 billion are foreseen for this programme in harvest year 2012/13.
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Government TPR |
WT/TPR/G/283/REV.1 |
G-IV§43 |
Brazil |
2013 |
Sectors |
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Agriculture |
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The low carbon agriculture program ("Programa ABC") was set up to finance agricultural practices aimed at reducing green house gas emissions , encompassing investment programs to support the recovery of forest; s (PROFLORA) and sustainable agricultural production PRODUSA).
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Emissions
Forest
Sustainable
Green
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