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Concessionaries are eligible for a Special Customs Regime (REPETRO), which suspends the application of all federal and state taxes on specific equipment and spare parts imported for direct use in E&P activities. The REPETRO also allows for the "fictitious exportation" and subsequent importation, under the temporary admission customs regime, of goods produced in Brazil and sold in foreign currency to an entity domiciled abroad for use in the exploration of petroleum and natural gas in Brazil (Chapter 3.4.2.7). The list of eligible goods was modified in 2008 to include, inter alia, equipment and tools intended for rescue, accident prevention, fire fighting, and protection of the environment. 

Brazil also considers bioenergy, including biofuels, an indispensable tool for the expansion and diversification of the energy matrix. Nowadays, biomass electricity – generated mostly from sugarcane processing plants – accounts for about 8% of Brazil’s total energy consumption. By 2021, biomass and wind generation are expected to supply 16% of the country's energy needs. In the transportation sector, the use of ethanol and biodiesel plays a key role in the pursuit of sustainable development, climate change mitigation and energy security. The Brazilian case shows that the long term and large scale sustainable production and use of biofuels are possible, and Brazil continues to work towards the creation of an international market for biofuels.

Since 2011, the BNDES has also financed innovation in sugarcane biomass technology through PAISS, a programme run in partnership with the state-owned company Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP). Between 2011 and 2014, PAISS may disburse up to R$1 billion in the form of credit instruments, equity participation, and economic support.  The PAISS programme is focused in developing new technologies for second-generation biofuels and better use of biomass as a source of clean energy .

The 2013 Law also authorized the Federal Government to acquire the claims held be ELETROBRAS in Itaipu, and grant them to the Energy Development Fund (CDE), created by Law No. 10,438 of 26 April 2002. The Law allowed for the transfer of the Global Reversion Reserve (RGR) resources to the CDE. 571 The CDE’s role was redefined to: promote the development of energy in the Brazilian states, while promoting the universality of electrical energy service in the whole Brazilian territory, the competitiveness of energy produced from sources such as wind, photovoltaics, solar, small hydro power plants, biomass , other renewable sources, and natural gas, and guaranteeing the resources needed to provide subsidies for low-income consumers. The CDE is financed through annual fees paid by all agents commercializing electric energy , fees paid for the use of the distribution and transmission systems, fines paid to ANEEL, and Federal Government credits. The CDE is managed by ELETROBRAS.

Brazil signed the UN Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences in 1975, but did not ratify it. 701 Brazil is a member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and has ratified a number of IMO conventions related to maritime safety, prevention of maritime pollution , and civil liability, among others

The National Bank of Social and Economic Development (BNDES), a state-owned bank created in 1952, offers long-term financing at competitive rates, for the development of investment projects and for the commercialization of new machines and equipment, as well as the financing of Brazilian exports, always considering ethical, environmental and sustainable development principles.

Launching of the Growth Acceleration Programme (PAC) on January 2007, with the objective of fostering investment in infrastructure, including generation and transmission of renewable fuels.

The first EU-Brazil Summit was held in Lisbon in July 2007 with the objective to launch of a new strategic partnership with the EU, under which to address topics such as climate change and sustainable energy.

Brazil is a member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), and a signatory to the Biological Diversity Convention.

Submission of a number of proposals and communications to the TRIPS Council and the TNC during the review period, on issues such as the Relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity.