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On December 23, 2025, Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (“MAPA”) published Act #62, of December 22, 2025 (“Act # 62/2025”), in the Federal Register (“DOU”), which aims to consolidate, standardize, and centralize the protocol, distribution, and processing flows of registration and post-registration of pesticides and related products.

Act #62/2025 was edited and published by MAPA to detail and improve the guidelines inaugurated by Act #40, of September 1, 2025 (Act# 40/2025) – which it revoked. Act #40/202 had established that, as of September 15, 2025, the protocol for new applications for the registration of agrochemicals and related products would be carried out exclusively before MAPA, as the registering body, through the Electronic Information System (“SEI/MAPA”), in accordance with Article 10 of Decree #4,074/2002 and Articles 4, Paragraph 5, VI ,and 12 of Statute #14,785/2023.

In this context, Act #62/2025 specifies the parameters for distributing requests filed with SEI/MAPA to the other agencies involved (Brazil’s FDA – Anvisa and Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources – IBAMA). MAPA will observe: (i) the chronological order of filing; (ii) the phytosanitary priorities established by MAPA; and (iii) the technical and operational capacity reported by each institution. The Act also reinforces that, as of September 15, 2025, protocols for new claims submitted directly to Anvisa and IBAMA will not be considered for the purposes of organizing distributions.

It is worth noting that the distribution carried out by MAPA does not exempt or replace the collection of fees provided for in Statute #14,785/2023 (or in other applicable normative acts). Thus, applicant companies remain fully responsible for paying evaluation and registration fees due to the competent bodies, subject to the administrative requirements of each institution.

As for registration processes and post-registrations linked to existing registrations, distributed for analysis before September 15, 2025, Act #62/2025 clarifies that they will remain subject to the previously applicable flows, procedures, systems, and communication channels, as regulated by each competent agency at the time of submission. This applies to processing within Anvisa and IBAMA's own systems, compliance with technical requirements, payment of fees, and formal communications with the agencies involved.

Furthermore, Act #62/2025 highlights that the processes submitted will be classified as protected, pursuant to Statute #10,603/2002 (regulatory data protection). This measure aims to to safeguard technical data and complex studies submitted by companies for the evaluation and approval of their products, often innovative and high-cost investments, preventing misuse by unauthorized third parties.

Finally, Act #62/2025 indicates that MAPA will provide updates on new distributions and the progress of cases through its official channels and emphasizes that, after the implementation of the Unified Electronic Information, Petition, and Evaluation System (“SISPA”), a specific regulatory act will establish the flow for submitting claims.

The full text of Act # 62/2025 published in the DOU is available (in Portuguese) here.

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