BR566008Failed

PLS 375/2016

Jurisdiction:: Brazil
Type:: EPR
Last action:: Dec 21, 2022

PharmaceuticalsPaper Packaging

Next steps for producers

Review this measure’s obligations and confirm whether they reach your products

Applies toNot specified in the bill text; the bill amends Law 12.305/2010 to add medicines and their packaging to the mandatory reverse logistics list, but does not define covered producers explicitly.

Obligations under this law

·Implement a reverse logistics system for human-use medicines and their packaging

No designated program action is recorded for this measure yet — treat the above as the general obligation and verify against the source text.

Bill expands Brazil's National Solid Waste Policy (PNRS) to mandate reverse-logistics systems for human pharmaceuticals and their packaging—a direct extension of EPR/logística reversa obligations to a new product category.

Covered Products

·Human-use medicines (medicamentos de uso humano)
·Packaging of human-use medicines (embalagens de medicamentos de uso humano)

Producer Obligations

·Implement a reverse logistics system for human-use medicines and their packaging

Producer Definition

Not specified in the bill text; the bill amends Law 12.305/2010 to add medicines and their packaging to the mandatory reverse logistics list, but does not define covered producers explicitly.

Enforcement

Not specified in the bill text:

Preemption Notes

This is a federal bill amending the National Solid Waste Policy (Lei 12.305/2010); if enacted, it would set a federal floor for reverse logistics of medicines and packaging across all Brazilian states.

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Full bill text

Projeto de Lei do Senado PLS 375/2016

Altera a Lei nº 12.305, de 2 de agosto de 2010, que institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos; altera a Lei nº 9.605, de 12 de fevereiro de 1998; e dá outras providências, para inserir medicamentos de uso humano e suas embalagens no rol de produtos para os quais é obrigatória a implementação de sistema de logística reversa.

Indexação: ALTERAÇÃO, LEI FEDERAL, POLITICA NACIONAL, RESIDUO, LOGISTICA, RETORNO, PRODUTO, MEDICAMENTOS, EMBALAGEM. CORRELAÇÃO, MEIO AMBIENTE

Classificação: Meio Ambiente

Autoria: Paulo Rocha

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