Brazil now has a specific law on bioinputs

Law No. 15.070 of December 23, 2024, which regulates the production of bioinputs in Brazil, was published in the Official Gazette of the Union. The legislation establishes criteria for the production, registration, use and inspection of these products.

The law changed provisions of the pesticide law, published less than a year ago (Law 14.785/23).

The presidential sanction concluded the legislative process, allowing the immediate application of the rule.

Some aspects of the law

• Art. 1 and Art. 2: The law provides for bioinputs used in conventional, organic and agroecological cultivation systems. It defines bioinputs as products, processes or technologies of plant, animal or microbial origin, intended for agricultural and forestry production.

• Art. 3 and Art. 4: The registration of biofactories and bioinputs for commercial purposes is mandatory and regulated by the federal agricultural defense agency. Bioinputs for personal use are exempt from registration, but subject to simplified registration.

• Art. 9: Bioinputs produced exclusively for own use are exempt from registration, as long as they are not intended for commercialization.

• Article 10: Farmers, associations and cooperatives can produce bioinputs for their own use without commercial purposes. Integrated production models, consortia and agrarian condominiums are covered by the legislation.

• Article 15: Specific standards were defined for revalidation, reworking and reprocessing of bioinputs destined for the market, with supervision by the competent federal agency.

• Article 25: establishes the Registration Fee for Establishments and Products of Agricultural Defense (Trepda), with values ​​between R$350 and R$3.500, depending on the size of the establishment and the type of registration requested.

Registration and marketing (art. 4)

Article 4 establishes that all bioinputs or bioinput inoculants intended for commercialization must be registered with the federal agricultural defense agency.

The registration procedure follows specific technical criteria that guarantee the safety and efficacy of the products. Among the requirements, it is worth highlighting the possibility that the requesting agency may request technical-scientific reports issued by Brazilian research institutions or accredited experimental stations.

The registration requirement also applies to biofactories, importers and traders of bioinputs.

The article also allows similar products that have already been registered to follow a simplified administrative process, as long as they meet the parameters established by specific regulations.

Exemption from registration for personal use (art. 9)

Unlike commercial bioinputs, those produced exclusively for own use are exempt from the registration requirement, as provided for in article 9.

Among the exempt products, semiochemical bioinputs with mechanical action stand out, such as plates and traps, as well as food attractants used in insect monitoring, as long as they are composed of ingredients derived from biological fermentation or food waste.

Article 9 also provides that the federal agricultural defense agency may create additional rules for the exemption of low-risk products.

Implementation and regulations

Law 15.070/24 establishes a period of up to 360 days for its complementary regulations to be published (sub-legal standards).

During this period, the technical criteria and specific procedures for registration and exemption will be defined, as well as guidelines for the inspection and transportation of bioinputs.