CMN extends deadlines for environmental requirements in rural credit.

The National Monetary Council (CMN) approved, in an extraordinary meeting held this Tuesday (12), the postponement and staggering of the schedule of environmental regularity requirements for granting rural credit. The measure, which calibrates the application of deforestation monitoring standards, is a direct result of an institutional offensive led by Farsul (Federation of Agriculture of the State of Rio Grande do Sul) and CNA (Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil).

The decision amends the Rural Credit Manual (MCR) with regard to social, environmental, and climate impediments. The central point is the consultation of the list from the Ministry of the Environment, based on data from Prodes (Project for Monitoring Deforestation in the Legal Amazon by Satellite), to verify the suppression of native vegetation that occurred after July 31, 2019.

With the new resolution, the mandatory verification by financial institutions will follow a gradual schedule, divided according to the size of the rural properties:

• January 4, 2027: for properties with an area greater than 15 fiscal modules;
• July 1, 2027: for properties between 4 and 15 fiscal modules;
• January 3, 2028: For properties with up to 4 fiscal modules, agrarian reform settlements, and traditional communities.

Victory through dialogue

According to the president of the Farsul System, Domingos Velho Lopes, the measure brings the "predictability and legal certainty" necessary for the sector. In a statement, Domingos highlighted that the extension corrects an operational bottleneck that threatened the flow of financing. "It is a victory for the joint work of Farsul and CNA. We sought operational adjustments so that compliant producers would not be penalized by a system that still needed implementation adjustments," he stated.

The extension of the deadline comes after the production sector pointed out that, although the rules had been in effect since April 2026, there were technical difficulties both in the preparation of producers and in the procedures of environmental agencies and financial agents.

Flexibility and Reanalysis

In addition to the postponement, the CMN (National Monetary Council) included new documents for producers to prove their compliance. Now, acts equivalent to the Authorization for the Suppression of Native Vegetation (ASV) and Environmental Commitment Agreements (TCAs) signed with state agencies will be accepted.

An important clause in the new resolution allows producers who have had credit proposals rejected recently, due to inclusion on lists maintained by the Ministry of the Environment while the previous regulation was in effect, to resubmit their financing requests immediately.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the adjustments aim to "ensure the granting of rural credit with a focus on the operational adequacy of the rules and their gradual and predictable application," without abandoning environmental rigor, but guaranteeing that the regularization process is compatible with the reality of the field.

According to the president of Farsul, the decision reinforces the entity's role in defending the interests of producers from Rio Grande do Sul in Brasília, ensuring that credit policies remain instruments of promotion and not insurmountable bureaucratic barriers.