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Timestamp: 2018-04-26 16:54:59
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4', 'art. 10', 'art. 1', 'art. 19', 'art. 25', 'art. 19', 'art. 24']

This issue highlights the new Civil Procedure Code, with its official release on 03.18.2016, with immediate applicability, due to a procedure rule.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW / REGULATORY LAW
ANVISA’s jurisdiction to regulate medicines/drugs
The Federal Court of the 1st Region, in a recent judgment of appeal, dealt with matters of supervision, made by ANVISA, on advertisement of medicines/drugs subjected to medical prescription.
According to the High Court judge Maria Cecilia Marco Rocha, in accordance with Article 220, § 4 of the Federal Constitution, the commercial advertising of medicines are subjected to legal restrictions.
Such restrictions are made by the Resolution RDC No. 102/2000 (with legal support in art. 10, V of Law No. 6,437 / 1977), by which is restricted the advertisement, publication or promotion of prescription drugs, to exclusive media directed to healthcare professionals qualified to prescribe exemption from such products.
Thus, the fine imposed was maintained, consecrating the understanding that ANVISA is competent to supervise advertisements for medicinal products subjected to medical prescription.
http://www.ambito-juridico.com.br/site/?n_link=visualiza_noticia&id_caderno=20&id_noticia=138243 (Case: Appeal in Writ of Mandamus No. 0006438-81.2008.4.01.3400, Chief Judge Rapporteur Maria Cecilia Marco Rocha , 5th Panel of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region, Dje 19.11.2015.)
CIVIL LAW/ CIVIL PROCEDURE
CPC Entry into force of the New CPC
The Superior Court of Justice, on 03.02.2016, interpreted the art. 1,045 of New CPC to declare that the Code would enter into force on the date of 03.18.2016, with immediate applicability since that date because it is procedure rule.
Among the new features we can highlight the counting of time in business days, the modification of the initial term to contest, the possibility of changing the division of the burden of proof, encouraging alternative means of solution (mediation and conciliation) and modification of the appeal system.
http://www.iob.com.br/noticiadb.asp?area=juridicas¬icia=377968
The acceptance of Duplicate released in separate has no legal effect, decides the Third panel of the Superior Court of Justice.
The Third Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) amended the collegial decision of the Court of Rio Grande do Sul, which will determinated the acceptance of a duplicate issued by pharmaceutical manufacturer in favor of a company that provides short-term credit
The manufacturer wanted to stop the execution of the duplicate that had not been accepted or protested. In defense, the commercial development company claimed, however, that the acceptance of the duplicate was given separately in a stand-alone document.
Disagreeing, the pharmaceutical manufacturer appealed, but was unsuccessful. A new Appeal was presented to the Superior Court of Justice, and the minister Villas Boas Cueva was the Rapporteur of the case. In the vote, the minister argued that the acceptance of a commercial duplicate corresponds to the recognition, by the buyer, of the legitimacy of the drawing act done by the seller.
"Acceptance is a formal act and should be perfected in their own cartouche (signature of the buyer in the title itself), focusing the principle of literalness. It cannot therefore be given verbally or in a separate document, "said the rapporteur.
To the minister, the securities have some requirements vital to maintaining good trade relations. Experience has proven that some feattures cannot be removed, such as formalism, the document importance and literalness, representing the acceptance separate a real danger to the trade relations, especially when the papers are put into circulation, he said.
In the vote, unanimously approved by the ministers of the Third Class, Villas Boas Cueva pointed out, to accept the use of the pharmaceutical manufacturer, that acceptance launched separately to the duplicate has no effectiveness, but the document that contains it can serve as proof of the underlying contractual relationship to the title, supporting any small claim.
Source: Superior Tribunal de Justiça (REsp 1334464)
Supreme Court decides that the applicant filing bankruptcy can be the responsible for the legal fees of the bankruptcy’s trustee
The Supreme Court, in its judgment published on 28.03.2016, entered into understanding that it would be possible for the applicant for bankruptcy to be required to advance the costs of the trustee's fees if the estate has no assets.
In the present case, it was ordered to the applicant the amount of R $ 4,000.00 as security for trustee fees. The Court of SP maintained this decision on the grounds that it would be the author of the action the one responsible for the advanced procedural costs (art. 19 CPC / 73).
The creditor presented a special appeal claiming that the spending on the trustee would be of the bankrupt estate’s responsibility and not the creditor’s, pursuant to the art. 25 of Law 11,101 / 05.
The judgment reasoned that the debtor’s company was cited for public notice and that there was a possibility of not being collected sufficient assets to pay the administrator's remuneration, finding reasonable the application of art. 19 of the CPC / 73. Also the art. 24, paragraph 3 and 4 of LRF stipulate the chances of compensation loss by the trustee, not being listed the situation of frustrated bankruptcy procedures.
With this reasoning, the judgment dismissed the special appeal to declare that the creditor can advance the administrative fee, and must bear the expenses necessary to try to recover the credit.
Source: https://goo.gl/t1uaFf
The Superior Labor Court, in special session, especially considering the validity of the new Civil Procedure Code (Law No. 13105 of 17/03/2015) from March 18, 2016, approved the Instruction No. 39/2016 which provides the rules of the Civil procedure Code of 2015 that are applicable and inapplicable to the Labour Process, without limitation. The Referred normative instruction is available on the website of the Superior Labor Court and is already in force.
http://aplicacao.tst.jus.br/dspace/handle/1939/81692
ICMS and the sale of drugs
In times of financial difficulties, states have sought ways to increase revenue, so because of this, 12 states decided to raise the rate of the Tax on Goods and Services (ICMS) on drugs [1].
With the rise, the rates reach 20% (RJ) and the average tax burden on drugs will rise to 34.2% [1].
In this scenario, a special appeal is being processed before the Superior Court, in which a pharmaceutical advocates the application of different rates for medicines sold exclusively to hospitals. According to the newspaper Valor Econômico [2], in the judgment three ou of five ministers of the 1st Panel of the Superior Justice Court have already voted in favor of the application of differentiated basis.
Therefore, pharmaceutical companies need to remain attentive to the assessments of the tax authorities in order to not end up collecting taxes improperly, or even performing operations that generate double taxation. According to the CNI, 6 to 10 businesses suffer double taxation [3].
Source: [1] http://www.apet.org.br/noticias/ver.asp?not_id=23428
Source: [2] http://www.valor.com.br/legislacao/4451414/stj-julga-icms-de-remedios-vendidos-hospitais
Source: [3] http://www.apet.org.br/noticias/ver.asp?not_id=23431.
Articles (i) "E-Commerce" written by partner Pedro CarneiroSzajnferber Franco and the lawyer Luiz Fernando Andrade Plastino; and (ii) "Law 13,254 / 16: The repatriation of funds as a good deal for the criminal law" prepared by the lawyer Fabio Silva Lobosco, can be read in http://www.trigueirofontes.com.br site.
(I)	Ana Carolina F. de Melo Brito, partner in charge of civil and environmental areas, has been reappointed to the environmental commission of OAB-PE, for the next three years.
(II)	FábioPossidioEgashira, Ana Carolina F. de Melo Brito and Daniele CristianeFesta, civil reviewers participated in the VII civil processualist permanent forum in São Paulo / SP.