Law enacted guarantees minimum freight rates for cargo transportation.

A law sanctioned this Wednesday (5) guarantees the payment of the minimum freight rate to drivers in road freight transport. The text increases oversight of freight payments and combats the illegal trade of goods, says a note from "Agência Brasil". The law requires the presentation of the Transport Operation Identification Code (CIOT) before the truck begins its journey. According to the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT), the CIOT will guarantee that all freight contracts will pay the minimum rate. Otherwise, the code will not be issued and irregular freights will be blocked at the contracting stage. The code is linked to the Electronic Manifest of Tax Documents. According to ANTT, the monitoring of compliance with the new rules will be automatic and on a large scale. In this way, the CIOT is also a mechanism to combat the illegal trade of products without invoices. With the sanction by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the provisional measure issued in March becomes a permanent rule.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.