The Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA) filed a precautionary measure on Tuesday (13), in the Federal Supreme Court (STF), to request urgency in the trial of actions on minimum prices for road freight andsuspension of fines set by the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) for possible non-compliance with the table.
Last week, ANTT published a resolution fixing fines of up to R $ 10,500 for those who did not follow the floor to transport cargo. The CNA is against the tabulation, because it evaluates that the measure is unconstitutional and it hurts the principle of free competition. The Confederation filed an action on the matter in June and awaits the Court’s analysis. The rapporteur of the case is the minister Luiz Fux.
“If the tabulation was implemented without the participation of anyone, that is, in disagreement with the current legislation, we understand that there can be no fine. We want the urgency of the STF to analyze the issue because we can not be at the mercy of the ANTT by editing resolutions, “explains the head of Legal Counsel of CNA, Rudy Maia Ferraz.
According to the injunction filed by the Confederation, ANTT can not impose fines for any non-compliance with a binding price list based on “legislation that is not in force due to lack of regulation.”
“The lack of judicial provision in the present case has generated enormous losses to the national economy, especially to the agricultural sector,” says a section of the precautionary measure. The entity reinforces that the values of the fines were defined without the effective participation of the agricultural sector.
“The Brazilian population is also severely affected by the regulations issued by ANTT, all based on a flagrantly unconstitutional law, since, as already demonstrated in this ADI, the inflation of the food that compose the basic basket only rises, mainly affecting the families of low income, “concludes the CNA.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.