Packaging rule · Brazil · EPR
Reverse logistics recycling credit certificates (Decree 11.413/2023)
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) rule covering all packaging in Brazil, set by Presidency of the Republic. Applies since 14 April 2023.
The rule
Recorded from the official source named below. Rates and dates are as the source states them on the date it was consulted.
- Jurisdiction
- Brazil
- Authority
- Presidency of the Republic
- Rule type
- EPR
- Materials
- All packaging
- Status
- In force Enacted
- Adopted or published
- 13 February 2023
- Applies from
- 14 April 2023
From the source“Este Decreto entra em vigor em 14 de abril de 2023.”
Official source Planalto: Decreto nº 11.413, de 13 de fevereiro de 2023Official (government or regulator) · consulted 13 October 2026
Key dates
Adopted or published 3 years and 8 months ago
Applies from 3 years and 5 months ago
Source consulted by the SPI team today
Re-checked by a second SPI team member today
What it means
SPI analysis Our reading of the official source above. Not legal advice; always rely on the official text.
SPI summary
Creates the Reverse Logistics Recycling Credit Certificate, the Packaging Structuring and Recycling Certificate and the Future Mass Credit Certificate, used to demonstrate packaging reverse logistics compliance. Decree 12.451 of 6 May 2025 bars granting these certificates for operations related to importing solid waste.
In practice
Decree 11.413 gives companies with packaging reverse logistics obligations in Brazil three certificate types to demonstrate that their targets are met: recycling credits based on electronic invoices for material returned to production, certificates for investment in structuring projects, and future mass credits for upfront investment. Use is voluntary, but brand owners, importers, distributors and traders that rely on credits need to understand how management entities and verifiers issue and validate them. Since May 2025, certificates cannot be granted for operations related to imported solid waste.
Who is in scope
- Manufacturers, importers, distributors and traders with reverse logistics obligations (Arts. 7, 9, 10)
- Management entities that issue certificates and verifying entities accredited by the Ministry of the Environment (Arts. 23, 27 to 30)
- Waste pickers, cooperatives and associations whose electronic invoices underpin credits (Arts. 16 and 17)
Who is not
- Packaging classified as hazardous under Brazilian law or technical standards (Art. 5, VI)
- Operations related to importing solid waste, for which certificates may not be granted (Decree 12.451/2025, Art. 5)
What to do and by when
- NowCheck which sector agreement or regulation sets the company's reverse logistics target, since the decree sets no figures.
- NowReview how any credits bought are evidenced by invoices and validated by an accredited verifier.
- NowConfirm that credits do not derive from imported solid waste operations.
- 30 July each yearDiarise management entity reporting of prior-year results to the Ministry.
Related rules
- PR-CL-001 Packaging collection and recovery targets under Ley REP (DS 12/2020)
Chile's packaging EPR targets, a regional comparator. - PR-CO-001 Packaging EPR (Resolution 1407 of 2018)
Colombia's packaging EPR plans and targets. - PR-IN-001 EPR Guidelines for plastic packaging (PWM Rules Schedule II)
India's plastic packaging EPR also uses certificates traded via a central portal. - PR-PH-001 Extended Producer Responsibility Act of 2022 (RA 11898)
Philippines EPR requiring recovery of plastic packaging footprint.
Where the record is unclear
- The decree sets no numerical targets; targets come from sector regulations not reviewed here.
- The decree allowed 12 to 24 months for the SINIR manifest tool, extendable once; current status was not confirmed.
Sources for this note
- Planalto: Decreto no 11.413, de 13 de fevereiro de 2023 Consulted 13 October 2026
- Planalto: Decreto no 12.451, de 6 de maio de 2025 Consulted 13 October 2026
Note written by the SPI team on 13 October 2026.
Where it sits in the tracker
- One of 1 packaging rules we track in Brazil, of which 1 are EPR rules.
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Change history
Verified: a second SPI team member re-checked every fact above against the source on 13 October 2026. Any later change to the facts sends the rule back to Sourced and is logged here.
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