Useful links
Resources
Legislation, official guidance, and public tools used day to day in finance, governance, and compliance. All links point to official Brazilian federal government websites, open in a new tab, and are in Portuguese.
Links last checked in October 2026.
Brazilian legislation
Planalto · Law
Law No. 12,846/2013, Brazil Clean Company Act
Administrative and civil liability of legal entities for wrongful acts against domestic or foreign public administration.
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Planalto · Decree
Decree No. 11,129/2022
Implementing regulation of the Clean Company Act, including the criteria for evaluating compliance programs.
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Planalto · Law
Law No. 14,133/2021, Public Procurement and Contracts Law
Brazil’s public procurement law, which requires a compliance program for large-scale public contracts.
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Planalto · Decree
Decree No. 12,304/2024
Criteria and evaluation of compliance programs in large-scale contracts, bid tie-breaks, and the rehabilitation of bidders.
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Planalto · Law
Law No. 13,709/2018, General Data Protection Law (LGPD)
Rules for the processing of personal data in Brazil.
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Planalto · Law
Law No. 9,613/1998, Anti-Money Laundering Law
Money laundering offenses, prevention of the misuse of the financial system, and the creation of COAF, Brazil’s financial intelligence unit.
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Guidance from the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU)
CGU · Guide
Integrity Program: Guidelines for Private Companies (2015)
CGU’s original guide to structuring a compliance program.
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CGU · Guide (PDF)
Integrity Program: Guidelines for Private Companies, Vol. II (2024)
The updated guide, aligned with recent legislation and current market practice.
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CGU · Ordinance
SE/CGU Normative Ordinance No. 226/2025
Minimum criteria and evaluation of compliance programs in public procurement (official CGU announcement).
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CGU · Program
Pró-Ética Company Program
Voluntary CGU assessment and public recognition of corporate compliance programs.
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Transparency Portal · Search
Federal sanctions registries
Search the CEIS, CNEP, CEPIM, and CEAF registries and leniency agreements, useful for third-party due diligence.
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Financial data (Central Bank of Brazil)
Central Bank · Tool
Citizen’s Calculator (Calculadora do Cidadão)
Fixed-payment loan simulations, plus calculators for savings and inflation adjustment.
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Central Bank · Report
Focus Market Readout (Relatório Focus)
Weekly survey of market expectations for inflation, GDP, the exchange rate, and the Selic policy rate.
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Central Bank · Data
Foreign exchange rates
Exchange rates, including the PTAX reference rate, with historical quotes.
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