Government establishes National Consumer Protection Council

The organ was originally created in 1985, during the presidency of José Sarney, and extinguished in 1990.

Decree 10.417/20 establishing the National Consumer Protection Council was published in the DOU on Wednesday, 8. The purpose is to advise the minister of Justice, André Mendonça, in the formulation and conduct of Consumer Protection Policy, and also to formulate and propose recommendations to the member bodies of the consumer protection system.

The norm establishes that the members of the council and their alternates will be appointed by the minister of Justice, after a public call, according to norms defined in the act, and will have a mandate of two years, allowed renewal.

In accordance with Article 6 of the norm, they will be invited to compose the council, without the right to vote:

I-a member of the State Prosecutor’s Office, appointed by the National Council of Attorneys General;

II-a member of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, appointed by the Attorney General of the Republic; and

III-a member of the Public Defender’s Office, appointed by the National College of Public Defenders General.

According to the decree, the council shall meet ordinarily at least four times a year in Brasilia, and extraordinarily at the request of its president or at the request of at least one quarter of its members.

See the full standard:

DECRETO-Nº-10.417-DE-7-DE-JULHO-DE-2020-DECRETO-Nº-10.417-DE-7-DE-JULHO-DE-2020-DOU-Imprensa-NacionalDownload