Complementary Act No. 55 establishing that fishery industries must not pay taxes established for Prorural expenses. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Legislation Date 1987 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries Keyword Tax/levy Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Act shall enter into force within 60 days from the date of publication. Abstract This Complementary Act establishes that fishery industries must not pay taxes established for Prorural expenses (by article 18 of Decree-Law No. 221 of 28 February 1967). It consists of 5 articles establishing that fishery industries, regularly registered on the General Fishery Register shall not pay the taxes prescribed by the Work Law (Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho - CLT), by point I of article 15 of Complementary Act No. 11 of 25 May 1971, amended by Complementary Act No. 16, of 30 October 1973 and article 5 of Act No. 6.195 of 19 December 1974. Full text Portuguese Website www.bdtextual.senado.gov.br