Law No. 4.046 on the concept and application of traceability of primary products originating from mineral extraction. Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Tocantins Document type Legislation Date 2022 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Access-to-information Management/conservation Minerals Monitoring Traceability/product tracing Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Law establishes the concept and application of traceability of primary products originating from mineral extraction. The traceability aims to guarantee the monitoring of information regarding the phases that make up the mineral extraction chain, allowing the products originating from the mineral extraction, carried out by mining companies duly registered with the competent bodies. The primary objective of traceability is to ensure and control mining activities in the State and guarantee the regular exploitation of mineral resources. Economic agents in the mineral extraction chain are responsible for the maintenance, for five years, of the tax documents for the extraction, movement and commercialization of the products originating from the exploration of the ores which have authorization for economic exploitation. The controls must be implemented within a period of up to one year from the date of regulation of this Law, and the regulatory norm must, whenever possible, establish procedures that do not burden the extractor in terms of administrative formalities. Full text Portuguese Website servicos.casacivil.to.gov.br