Law No. 7.767 amending Law No. 6.558 on the State Fund to Fight and Eradicate Poverty (FECOEP). Country/Territory Brazil Territorial subdivision Alagoas Document type Legislation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Special fund Research Farming Financial agricultural measures Poverty Agricultural development 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 1 January 2016. Abstract This Decree amends articles 2 and 3 of Law No. 6.558 on the State Fund to Fight and Eradicate Poverty (FECOEP). Amendments Income from the State Fund to Combat and Eradicate Poverty (FECOEP): the portion of the proceeds from the collection corresponding to the additional 2% of the Tax on operations related to the Circulation of Goods and on Interstate and Inter-municipal Transportation Services and Communication (ICMS) or of the tax that comes to replace it on the telecommunications. The additional 2% on ICMS, provided for in item I of art. 2, in compliance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of article 1, shall remain in force as long as the social need for the application of the State Fund to Combat and Eradicate Poverty (FECOEP) remains in force. Full text Portuguese Website www.al.al.leg.br References - Legislation Amends Law No. 6.558 creating the State Fund to Fight and Eradicate Poverty (FECOEP). Legislation | Brazil | 2004 Keyword: Special fund, Research, Farming, Financial agricultural measures, Poverty, Agricultural development Source: FAO, FAOLEX