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Cartel rulings expected to decrease in Brazil due to suspension of deadlines for defendants during pandemic, CADE head says

By Ana Paula Candil and Flavia Fortes ( June 29, 2020, 19:46 GMT | Insight) -- Cartel rulings are expected to decrease in the following months due to a presidential provisional measure published in March that suspended, for a “disproportionately” long time, deadlines for defendants during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, the competition authority's president, Alexandre Barreto, told MLex. Barreto said his agency is in touch with lawmakers to “exclude” the competition law from the text of the provisional measure, which has been in force since March but must be voted on by Congress by Aug. 5 to become permanent.Cartel rulings are expected to decrease in the following months due to a presidential provisional measure published in March that suspended, for a “disproportionately” long time, deadlines for defendants during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, the competition authority's president, Alexandre Barreto, told MLex....

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