Unofficial translation.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the exercise of the powers conferred by art. 84, head, item IV, of the Constitution, and
Whereas the Federative Republic of Brazil signed the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Kumamoto on October 10, 2013; Whereas the National Congress approved the Convention through Legislative Decree No. 99, on July 6, 2017; and
Whereas the Brazilian Government deposited the instrument of ratification of the Convention with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on August 8, 2017, and the Convention entered into force for the Federative Republic of Brazil, at the international level, on November 8, 2017, in accordance with its article 31;
DECREES:
Art. 1 The Minamata Convention on Mercury, signed in Kumamoto on October 10, 2013, annexed to this Decree, is hereby promulgated.
Art. 2 Acts that may result in a revision of the Convention and supplementary arrangements that entail burdens or commitments onerous to the national assets are subject to the approval of the National Congress, under item I of the head of art. 49 of the Constitution.
Art. 3 This Decree enters into force on the date of its publication.
Brasília, August 14, 2018; 197th year of Independence and 130th year of the Republic.
MICHEL TEMER
Aloysio Nunes Ferreira Filho