See the main points of the text of the PEC on Fuels approved by the Senate

The Federal Senate approved, this Thursday (30), the new version of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) on Fuels, which provides for the recognition of the state of emergency in 2022 in the country and a package of R$ 41.25 billion in aid.

Among the main points of the text is the creation of an aid of R$ 1 thousand to truck drivers and an aid still without a defined value to taxi drivers.

In addition, the project expands Auxílio Brasil to at least R$600 per month and the gas voucher to approximately R$120 every two months. These measures will be valid until December 31 of this year, according to the text.

The text also increases by R$ 500 million the budget for the Alimenta Brasil program, for the purchase of food from small producers and indigenous peoples, among others, by public bodies.

Check the main points of the text approved by the Senate

Proposal increases the Auxílio Brasil benefit by R$200 between August 1 and December 31, 2022. Therefore, the amount of the aid must increase from R$400 to R$600 in this period.

The estimated cost of the measure is around R$ 26 billion by the end of the year. The government’s intention is to use this amount to eliminate the current list of beneficiaries, estimated at almost 1.6 million families.

It also increases the value of the gas voucher so that the equivalent of a cylinder is paid every two months, which should allow the aid to reach around R$ 120. Officially, an amount corresponding to more than 50% of the average national reference price for a 13 kg bottle of cooking gas (liquefied petroleum gas). According to the rapporteur, 5.8 million families should benefit. The measure will be valid between July 1 and December 31, 2022. The estimated value of the measure is R$ 1.05 billion.

The proposal also grants assistance of R$ 2.5 billion until December 31, 2022 to help pay for the right to free access to the elderly in urban, semi-urban and metropolitan public transport provided for in the Elderly Statute. The amount will be transferred to the Union, states, the Federal District and municipalities.

For states that grant ICMS tax credits, tax on goods and products, the project provides aid in the total amount of R$ 3.8 billion to producers or distributors of hydrated ethanol in their territory, in an amount equivalent to the amount received.

The objective is to reduce the tax burden on the hydrous ethanol production chain, in order to maintain a competitive differential in relation to gasoline. The proposal allows that, until December 31, 2022, the rate of taxes levied on gasoline can be zeroed, provided that the rate of the same tax levied on hydrous ethanol is also zeroed. The aid will be given in five monthly installments of up to BRL 760 million each, from August to December 2022.

The PEC also creates an aid of R$ 1 thousand for autonomous cargo carriers that were registered in the National Registry of Road Cargo Transporters until May 31, 2022, which should reach truck drivers, mostly. The aid will be granted between July 1 and December 31, 2022, should serve around 870,000 beneficiaries and has an estimated impact of R$5.4 billion.

Another aid created was for registered professional taxi drivers, the value of which is yet to be defined. The total amount for this aid will be R$ 2 billion. The calculation of how much each taxi driver will receive and the amount of installments paid must be regulated by the Executive, considering the number of qualified beneficiaries.

The benefit will be granted between July 1 and December 31, 2022. To receive it, taxi drivers will need to present a document of permission to provide the service issued by the municipal or district government.

Finally, the text grants a budget supplement of R$ 500 million to the Alimenta Brasil Program.

*With information from Luciana Amaral, Gabrielle Varela and Larissa Rodrigues, from CNN, in Brasília