FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL(Framework)Act No. 6.938,August 31 1981This Act regulates the National Environmental Policy, its aims, formulation and enforcement mechanisms and other provisions.The President of the RepublicI announce that the National Congress decrees and I sanction the following Act:Article 1. This Act, based on article 8, no 17, paragraphs c), h) and i) of the Federal Constitution, establishes the National Environmental Policy, its aims, formulation and enforcement mechanisms; the National Environmental System; the National Environmental Council and the Federal Technical Register of the Activities and Instruments of Environmental Protection.The National Environmental PolicyArticle 2. The National Environmental Policy has the aim of preserving, improving and recovering the environmental quality conducive of a healthy life, with a view to ensuring socio-economic development, the interests of national security and the protection of human life, according to the following prin...