Chamber Approves Frete MP With Mandatory CIOT, R$5,000 Floor and Amnesty for 2022 Fines

Overview

• The Chamber of Deputies approved the Medida Provisória 1.343/2026 on Wednesday, June 17, and sent the relator’s text to the Senate for final approval before the MP’s July 16 expiry.
• The approved text makes CIOT registration mandatory for every road‑freight operation and mandates a R$5,000 monthly floor for long‑distance professional drivers.
• ANTT gains stronger enforcement powers under the bill, with graduated sanctions that keep suspension and cancellation of RNTRC for repeat offenders while removing the fixed R$10 million fine and replacing it with penalties tied to the shortfall from the regulated freight.
• Relator Zé Trovão inserted an amnesty that annuls fines applied for the 2022 road blockades, including amounts already in debt active, but the final text does not suspend ongoing judicial cases as an earlier draft had proposed.
• Lawmakers cut controversial provisions in last‑minute deals to avoid caducity, a move that preserved the MP’s core rules but left a political fight over the amnesty and possible industry pushback if the Senate does not act in time.