Pluxee Wins Injunction Halting Enforcement of Brazil’s Meal-Benefit Decree

Overview

• São Paulo’s 10th Federal Civil Court granted Pluxee a provisional order that suspends federal inspections and penalties tied to the new PAT framework.
• Ticket (Edenred) and VR obtained similar court protection last week, expanding the group of incumbents shielded from immediate enforcement.
• Judge Guilherme Markossian de Castro Nunes wrote that state control of fees and interference in private contracts may conflict with legality and economic freedom, creating insecurity for existing agreements.
• The injunctions are temporary and subject to appeal by the federal government, and the Labor Ministry said it will challenge the decision once formally notified.
• The November 2025 decree caps the merchant discount rate at 3.6%, limits interchange to 2%, shortens settlement to 15 days, bans extra charges, sets adaptation windows, and requires full network interoperability within a year.