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10 Normative Acts

Altera dispositivos das Leis n. 9.782, de 26 de janeiro de 1999, que define o Sistema Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária e cria a Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, e n. 6.437, de 20 de agosto de 1977, que configura infrações à legislação sanitária federal e estabelece as sanções respectivas, e dá outras providências
Organ issuer: Executive Branch
Act scope: Federal / Brazil
Repeals Law 9782, of 26 of January of 1999  (parágrafo único do art. 5)
Changes Law 6437, of 20 of August of 1977  (artigos 2 e 10)
Changes Law 6360, of 23 of September of 1976  (artigos 3, 18 e 57)
Changes Law 9787, of 10 of February of 1999  (artigos 2, 3 e 7)
Includes Law 9782, of 26 of January of 1999  (artigos 41-A, 41-B e Anexo II)
Changes Law 9782, of 26 of January of 1999  (artigos 3, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 19, 23, 30 e 41)
Repeals Law 9782, of 26 of January of 1999  (incisos XI, XII e XIII do art. 7)
Repeals Law 9782, of 26 of January of 1999  (artigos 32 e 39)
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An Act to provide for the preparation and promotion of Standards in relation to commodities, services, processes and practices by the establishment and operation of a Bureau of Standards, to establish the Guyana National Bureau of Standards and the National Standards Council, to vest the management of the Bureau in the Council, to define the objects of the Bureau and the powers and functions of the Council and for matters incidental thereto
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