Legal permit

Authorisation to Operate (AFE)

Authorisation to Operate (AFE) — legal permit, Brazil. It binds firms handling storage, distribution, manufacturing, import or export of medicines, pharmaceutical inputs, health products, cosmetics, personal-hygiene products, perfumes or sanitisers in Brazil.

Jurisdiction
Brazil
Record class
Legal permit
Last verified

Where this applies

This record is scoped to Brazil. Scope is part of the claim: a rule that binds one part of a country does not bind the whole of it, and this library states the scope its sources state.

Instrument

ANVISA regulations (RDC 16/2014, RDC 743/2022, RDC 266/2019)

Who it binds

Firms handling storage, distribution, manufacturing, import or export of medicines, pharmaceutical inputs, health products, cosmetics, personal-hygiene products, perfumes or sanitisers in Brazil

What it requires

ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) issues the Autorização de Funcionamento de Empresa (AFE), a precondition for operating in the health-regulated categories listed above.

Route to the authority

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"Authorisation to Operate (AFE)." Certifidex, FutureTechnologies. Last verified 21 August 2026. https://certifidex.com/countries/br/anvisa-afe

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