Can someone from Brazil confirm this rough Google translation of the recent judicial decision that held Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) is not subject to FOIA because of banking secrecy laws.
Lalanath ========================= The Federal Court in Brasilia said, a decision is still provisional, the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) is not directly subject to the Access to Information Act - so would not be required to disclose all data on granting loans to companies and public entities. The judge of the 20th Federal Court of Brasilia, Adverci Rates Mendes de Abreu, denied a request for an injunction in action the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) for the BNDES disclose, within 60 days, information about all transactions with public money made in recent ten years and going forward. For the judge, how these transactions affect bank customers, the effects of the publication would be "irreversible." "In the face of the subject matter, which involves bank secrecy and business of parties not part of the deal, it must be the rejection of anticipatory measure," says the decision. In the civil action, the Attorney General's Office in the Federal District indicates a lack of transparency in the operations of the BNDES and asks the following explanations: shape and condition of obtaining the funds, criteria for defining where the money is invested, risk, terms, interest rates charged, warranties and payoff. BNDES claims that the data are confidential because they affect the financial situation of private, protected by bank secrecy. Already MPF says that confidentiality does not apply when there is public money involved. The MP accuses the bank violate the Access to Information Act (Act 12.527/2011) and the principles of transparency, efficiency and morality under the Constitution. In denying the injunction, the judge Adverci Abreu says that "the case is not subject directly" to the Law on Access to Information, since BNDES "is a federal public company, with private legal personality and its own patrimony" . According to her, the bank's activities are protected by a caveat Decree 7.724/2012, which guarantees the confidentiality of data "to the business activity of individuals or legal entities of private law (...) whose disclosure would represent a competitive advantage other economic agents. " The merits of the case, however, has not been reviewed. The BNDES said in a statement that the value "has a policy of providing as much information as possible about its activities and operations, while respecting the legal limits." Begin forwarded message: From: Alcides Faria <alcid...@riosvivos.org.br<mailto:alcid...@riosvivos.org.br>> Subject: Re: Lei de Acesso e BNDES Date: 29 May 2013 11:39:36 GMT-03:00 To: <bndes_na_m...@googlegroups.com<mailto:bndes_na_m...@googlegroups.com>> Reply-To: <bndes_na_m...@googlegroups.com<mailto:bndes_na_m...@googlegroups.com>> http://www.rbvnews.com.br/news/juridica/82686-justica-limita-uso-de-lei-acesso-no-bndes.html ====================== Alcides Faria Ecoa - Diretor Institucional ecoa.riosvivos.org.br<http://ecoa.riosvivos.org.br/> +556733243230 --------------------------------------- Blog - AlcidesFaria http://alfaria.blogspot.com.br/ ======================= Em 29/05/2013, às 10:25, Cesar Gamboa escreveu: Cesar Gamboa Director Ejecutivo Derecho Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar ________________________________ From: Carlos Aguilar <cagui...@oxfam.org.br<mailto:cagui...@oxfam.org.br>> Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:05:17 +0100 To: Rafael Georges<rgeor...@oxfam.org.br<mailto:rgeor...@oxfam.org.br>>; Muriel Saragoussi<msaragou...@oxfam.org.br<mailto:msaragou...@oxfam.org.br>>; RICARDO VERDUM<rver...@gmail.com<mailto:rver...@gmail.com>>; <fme...@fase.org.br<mailto:fme...@fase.org.br>> Cc: Simon Ticehurst<sticehu...@oxfam.org.br<mailto:sticehu...@oxfam.org.br>>; <mel...@ibase.br<mailto:mel...@ibase.br>>; <mo...@ibase.br<mailto:mo...@ibase.br>>; <rocioav...@oxfamamerica.org<mailto:rocioav...@oxfamamerica.org>>; C. 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