On August 19, the Chamber of Deputies' Committee on Traffic and Transport approved the favorable opinion on Bill 1530/15, which increases the rigor in combating the crime of smuggling. The project establishes three new mechanisms to curb smuggling:

• Suspension for five years of the driving license of anyone who is arrested driving a vehicle with contraband cargo.
• Suspension for five years of CNPJ of companies convicted of transporting, distributing, storing or selling contraband products.
• Cigarette and beverage outlets are required to affix a sign with the warning: “It is a crime to sell contraband cigarettes and drinks. Report it".

The project now goes to the Commission for Economic Development, Industry and Trade (CDEIC).

PL 1530/15 was one of the first initiatives of the Mixed Parliamentary Front to Combat Smuggling and Counterfeiting, instituted in May with the support of ETCO-Brazilian Institute of Competition Ethics. The project is authored by federal deputy Efraim Filho (DEM / PB), president of the Front.