Foreign-incorporated engineering and agronomy companies are required to partner with a Brazilian company. The partnership must be based on a limited-term contract that specifies the service to be provided. Furthermore, it must demonstrate that the Brazilian company is able to acquire the know-how used in the process.
"Article 1 - A foreign legal entity providing services or carrying out an engineering, architecture or agronomy work may only exercise activity in the national territory, provided that it is consortiumd with a Brazilian legal entity, after registration with the Regional Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy, to whose jurisdiction the service or work belongs.
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Article 4 - Temporary registration of a foreign legal entity will only be carried out if the capacity of the Brazilian legal entity to assimilate technical experience ("Know how") is proven, in the judgment of the Regional Council, in the provision of the service or execution of the work to which the consortium aims.[...]" (CONFEA [Federal Coulcil of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy]Resolution No. 209 for the registration of foreign legal entities (1 September 1972), Articles 1 and 4, Repealed by CONFEA [Federal Coulcil of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy] Resolution No. 1.121 for the registration of legal entities in the Regional Councils of Engineering and Agronomy (13 December 2019) [google translation])
CONFEA [Federal Coulcil of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy] Resolution No. 209 for the registration of foreign legal entities (1 September 1972), Repealed by CONFEA Resolution No. 1.121 for the registration of legal entities in the Regional Councils of Engineering and Agronomy (13 December 2019)
[<a href="https://normativos.confea.org.br/Media/VersaoCompilada?p=257">Resolution</a>],[<a href="https://normativos.confea.org.br/Ementas/Visualizar?id=68720">Resolution</a>]