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    How to understand LEGAL ASPECTS on doing INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESS in Brazil

    American Chamber o Commerce or Brazil AMCHAMInternational Aairs Department

    Brazil, 2010

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    INFRASTRUCTURE

    ACKNOWL

    EDGMENTS

    The timi coud ot be moe aoabe to auch How to understand legal aspects on

    doing inrastructure business in Brazil: a isi ecoom, iestos om a oe thewod comi to Bazi ad seea aoucemets o ew iastuctue wos so

    ecessa to esue Bazis sustaiabe o-tem owth. I act, the cout ies a

    upecedeted momet o its deeopmet. Suouded b hue iestmet pomises

    such as the pe-sat oi ae, the 2014 Wod Cup ad the 2016 Ompics, Bazi attacts

    the wods attetio to itse. But the hihe the moutai, the hade its cimbi. This

    is wh it is a eat peasue to et toethe with the Ameica Chambe o Commece o

    this etue. Thee ae so ma impotat questios to be appoached, so ma paesto wo with ad seea chaees to be oecome. Ad this is ou pupose o oei

    to ou this oume: to mae the wa a itte smoothe ad to eede bette busiess

    oppotuities o the iastuctue eated ieds.

    Gabriel Rico, Executie Diecto AMCHAM Bazi

    Antonio Corra Meyer, Pate Machado, Mee, Sedacz e Opice Adoados

    The Ameica Chambe o Commece o Bazi, bei the aest Amcham outside the

    Uited States is costat sei its membes b buidi bides o Baziia busiesses

    wodwide. Ou oei iestmet attactio eots hae aso bee a e eadi poit o

    Amcham. The How To Seies is pat o this iitiatie; with the suppot o some o ou copo-

    ate membes we ae putti toethe stateic iomatio o the most aious aspects o

    doi busiess i Bazi. Oe the ast ea the Baziia ecoom has cea demostated

    a outstadi ecoomic peomace. The couts busiess eiomet as we as o-

    ei iestmet umbes ae aso e positie. The Iteatioa Moeta Fud estimates

    that cisis apat; the Baziia ecoom shoud ow o a 3.5% basis. It is ow moe tha

    ee, a stateic time o busiesses oppotuities i Bazi, we wecome ou ad hope that

    the iomatio ou ae about to ead sees ou best.

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    INFRASTRUCTURE

    CONTENTS

    OvErvIEW .......................................................................................................................6

    rEgUlATOry FrAMEWOrkS .........................................................................................7

    PrIvATE InvESTMEnT AnD PUBlIC InCEnTIvES PUBlIC-PrIvATE PArTnErSHIPS ..23

    InFrASTrUCTUrE FInAnCIng ....................................................................................25

    WOrlD CUP AnD THE OlyMPIC gAMES ....................................................................31

    ABOUT OUr SPOnSOr ................................................................................................35

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    OVERVIEW

    Bazi is cuet expeieci a majo eap i the

    iastuctue busiess sice the 1970s. I 2009, US$

    64 biio wee iested i iastuctue pojects o-

    cated i dieet aeas o the cout ad this umbe

    is oesee to doube b 2011. Withi the ext 10

    eas, tota iestmets i the iastuctue secto ae

    expected to each the expessie amout o US$ 1 ti-io1 ad Bazi ma become the outh biest co-

    stuctio site i the wod. The histoica shotae o

    iastuctue iestmets i Bazi oe the ast eas

    is i couse o chae. Piate capita is moe tha

    wecome. It is ecessa.

    The ee secto is deemed to be oe o the most

    adaced i Bazi ad is cuet dawi a ot o

    attetio sice its deeopmet is essetia to suppot

    ecoomic owth. Athouh the secto has aead

    eceied majo pubic ad piate iestmets oe

    the ast eas, thee ae oppotuities o uthe poj-

    ects, especia those eated to the cea ee i-

    dust, such as ethao, wid powe pojects ad e-ewabe ee souces i eea.

    The taspotatio secto is aso o the top o the ist o

    Baziia oemeta pioities. new pots, oad ad

    1 Accodi to lCA Cosutoia, as made aaiabe i re-

    ista Exame no. 966, Editoa Abi, dated Api 21, 2010,pae 27.

    aioads ae bei pojected ad buit to ehace

    Baziia oistics aciities, icudi the ambitious

    poject o the costuctio o a hih speed tai

    which sha coect two o the aest cities i the

    cout (rio de Jaeio ad So Pauo). These iest-

    mets ae hih impotat, but the ae o the be-

    ii whe compaed to Bazis eed ad pote-

    tia o iastuctue.

    Futhemoe, the saitatio ad aipot sectos i Ba-

    zi ae i die eed o deeopmet, as the ae e

    much behid schedue i compaiso with itea-

    tioa stadads ad othe iastuctue sectos.

    The Baziia oemet has aso tae a stad to

    pomote owth ad deeopmet thouh iest-

    met ad ecoomic poicies bouht b its gowth

    Acceeatio Poam (Programa de Acelerao do

    Crescimento PAC). This iitiatie is expected to

    cosideab icease the umbe o pubic coces-

    sios ad pubic-piate pateships (PPP) ad,theeoe, aow the paticipatio o oei ad a-

    tioa piate paes i a ae ae o eeat i-

    astuctue pojects.

    The 2014 FIFA Wod Cup ad the 2016 Ompic

    games aso bi oppotuities o iesti i the

    iastuctue busiess. These eets peset a eat

    chaee as we as a uique oppotuit o

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    INFRASTRUCTURE 7

    REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS

    impoi the eea iastuctue aciities i the

    mai cities, icudi stadiums, hotes ad sub-

    was. The Baziia natioa Deeopmet Ba

    (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento - BnDES)

    is expected to be oe o the mai aci souces

    o the Wod Cup.

    Ou aasis ecompasses the oowi sectos: (i)

    Eectic Ee; (ii) Hihwas; (iii) Pots; (i) Mii;

    () Aiatio; (i) Oi ad gas; (ii) Maitime law; ad

    (iii) Pubic-Piate Pateships. We hae aso i-

    cuded a ew exta topics o Iastuctue Fiaci,

    the Wod Cup ad the Ompic games.

    Electric Energy Industry

    The Baziia powe idust icudes the actiities o

    eeatio, tasmissio distibutio, ad tadi o

    ee. The eectic powe idust is cuet eu-

    ated b law no. 10,848/04. The mai aspects ito-

    duced b this law wee the ceatio o two powe

    tadi eiomets: (i) a euated cotacti ma-

    et, ad (ii) a ee cotacti maet; the itoduc-

    tio o estictios o distibutio compaies actii-

    ties to esue that the opeate excusie i pubic

    utiit distibutio seices; the equiemet that dis-

    tibutio compaies puchase eecticit thouh o

    tem eiabe cotacts suciet to meet 100% o

    thei demads.

    AgenciesAndgovernmentAl Authorities

    The Baziia eecticit amewo cotempates the

    oowi oemeta bodies ad aecies: (a) the

    Miist o Mies ad Ee (Ministrio de Minas e

    Energia - MME), which acts o beha o the Bazi-

    ia oemet ad sets oth the mai poicies ad

    euatios o the eecticit idust; (b) the Bazi-

    ia Eecticit reuato Aec (Agncia Nacional

    de Energia Eltrica - AnEEl) that is esposibe o

    the euatio o the Baziia eectic secto, the im-

    positio o peaties ad the issuace o the eua-

    to amewo ude MMEs poicies; (c) the natio-

    a Powe Sstem Opeato (Operador Nacional do

    Sistema - OnS), that is esposibe o the coodi-

    atio ad opeatio o the Baziia itecoected

    tasmissio id, the whoe tasmissio ad e-

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    eatio cetaized dispatch; ad (d) the Whoesae

    Ee Commeciaizatio Chambe (Cmara de Co-

    mercializao de Energia Eltrica - CCEE) that is

    esposibe o (i) eistei the eeat data eated

    to a powe puchase aeemets; (ii) accouti o

    ad oaizi the saes o eecticit i the spot

    maet; (iii) cai out eectic powe auctios ithe euated cotacti maet, ad (i) imposi

    peaties o the ac o phsica o cotactua ua-

    atees i compiace with eecticit sae obiatios

    ude AnEEls ues.

    Power industry Activities regulAtedAnd Free contrActing mArkets

    The puchases ad saes o eecticit ae caied out

    i two dieet maet semets: (i) the euated

    cotacti maet, whee distibutio compaies

    ae obied to acquie the eecticit equied to meet

    100% o the expected demad o the oowi 5

    eas i thei cocessio aeas thouh pubic auc-tios; ad (ii) the ee cotacti maet, a ee dea-

    i eiomet whee eeatos tade thei outputs

    with sees ad ee cosumes.

    regulAted contrActing mArket

    I the euated cotacti maet, distibutio com-

    paies puchase powe to meet thei pojected supp

    eeds o distibutio to thei captie cosumes, as

    the distibutio compaies ca puchase powe om

    eeatos i auctios coodiated b AnEEl ad de-poed b CCEE. Aso, the powe puchases ae ee-

    a caied out ude two tpes o biatea cotacts:

    (i) output cotacts, used b hdoeectic pats ad

    (ii) capacit cotacts, used b themoeectic powe

    pats (icudi co-eeatio uits).

    The euated cotacti maet uideies dee

    how distibutio compaies must comp with the

    obiatio to meet a maet demads, i paticua

    thouh powe auctios. The MME is esposibe o

    dei the oume o eecticit to be puchased i

    the euated cotacti maet, as we as a ist o

    the eeatio pojects authoized to paticipate i

    the auctios i each ea.

    Power Auctionsunderthe regulAtedcontrActing environment

    Thee ae eea six tpes o auctios (i) A-3 (to co-

    tact powe output o capacit to be deieed 3 eas

    ahead o the auctio ea); (ii) A-5 (to cotact powe

    output o capacit to be deieed 5 eas ahead o the

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    auctio ea); (iii) eewabe souces auctios (auc-

    tios caied out to cotact powe eeated excu-

    sie om ateatie souces o powe); (i) esee

    ee auctios; () A-1(to cotact powe output o

    capacit to be deieed 1 ea ahead the auctio

    ea); ad (i) adjustmet auctios.

    recet, the Fedea goemet is ati bee-

    ts ad iceties to stimuate the deeopmet o

    ateatie eecticit souces, such as wid ad bio-

    mass pojects ad Sma Hdoeectic Pojects -

    SHP2, i ode to diesi the atioa ee matix

    ad assue the aua cosumptio demad i Ba-

    zi. I additio to that, MME is cotiua pomot-

    i auctios o the cotacti o ee poduced

    om eewabe souces.

    energy regulAtory chArges

    Thee ae dieet chaes appicabe to the distibu-

    tio, tasmissio ad eeatio actiities, such as

    the (i) goba reesa resee - rgr, (ii) Pamet o

    the Use o Pubic Assets, (iii) Fue Cosumptio Ac-

    cout, (i) Eecticit Utiit Seices Ispectio Fee,

    2 Accodi to the AnEEls resoutio 652, dated De-

    cembe, 2003, SHP sha be deed as a hdo eeati

    uit, meat o idepedet poductio o se-poductio,

    with tota potec betwee 1,000 W to 30,000 W ad

    eseoi aea ot bie tha 3 km (squae iomete).

    () reseach ad Deeopmet ees (r&D) ad (i)

    Tais ad Chaes o the Use o Distibutio ad

    Tasmissio Sstems.

    B meas o those chaes the hodes o coces-

    sios, icesees ad authoizatios ae equied to

    mae moth cotibutios to suppot ad po-

    mote (i) the competitieess i the powe poduced

    om ateatie souces; (ii) the uiesa supp o

    eecticit seices; ad (iii) diesicatio o tech-

    oo, amo othes.

    Highway Concessions

    FederAl highwAy concessions

    The Baziia hihwa cocessios poam stated

    i the mid ieties, ate the eactmet o law no.

    8,666/93, which sets oth the eea ues o the

    biddi pocesses ad eaemets betwee pubic

    admiistatio ad piate iitiatie ad law 8,987/95which oes cocessios o pubic seices.

    Based o these aws, dui 1993 ad 1994, the Fed-

    ea goemet, epeseted b the natioa road-

    wa Depatmet (Departamento Nacional de Estra-

    das e Rodagem DnEr), cuet epaced bthe

    natioa Taspotatio Iastuctue Depatmet

    (Departamento Nacional de Inra-Estrutura de Trans-

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    portes DnIT), caied out a pubic bid cosisti o

    ou edea hihwas ad oe bide, icudi rio-

    nitei Bide ad the Pesidete Duta Hihwa, which

    coects the cities o So Pauo ad rio de Jaeio.

    Foowi these iitia steps, law no. 9,277/96 au-

    thoized the Fedea goemet to deeate, b

    meas o a cocessio aeemet, the maaemet

    ad opeatio o othe Fedea hihwas to the States,

    Muicipaities ad to the Fedea Distict.

    resPonsible FederAl AgenciesAnd governmentAl Authorities

    I this cotext, law no. 10,233/01 iitiated the po-

    cess o impoi the Baziia taspotatio ss-

    tem, b ceati the oowi euato authoities:

    (A) the natioa Taspotatio Poicies Iteatio

    Couci (Conselho Nacional de Integrao de Polti-

    cas de Transporte COnIT), a pubic etit e-

    sposibe o estabishi the atioa iteatio o

    the dieet oms o taspotatio o peope ad

    oods i accodace with (i) atioa, oca ad u-

    ba deeopmet poicies; (ii) ues eated to ei-

    omet ad saet o popuatio; ad (iii) uide-

    ies o phsica iteatio ad othes eatues

    eati the hihwas sstems; (B) the natioa

    goud Taspotatio Aec (Agncia Nacional

    dos Transportes Terrestres AnTT), a edea eu-

    ato aec esposibe, o the impemetatio o

    COnIT poicies, with authoit to euate ad su-

    peise the edei o hihwa taspotatio se-

    ices, as we as to execute ad maae the coces-

    sio cotacts withi its aea o peomace; ad

    (C) DnIT, a Fedea euato aec esposibe

    o supeisi the opeatio, maiteace, estoa-tio o epacemet, capacit coomit ad ex-

    pasio o the oad sstem b meas o buidi

    ew was ad temias.

    stAte highwAy concessions

    Withi each membe State, euato aecies weeceated i ode to euate ad supeise the co-

    cessios subject to the juisdictio o the States; those

    cocessios basica ioed hihwas buit to

    coect poits o iteest withi a State, but excud-

    i Itestate hihwas, sice these ae ude the ju-

    isdictio o the Fedea goemet, but ote that

    some Fedea hihwas hae bee deeated to theStates, which ma the at cocessios o thei

    opeatio to piate paties.

    As peious metioed, with the eactmet o law

    no. 9,277/96, the States eceied authoizatio om

    the Fedea goemet to at ad supeise spe-

    cic amets o Fedea hihwas ocated withi

    the State to the piate iitiatie.

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    stAte Agencies

    I rio de Jaeio, the oemet ceated theAgn-

    cia Reguladora de Servios Pblicos concedidos do

    Estado do Rio de Janeiro ASEP/rJ, i 1997. I

    2002, the goemet o So Pauo ceated the

    Agncia Reguladora de Servios Pblicos Delegadosde Transporte do Estado de So Paulo ArTESP.

    ArTESP is a euato aec esposibe o the

    euatio ad supeisio o pubic taspotatio

    seices peomed b piate etities, withi the

    scope o the Taspotatio State Seceta (Secretaria

    de Estado dos Transportes). This Seceta is espo-

    sibe o the coodiatio o the States meas o

    taspotatio ad o the oaizatio ad opeatio

    o the taspotatio sstems owed b the State.

    To date, aious States, icudi Bahia, Peam-

    buco, Espito Sato, Mias geais, Paa ad

    So Pauo hae hihwas opeated ad maitaied

    b piate etities. The cocessios ae euated

    i each State b the espectie taspotatio de-

    patmet o euato aec.

    municiPAl highwAy concessions

    Muicipa hihwa cocessios ae eea moe

    imited tha those cocessios which ae compised

    b the Fedea ad State cocessio poams, oce

    the ae esticted to amets ocated withi the

    sphee o the Muicipait.

    neetheess, Muicipa oemets ma aso

    choose to piatize thei hihwas (e. liha Amaea

    i the Cit o rio de Jaeio). The Muicipait is, i

    this case, esposibe o the oaizatio ad coo-

    diatio o the biddi pocedue, besides tai a

    ecessa measues o its impemetatio ad o-

    maizatio, without ioi the AnTT o the ae-

    c o the espectie State.

    PortsUp to the ea ieties, pots i Bazi wee opeated

    b the Fedea goemet, thouh its oemet-

    cotoed etit, Potobs Empesa Basieia de Po-

    tos S.A., ad its subsidia, the so-caed Companhias

    Docas, ceated to be i chae o cocetati ad

    cai out a pot actiities i Bazi, as a oe-

    meta moopo.

    As a esut o a cisis expeieced i the eihties, o-

    emeta moopoies oe iastuctue actiities,

    icudi i the pot secto, had to be adua eased

    so that the piate secto coud cotibute with the

    equied iestmets. I the pot idust, the um-

    be o piate pots adua iceased, o oe

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    mee associated with the eed o specic iastuc-

    tue but aso due to the iabiit o the oemet to

    poide adequate pot capacit ad seices.

    leAse AgreementsAnd AuthorizAtions

    I ode to euate this ew eait ad to attact

    uthe piate iestmets ude a moe suitabe

    ad stabe ea amewo, law no. 8,630/93 was

    eacted, assui to a piate pat the iht to

    costuct, eom, expad, impoe, ease ad ope-

    ate pot temias, b meas o: (i) ease aeemets

    (Contrato de Arrendamento), to be eteed ito with

    the Fedea goemet o with a oemet-ap-

    poited cocessioaie, ate a madato pubic

    biddi pocedue, whe the pot temia is ocated

    withi a oaized pot aea; o (ii) a authoizatio

    om the competet authoit cuet the natioa

    Wate Taspotatio Aec (Agncia Nacional de

    Transportes Aquavirios) AnTAQ, with espect to

    piate temias ocated outside the oaized pot

    aea o withi the oaized pot aea, that is the pot

    temia aea, to the extet that the iteested pat

    hods ea ihts to use the eeat ad.

    PrivAte terminAls

    law no. 8,630 made the distictio betwee ex-

    cusie-use piate temias (terminais privativos

    de uso exclusivo) iteded o o hadi o

    cao owed b the opeato itse ad mixed-use

    piate temias (terminais privativos de uso misto)

    iteded o hadi o thid pat cao as we

    as ow cao.

    regulAtory Agency

    law no. 10,233, o 2001, ceated AnTAQ ad set

    oth a ew ea amewo o taspotatio actii-

    ties i Bazi, itoduci cetai adjustmets spe-

    cica appicabe to the pot secto, as euated b

    law no. 8,630, which oetheess emaied i u

    oce, subject to the specic adjustmets impemet-

    ed b law no. 10,233.

    To euate ad detai the equiemets o ati o

    a piate temia authoizatio (o both excusie-usead mixed-use temias), AnTAQ eacted resoutio

    no. 517, o Octobe 18, 2005, which was epaced b

    AnTAQ resoutio no. 1,660, o Api 8, 2010.

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    decree no. 6,620 And AntAQresolution no. 1,660

    As a esut o ew poicies, ude Decee no. 6,620,

    authoizatios o the expoitatio o mixed-use pi-

    ate temias became moe imited, due to estic-

    tios imposed to the hadi o thid pat cao,

    which ma o be haded b the authoizatio hod-

    e as a subsidia ad occasioa actiit. Additioa,

    the thid pat cao must be o the same atue ad

    hae the same moi ad stoae chaacteistics o

    the authoizatio hodes ow cao.

    new issued AnTAQ resoutio no. 1,660 aso

    poides o moe stiet citeia o ow caoequiemets.

    Mining

    A miea esouces ocated i the atioa teito

    costitute oweship detached om the suace ad

    beo to the Baziia Uio, accodi to the Bazi-ia Costitutio. Mii compaies icopoated u-

    de Baziia aw, headquateed ad maaed i Ba-

    zi ma etai the oweship o cetai miea

    poducts esuti om thei eots towads poduc-

    tio o miea esouces ate bei du authoized

    b the esposibe authoities. A paticipatio i the

    esuts o the mii actiities is aso coeed to thesuace aeas adowe o possesso.

    governmentAl Authorities

    The esposibe authoities etited b aw to ue o

    mii specic mattes ae (i) the Miist o Mies

    ad Ee (Ministrio de Minas e Energia - MME),

    which is esposibe o coodiati ad omuat-

    i the Baziia pubic poicies with espect to mi-

    ea esouces ad ee poductio ad (ii) the

    natioa Depatmet o Miea Poductio (Depar-

    tamento Nacional de Produo Mineral- DnPM),

    a etit empoweed to oow-up, aaze ad dis-

    semiate the peomace o the Baziia ad ite-

    atioa miea ecoom, amo othe actios ac-

    codi to the mii eisatio.

    The Baziia Mii Code (Decee-law no. 227/67,

    as ameded) sets out the ea amewo appicabe

    o expoitatio ad tade o miea esouces. Pes-

    et, mii actiities ma o be caied out ate

    obtaii due MME/DnPMs appoa (e.. explora-

    tion permit, mining concession, licensing3, mine

    3In the licensing regime, it is possible to perorm mining

    activities o specifc minerals, upon registry and licensing

    beore DNPM, without the previous perormance o ex-

    ploitation/research works in the area. These specifc min-

    erals (such as sand or civil construction and clay, among

    others) may also be exploited by the standard regime omining concession.

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    maniest4, as appicabe)5.

    exPlorAtion PermitAnd mining concessions

    The DnPM ats a exploration permit (o wo e-

    ated to the deitio o the esouces, eauatio

    ad detemiatio o the poductio easibiit) to a

    iteested pat o a maximum peiod o 3 eas,

    eewabe o 1 to 3 eas upo due justicatio.

    Upo competio o the eooica expoatio

    wos at the site, the iteested pat sha submit a

    4 The mine maniest is a tite that epesets domai oe the

    actua mie ad ot o oe the mii iht. The mine

    maniest is a eime set oth b the eisatio that peceded

    the Baziia Mii Code. As a esut, mies ated ude

    a mine maniest regime ae subject to a sca ad tax e-

    isatio as the mii cocessio but ot to the peat o

    oeitue, appicabe to mii cocessios o. As a ea

    estate popet, a mie ude the mie maiest eime ma

    be sod, motaed, eased o taseed ude the tems othe Baziia Cii Code o 2002.

    5 It is impotat to poit out the dieeces omining rights

    and mining titles: (i) mining right is ee iht eated to

    expoitatio, mii easemets ad ee iht eisteed

    with the DnPM; ad (ii) mining title is the istumet at-

    ed b the competet authoit du pubished i the O-

    cia gazette i ode to pemit the expoitatio o a cetai

    aea, such as mii cocessios, expoatio pemits ad

    mie maiests.

    a expoatio epot to the DnPMs eauatio

    ad appoa. Shoud the appoed eooica ex-

    poatio epot eea the existece o ecoomica

    expoitabe miea deposits, the iteested pat

    sha hae 1 ea, as om the DnPMs appoa, to

    equie a mining concession.

    The eeat mining concession request sha be sup-

    poted b a economic exploitation plan (Plano de

    Aproveitamento Econmico PAE), a documet

    iomi the DnPM how the pat iteds to ex-

    poit the mie. The PAE sha be subject to the

    DnPMs eiew ad appoa. Oce the mining con-

    cession is ated, its titehode sha hae the iht

    to expoit the mie i accodace with the PAE. The

    titehode sha uthe issue a ea expoitatio e-

    pot (Relatrio Anual de Lavra) b Mach 15th.

    Foeitue o a mining concession ma be appied i

    ou exteme situatios: (i) poe eidece o aba-

    domet o shut dow o mii actiities; (ii) ecu-

    et iiemet o the stati ad e-stati dateso mii actiities, despite peious sactios

    (wais o es); (iii) ecuet eusa to comp

    with the DnPM ispectios istuctios; ad (i)

    abusie mii o extactio o a miea sub-

    stace ot icuded i the mii cocessio, ide-

    pedet o admoishmet o e. The mii co-

    cessio ma aso be eoed at the Fedea Uios

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    discetio i case ecoomica auabe ucea

    miea esees with a hihe ecoomic aue tha

    that o the miea substace i the mii coces-

    sio ae oud. I this case, the titehode is esued

    ai compesatio o the iestmet.

    cFemStates, Muicipaities ad the Fedea Uio ae e-

    tited to a shae o the esuts o expoitatio o mi-

    ea esouces i thei espectie teito b meas

    o a acia compesatio caed compensao

    fnanceira pela explorao de recursos minerais

    (CFEM). The CFEM assessabe basis is the et e-

    eue6 esuti om the sae o the miea poduct

    (tota saes ess taxatio, taspotatio ad isu-

    ace expeses) ate the ast stae o the coi,

    ceai o peetizi pocess, as appicabe. The

    appicabe ate aies accodi to the miea

    poduct, as deed b the DnPM.

    6 Accodi to the DnPM, o CFEM cacuatio puposes,

    the et eeue is the aue o the sae o the miea

    poduct, deducted the taxes (ICMS, PIS, COFInS), which

    eies o the commeciaizatio, as we as the taspota-

    tio ad isuace costs (oiia wodi: Etede-se

    po atuameto quido o ao da eda do poduto mi-

    ea, deduzido-se os tibutos (ICMS, PIS, COFInS), que

    icidem a comeciaizao, como tambm as despesas

    com taspote e seuo).

    leAseAnd AssignmentoFthe mining rights

    Mii ihts ma be taseed to thid paties, po-

    ided that (i) the taseee us the quaicatio

    equiemets estabished b the DnPM, ad (ii) thee

    is pio coset b the DnPM. It is woth oti that

    exploration permits ma be taseed wheeas ex-

    ploration permitrequests ma ot.

    Aviation

    Baziia cii aiatio is euated b Baziia aw

    ad iteatioa pubic ad piate aw. The etit

    esposibe o euatio ad supeisio o thecii aiatio secto is the natioa Cii Aiatio

    Aec (Agncia Nacional de Aviao Civil -

    AnAC), diect subodiated to the Baziia

    Miist o Deese.

    The expoitatio o ai aiatio, aispace ad ai-

    pot iastuctue actiities, which ma be deeated

    ude cocessio, pemit o authoizatio eimes,

    is withi the Fedea goemets powes accodi

    to sectio 21, XII o the Baziia Costitutio.

    The Baziia Aeoautic Code (law no. 7,565/86,

    the Cdigo Brasileiro de Aeronutica - CBA) eu-

    ates actiities eated to ai aiatio peomed b

    the piate secto (ude pemit, cocessio o au-

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    thoizatio eimes), as we as actiities eated to

    the aipot iastuctue secto.

    Futhemoe, Bazi has atied cetai iteatioa

    teaties eated to the aiatio secto, such as the

    1944 Chicao, 1948 geea ad the 1962 rome

    Coetios. As o this date, Bazi has ot et ati-

    ed the Cape Tow Coetio7.

    AnAc

    As the euato aec esposibe o the aiatio

    secto i Bazi, AnAC cocetates ma esposi-

    biities, such as: (i) ati cocessios ad authoi-

    zatios to the expoitatio o pubic ai seices; (ii)euati fiht schedues i aipots; (iii) maai

    the Baziia Aeoautic reist (rAB); (i) epe-

    seti the Baziia oemet i coetios ad

    iteatioa teaties eated to aiatio; ad () issu-

    i esoutios eadi cii aiatio i Bazi.

    7 The Cape Tow Coetio is a iteatioa teat which

    iteds to stadadize tasactios ioi moabe pop-

    et, paticua aicat ad aicat eies.

    registrAtionoFAircrAFt

    The rAB is the Baziia aicat eiste ad is euated

    b the CBA ad esoutios issued b AnAC. It is e-

    sposibe o the issuace o ceticates o eistatio,

    aiwothiess ad atioait, the eistatio ad dee-

    istatio o aicat ad eistatio o ies oe aicat

    (motaes, ducia sae ad othe ecumbaces).

    Eomet with the rAB ats the aicat Baziia

    atioait ad ca o be peomed i the ame o

    Baziia idiiduas o compaies o oei idiid-

    uas with ea addess i Bazi. Aso, a poisioa

    eistatio o the aicat ca be made i the ame o

    the expoite, use o essee with the coset o theowe i case the aicats tite is hed b a oei

    etit ad its opeatio is taseed to a Baziia e-

    tit ude a ease aeemet o simia aaemet.

    Such poisioa eistatio wi uthe ideti the

    aicats owe. Baziia atioait ad eistatio

    mas wi be caceed upo deeistatio o the

    aicat, which equie the expess coset o the

    owe ad o the beecia o a ie eisteed

    with espect to the aicat.

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    The eisteed owe (o the eisteed opeato i di-

    eet om the owe) wi be pimai esposibe

    o cii iabiities iheet to the opeatio o rAB-

    eisteed aicat, icudi thid pat iabiities.

    Air services

    Ai seices i Bazi ca be piate o pubic. Piate

    ai seices ae those seices peomed without a

    sot o emueatio o the excusie beet o the

    opeato o the aicat. Pubic ai seices, o thei

    tu, ae deed as ai taspotatio o passees,

    cao o mai, eithe eua (schedued) o o-e-

    ua, domestic o iteatioa, as we as othe spe-

    ciaized ai seices as deed i the CBA.

    reua pubic ai seices deped o cocessio b

    AnAC. Cocessioaies ae eiibe i: (i) thei head

    oces ae ocated i Bazi; (ii) at east 80% o thei

    oti capita is hed b Baziias8; ad (iii) the ae

    maaed excusie b Baziias.

    Such estictios ae appicabe to compaies that

    wi opeate domestic fihts i Bazi; the ae ot

    appicabe to o Baziia compaies that wi ca

    8 Bi o law no. 6,716/09 pupots to icease the oei

    paticipatio i the oti capita to 49%. Such Bi o law is

    udeoi eisatie poceedis to be oted b the Bazi-

    ia coess.

    out iteatioa eua pubic ai taspotatio. I

    ode to opeate i Bazi, such compaies must be

    desiated b the oemet o thei espectie

    cout ad obtai authoizatio om the Baziia

    oemet, thouh AnAC, to peom ad opeate

    thei seices i Bazi.

    no-eua pubic ai seices (such as ai-taxi se-

    ices) aso equie the Fedea goemets authoi-

    zatio ad ma be ated to Baziia compaies

    that u the equiemets o eua pubic ai se-

    ices outied aboe.

    AirPort inFrAstructure

    The Baziia oemet is esposibe o the ma-

    aemet ad opeatio o Baziia aipots; such ac-

    tiities ma be deeated to the piate secto b

    meas o a cocessio o authoizatio. The Baziia

    mai aipots ae cuet bei opeated b Iaeo,

    a oemet compa ceated with the pupose o

    buidi, maai ad opeati aipots i Bazi.

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    Oil and Gas

    The oiia wodi o sectio 177, 1st paaaph

    o the Baziia Fedea Costitutio cotempated

    a moopoistic eime o the beet o the Fedea

    Uio o the expoatio, poductio, ei, im-

    pot, expot ad taspotatio o hdocabos.

    Such amewo peeted the tase, assimet

    o ati o cude oi ad atua as to a pi-

    ate compaies. Petobas, a patia state owed

    compa cotoed b the Fedea goemet

    ad with shaes taded i the stoc maets, co-

    ducted the moopoistic actiities o beha o the

    Fedea goemet.

    The euato beathouh that aowed majo i-

    teatioa iestmet i the oi idust was the

    eactmet o Costitutioa Amedmet no. 9 o

    1995, which eased the oi ad as moopo i

    Bazi. Two eas ate, law no. 9,478/97 (the Oi

    ad gas law) was passed euati such amed-

    met to the Costitutio. Oe o the majo mie-stoes o the oi ad as law was to set oth the

    ati istumets (cocessio aeemets) ad

    espectie biddi eime (biddi ouds b the

    Agncia Nacional de Petrleo, Gs Natural e Bio-

    combustveis AnP the AnP rouds). Such

    ew ea amewo aowed piate-owed

    compaies to ca out expoatio ad poductio

    actiities ad ow ad dispose o hdocabos

    oce extacted om the soi, athouh maitaii

    the Fedea moopo oe hdocabos actiities.

    governmentAl Authorities

    The Oi & gas law aso eaaed the pubic autho-

    ities i chae o euati ad ispecti hdoca-

    bos actiities, mai the natioa Couci o Ee

    Poic (Coseho nacioa de Potica Eetica

    CnPE), a couci o miistes i chae o pai

    ad coodiati the atioa ee poic, ad the

    natioa Petoeum, natua gas ad Bioues Aec

    - AnP, a euato bod o the Fedea goemet

    ied to the Miist o Mies ad Ee.

    AnPs e uctio is to euate the oi, atua

    as ad bioues actiities i Bazi ad to impe-

    met the poicies ued b CnPE. Amo AnPs

    madate, the oowi oes ma be hihihted:

    (i) to coduct biddi ouds ad cocessio

    aeemets o the expoatio, deeopmet adpoductio o oi bocs; (ii) to euate oi ad

    as taspotatio ad maeti actiities; ad

    (iii) to esue the supp o ue to the atioa

    maet ude cotiec coditios.

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    uPstreAmActivities

    Both IOCs9 ad Petobas, the Baziia nOC10, ma

    expoe ad poduce hdocabos b meas o e-

    tei ito cocessio aeemets (as a esut o a

    wie bid, o both oshoe ad oshoe bocs)

    ude AnPs rouds. The biddi ouds hae tpi-

    ca bee die b a combiatio o thee majo

    citeia: (i) sii bous (upot pamet), (ii) mii-

    mum wo poam commitmet ad (iii) oca co-

    tet (pecetae o seices cotacted with etities

    icopoated i Bazi).

    As compesatio o the iht to expoe the bocs,

    the cocessioaies sha pa cetai oemettaes (sii bous, oaties, specia paticipatios

    ad ad occupatio ee) ad taxes.

    Foowi the discoeies i 2007 o a majo custe

    o oi ad as i the so-caed pe-sat aea ocated i

    the oshoe Satos Basi (Pr-Sal), Pesidet luas

    admiistatio et the eed o modii the up-steam ea eime i Bazi.

    9 Iteatioa Oi Compaies, which, accodi to the Fed-

    ea Costitutio ad the Oi & gas law, ma paticipate b

    ceati compaies icopoated ude the aws o Bazi

    (athouh the ca be who owed b oei etities).

    10 natioa Oi Compa.

    At the peset momet11, thee ae ou bis o aw

    pe-appoed b the Baziia House o repeseta-

    ties (Cmara dos Deputados) awaiti appoa

    om the Baziia Seate (Senado Federal) ad u-

    the sactio om the Pesidet. The poposed

    amedmets, i appoed, woud (a) iset the po-

    ductio shai eime as the ati istumet oPr-Salad stateic aeas, (b) ceate a ew who

    state-owed compa i chae o epeseti the

    iteest o the Fedea Uio i the poductio sha-

    i cotacts, ad (c) appoe the capitaizatio o

    Petobas, amo othe chaes.

    downstreAm ActivitiesAnP is aso i chae o euati ad ispecti

    dowsteam actiities. The atua as idust is aso

    euated b ecet eacted law no.11, 909/09

    (the gas law).

    The gas law, which sti acs uthe euatio, sets

    oth ues o the taspotatio o atua as thouhpipeies, deemed as pubic iteest actiities to be

    caied out b Baziia etities ude a cocessio

    eime, oowi a pubic biddi pocess caied

    out b AnP. Exceptioa, whe associated with a

    11 This sectio o the Doi Busiess repot was ast up-

    dated o Ma 18, 2010.

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    iteatioa teat, the taspot o as thouh pipe-

    ies sha be oeed b the authoizatio eime.

    Pipeies cassied as as eacuatio pipeies sha

    emai to be euated ude the upsteam ati

    istumet eime, ad thus ae ot subject to ma-

    dato thid pat access ad a specic as taspo-

    tatio cocessio cotact. O the othe had, tas-

    potatio pipeies sha aow thid pat access,

    subject to ace peiods ad othe coditios set

    oth ude the gas law.

    Futhemoe, the gas law ees to othe actiities

    euated b the AnP ad subject to authoizatio

    eime, such as the impot, expot, stoae, pocess-i, teatmet, iqueactio, e-asicatio ad sae

    o atua as.

    Fia, it is eeat to ote that the Baziia Fedea

    Costitutio ats the States the excusie iht to

    expoit oca distibutio o piped atua as. I that

    sese, States Authoities hae a impotat oe o

    euati oca as distibutio actiities.

    Admiralty Law (Maritime Law)Admiat aw (aso eeed to as maitime aw) is

    oeed b spase eisatio ude Baziia aw.

    noetheess, the secod pat o the Baziia Com-

    mecia Code (BCC) euates the maitime tade o

    oods b oce o Sectio 2,045 o the Baziia Ci-

    i Code. law no. 9.432/97 euates maitime tas-

    potatio mattes.

    tyPesoF nAvigAtion

    Accodi to Baziia law, thee ae e tpes o

    aiatio, as oows: (i) maitime suppot (apoio

    martimo), eated to the suppot o esses ad acii-

    ties ocated i atioa teitoia wates ad ecoom-

    ic zoes, used to peom mieas ad hdocabos

    pospecti actiities; (ii) pot suppot (apoio por-

    turio), eated to the suppot o esses ad pot a-

    ciities ocated i the pot aea; (iii) cabotae (cabota-

    gem); eated to the domestic aiatio betwee

    pots o poits withi the Baziia teito; (i) ite-

    a aiatio (navegao interior) eated to aia-

    tio thouh the iad hihwas, eadess o bei

    domestic o iteatioa oute; () ad o couse

    aiatio (navegao de longo curso), eated to

    aiatio betwee Baziia ad oeies pots.

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    governmentAl Authorities

    Thee ae ou mai euato bodies which moi-

    to ad supeise the Maitime Idust. The st oe

    is the natioa Aec o Watewa Taspotatio

    (Agncia Nacional de Transportes Aquavirios -

    AnTAQ), ude the Miist o Taspotatio.

    AnTAQs pupose is to euate, supeise ad i-

    spect the actiities ied to seices eated to wa-

    tewa taspotatio ad pot ad watewa ia-

    stuctue expoatio.

    Amost its oes is to at authoizatios aowi

    compaies to opeate as a Baziia aiatio com-

    pa. To obtai such authoizatio, oe must meetcetai ea, techica ad acia-ecoomic e-

    quiemets estabished b AnTAQ, which a ac-

    codi to the chose tpe o aiatio.

    The secod ad thid bodies ae the Maitime Tibu-

    a (Tribunal Martimo) ad the Captaic o Pots

    (Capitania dos Portos). Both ae oemeta bodies

    esposibe o maitime popet eistatio. The

    esse acquies its atioait ad fa thouh its

    eist. The maitime popet eistatio is eu-

    ated b law no. 7,652/88, which estabishes the

    equiemets o obtaii the eist.

    The outh bod is the Diectoship o Pots ad Coasts

    (Diretoria de Portos e Costas - DPC), a admiista-

    tie diisio o the na Commad, which acts as a

    compemeta euato bod aoside AnTAQ.

    DPCs mai attibutio cosists o eaboati admi-

    istatie ues caed noms o Maitime Authoit

    (nOrMAM), which specica euate seea is-

    sues eated to aiatio secuit uideies ad po-

    ic. DPC is aso etited to ceate measues to deceasepoutio poduced b esses ad patoms.

    mAritime registry

    I ode to opeate a esse, oe eeds the maitime

    eist, the esse opeato eist ad AnTAQs au-

    thoizatio. Thee is aso oe additioa eist,

    amed Specia Baziia reiste (rEB), which is

    optioa. It is oeed b Decee no. 2,256/97 ad

    it appies to Baziia esses o to oei esses

    chateed b demise to Baziia aiatio compa-

    ies. Its pupose is to eabe sca beets coce-

    i costuctio, modeizatio ad epais, as we

    as beets eated to isuace ad eisuace,

    cew, ue pices ad woi aeemets.

    chArters

    readi esse chates, thee ae thee tpes o

    chates i Bazi: (i) voae Chate, which eates to

    tem o the chate asti o oe joue; (ii) Time

    Chate Pat, whee the chates duatio asts a time

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    deed o the cotact; ad (iii) Chate B Demise,

    whee the chatee has the iht o usi ad co-

    toi the esse, o a set peiod, icudi the iht

    to desiate the cew ad its commade, but hai

    iabiities ude its opeatio.

    As a eea ue, chates sha o be peomed b

    Baziia compaies, with the usae o Baziia

    ships (exceptio is made o the o couse tpe o

    aiatio). noetheess, thee ae exceptios such

    as a istumet ow as Cicuaizatio.

    Cicuaizatio is a pocedue used whe a compa-

    eeds a specic esse o a specic actiit. The

    eea coditios to use a oei esse chatesae (i) the iexistece o uaaiabiit o a ade-

    quate Baziia esse, (ii) pubic iteest, ad (iii)

    chate o a maximum o 36 moths, whe substitut-

    i a esse that is cuet ude costuctio i a

    Baziia shipad, as o as the esse to be cha-

    teed does ot supass the doube o the tota to-

    ae o the esse ude costuctio. Fued suchcoditios, the Baziia compa sha, extaodi-

    ai, chate a oei esse. Oce this pocess is

    caied out, AnTAQ sha issue the Chate Authoi-

    zatio Ceticate. O the othe had, i thee is a

    Baziia esse adequate o the desied actiit, the

    Baziia aiatio compa that ows it ca boc

    the chate equiemet, ad oe its esse.

    Funds

    The Fud o the Mechat Maie (Fundo da Marinha

    Mercante - FMM) is a ud ceated b the Fedea

    goemet, oeed b law no. 10,893/04. It was

    ceated with the pupose o impoi the deeop-

    met o the Baziia aa idust ad feet. Sice

    its ceatio, it has aced pojects o the most di-

    esied aa aeas, compisi actiities that a

    om shi to the oi ad as idust.

    Aothe impotat ud is the guaatee Fud o

    naa Costuctio (Fundo Garantidor da Construo

    Naval) oeed b law no. 11,786/08. Its pupose

    is to coe the cedit is ad the peomace is othe costuctio o a esse o a Baziia shipad. It

    ca eithe uaatee the cedit tae om a acia

    aet o the peomace o the shipad esposibe

    o the costuctio o the esse.

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    g

    The Baziia Fedea Costitutio (Sectio 175) sets

    oth that pubic seices sha be edeed b the

    State diect o b meas o cocessio to be at-

    ed to piate etities b meas o a pubic biddi

    pocedue. Theeoe, a PPP cotact sha be pe-

    ceded b a bid to seect the cocessioaie.

    Comparison withCommon Concessions

    Dieet om taditioa iestmet ad eimes

    o coaboatio betwee State ad piate paties,

    the PPP pesets the oowi mai eatues: (i) e-

    mueatio o the piate secto (patia o tota)

    assumed o uaateed b the State; (ii) o-tem

    eatioship, ad (iii) emueatio subject to pop-

    e peomace.

    Risk Mitigation

    This possibiit o the goemet peomi pa-

    mets to a cocessioaie ude PPP cotacts miti-ates, tota o patia, iss eated to tai, de-

    mad ad maet, which ae sometimes cucia to

    coe ecoomic easibiit to a cetai poject ude

    the piate paties pespectie, especia ude a

    poject ace eime, thouh due to such cou-

    atio othe iss ma be aeated (oemet

    cedit is, poitica is etc).

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    INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING

    Financing Sources

    the FinAncingoFthe brAziliAninFrAstructure sector

    Bazi has expeieced its oest owth cce oe

    the past decades. The 2007/2008 cisis has sowed

    this owth, but aso caused the Fedea goemet

    to auch a seies o iitiaties, specia poams ad

    eisatie chaes to stimuate the ecoom. Exam-

    pes icude the specia poam o the acceeatio

    o the ecoom, the PAC, ceated i 2007, wheeb

    iestmets o moe tha r$500 biio wee ei-

    sioed o seected ad cucia iastuctue pojects

    (icudi hihwas, aiwas, powe pats ad

    pots). I 2010, the Fedea goemet auched

    PAC 2, which estimates iestmets o appoximate

    r$ 1,5 tiio (icudi some o the r$500 biio

    o PAC sti pedi) i the upcomi eas.

    The histoica ac o iestmets i iastuctue,

    combied with thei eed to sustai the cotiuedowth o the Baziia ecoom, has ceated aious

    busiess oppotuities o piate iestmet, most o

    them eated to PAC/PAC 2 quaied pojects. new

    majo oppotuities ae aso ie to be see i the

    ea utue as Bazi wi host the two hihest poe

    spoti eets o the wod, the FIFA Wod Cup i

    2014 ad the Ompic games i 2016.

    Tasactios i the Baziia iastuctue secto ae

    taditioa aced b Baziia oemeta

    bas ad aecies, mutiateas, oei oe-

    met owed bas, expot cedit aecies ad majo

    piate bas. I the past, the capita maets wee

    o occasioa accessed to ace ad eace

    iastuctue tasactios. nowadas, due to the

    ceatio o cetai euato ad tax iceties, the

    capita maets ae moe ad moe ote see as ea-

    sibe ateaties to ace these tasactios.

    brAziliAn governmentAl bAnks

    The cotiued fow o aci o the Baziia

    iastuctue secto has bee histoica mai-

    taied b the Fedea goemet, acti thouh

    its bas. Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento

    Econmico e Social BnDES is cetai the

    most otabe exampe o that.

    BnDES paed ad cotiues to pa a impotat

    oe i the aci o itua a o the most im-potat Baziia iastuctue pojects, secui the

    aaiabiit o specia cedit ies o them. Exampes

    icude the cedit ies opeed o the Wod Cup

    ad the Ompics ad o the aci o the Sato

    Atio, Jiau ad Beo Mote hdoeectic powe

    pats ad the hih speed tai ii the cities o

    So Pauo ad rio de Jaeio.

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    Othe impotat oemet owed bas, which po-

    ide aci o pojects i thei aeas o iteest, i-

    cude Banco do Brasil- BB, Caixa Econmica Federal

    - CEF, Banco do Nordeste do Brasil BnB (the

    otheast deeopmet ba), ad Baco da Amazia

    BASA (the amazo deeopmet ba).

    I the ecet eas, eisatio was passed to aow

    uds sitti i the FgTS the madato socia secu-

    it ud o a empoees i Bazi to be iested i

    iastuctue, thouh the so caed FI-FgTS The

    FgTS Iastuctue Fud. FI-FgTS has apid be-

    come oe o the most actie paes i the Baziia

    maet, iesti i oppotuities i a aiet o ia-

    stuctue sectos, iesti both i debt ad equit

    iastuctue sectos12.

    multilAterAls, ForeigngovernmentAl bAnksAnd ecAs

    The Ite-Ameica Deeopmet Ba IDB ad the

    Iteatioa Fiace Copoatio IFC hae a stoad ostadi taditio to ace iastuctue tas-

    actios i Bazi, both i the pubic ad piate secto.

    These bas paticipated i the aci o the st

    poject ace deas bac i the ieties ad coti-

    12 Up to 2010, FI-FgTS has made amost 20 biio eais i

    iestmets.

    ue to pa a actie oe owadas. Corporacion An-

    dina de Fomento CAF aso appeas as a iabe

    souce o aci, especia ate the et o Ba-

    zi as its shaehode. Foei bas tpica patici-

    pate i the tasactios ioi these etities, b

    poidi the ecessa udi o thei B oas.

    Foei goemeta Bas ad Expot Cedit Ae-

    cies, ie the Japa Ba o Iteatioa Coopea-

    tio JBIC, kW, U.S. Ex-Im Ba, nIB, Fiea,

    Ba o Chia, ae awas cosideed whe iteests

    o compaies o thei couties ae ioed.

    The icome tax oe the iteest o these oas is e-

    ea exempted, mai them attactie om aecoomic poit o iew. These oas, howee, ae

    oma made i oei cuec, bii to the

    equatio cosideatios eadi the oei ex-

    chae is ad the cost to eetua mitiate it.

    PrivAte bAnks

    Cuet, ot o iteatioa piate bas pa-

    ticipate i majo iastuctue pojects i Bazi,

    but aso seea oca acia istitutios. Bazi-

    ia acia istitutios showed thei acia

    steth dui the 2007/2008 cisis, putti to test

    the euato stuctue o the Baziia bai i-

    dust. A aiet o debt istumets aow piate

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    bas to ca out tasactios expeditious. Pi-

    ate bas tpica paticipate i majo iastuc-

    tue deas thouh sdicates.

    Securities / Guaranteesin Financing Transactions

    Fiaci tasactios ated b Baziia ad oei

    ceditos ioi Baziia iastuctue pojects

    usua cotempate a secuit pacae compisi

    both uaatees (edeed b a paet compa o i-

    diidua that paticipates o hods iteest i the poject

    compa) ad secuities (oe the espectie ihts, as-

    sets, ea estate ad eceiabes o the poject).

    Ude Baziia aw, thee ae a ew tpes o secui-

    ties that coud be impemeted i the desi o the

    secuit pacae eated to aci tasactios. I-

    espectie o the tpe o secuit adopted, ude such

    aci tasactios, the secuit pacae usua

    icude ea estate, shaes/quotas o Baziia com-

    paies, cedit ihts aaist Baziia acia isti-

    tutios, emei ihts aisi out o cocessios

    ad authoizatios ated b pubic bodies ad au-

    thoities, ad eceiabes, ihts ad cedit ihts ais-

    i out o the eeat poject cotacts.

    The tpes o secuities that ae usua adopted b

    ceditos ude such tasactios icude: (i) ducia

    assimet o sae o ihts, assets, eceiabes o ea

    estate; (ii) pede o ihts, assets ad eceiabes; ad

    (iii) motae oe ea estate ocated i Bazi.

    Pusuat to Baziia aw, thee ae a ew equie-

    mets that shoud be compied with i ode o ce-

    tai tpes o secuities to be eectie aaist thid

    paties. Such equiemets icude the eistatio

    o the espectie secuit documets with the com-

    petet pubic eist, i.e., the espectie rea Estate

    reist (i case o ea estate), o the espectie

    reist o Tites ad Documets (i case o ihts,

    assets ad cedit ihts). I cetai situatios, the e-

    spectie coutepaties o the debto o the ac-

    i/ato o the secuit (icudi acia isti-

    tutios ad coutepaties to the poject cotacts)

    ma aso hae to appoe, acowede o be oti-

    ed o the ceatio o the espectie secuit oe

    the espectie ihts ad cedits.

    Fund Raising in Capital MarketsCompaies ma paticipate as sposos i cetai

    tasactios stuctued i the om o Poject Fiace,

    obtaii uds i the maet thouh secuities ad

    stuctued opeatios.

    This ma icude obtaii uds i the maet

    thouh the oowi secuities: (i) Debntures

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    it ad cost eciec to aise uds i shote timi

    tha oma equied o such pubic oei.

    credit receivAble investment Funds -Fundosde investimentoem direitoscreditrios - Fidc

    A FIDC tasactio is a aci ehice o Baziia

    compaies b meas o secuitizatio o eceiabes,

    euated thouh resoutio 2,907, o noembe 29,

    2001, eacted b the Moeta nacioa Couci

    (Conselho Monetrio Nacional CMn) ad CvM

    Istuctio 356, eacted b the CvM, as ameded b

    CvM Istuctios 393, 435, 442, 446 ad 458 (CvMIstuctio 356).

    A compa hodi a cedit eceiabe esuti om a

    commecia, o acia, o idustia o ea estate

    tasactios (Oiiato) assis its cedit to a iest-

    met ud (FIDC) that wi pa o the cedit i cash with

    uds oiiated om the udewiti o quotas i the

    FIDC. The FIDC wi the become the cedito o the

    eceiabes, which wi be coected b a custodia.

    certiFicAtesoF reAl estAtereceivAbles certiFicAdosde recebveisimobilirios cri

    Baziia cuet eisatio, i paticua to law

    no. 9,514, dated noembe 20, 1997, dees CrI

    as omia istumets o cedit, issued excusie-

    b secuitizatio compaies, that ma be ee

    eotiated as secuities, ceati a pamet pom-

    ise i cash to the hode o the secuit ad that

    ae attached to ea estate eceiabes. Such ea

    estate eceiabes ae sod to secuitizatio com-

    paies b motae compaies, costuctos ad

    acia istitutios.

    The CrIs must be pubic distibuted. The CvM i-

    stuctio 414, as ameded b CvM Istuctios

    443, 446, 480 (CvM Istuctio 414) ues the

    pubic oei o the CrI eistatio. I ode to

    eotiate ea estate cedits, secuitizatio compa-

    ies must be du eisteed with the CvM. Oce

    such etities hae bee eisteed, the ma po-

    ceed with the pubic distibutio o the CrIs.

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    Pubic distibutio o CrI does ot equie the ite-

    mediatio o a acia istitutio, i case the aue

    o such distibutio is owe tha r$ 30.000.000,00

    (thit miios eais) o poided that such distibutio

    compies with poisios set oth i item I ad II o

    paaaph 4 o Sectio 5 o ICvM Istuctio 41414.

    14 Accodi to such poisios: (i) the CrI hae as taet

    oup compaies excusie membes o the same eco-

    omic oup, ad thei espectie diectos ad cotoi

    shaehodes, bei obidde the eotiatio o CrI i the

    secoda maet, o (ii) the CrIs hae omia aue equa

    o hihe tha r$ 1 miio ad the oe is destied to sub-

    sciptio o ot moe tha 20 iestos.

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    WORLD CUP AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES

    Infrastructure Works Urban and Architectural Projects

    The 2014 FIFA Wod Cup ad the 2016 Ompic

    games wi equie siicat iestmets i each

    o the Baziia cities which wi host the ames, as

    equied b the Fdatio Iteatioae de Foot-

    ba Associatio FIFA ad b the Iteatioa

    Ompics Committee.

    Iestmets wi icude: (i) deeopmet ad impoe-

    met o pubic taspotatio aciities (icudi ai-

    pots, tais ad bus sstems), especia the muicipa

    taspotatio sstem; (ii) costuctio ad impoe-

    met o hote iastuctue; ad (iii) impoemet o

    uba iastuctue icudi hospitas, basic wate

    ad sewae saitatio sstem, pubic secuit.

    Athouh some o the acia esouces equied o

    the Wod Cup wi come om the Baziia Socce

    Fedeatio (Conederao Brasileira de Futebol

    CBF), the thee poitica diisios i Bazi (the host

    cities, the States whee the host cities ae ocated ad

    the Fedea goemet) joied eots to coect e-

    souces o aci the equied costuctio ad

    iastuctue wos.

    Oe exampe o this joit eot is the PAC, which

    amo othes sha be used to eoce the commit-

    met o the host cities, the states ad the Fedea

    goemet. This poam aims at iesti r$ 11.48

    biio i 47 dieet pojects to speed up uba mo-

    biit i the host cities thouh the impemetatio o

    iastuctue pojects ocused o the cicuatio o

    ehices ad pedestias.

    As pat o the actio pa adopted b the Fedea

    goemet i coectio with the ames, b meas

    o the Pesidetia Decee no. 7,034/09, the Fedea

    goemet ceated a website amed 2014 CUP

    (Copa 2014). The website cotais a the acts ad

    expeditues adopted b the pubic admiistatio i

    coectio with the ames.

    With eads to aci souces aaiabe o the

    pubic secto i eatio to iestmets i iastuc-

    tue o the ames, accodi to the Taspaec

    gatewa, the two mai aci istitutios ae

    BnDES ad the Fedea Sais ad loas Ba

    (Caixa Econmica Federal CEF).

    BnDES ceated a aci souce amed PoCopa

    Tuismo, that has the oa o ati cedit aciities o

    up to r$ 1 biio o costuctio ad impoemet o

    the hote iastuctue. This poam has dieet cat-

    eoies o cedit aciities o (i) stadad hotes, (ii) e-

    e eciet hotes ad (iii) sustaiabe hotes, each o

    which has dieet pamet tems ad iteest ates.

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    The Fedea goemet aso ceated a poam

    amed natioa Touism Deeopmet Poam (Pro-

    grama Nacional do Desenvolvimento do Turismo

    Podetu). Dieet om the PoCopa Tuismo,

    which is a specic poam o hotes, the Podetu

    esouces ma be used i a iastuctue wos i

    the host cities, as we as i maeti actios.

    Athouh the States whee the host cities ae ocated

    ad the host cities themsees ae aead eotiati

    with potetia piate iestos, most o them sti do

    ot hae a specic poam, o aws o the ames.

    I this sese, the stuctues o pubic-piate pate-

    ship ad pubic cocessios ad thei espectie

    aws ma be used o this pupose.

    notwithstadi, the Muicipait o So Pauo e-

    cet eacted a specic ea istumet o the e-

    quaicatio o the iastuctue o the cit b the

    ubaizatio ad/o e-ubaizatio o a specic

    aea. law no. 14,917/2009 ceated the ue o the

    uba cocessio which is a admiistatie cotactexecuted b the cit ad a piate pate ate a bid-

    di pocess o the puposes o cai out uba

    wos o pubic iteest i which the iss eated to

    the peomace o the cotact ae assumed o b

    the piate iesto. It is impotat to ote that i

    cosideatio o assumi the iss o the uba

    cocessio, the piate iesto eceies a the ees

    eated to the expoatio o the popeties. I ode

    to pomote a uba cocessio, the cit o So Pau-

    o eeds to justi the ecessit o such iteetio

    as we as to decae how this iteetio wi chae

    the ubaizatio o the cit.

    I cosi, thee is a cosideabe amout o ac-

    i optios o the ames ad aso some specic

    poams to suppot those iestmets with the pu-

    pose o attacti piate capita - icudi that o

    oei iestos - to iastuctue pojects i co-

    ectio with the 2014 FIFA Wod Cup ad the 2016

    Ompic games.

    Stadiums

    The 2014 Wod Cup ad the 2016 Ompic games

    epeset a eat oppotuit o o-tem pai

    i the iastuctue secto, especia o the 12 host

    cities. Fo the success o such eets, the host cities

    wi eed to eceie expessie iestmets i ode

    to ehace thei eea iastuctue.

    Amo the aeas that sha eceie expessie iest-

    mets, the stadiums ae pobab the most impotat.

    It is ow that a Baziia stadiums wi eed diect

    iestmets to accompish the stadads deed b

    FIFA ad b the Iteatioa Ompics Committee.

    I ode to ca out such equied modicatios i

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    the aeas, the amout o iestmets shoud each

    appoximate 600 miio i some cases.

    investment models

    Dieet iestmet modes wi be used o the e-

    oatio ad costuctio o stadiums ad muti-use

    aeas. The modes chose b the host cities a

    om piate iestmet b ootba cubs that ow

    the stadiums, passi thouh the mode o pubic-

    piate pateship PPP, to diect iestmet o the

    oemet thouh pubic biddis to seect the

    compa that wi costuct the aea.

    The iestmet mode adopted b most o the hostcities is the pubic-piate pateship. That is the case

    o Saados Estdio da Fote noa, natas Aea das

    Duas, Beo Hoizotes Compexo Espotio Miei-

    o, Fotaezas Casteo ad, a, recies Aea

    So loueo da Mata. Ispied o the Bitish Poject

    Fiace Iitiatie, this mode was taioed with the

    pupose o attacti a ew wae o piate iest-mets i pojects o eeated socia iteest which

    woud ot be ecoomica easibe othewise.

    Aothe thee o the 12 host cities hae piate ae-

    as: So Pauos Estdio do Moumbi, Cutibas Aea

    da Baixada ad Poto Aees Beia-rio. It is most

    pobabe that those stadiums wi o eceie iest-

    mets o thei owes. leadi the ace is Attico

    Paaaese (owe o Cutibas Aea da Baixada)

    with 80% o the stadiums space aead adapted to

    the iteatioa stadads. Sti i the st time, So

    Pauo Futebo Cube ad Spot Cub Iteacioas

    stadiums (owes o So Pauos Estdio do Moumbi

    ad Poto Aees Beia-rio, espectie) ae ow

    eceii the st touch-ups to comp with the e-

    quiemets estabished b FIFA.

    The oemet o a the othe host cities (Maauss

    Aea da Amazia, rio de Jaeios Estdio do Ma-

    aca, Basias Ma gaicha ad Cuiabs ve-

    do) decided to use pubic esouces i the costuc-

    tio o eoatio o the stadiums, cotacti apiate pat to execute the wos thouhout a bid-

    di pocess. I picipe, these stadiums shoud aso

    be opeated b oemeta etities.

    Idepedet o the iestmet mode adopted, it

    is paamout to poit out that a the pojects wi

    eco o siicat ad ood aci esouces.Awae o such oppotuit, the BnDES ao with

    othe pesio uds ae steppi owad to ace

    the paed pojects.

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    Four decades of decisive performanceon the Brazilian Legal SceneFouded i 1972, Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice

    Advogados is oe o Bazis most eowed ad e-

    spected ea ms. Opeati hamoious i a

    aeas o the aw, the m oes ea assistace to

    both Baziia ad iteatioa ciets, icudi

    ae copoatios i the most aied sectos o actii-

    ties, acia istitutios ad oemet bodies.

    I the ast decade aoe, Machado Meyer was eected

    thee times Law Firm o the Year i Bazi b the e-

    owed Bitish pubicatio, the Iteatioa Fia-

    cia law reiew. Accodi to the aso Bitish Cham-bes ad Pates, i the same peiod, the m appeaed

    as the Law Firm o the Year, this time i a o lati

    Ameica. Sice the auch o the Baziia aua

    Anlise Advocacia 500, i 2006, the m has appeaed

    ea ate ea as oe o Bazis most admied.

    With oces i So Pauo, rio de Jaeio, Basia,

    Beo Hoizote, Poto Aee, Saado ad new

    yo, Machado Mee has aoud 300 awes. It is

    a oce with oba each ad has cose ties with

    the picipa ea ms o the Uited States, Euope,

    lati Ameica ad Asia.

    Pioeei ad eadeship ae the hamas oMacha-

    do Meyer. The m has bee ioed i the mai

    eets oi the couts ew ecoom. I the

    1980s, o exampe, it too pat i the e-eotiatio

    o Bazis oei debt. I 1990, Machado Mee too

    a decisie oe i the ecupeatio o iumeabe -

    acia istitutios withi the scope o PrOEr (na-

    tioa Poam o restuctuatio ad Stethei

    o the Fiacia Sstem). I the same decade, it too

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    The oce cotiues to be a potaoist i the Ba-

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    pojects. At the same time as bei ioed i ae-

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    a assistace to its ciets o a dai basis. As a e-

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