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BMA Review Special Edition: Basic Sanitation. Read about the changes made by the New Legal Framework for Basic Sanitation

BMA Review Special Edition: Basic Sanitation. Read about the changes made by the New Legal Framework for Basic Sanitation 02.10.2020 2 min read

Brazil's new Basic Sanitation Framework Law is aimed at providing water, sewage, waste management and rainwater drainage services to the population of the entire country.

Approved on July 15th as Law 14.026, the legislation seeks to make water and sewage services universal through private investment, and provides greater legal certainty in the sector by broadening the regulatory jurisdiction of the National Waters Agency – ANA, among other changes.

Our multidisciplinary team examines some of the most significant changes made by the new legislation in a Special Edition of BMA Review. Have a look at the articles below, or click here to download the whole edition. Our team is ready to answer any questions you may have.

Plínio Simões Barbosa and Ana Cândida de Mello Carvalho provide an overview of Law 14.026/2020, the New Basic Sanitation Framework Law.

Luciana Marsal and Felipe Paschoalini talk about potential candidates for privatization, especially the São Paulo and Minas Gerais state sanitation companies.

André Macedo and José Guilherme Berman discuss the role of the federal public accounts tribunal in supervising government action under the New Framework.

Giovani Menicucci looks at how the possibilities for a return to economic growth aided by international investment in infrastructure projects is directly related to the basic sanitation sector.

Rafael Dutra and Gabriel Bürgel take the view that the debt securities market will be another important source of financing for basic sanitation projects.

Rafael Castilho and Guilherme Faoro explain that changes introduced by Law 14.026/2020 reflect an increasingly strong trend in the Brazilian legal system. 

Thais Meira and João Paulo Cavinatto talk about how federal tax benefits will support improvements to basic sanitation services.

Márcio Pereira points out that investors attracted by opportunities in the basic sanitation sector must analyze risks and costs, even when obtaining financing for infrastructure.

Raquel Mansanaro and Renan Frediani comment on how the New Basic Sanitation Framework Law can affect consumer relations. 

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