João Paulo da Silveira Ribeiro is invited by the House of Representatives to debate bills that intend to limit the amount of rates charged on granted highways

9 . August . 2016

Partner João Paulo da Silveira Ribeiro has participated, on 08.09.2016, in a hearing called by the Commission on Traffic and Transport (CVT) of the House of Representatives to discuss bills 7796/14 and 3217/15, which deal with rates for tolls levied on granted highways. Bill 7796/14 intends to limit the value of the basic toll rate charged by concessionaires and Bill 3217/15 provides, in the judgment of procurement for new concessions or renovations of federal and state highways, the requirement to combine the criteria of greater offer and lower value of the rate.

They attended the debate, in addition to Dr. João Paulo, the following authorities: André Luiz Francisco da Silva Vital, Secretary for Inspection of Highway Infrastructure at the Federal Court of Auditors; Hugo Gueiros Bernardes Filho, Deputy Attorney General of the Republic; Luiz Ugeda, Officer of Regulation and Institutional Relations, representing the  Chief Executive Officer of the Brazilian Association of Highway Concessionaires – ABCR; Marcelo Bruto da Costa Correia, Executive Manager of the National Land Transport Agency – ANTT, representing the Minister of State for Transport, Ports and Civil Aviation.