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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - SABESP
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 43.776.517/0001-80
State Registry (NIRE) 35300016831
NOTICE TO MARKET
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – Sabesp (“Company” or “Sabesp”) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general, in continuity to the Notices to Market disclosed on January 31 and May 5, 2019, that the Regulatory Agency for Sanitation and Energy of the State of São Paulo (ARSESP -Agência Reguladora de Saneamento e Energia do Estado de São Paulo) disclosed Resolution nº 951 with changes to the dates of stages 3 to 6 of the Tariff Structure schedule, approved by Resolution ARSESP nº 865, as follows:
Stage | Description | From | To* |
1 | Request for a proposal for a new tariff structure to be prepared by Sabesp based on the regulatory guidelines defined by Arsesp |
| Up to May 6, 2019 concluded |
2 | Submission of the proposal for the new tariff structure by Sabesp with a implementation plan |
| Up to November 6, 2019 concluded |
3 | Analysis by Arsesp of the proposal presented in Stage 2, including the request for additional information, if necessary | Up to March 11, 2020 | Up to October 20, 2020 |
4 | Disclosure of the Preliminary Technical Note with the proposal for the new tariff structure and the respective implementation plan | Up to April 16, 2020 | Up to October 29, 2020 |
5 | Hold of the public consultation and public hearing on the Preliminary Technical Note published according to Stage 4 | From April 17 to May 19, 2020 | From October 29, to November 27, 2020 |
6 | Analysis of the contributions received, publication of the Final Technical Note, of the Detailed Report and of the Resolution on the tariff structure approved by Arsesp | Up to June 29, 2020 | Up to December 30, 2020 |
*The indicated periods (except for stage 5) may be anticipated as the technical work progresses.
The aforementioned document is available on Sabesp’s website, in the Investor Relations area.
São Paulo, January 9, 2020.
Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP | ||
By: | /s/ Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso | |
Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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