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Highlights of the week

André Brickmann Areno, lawyer of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, talked about the subject "The case EC-Sardines" - the solution of a dispute between Peru and the European Community, inside the sphere of WTO, that allowed new interpretations of the agreement about technical barriers to the commerce, in a talk at INMETRO.
According to Antonio Corrêa Meyer and José Virgílio Lopes Enei, partners of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, international experience shows that, in order for PPPs to succeed, its necessary to adapt conventional bidding processes.
According to Antônio Corrêa Meyer and José Virgílio Lopes Enei, partners of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, the PPP can be an alternative to stimulate projects that, in another way, wouldn´t be practicable, because of the lack of budgetary funds and tax feasibility.
According to Antônio Corrêa Meyer and José Virgílio Lopes Enei, partners of Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice Advogados, the federal bill which institutes Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) establishes general norms that require further regulation.