The decision by the Federal Revenue Service of Brazil (RFB) to include sub-condominiums among entities required to register with the National Register of Corporate Taxpayers (CNPJ) is a measure that should contribute to the administrative efficiency of businesses structured in the form of condominiums. The change was announced on December 29, 2016, with the amendment of Article 4, item II, of Federal Revenue Rule No. 1,634/2016.

SIGNIFICANT REAL ESTATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE BILL OF THE NEW MINING CODE, by Anna Lyvia Ribeiro and Flavia Moller and Georgia Gomes Considering the essentiality of the mineral resources for the industrial development and for technological advances, there is a large global demand for investments in the mining sector.

REAL ESTATE EXPANSION SEES AN INCREASE IN LAWSUITS FOR THE REVISION OF RENTAL FEES, by Maria Flávia Seabra Gemperli and Felipe Mendes de Godoy The unprecedented expansion of real estate activity in Brazil over the previous years significantly increased the level of real estate business: launches, construction sites, civil construction employment, number of residential and commercial units delivered annually, levels of real estate financing and square meter value in the main urban centers.

CHALLENGES CONCERNING SÃO PAULO´S NEW URBAN MASTER PLAN, by Maria Flavia Seabra Gemperli and Marina Rosa Cavalli São Paulo’s new Urban Master Plan may impose significant changes upon the city and its residents, especially from 2016.

Ivana Coelho Bomfim  CVM Resolution No.