DECREE OF April 3, 2006.

Outorga to the Transmission Company of Energy of Rio Grande do Sul S.A. concession for the operation of the public electric power transmission service, relative to the New-Pole Fields Transmission Line-525 kV, located in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the attribution conferring you the art. 84, inciso IV, of the Constitution, and in view of the provisions of the Laws in the 8,987, February 13, 1995, 9,074, July 7, 1995, 9,491, September 9, 1997, and 9,648, of May 27, 1998, and what is stated in the Process in the 48500.003409 /05-89,

DECRETA:

Art. 1º It gets outwith the Energy Transmission Company of Rio Grande do Sul S.A. concession for operation of public electric power transmission service upon construction, operation, maintenance and other facilities required of the functions of measurement, supervision, protection, command support of the venture Line of Transmission Fields New-Pole, at 525 kV, in the states of Santa Catarina and the Rio Grande do Sul.

Art. 2º The granting of this Decree shall apply for the period of thirty years, counted from the date of signature of the respective Public Power Transmission Public Service Concession Contract.

§ 1º The Contract is to be signed within thirty days, counted from the convocation made by the National Electric Power Agency-ANEEL, under penalty of ineffectiveness of the concession ora outored.

§ 2º Mediating application of the Power Transmission Company of Rio Grande do Sul S.A. to ANEEL, submitted up to thirty-six months prior to the termination of the constant deadline of the chaput of this article, the concession may be extended under the conditions stipulated.

Art. 3º The existing goods and facilities in function of the electric power transmission service shall be linked to the public services granted, upon disposal, assignment, transfer or dation in guarantee, without prior and express permission of ANEEL.

Single Paragraph. Upon expiry of the concession period, the goods and facilities bound for the provision of the service granted will revere to the Union, in the manner provided for in law and in the Grant Agreement.

Art. 4º This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its publication.

Brasilia, April 3, 2006 ; 185º of the Independence and 118º of the Republic.

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