DECREE OF December 18, 2008.

Declara of public utility, for purposes of dismispropriation, total or partial, or of institution of servitude administrative, in favor of Brazilian Petroleum SA S.A. -PETROBRÁS, the real estate it mentions, situated in the State of the Holy Spirit, necessary for the construction of the Southern Capixaba pipeline, an integral part of the System of Flow and Treatment of Southern Gas Capixaba, as well as of its complementary facilities, and gives other arrangements.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the assignment that confers the art. 84, inciso IV, of the Constitution, with a view to the provisions of the art. 8^o, inciso VIII, of the Law n^o 9,478, of August 6, 1997, in the Decree-Law n^o 3,365, of June 21, 1941, in the Decree-Law n^o 1,075, of January 22, 1970, and what is stated in the ANP Processes n^o 48610.006763 /2008-78 and MME n^o 48000.002559 /2008-66,

DECREE:

Art. 1^o Ficam declared of public utility, for purposes of dispropriation, total or partial, or of administrative servitude institution, in favor of Brazilian Petroleum S.A. -PETROBRÁS, or of company by it controlled, directly or indirectly, which comes to be in charge of the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, repair and surveillance of the Southern Capixaba pipeline, an integral part of the System of Flow and Treatment of South Gas Capixaba, the real estate constituted of land and benfeits, of private property, excluded public domain goods, understood in the lanes of land approximately eighty-four thousand and sixty and a square metres and extension approximate four thousand two hundred and fifty three metres, situated in the Municipality of Anchieta, in the State of the Holy Spirit, and whose administrative constraints are indispensable to the construction of the Southern Capixaba pipeline, an integral of the System of Runoff and Treatment of Southern Gas Capixaba, as well as from its complementary facilities.

§ 1^o The strip of land to which the caput of this article is concerned, with approximately eighty and four thousand and sixty and one square metres, located in the Municipality of Anchieta, in the State of the Holy Spirit, necessary for the construction of the Southern Capixaba pipeline, an integral part of the System of Flow and Treatment of Southern Gas Capixaba, thus describes itself and characterizes: strip of land with twenty meters of width and approximate span of four thousand, two hundred and fifty three meters, whose axis has started in the Scraper located in the UTG-SUL Area, at the inflection point, called of Pt-01, with coordinates N=7.699.972, 96 and E=331.377, 48; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 109m, until it reaches Pt-02, with coordinates N=7.699.972, 96 and E= 331,485.99; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-03, with coordinates N=7.699.969, 86 and E=331.497,58; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-04, with coordinates N=7.699.963, 87 and E=331.507, 98; of this point, it follows with general direction southeast and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-05, with coordinates N=7.699.955, 39 and E=331.516, 47; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-06, with coordinates N=7.699.945, and E=331.522, 47; of this point, follows with general direction south-east and distance of 213m, until it reaches Pt-07, with coordinates N=7.699.744, 31 and E=331.593, 36; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 24m, until it reaches Pt-08, with coordinates N=7.699.723, 80 and E= 331,604.87; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-09, with coordinates N=7.699.714, 65 and E=331.612, 64; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-10, with coordinates N=7.699.707, 82 and E=331.622,51; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-11, with coordinates N=7.699.703, 78 and E=331.633, 81; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 39m, until it reaches the point Pt-12, with coordinates N=7.699.700, 2 and E=331.673,02; of this point, follows with general direction northeast and distance of 103m, until it reaches Pt-13, with coordinates N=7.699.705, 17 and E=331.775, 67; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 12m, until it comes to point Pt-14, with coordinates N=7.699.703, 25 and E=331.787,52; of this point, it follows with general south-east and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-15, with coordinates N=7.699.698, 33 and E=331.798, 47; of this point, it follows with south-eastern general direction and distance from 25m, until it reaches Pt-16, with coordinates N=7.699.682, 4 and E=331.818,00; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 22m, until it reaches Pt-17, with coordinates N=7.699.673, 31 and E=331.837, 98; of this point, follows with general direction south-east and distance of 193m, until it reaches Pt-18, with coordinates N=7.699.633,53 and E=332.026, 85; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 799m, passing through the Parati Córrego, until it reaches the Pt-19, with coordinates N=7.699.610, 64 and E=332.825, 45; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 32m, until it reaches Pt-20, with coordinates N=7.699.604,53 and E=332.856, 97; of this point, it follows with general direction southeast and distance of 125m, until it reaches the point Pt-21, with coordinates N=7.699.555, 64 and E=332.972, 15; of this point, follows with general direction south-east and distance of 31m, until it reaches Pt-22, with coordinates N=7.699.549,06 and E=333.002, 74; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 104m, until it comes to point Pt-23, with coordinates N=7.699.543,08 and E=333.107,05; of this point, it follows with general south-east and distance of 366m, until it reaches Pt-24, with coordinates N=7.699.450, 62 and E=333.461,08; of this point, it follows with general direction southeast and distance of 28m, until it reaches Pt-25, with coordinates N=7.699.439, 31 and E=333.486, 24; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 284m, until it reaches Pt-26, with coordinates N=7.699.276, 96 and E=333.718, 86; of this point, follows with general direction south-east and distance of 41m, until it reaches Pt-27, with coordinates N=7.699.257, 92 and E=333.755, 31; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 27m, until it reaches Pt-28, with N=7.699.250,57 coordinates and E=333.781, 31; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 29m, until it reaches Pt-29, with coordinates N=7.699.250,08 and E=333.810,50; of this point, it follows with general direction northeast and distance of 214m, passing through the ES-060 Highway, up to get to point Pt-30, with coordinates N=7.699.297, 86 and E=334.019,53; of this point, it follows with general direction northeast and distance of 196m, until it reaches Pt-31, with coordinates N=7.699.327, 12 and E=334.213,7; of this point, it follows with south-eastern general direction and distance of 65m, until it reaches Pt-32, with coordinates N=7.699.322, 48 and E=334.278, 16; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 71m, until it reaches Pt-33, with coordinates N=7.699.302,03 and E=334.346, 21; of this point, follows with general direction south-east and distance of 133m, until it reaches Pt-34, with coordinates N=7.699.235, 96 and E=334.461, 39; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 253m, until it reaches Pt-35, with coordinates N=7.699.151, 66 and E=334.699, 63; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 40m, until it reaches Pt-36, with coordinates N=7.699.140,55 and E=334.737, 76; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 36m, until it reaches Pt-37, with coordinates N=7.699.136, 96 and E=334.773, 63; of this point, it follows with general direction northeast and distance of 21m, until it reaches Pt-38, with coordinates N=7.699.138, 83 and E=334.794, 41; of this point, it follows with general northeast direction and distance of 86m, until it reaches the point Pt-39, with coordinates N=7.699.169, 86 and E=334.875,08; of this point, follows with general direction northeast and distance of 178m, until it reaches Pt-40, with coordinates N=7.699.240, 22 and E=335.039,07; of this point, it follows with general northeast direction and distance of 102m, until it reaches Pt-41, with coordinates N=7.699.282, 40 and E=335.132, 34; of this point, it follows with general direction northeast and distance of 12m, until it reaches point Pt-42, with coordinates N=7.699.284, 35 and E=335.144, 18; of this point, it follows with general direction southeast and distance of 12m, until it reaches Pt-43, with coordinates N=7.699.283, 17 and E=335.156, 12; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 32m, until it reaches Pt-44, with coordinates N=7.699.271, 84 and E=335.186, 16; of this point, follows with general direction southeast and distance of 50m, until it reaches Pt-45, with coordinates N=7.699.245,04 and E=335.227, 89, arriving at the VES-01 Valve Area, where to enclose this description of the land stretch of the Southern Capixaba pipeline. The description is in accordance with the Basic Train Planet DE-3603.98-6521-942-PEN-051, with coordinate system in the Transverse Unit of Mercator-UTM, Datum Horizontal SAD-69, origin in Ecuador and Meridian Central 39ºWGr, having their respective constants in the value of 10,000 km?N? and 500 km?E?

§ 2^o The area of land referred to in the caput of this article, with approximately four thousand and two hundred and seventy and one square metres, located in the Municipality of Anchieta, in the State of the Holy Spirit, necessary to the installation of the VES-01 Valve, by limiting to the perimeter defined by the coordinate points described to follow: with start at point Pc-01, with coordinates N=7.699.259,02 and E=335.151,09, follow with general direction northeast and distance of 24m, until you reach the point Pc-02, with coordinates N=7.699.268,58 and E=335.173, 10; of this point, it follows with general northeast direction and distance from 12m, until it reaches the point Pc-03, with coordinates N=7.699.273, 35 and E=335.184, 11; of this point, it follows with general northeast and distance bound of 12m, until it reaches the point Pc-04, with coordinates N=7.699.278, 15 and E=335.195, 11; of this point, follows with general direction northeast and distance of 12m, until it reaches the point Pc-05, with coordinates N=7.699.282, 96 and E=335.206, 10; of this point, it follows with general northeast direction and distance of 15m, until it reaches the point Pc-06, with coordinates N=7.699.288, 99 and E=335.219, 84; of this point, it follows with general direction north-east and distance of 25m, until it reaches the point Pc-07, with coordinates N=7.699.299, 34 and E=335.242, 64; of this point, it follows with general direction south-east and distance of 2m, until it reaches the point Pc-08, with coordinates N=7.699.298, 20 and E=335.243, 99; of this point, it follows with general direction southwest and distance of 28m, until it reaches the point Pc-09, with coordinates N=7.699.270, 18 and E=335.240, 95; of this point, it follows with general direction south-west and distance of 14m, until it reaches the point Pc-10, with coordinates N=7.699.256, 14 and E=335.238, 89; of this point, it follows with general direction southwest and distance of 14m, until it reaches the point Pc-11, with coordinates N=7.699.241, 86 and E=335.236, 80; of this point, it follows with general direction south-west and distance of 21m, until it reaches the point Pc-12, with coordinates N=7.699.233,59 and E=335.218,00; of this point, it follows with general direction south-west and distance of 12m, until it reaches the point Pc-13, with coordinates N=7.699.228, 80 and E=335.206, 99; of this point, it follows with general direction southwest and distance of 12m, until it reaches the point Pc-14, with coordinates N=7.699.223, 99 and E=335.196,00; of this point, it follows with general direction southwest and distance of 12m, until it reaches the point Pc-15, with coordinates N=7.699.219, 21 and E=335.184, 99; of this point, follows with general south-west tack and distance of 12m, until you reach the point Pc-16, with coordinates N=7.699.214, 43 and E=335.173, 99; of this point, it follows with general northwest direction and distance of 25m, until you reach the point Pc-17, with coordinates N=7.699.237, 38 and E=335.164,02; of this point, it follows with general direction southwest and distance of 3m, until it reaches the point Pc-18, with coordinates N=7.699.236,09 and E=335.161,05; of this point, it follows with general northwest direction and distance of 25m, until it reaches the point Pc-01, with coordinates N=7.699.259,02 and E=335.151,09. The above description is in accordance with the coordinate system in the Transverse Unit of Mercator-UTM, Datum Horizontal SAD-69, origin in Ecuador and Meridian 39 °WGr, having their respective constants in the value of 10,000 km?N? and 500 km?E?

Art. 2^o The Brazilian Oil S.A. -PETROBRÁS, or company by it controlled, directly or indirectly, is authorized to promote, with own resources, amicably or judicially, the disappropriation, total or partial, or the institution of administrative servitude of which it treats art. 1^o, may, including, invoke the urgency character for the purposes of provisional immission in the possession of the goods, pursuant to art. 15 of the Decree-Law n^o 3,365, of June 21, 1941, and of the Decree-Law n^o 1,075, of January 22, 1970.

Art. 3^o This Decree comes into effect on the date of its publication.

Brasilia, December 18, 2008; 187^the of Independence and 120^o of the Republic.

LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA

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