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  • Legal Framework oriented to enhance competitiveness
    • Sovereign bonds will finance infrastructure and capital expenditures ensured by legal framework. According to Law No. 1535/99, sovereign bonds are to be used in productive investments but not for current expenditure.
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      Construction & Maintenance of Roads
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      Rail system
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      Integration corridors in the West
      Av. Costanera & Parque Bicentenario
      Water supply system in Chaco
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      Aqueduct Project
  • PPP Law
    • Public-private investment program requires a concession contract per project with specific terms and conditions.
    • Each project will require a special purpose vehicle and shareholders will have to comply with equity contributions and structuring of financing, among others.
    • PPP Law's Scope
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      Construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of national roads and highways.
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      Port projects
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      International Airports
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      Waterways: Dredging and maintenance of navigable rivers
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      Electrical Infrastructure
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      Construction, extensions and operation of railroad services
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      Social infrastructure: Hospitals, Health centers, Educational centers; jails and penitentiaries.
  • Projects in progress under PPP Law
  • Silvio Pettirossi airport
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    State: Evaluation of technical offers
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    Projects: New Terminal of 40.000 m2
                      New 80.000 m2 Platform
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    Contract: Design, construction, operation, financing, running and management
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    Duration: Up to 30 years
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    Regime: PPP
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    Start date: 2016
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    Investment: 150 million dollars
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    Modality: Law 5.102-PPP

  • Road 2 & 7
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    State: Design and tendering process
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    Projects: 170 km intervenes.
                      149 km of road duplications
                      5 overpasses and 3 viaducts
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    Contract: Design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance and exploitation.
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    Duration: Up to 30 years
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    Regime: PPP
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    Start date: 2016
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    Investment: 400 million dollars
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    Modality: Law 5.102-PPP

  • 5074/13 Law
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    Establishes the conditions and responsibilities that constructors assumes for each project
    (minimizes the government involvement and liability).
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    The Government offers as guarantees National Treasury bonds or sovereign guarantee over the financing (only available if the works are completed).
  • Projects in progress under Law 5074/13
    • Road 9 (Remanso – Mariscal Estigarribia)
    • • Stage: Ongoing bidding process
      • Size: US$ 460mm
      • Reg. Framework: Law 5074/13


    • Parana River Bridge Access
    • • Stage: Ongoing bidding process
      • Size: US$ 230mm
      • Reg. Framework: Law 5074/13
    • Luque, Lambaré and Roque Alonso - Sewerage
    • • Size: US$ 425mm
      • Reg. Framework: Law 5074/13
    • Bi-Oceánico Corridor – Phase I (Carmelo Peralta – Loma Plata)
    • • Stage: Bid to star in Apr-16
      • Size: US$ 315mm
      • Reg. Framework: Law 5074
    • Costanera Sur
    • • Stage: Feasibility
      • Size: US$ 320mm
      • Reg. Framework: Law 5074/13
    • San Cristóbal – Naranjal
    • • Objective: Road repavement
      • Stage: Feasibility studies
      • Size: US$ 36mm
      • Reg. Framework: Law 5074/13
    • Infrastructure and Services that Paraguay requires
    • - Improving, developing and equipping human capital.
    • - Supply of drinking water, sewage treatment services.
    • - Production, refining, and commercialization of hydrocarbons, fuels and lubricants.
    • - Other investment projects in services and infrastructure of public interest.
    • - Cement production and commercialization
    • - Aqueducts, poliducts, oil pipelines, alcohol pipelines, gas pipelines
    • - Telecommunications services