Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) 6-K Notice to the Market - 07/17

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of March, 2017

Commission File Number 1-14668

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Energy Company of Paraná

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800
80420-170 Curitiba, Paraná
Federative Republic of Brazil
(5541) 3222-2027

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

Yes _______ No ___X____

Notice to the Market - 07/17

Related Party Transaction and Conflict of Interest Policy

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on the BM&FBOVESPA (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), the NYSE (ELP) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), pursuant to CVM Instruction 358/2002, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that the Company’s Board of Directors, at its 164^th Ordinary Meeting, has approved the new Related Party Transaction and Conflict of Interest Policy.

The approved Policy extended the scope of the assessment of related party transactions, introducing, among other items, the need for prior analysis of conflict of interest issues by independent members of the Audit Committee. It also established: (a) the authority levels for approval of related party transactions; (b) quarterly assessments, by the Audit Committee, of the Company’s existing related party transactions; and (c) the requirement of a document to be signed by the members of management when they take office declaring that they have received, read and undertake to comply with said Policy, as well as an annual statement listing their potential conflicts of interest with Copel.

The new Policy is available on Copel’s Investor Relations website (ir.copel.com).

Curitiba, March 24, 2017.

Luiz Eduardo da Veiga Sebastiani

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

For further information, please contact the Investor Relations team:

ri@copel.com or (41) 3222-2027

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 24, 2017

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL
By:	/S/  Antonio Sergio de Souza Guetter
	Antonio Sergio de Souza Guetter Chief Executive Officer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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