The following are the main laws and regulations that govern the Carrasco Concession Agreement and the operation of the Carrasco Airport:
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Law No. 17,555 dated September 18, 2002, which authorized the Corporación Nacional para el Desarrollo (“CND”), a state owned agency created by Law No. 15,785, to incorporate a company with the purpose of “managing, exploiting, operating, constructing and maintaining” Carrasco Airport. Pursuant to the aforementioned authorization, in 2003 the Uruguayan Government incorporated Puerta del Sur, and in February 6, 2003, Puerta del Sur entered into the Carrasco Concession Agreement with the Defense Ministry to manage, exploit, operate, construct and maintain the Carrasco Airport for a 20-year term by paying an annual concession price or “fee.”
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Executive Branch Decree 376/002, dated September 28, 2002, which includes the Régimen de Gestión Integral, which regulates Law No. 17,555, and created the Unidad de Control, which acts as Puerta del Sur’s regulator.
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Executive Branch Decree 153/003, dated April 24, 2003, Executive Branch Decree 192/003, dated May 20, 2003, and Executive Branch Decree 317/003, dated August 13, 2003, which amended the terms of the auction of Puerta del Sur’s shares and certain requirements connected to the Carrasco Concession Agreement.
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Resolution No. 284/005 issued by the Defense Ministry, pursuant to which the Defense Ministry approved certain amendments to the Carrasco Concession Agreement.
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Executive Branch Decree 303/005, dated September 13, 2005, Executive Branch Decree 469/007, dated December 3, 2007, Executive Branch Decree 491/009, dated October 19, 2009, Executive Branch Decree 20/012 dated January 27, 2012, Executive Branch Decree 148/2014, dated May 26, 2014, and Executive Branch Decree 62/015, dated February 18, 2015, all of which updated the tariffs set forth in the Carrasco Concession Agreement.
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Executive Branch Decree 409/08, which approved the regulations related to the treatment of Carrasco Airport as a “freeport.”
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Executive Branch Decree 229/014, dated August 6, 2014, which amended several aspects of the Carrasco Concession Agreement, providing the extension of the Carrasco Concession Agreement for an additional 10 year term in exchange for (i) payment of a fee of U.S.$20.0 million and an additional fee by Puerta del Sur which will be discussed further on, (ii) the return to the Ministry of Defense of the old Carrasco Airport passengers terminal, and (iii) commitment by Puerta del Sur to perform certain obligations. See “—The Carrasco Concession Agreement—Obligations Assumed by Puerta del Sur as Concessionaire.”
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Resolution No. 27/015, dated March 11, 2015, issued by the Defense Ministry regarding the FBO-VIP zone.
The following are the main regulations that govern the Punta del Este Concession Agreement and the operation of the Punta del Este Airport:
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Law 15,637 dated September 28, 1984, which authorizes the Executive Branch to grant concessions of public property to individuals, public or private legal entities, mix ownership companies, allowing the concessionaire to collect fees from the commercial exploitation.
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Resolution 960/993 issued by the Executive Power dated October 23, 1993, which awarded the Public Tender 4/991 for the reconstruction, maintenance and partial operation of the services of the Punta del Este Airport to Consorcio Aeropuertos Internacionales S.A. and authorized the Ministry of Defense to enter into the Punta del Este Concession Agreement with CAISA for a period of 20 years.
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Resolution 1866/001 issued by the Ministry of Defense dated December 14, 2001, which approved the amendment of the terms of the Punta del Este Concession Agreement.
Governmental Authorities
Role of DINACIA
The former Directorate of Civil Aviation, currently called DINACIA, the Uruguayan aviation authority, was created by the Executive Branch Decree 21/999, dated January 26, 1999.