Company: PBR
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001292814-25-001352
Chunk: 199

Company: PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 17
Chunk 199
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 gas; (iii) the change in the regime of use of transportation pipelines and storage facilities (from concession to authorization); (iv) the unbundling of the natural gas transportation and distribution segments; and (v) the change of competence to approve the import and export of natural gas (from the MME to the ANP).
 In 2022, the CNPE published Resolution No. 3, establishing (i) the strategic guidelines for the new natural gas market, (ii) the improvement of energy policies related to free competition in this market, (iii) the fundamentals of the transition period, and (iv) the revocation, among others, of the CNPE Resolution No. 4/2019.
 In August 2024, Decree No. 12.153/2024 was published, amending Decree No. 10.712/2021, introducing significant changes to the regulation of the New Gas Law, related to natural gas activities. Despite the significance of the publication of the New Gas Law, we expect further action by the ANP to establish measures that will be necessary to implement most of the changes brought about by the new law.
 In August 2023, the ANP published the 3rd update of its regulatory agenda for the years 2022-2023. For more information see: https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/acesso-a-informacao/acoes-e-programas/agenda-regulatoria.
 In November 2023, ANP published Resolution ANP No. 961/2023, with a specific revision of Resolutions ANP No. 51/2013 and No. 11/2016, which regulate, respectively, the loading activity and natural gas transportation service, in order to adapt and simplify the process of offering and contracting firm transportation capacity in accordance with the new natural gas legal framework. With this publication, it became possible to contract capacity in the transportation systems directly through the Capacity Offer Portal without the need for a previous public call.
 In July 2019, we signed a commitment with CADE (termo de cessação de conduta) which consolidates the understandings between the parties on the promotion of competition in the natural gas sector in Brazil, including the sale of equity participation in companies operating in this sector. In November 2023, we formally requested a review of the agreement signed with CADE in line with the Strategic Plan. Thus, in 2024, Petrobras and CADE reached an agreement and established