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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For January 16, 2015
(Commission File No. 1-31317)
 
 
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Basic Sanitation Company of the State of Sao Paulo - SABESP
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 

Rua Costa Carvalho, 300
São Paulo, S.P., 05429-900
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of Registrant's principal executive offices)


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Notice to the Market

 

São Paulo, Brazil, January 9, 2015. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - Sabesp, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that it will apply a contingency tariff to those municipalities served by Sabesp in the Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí Water Basin under influence of the Cantareira System. The contingency tariff will be applied for users whose monthly consumption exceeds their monthly average consumption between February 2013 and January 2014, as follows:

i. 40% increase on the tariff amount applicable to the water consumption portion that exceeds up to 20% of the average; or

ii. 100% increase on the tariff amount applicable to the water consumption portion that exceeds more than 20% of the average.

All users are subject to the contingency tariff, including those with fixed demand agreements, except in the following cases:

i. those with monthly consumption equal to or less than 10 m³; and

ii. hospitals, emergency rooms, nursing homes, police stations, prisons, detention centers and CASA Foundation service centers.

The municipalities included in the expansion of the program are: Bragança Paulista, Joanópolis, Nazaré Paulista, Pinhalzinho, Piracaia, Vargem, Hortolândia, Itatiba, Jarinu, Monte Mor, Morumgaba and Paulínia.

The contingency tariff will remain in effect for consumption measured as of the publication date in São Paulo State Official Journal of Sabesp Notice 01/15 until December 31, 2015.

The full content of mentioned Notice is also available on www.sabesp.com.br.

 

January, 9th, 2015
 
Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso

Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Financial Officer

 

 
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, in the city São Paulo, Brazil.
Date: January 16, 2015
 
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
By: /s/  Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso    
 
Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
 

 

 
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