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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, 2017
(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)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
 
 

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO - SABESP

 

PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY

Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 43.776.517/0001-80

State Registry (NIRE) 35300016831

 

MATERIAL FACT

Beginning of the Second Ordinary Tariff Review of Sabesp

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – Sabesp (“Company” or “Sabesp”), pursuant to Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Law 6404/76 and CVM Instruction No. 358/02, hereby announces to its shareholders and to the market in general that, on January 19, 2017, the Regulatory Agency of Sanitation and Energy of the State of São Paulo (ARSESP - Agência Reguladora de Saneamento e Energia do Estado de São Paulo) published the ARSESP Resolution No. 706, which deals with the beginning of the second ordinary tariff review of Sabesp and other measures, as follows:

"IT RESOLVES THAT:

Article 1 - Approves the beginning of the 2nd Tariff Review of SABESP and discloses the timeline connected to its initial stage (Appendix).

Article 2 - The Preliminary Maximum Average Tariff (Preliminary Po) will be authorized up until June 10, 2017, and applied pursuant to Article 39 of Law No. 11445/2007, subject to the conclusion of the activities to be carried out with the support of the advisory firm hired;

Sole Paragraph - The Final Maximum Average Tariff (Final Po) will be disclosed and authorized up until April 10, 2018.

Article 3 - The same methodology used and approved for the 1st Ordinary Tariff Review of SABESP will be applied in the initial stage of the tariff review, as established in the Final Technical Note No. RTS/01/2012 - Detailed Methodology for the Tariff Review Process of SABESP, available on ARSESP's website: www.arsesp.sp.gov.br

Article 4 - The differences in the revenues ascertained from the authorized tariff values ​​on June 10, 2017 (Preliminary Po) and the tariff values ascertained ​​after the conclusion of the tariff review (Final Po) will be properly offset, and employed to the public service tariffs for water supply and sanitation, at the time of the tariff adjustment, which will take place on April 11, 2018."

The full text of Resolution No. 706 with the initial timeline for the 2nd Tariff Review can be found on ARSESP's and Sabesp's website.

São Paulo, January 19, 2017

Edison Airoldi

Technology, Projects and Environment Officer 

acting as the Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations 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 19, 2017
 
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
By: /s/      
 
Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
 

 

 
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