Decree N° 50/2015, issued by the Ministry of Public Works, has been enacted. This
act approves the Regulation that sets the technical conditions to be fulfilled during the
design, construction and operation stages of hydraulic works, as defined in Article 294
of the Water Code.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is a free trade agreement between Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. After 7 years of negotiations, which began in February 2008, an agreement was reached on October 5, 2015, and the text was published in English on November 5, 2015. Among other matters, the TPP seeks to establish a common framework for intellectual property, strengthen labor law and environmental law standards, and establish an arbitration mechanism to solve disputes between States and investors.