La Recente riforma dei porti in Brasile (Lei n. 12.815/2013): comparazione sul sistema portuale brasiliano ed italiano nei rispettivi scenari del Mercosur e dell'Unione Europea

This study presents a legal and administrative overview applicable to the Brazilian port sector, in order to: 1) develop and interpretation of the applicable rules (after the recent changes made to the sector byLei n. 12.815/13), conforms to the dictates of the Brazils Constitution; 2) identify the most contentious issues emerging by the Brazilians legislation and regulations, applicable to the port activity and industry competition; 3) identify the weight of the reform in question at both internally and in the light of the world economic exchanges.Therefore, the first step will necessarily be made up of a historical reconstruction of the legislation of the Brazilian port sector, in order to identify the rules currently applicable to the use of port terminals in Brazil, as derived by the Federal Constitution of 1988 and the legislation of the sector. Finally, it will be an investigation of comparative matrix between the port system of South American countries and the Italian in their respective scenarios of Mercosur and the European Union.