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Municipalities cannot benefit from short-term prescription for water concession contracts under Art. 10(1) of Law 23/96.

Case Number 0755/15
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The Supreme Administrative Court dismissed the appeal regarding the prescription period applicable to water concession contracts. The municipality argued it qualified as a 'user' entitled to the short-term prescription regime under Article 10(1) of Law 23/96. The court ruled that municipalities are not 'users' in this context, thereby preventing them from invoking the short-term prescription against concessionaires.

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PRESCRIÇÃO CONTRATO DE CONCESSÃO FORNECIMENTO DE ÁGUA

Keywords

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municipal water concessions short term prescription user status definition public service contracts prescription period applicability

Cited Legislation

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Art. 10(1) of Law 23/96
Art. 144(1) of the Constitution
Art. 151(1) of the Constitution
Art. 138 of the CPC
Art. 297(1) of the Civil Code
Art. 323 of the Civil Code
Art. 12 of Law 195/96
Art. 12 of Law 2009/8/20

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[AREA TEMATICA 1] DIR ADM ECON - CONCESSÕES SERVIÇO PUBL.

[LEGISLACAO NACIONAL] CPTA02 ART144 N1 ART151 N1. CPC13 ART138. CCIV66 ART297 N1 ART323. L 23/96 DE 1996/07/26 ART10 N1. DL 195/09 DE 2009/08/20 ART12.

[DATA DE ENTRADA] 06/15/2015

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTA00069365

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SA1201510080755

[OBJECTO] SENT TAF LEIRIA

[RECORRENTE] A............, SA

[RECORRIDO 1] B............, SA

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/DFDBB7D4ED88A66580257EDD0044FF20?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Os municípios não são «utentes» para o efeito de beneficiarem da prescrição de curto prazo prevista no art. 10º, n.º 1, da Lei n.º 23/96, pelo que esse regime prescricional não é por eles oponível aos concessionários – de sistemas multimunicipais – prestadores de serviços de fornecimento de água e de recolha, tratamento e rejeição de efluentes.