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The deadlines that govern urbanism.

Universal sanitation, end of open dumps, Master Plan reviews, milestones of the Legal Framework for Cities. Live dashboard of the critical deadlines of Brazilian urban policy.

active deadlines

Deadlines counting down.

Each card is a binding legal milestone. The counter is updated every minute and uses Brasília time (UTC−3) to calculate days until the target date.

SANITATION

Universal Basic Sanitation

remaining until the target

Target date: December 31, 2033

Target: 99% of the population with drinking water and 90% with sewage collection and treatment.

legal basis Law 14,026/2020 art. 11-B of Law 11,445/2007

SANITATION · EXTENSION

Possible sanitation extension

remaining until the extension cap

Target date: January 1, 2040

Applies when the title holder proves technical or economic unfeasibility of meeting 2033.

legal basis Law 14,026/2020

SOLID WASTE

End of open dumps in capitals and metropolitan areas

since expiration

Target date: August 2, 2021

Mandatory closure of open dumps in the 27 state capitals and municipalities of metropolitan areas.

legal basis Law 14,026/2020 amended Law 12,305/2010

SOLID WASTE

End of open dumps in frontier or large municipalities

since expiration

Target date: August 2, 2022

Municipalities with more than one hundred thousand inhabitants or in a frontier strip.

legal basis Law 14,026/2020

SOLID WASTE

End of open dumps in medium municipalities

since expiration

Target date: August 2, 2023

Municipalities between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand inhabitants.

legal basis Law 14,026/2020

SOLID WASTE

End of open dumps in small municipalities

since expiration

Target date: August 2, 2024

Municipalities with fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants. Last tier of the schedule.

legal basis Law 14,026/2020

MASTER PLAN · PETRÓPOLIS

Review of the Petrópolis Master Plan

since expiration

Target date: March 28, 2024

Federal law requires a ten-year review; the municipality is overdue and the 2022 tragedy only made the urgency more acute.

legal basis Municipal Law 7,167/2014 and City Statute, art. 40

SANITATION · REGULATION

Economic-financial capacity in the Sanitation Framework

IN FORCE

fully applied since 2021

In force: since publication of the decree

Providers must prove economic-financial capacity to meet universalization targets. Without proof, the contract is void.

legal basis Decree 10,710/2021 regulates Law 11,445/2007

LAND REGULARIZATION

Reurb-S with full exemption

PERMANENT

no end date, depends on municipal act

In force: ongoing

Regularization of social interest with exemption from court costs and registry fees, provided the municipality declares the area as Reurb-S.

legal basis Law 13,465/2017 and City Statute

PPP · FISCAL CAP

Municipal PPP cap at 5% of NCR

CONTINUOUS CAP

no deadline, permanent fiscal rule

In force: ongoing

The sum of continuing expenses arising from PPPs may not exceed 5% of Net Current Revenue (RCL).

legal basis Law 11,079/2004, art. 28

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How to interpret.

Three color regimes signal where the municipality stands in relation to the deadline. The reading is direct and depends only on the difference in days between today and the target date.

GREEN · on track

More than one year until the target date, or milestone already in force with no end date. The municipality still has room to plan, contract and execute. This is the window to prepare the procurement process, contract adjustment or plan review.

YELLOW · approaching

Fewer than twelve months until the target date. The tool then highlights in orange to trigger political priority. In this interval, the time for procurement, design and construction usually no longer fits without an emergency regime.

RED · expired

Target date in the past. The municipality may lose voluntary federal transfers, struggle to obtain certificates and face actions by the Public Prosecutor's Office. Critical cards get a red border for emphasis.

implications

Why these deadlines matter.

The deadlines of the Legal Framework for Sanitation condition contracting, regulation and oversight. Without a provider with proven economic-financial capacity and without a schedule aligned with the 2033 target, the municipality risks a void contract, loss of financing and judicialization. The program contract has become the exception; today the rule is open bidding or a concession with independent regulation.

The deadlines of the National Solid Waste Policy redesign final waste disposal. Open dumps should have been closed in tiers that ended in 2024. The municipality that still disposes of waste in the open does not receive federal waste transfers, cannot obtain qualification in the Federal Agreements Registry, and faces a Conduct Adjustment Term with the state Public Prosecutor's Office.

The review deadlines of the Master Plan are triggers for urban-planning instruments. Without an updated plan, the municipality cannot apply mandatory subdivision, building or use; it cannot establish progressive IPTU over time; it cannot receive transferable development rights; and it has no basis for a consorted urban operation. The ten-year review is not a technical detail, it is the key to the City Statute.

The practical result is simple. A municipality that misses a deadline loses voluntary federal transfers, has difficulty entering into a concession or PPP, faces restrictions on certificates of regularity, and falls out of federal and external financing bid notices. The calendar is not symbolic, it is a map of fiscal and urbanistic risk.

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