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1.Parties are exempted from the following taxes:
a)Stamp duty;
b)Imposto sobre Sucessões e Doações (Tax on Inheritances and Donations);
c) Imposto municipal de sisa (Municipal conveyance tax) as due on acquisition ¬of property necessary for the installation of headquarters, offices and services, and on transfers resulting from merger or demerger;
d)Contribuição autárquica (Municipal rates) as due on the taxable value of urban properties or parts of urban properties which they own and which are used to base their headquarters, ¬branch office and services;
e)IRC - Imposto sobre o rendimento das pessoas colectivas (Corporate income tax¬).
2.The parties also benefit from exemption from court costs and expenses.