An agreement was signed in March with the National Trade Union Organisations and with the Group’s Union Organisation which provided for an increase from (pursuant to Article 8-bis of the Federambiente CCNL (collective labour agreement)) of the quota of personnel in type B cooperatives awarded with contracts regarding waste collection services, road sweeping services and the management of drop-off points, which may be excluded from the obligation to apply the CCNL (national collective labour agreement) for waste management services.