The Special Commission set for the bidding process (CEL is the acronym in Portuguese language) is in charge of overseeing the procedures, beginning with the qualification approval of interested companies. Six members constitute this body, from which three belong to ANP´s staff, one is an attorney and two come as external representatives, provided they had no links to entities, companies or organizations related to the oil industry in the previous six months.

The Commission for Round 9 was established by ANP Ordinance 127/07. General directives guiding the Commission´s work were set by ANP Ordinance 174/99. CEL´s administrative procedures are regulated by an ANP´s specific Guideline, approved on September, 12th, and embodied in Minutes that will be regularly published in this site (texts in Portuguese only).

»	Act Nº 01, August, 9th, 2007, published on August, 10th
		Annex to Act Nº 1
»	Act Nº 02, August, 22th, 2007, published on August, 23th
		Annex to Act Nº 2
»	Act Nº 03, September, 06th, 2007, published on September, 10th
»	Act Nº 04, September, 13th, 2007, published on September, 14th
»	Act Nº 05, September, 21th, 2007, published on September, 24th
»	Act Nº 06, September, 27th, 2007, published on September, 28th
»	Act Nº 07, October, 04th, 2007, published on October, 05th
»	Act Nº 08, October, 09th, 2007, published on October, 10th
»	Act Nº 09, October, 19th, 2007, published on October, 19th
»	Act Nº 10, October, 24th, 2007, published on October, 26th
»	Act Nº 11, October, 30th, 2007, published on October, 30th
»	Act Nº 12, November, 05th, 2007, published on November, 06th
»	Act Nº 13, November, 07th, 2007, published on November, 07th
»	Act Nº 14, November, 12th, 2007, published on November, 13th
»	Act Nº 15, December, 05th, 2007, published on December, 14th
		Annex to Act Nº 15
»	Act Nº 16, April, 01st, 2008, published on April, 01st
»	Act Nº 17, July, 16th, 2008, published on July, 16th