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BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER [2 records]

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction
  • Commercial Law
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Process by which an installation or complex infrastructure is sold once it has been built and functioning for one or two years. Normally carried out by a combination of specialised companies and typical clients include governments of under-developed countries. Different to a turnkey operation in that it includes staff training, search for new customers, organisational stability and the necessary procedures for correct functioning, as well as successful operation over a longer period of time.

OBS

A private developer receives a franchise to finance, design, build and operate a facility (and to charge user fees) for a specified period, after which ownership is transferred back to the public sector.

OBS

BOT: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • Build, Operate and Transfer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction
  • Droit commercial
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Processus par lequel une installation ou infrastructure est vendue une fois construite et en fonctionnement depuis un ou deux ans. Réalisé par une combinaison d'entreprises spécialisées, les clients habituels sont des organisations gouvernementales de pays en voie de développement. Contrairement à la remise d'une usine clé en main, sont incluses la formation du personnel, la captation des clients ainsi que l'organisation et les démarches nécessaires pour le bon fonctionnement de l'installation et pour l'évolution fructueuse pendant une longue période.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

construction, exploitation et transfert : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internacionale (OACI).

OBS

bâtir, œuvrer, transférer, BOT : termes publiés au Journal officiel du 26 mars 2004.

Key term(s)
  • construction exploitation transfert
  • construire, opérer, vendre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Construcción
  • Derecho mercantil
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

construye, opera y vende, cov: términos extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

construcción, explotación y transferencia: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil International (OACI).

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Record 2 2005-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Construction
DEF

Type of construction contract whereby a private firm finances some or all of the initial investment and is remunerated directly from revenues earned by the project from selling output to a public utility. Ownership is eventually transferred to the state or to private domestic investors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Construction

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Construcción
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