Act No. 9.335 creating the Rio Parnaíba River Basin Committee, with an area of activity located in the states of Piauí, Maranhão and Ceará. Country/Territory Brazil Document type Regulation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword River basin institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Freshwater resources management Authorization/permit Institution Integrated management Water charges Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic Basin Parnaíba Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on the day of its publication. Abstract This Decree creates the Parnaíba River Basin Committee. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Committee, entitled to: promote issues related to water resources and articulate actions of the intervening entities; arbitrate, in the first administrative instance, conflicts related to water resources; approve the Basin Water Resources Plan; monitor the implementation of the Water Resources Plan of the basin and suggest the measures necessary to achieve its goals; propose to the National Council of Water Resources and to the State Councils of Water Resources the purpose of exemption from the obligation of granting rights of use of water resources, according to the domains of these; establish mechanisms for charging the use of water resources and suggest the amounts to be charged; establish criteria and promote the cost sharing of works of multiple use, of common or collective interest. Full text Portuguese Website www.planalto.gov.br References - Legislation Implements Law No. 9.433 creating the National Water Resources Policy, the National Water Resources Management System, regulating Section XIX, Article 21 of the Federal Constitution. Legislation | Brazil | 1997 (2023) Keyword: Framework law, Freshwater resources management, Authorization/permit, Irrigation, Water rights, Water supply, Potable water, Institution, Standards, Freshwater pollution, Offences/penalties, Integrated management, Pollution control, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX