Decree-Law No. 117/2000 creating a credit fund for financial assistance to fishing boards. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 152/2000 (I-A), 4 July 2000, pp. 2891 and 2892. Subject Fisheries Keyword Credit Special fund Non-governmental entity Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Decree-Law creates a credit fund for financial assistance to fishing boards. It consists of 8 articles establishing the requirements to be satisfied in order to benefit from credits to be issued to fisheries boards (including aquaculture, fish transformation and trade) in the view of guaranteeing a technique and equipment modernisation of involved sectors (valid for the period between 1 January 1994 and the date of entry into force of this provisions). Full text Portuguese