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Decree-Law No. 312/81 regulating the Fisheries Cooperatives.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
1981
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 22, Serie I, 18 November 1981.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Cooperative/producer organization Agricultural development Fishery management and conservation Procedural matters
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Decree-Law, consisting of 13 articles, regulates the Fishing Cooperatives which shall be governed by the provisions of this Decree-Law and, in their omissions, by those of the Code on Cooperative. The following activities shall apply to fishing cooperatives: a) the catching, fishing, harvesting, preserving, processing, landing, transport, charge of alive fishery products and other living resources of the sea, including seabed and areas under maritime jurisdiction; b) the extraction, treatment and use of sea salt. In addition, it defines the use of the cooperative form for obtaining an authorization and other formalities required by law, and the entities to which said authorizations and licenses depend on the specific nature and social function of cooperatives.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.dre.pt