Decree-Law No. 76/2016 approving the National Water Plan (NAP).

Subject

Environment gen., Sea, Water

Keyword

Freshwater resources management Environmental planning Marine area Marine pollution Monitoring Climate change Coastal zone management Pollution control Ecosystem preservation Basic legislation Institution Policy/planning Water users' associations Water supply Water rights Wetlands Equity Water quality standards Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Hazardous waste

Geographical area

Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe

Entry into force notes

This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication.

Abstract

This Decree-Law approves, in the Annex, the National Water Plan (NAP) whose objectives are defined in Law No. 58/2005 of 29 December, as amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 130/2012 of 22 June (Water Law). This Plan establishes the framework for water management and transposes Directive 2000/60/EC of the Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2000 into a national legislation. NAP is a sectoral policy instrument of national and strategic scope. Water management pursues three fundamental objectives: a) protection and upgrading of the status of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands dependent on them, as regards their water requirements; b) promotion of the sustainable, balanced and equitable use of good quality water, with its allocation to the various types of uses taking into account their economic value, based on long-term protection of available water resources; and c) mitigation of the effects of floods and droughts.

Full text

Portuguese

Website

dre.pt

References - Legislation

Implements

Water Act No. 58/2005.

Legislation | Portugal | 2005

Keyword: Marine pollution, Basic legislation, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Data collection/reporting, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Water conservation zone, Registration, Polluter pays principle, Precautionary principle, Basin/catchment/watershed, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Wetlands, Inland waters, Ecosystem preservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Decree-Law No. 112/2002 approving the National Water Plan.

Legislation | Portugal | 2002

Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Policy/planning, Water users' associations, Water supply, Ecosystem preservation, Freshwater resources management, Water rights, Wetlands

Source: FAO, FAOLEX