Decree-Law No. 86/2002 updating the legal regime for agricultural waterworks, approved by Decree-Law No. 269/82. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República, I Série, No. 81, 6 April 2002. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil, Water Keyword Agricultural development Water supply Waterworks Irrigation Freshwater resources management Classification/declassification Soil conservation/soil improvement Expropriation Cadastre/land registration Land tenure Land-use planning Freshwater pollution Pollution control 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 the day after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law, consisting of 107 articles divided into eleven Chapters, aims to update the legal regime for agricultural waterworks, approved by Decree-Law No. 269/82 on three fundamental axes: 1. ensuring the use of the works for the purposes for which they were built; 2. respecting the integrity of the hydro-agricultural perimeters; and 3. establishing an appropriate management model. Waterworks are classified into the following four groups: Group I - works of national interest aiming at a profound transformation of the agricultural exploitation conditions of a vast region; Group II - works of regional interest with high interest for the agricultural development of the region; Group III - works of local interest with a high collective impact; Group IV - other collective works of local interest. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Amends Decree-Law No. 269/82 defining and classifying agricultural waterworks. Legislation | Portugal | 1982 Keyword: Agricultural development, Water supply, Waterworks, Irrigation, Freshwater resources management, Classification/declassification, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX