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Decree No. 36/2015 establishing new duties and competencies of the Mozambican Institute of Cotton (IAM), created by Decree No. 7/91 of 23 April.

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Regulation
Date
2015
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República, I Série, 8th Supplement, No. 104.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Institution Textile plants/fibres Authorization/permit International trade Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Research Crops/grasses
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Decree establishes new duties and competencies of the Mozambican Institute of Cotton (IAM), created by Decree No. 7/91 of 23 April. IAM aims at regulating the production, marketing and industrialization of cotton and its by-products within the national territory. The Decree establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Institute, responsible for: supervise activities of development, production, marketing, and industrialization of cotton, sisal and other crops for textile purposes; implement research and transfer of technologies for production, trade and processing of cotton, sisal and other crops for textile purposes; coordinate the placement of domestic and foreign cotton and other products and by-products for textile purposes produced in the country; coordinate with all the sectors involved in production, processing, trade, etc. of fiber and other cotton products; license actors of production, trade and pre-processing of related crops; develop and manage projects, infrastructure and other structuring undertakings and supporting the production, trade and processing of cotton, sisal and other crops for textile purposes; establish cooperation agreements with similar national and foreign institutions; etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Decree No. 7/91 creating the Mozambican Institute of Cotton (IAM).

Legislation | Mozambique | 1991

Keyword: Institution, Textile plants/fibres, International trade, Crops/grasses

Source: FAO, FAOLEX