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Decree No. 74/98 creating the Water Supply Regulation Council (CRA).

Country/Territory
Mozambique
Document type
Regulation
Date
1978
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Boletim da República, I Série, 2nd Supplement, No. 51.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Water supply Freshwater resources management Zoning
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries
Entry into force notes
This Decree enters into force immediately.
Abstract

This Decree creates the Water Supply Regulation Council (CRA). It establishes Statute, composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Council, entitled to perform the following activities: a) Analyze and give an opinion on the reports of execution of the operator, whenever requested for such purpose; b) Analyze and submit an opinion to the Government, on the operator's Annual Report regarding the claims of two users; c) Carry out audits of the activities of two operators of the Delegated Management and disclose the respective results; d) Periodically submit general information to the public about the operation of the system; e) Rule on the minutes of two contracts for the provision of services to users of two public supply systems; f) Provide for the suspension or elimination of contractual clauses that anticipate or fix tariffs that represent a violation of the rights of two consumers or a serious risk for or balance of two respective sectors or for the economic sustainability of two public supply systems; g) Issue binding instructions so that the irregularities known to it in the conception, execution, management and exploration of the two systems, as well as in the activities of the managing entities, are corrected; h) Inform the transferor or the competent authorities, when detecting the occurrence of abnormal situations in the conception, execution, management and exploration of the system, especially regarding the quality of the service provided.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Amended by

Decree No. 8/2019 amending the designation of the Water Regulation Council (CRA) to the Water Regulatory Authority, Public Institution (AURA, I.P.).

Legislation | Mozambique | 2019

Keyword: Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Water supply, Freshwater resources management, Zoning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX