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Government Resolution No. 8/2023 approving the accession of Timor-Leste to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

Country/Territory
Timor-Leste
Document type
Regulation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Jornal da República, I Série, No. 10, 15 March 2023.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Foreign fishing Fish products Access-to-information Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Data collection/reporting Fishing area Fishing authorization Fishing vessel Sustainable development Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia
Abstract

Considering that the approval of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing occurred in full coherence with the fundamental constitutional principles of Timor-Leste. Bearing in mind that Timor-Leste is a State party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to which it adhered through National Parliament Resolution No. 17/2012 of 27 December, rectified by the Declaration No. 2/2012 of 27 December, published in Jornal da República, Series I, No. 4, of 30 January 2013; The Government resolves, under the terms of paragraphs e) and f) of paragraph 1 of article 115 of the Constitution of the Republic, to approve, for adherence, the Agreement on Port State Measures (IUU), whose authentic version in English and translation into Portuguese are attached to this Resolution.

Full text
Portuguese/English
Website
www.legis-palop.org