Ministerial Decree No. 469 laying down provisions in matter of keeping of live dolphins belonging to Tursipos Truncatus species, in accordance with article 17, paragraph 6 of Act No. 93 of 23 March 2001.

The Ministerial Decree lays down rules to comply with requirements for keeping live dolphins. The "CIPES" Management Authority, under the Managing Entity for Nature Conservation of the Ministry of the Environment, shall assess that installations used to keep live dolphins comply with the requirements established by the Annex to this Decree. The Annex concerns in particular: a) educational, research and reproduction schemes; b) characteristics of installations, with particular regard to basins (m