Order No. 201/2015 establishing the operation regime of activity 3.4.2, "improvement of existing irrigation efficiency. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República, I Série, No. 133, 10 July 2015. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water Keyword Agricultural development Subsidy/incentive Enforcement/compliance Financial agricultural measures Irrigation Agricultural land Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Order, consisting of three Chapters and two Annexes, establishes the the operation regime of activity 3.4.2, "improvement of existing irrigation efficiency", inserted in action No. 3.4 "Collective Infrastructures" of Measure 3, "recovery of agricultural production", integrated in the Area 2, "Competitiveness and organization of production", of the continental Rural Development Programme. Support provided aims to promote the most efficient use of water and energy of existing irrigation projects and traditional collective irrigated land through: rehabilitation and upgrading of primary and secondary infrastructure, pumping stations and hydroelectric plants; improving the management of irrigation projects; improving the safety of infrastructure; introduction of more efficient technologies; rehabilitation and modernization of traditional collective irrigated land. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 137/2014 establishing the Governance Model of the European structural Funds and investment (FEEI) for the period 2014 -2020. Legislation | Portugal | 2014 Keyword: Special fund, Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive, Governance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Order No. 189/2017 establishing the second amendment to Order No. 201/2015 on the operation regime of activity 3.4.2, "improvement of existing irrigation efficiency. Legislation | Portugal | 2017 Keyword: Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive, Enforcement/compliance, Financial agricultural measures, Irrigation, Agricultural land, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Water rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX