Order No. 384/2015 approving the Statute of the Tourism Institute of Portugal (I.P.). Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República, I Série, No. 209, 26 October 2015. Subject Environment gen. Keyword Protected area Tourism Environmental planning Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Policy/planning 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 1st day of the month after its publication. Abstract This Order approves the Statute of the Tourism Institute of Portugal (I.P.). This Statute, consisting of 13 articles, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned institution entitled to promote a policy of diversification, qualification and improvement of the national tourism as well as for its recovery, through intervention in the planning and in the preparation of territorial management tools and licensing or authorization, classification and registration of enterprises and tourist activities acknowledging their interest to tourism; as well as to propose to the Government the declaration of the respective tourism utility. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Implements Decree-Law No. 129/2012 creating the Tourism Institute of Portugal (I.P.). Legislation | Portugal | 2012 Keyword: Protected area, Tourism, Environmental planning, Institution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX