Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 16-B/2013 approving the Management Plan of the Hydrographical Basin of Vouga, Mondego and Lis Rivers. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República, I Série, No. 58, Supplement, 22 March 2013. Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Land-use planning Coastal zone management Zoning Policy/planning Inland waters Ecosystem preservation Basin/catchment/watershed Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Basin Vouga, Mondego, Lis Abstract This Resolution of the Council of Ministers approves the Management Plan of the Hydrographical Basin of Vouga, Mondego and Lis Rivers includin Western streams (PGBH). It represents a planning instrument aiming at applying an integrated approach for management, protection and environmental social and economic valorisation of the waters within the related hydrographical basins guaranteeing the application of the EU Parliament and Council Directive No. 2000/60/CE, establishing a community framework for the water policy sector, so called Directive-Framework for Water (DQA). It also prescribes conservation and rehabilitation measures to preserve hydrographical networks and related management inland water coastal areas, according to Water Act No. 58/2005. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Implements Water Act No. 58/2005. Legislation | Portugal | 2005 Keyword: Marine pollution, Basic legislation, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Data collection/reporting, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Groundwater, Water quality standards, Water conservation zone, Registration, Polluter pays principle, Precautionary principle, Basin/catchment/watershed, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, Wetlands, Inland waters, Ecosystem preservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX