Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 4/96 enforcing the project for water exploitation along the High Douro River. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 1995 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 14/96 (I-B), 17 January 1996, pp. 80 and 81. Subject Energy, Water Keyword Hydropower generation Waterworks Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Abstract This Resolution enforces the project for water exploitation along the High Douro River and its affluents. The objectives of this Resolution is to enforce the construction of a new dam in order to comply with water and hydropower needs (similar to the dam of Foz Côa). It consists of 8 points specifying the policy to be applied in order to enforce the said sector. Full text Portuguese