Decree-Law No. 242/99 creating the Port Institution of the North - IPN ('Instituto Portuário do Norte'). Pays/Territoire Portugal Type du document Législation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Diário da República 148/99 (I-A), 28 June 1999, pp. 3924-3933. Sujet Mer Mot clé Port Institution Navigation Gestion/conservation Mise en application Inspection Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Atlantique Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Sud Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force the day after its publication. Résumé This Decree-Law creates the Port Institution of the North - IPN ('Instituto Portuário do Norte') under the Ministry of Land Planning and extinguishes the Autonomous Association of the Northern Ports ('Junta Autónoma dos Portos do Norte'). It consists of 13 articles and 1 annex establishing composition, competencies and duties of this institution settled in 'Viana do Castelo'. IPN manages those ports under its jurisdictional area, in order to perform harbour economic exploitaion, conservation and development (including for land facilities). It shall carry out controls on port activities and shall draw up plans for a better port exploitation. Texte intégral Portugais