Decree-Law No. 344/2007 approving the Regulation of Security of Dams. Pays/Territoire Portugal Type du document Règlement Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Diário da República, I Série, No. 198, 15 October 2007. Sujet Eau Mot clé Classement/déclassement Gestion des resources en eau douce Ouvrages Évaluation des ressources/des dommages Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives 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 on the day after its publication. Résumé This Decree-Law approves the Regulation of Security of Dams. This Regulation, consisting of 56 articles divided into four Chapters and one Annex, aims at regulating the safety of dams during the design, construction, first filling, operation and abandonment phases. This Regulation shall apply to: a) all dams with a height of 15 m. or more, measured from the lowest of the foundations to the height, or to dams with a height of 10 m. or more whose reservoir has a capacity exceeding 1 hm3, designated by large dams; b) dams with a height lesser than 15 m. whose reservoir has a capacity exceeding 100 000 m3; Other dams which, as a result of project approvals or safety assessment studies, are included in class I and are subject to the provisions of this Regulation. Dams are grouped according to the potential damage associated with them. This classification shall take into account human lives, properties and the environment, in accordance with the rules set out in the attached Annex. Texte intégral Portugais Site web dre.pt Références - Législation Amendé par Decree-Law No. 21/2018 amending the Dams Safety Regulation and approving the Small Dams Regulation. Législation | Portugal | 2018 Mot clé: Classement/déclassement, Gestion des resources en eau douce, Ouvrages, Évaluation des ressources/des dommages, Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Source: FAO, FAOLEX