Decree No. 33/2017 approving the Dam Safety Regulation. Pays/Territoire Mozambique Type du document Règlement Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Boletim da República, Serie I, No. 112, 19 July 2017. Sujet Environnement gén., Eau Mot clé Protection de l’environnement Système d'alerte précoce Planification environnementale Évaluation/gestion des risques Normes Ouvrages Politique/planification Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Océan Indien, Pays les moins avances Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force 90 days after its publication. Résumé The purpose of this Regulation is the safety of dams, establishing criteria for the control of this safety, rules that allow the articulation of the functions and activities of the different entities responsible for this control and requirements for the design of dam projects, their construction, first filling, exploration and abandonment of structures. This Regulation aims to guarantee the reliability of works, in order to reduce the possibility of accidents occurring and, in the event of an accident, reduce the risk to life, health and property and environmental assets, as well as defining the mechanisms for civil liability. As complements to this Regulation, standards for the design, construction, operation, observation and inspection of dams will be established. This Regulation applies to large dams and other dams with medium or high potential damage, in accordance with the indicated criteria. In this Regulation, dams are classified according to the following criteria: a) Vulnerability index; b) Potential damages associated with them; c) Risk class. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.legis-palop.org Références - Législation Amendé par Decree No. 46/2023 amending Decree No. 33/2017 on the Dam Safety Regulation. Législation | Mozambique | 2023 Mot clé: Protection de l’environnement, Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives, Inspection, Ouvrages Source: FAO, FAOLEX