Law No. 17/2012 establishing principles and criteria for territorial sub-division. Pays/Territoire Mozambique Type du document Législation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Boletim da República, I Série, 4th Supplement, No. 32. Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Planification territoriale Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Classement/déclassement Normes environnementales Zonage Normes Protection de l’environnement Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Océan Indien, Pays les moins avances Entry into force notes This Law enters into force 60 days after its publication. Résumé This Law, consisting of 7 articles, establishes principles and criteria for territorial sub-division. It aims at establishing these criteria in order to create, classify and transfer territorial unit areas. It specifies the requirements for territorial units, according to their territorial size, capacity, needs, inhabitants and potentiality as: province, district, administrative land, location or urbanization. The territorial potentiality is regulated by the principles of capacity, needs and potentiality of social, economic and cultural development of local communities. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.legis-palop.org