Presidential Decree No. 41/21 approving the Legal Regime for the Water Captation Fee from the Water Sector. Pays/Territoire Angola Type du document Règlement Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Diário da República, I Série, No. 28. Sujet Eau Mot clé Prélèvement d'eau Royalties/redevances Gestion des resources en eau douce Zone de conservation des eaux Questions de procédures Infractions/sanctions Normes de qualité de l'eau Pollution des eaux douces Lutte contre la pollution Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Centrale, Pays les moins avances, Atlantique Sud Entry into force notes This Presidential Decree enters into force on the day of its publication. Résumé This Presidential Decree approves the Legal Regime for the Water Captation Fee from the Water Sector. This Regime, consisting of 49 articles divided into ten Chapters and one Annex, specifies the legal regime for the water abstraction fee, payable as economic remuneration, for the use of water resources, within the scope of licences and concessions for water abstraction. The abstraction fee for freshwater has the following objectives: a) Promote the recognition of water as a natural asset of economic, environmental and social value; b) Encourage the rational use of water; c) Compensate for the benefit resulting from the private use of the water resources, the environmental cost related to activities likely to cause significant impacts on water resources, as well as the administrative costs related to planning, management, monitoring, inspection and guarantee of water quantity and quality; d) Obtain necessary funds for financing integrated management activities, protection, conservation, preservation and enhancement of water resources; e) Ensure the recovery of investments made by the State, within the framework of the of sustainable water use. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.legis-palop.org