Resolution No. 20/2021 approving the Statute of the Regional Water Administration in Northern Area (ARA-Norte, IP). Pays/Territoire Mozambique Type du document Règlement Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Boletim da República, I Série, No. 106. Sujet Eau Mot clé Institution Gestion des resources en eau douce Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Pollution des eaux douces Principe pollueur-payeur Lutte contre la pollution Protection de l’environnement Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Océan Indien, Pays les moins avances Entry into force notes This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication. Résumé This Resolution approves the Statute of the Regional Water Administration in Northern Area (ARA-Norte, IP). The Statute, consisting of 33 articles divided into five Chapters, establishes the composition, duties and competencies of the above mentioned Regional public institute entitled for the operational management of water resources and provision of category A services, whose functions are, among others, the management of hydrographic basins, with a focus on land occupation plans and protection zones for the water domain. The ARA-Norte, IP management has the following principles: a) Protection of the environment; b) Adaptation to climate change; c) Prevention and mitigation of floods and droughts; d) Unit and coherence of river basin management; e) Rational and sustainable use of available water resources; f) Polluter pays; g) User pays; h) Conservation of water resources; i) Profitability of hydraulic infrastructures; j) Prevention of harmful effects of water; k) Participatory and integrated management. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.legis-palop.org Références - Législation Abroge Resolution No. 14/2011 approving the Statute of the Regional Water Administrations in Northern Area (ARA Norte). Législation | Mozambique | 2011 Mot clé: Institution, Gestion des resources en eau douce, Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Source: FAO, FAOLEX