Presidential Decree No. 76/17 creating the National Water Council (CNA).

This Presidential Decree approves the Regulation of the National Council on Water (CNA). The Regulation, consisting of 38 articles divided into five Chapters, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned permanent advisory body of the Executive Power. The Council's mandate aims at coordinating and articulating the different ministerial departments involved in the planning, management and use of water resources, in the context of river basins, both national and co-shared by Angolan State, including users of water resources and local communities under the coordination of the Vice President of the Republic and approval of the respective Regulation of all its attributions. The Decree is divided as follows: General Provisions (Chap. I); Organization and Functioning (Chap. II); Members (Chap. III); Activity Plans, Reports and Accounts (Chap. IV); Final and Transitional Provisions (Chap. V).