Decree-Law No. 33/2020 creating the irrigation Company "Água de Rega (ADR), S.A.".

This Decree-Law creates and approves the Statute of the irrigation Company "Água de Rega (AdR), S.A.". The Statute, consisting of 23 articles divided into four Chapters, establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Public Limited Company, with exclusively public capital, whose corporate purpose is the management, construction and operation of irrigation water systems, under Law No. 104/VIII/2016 of 6 January, which establishes the Principles and Rules of the Public Business Sector. The purpose of AdR is to provide management and exploitation services for irrigation water systems, as well as the design and construction of the infrastructures and equipment necessary for their full implementation, granted under a public service and exclusivity regime, including production, distribution, management and exploitation of treated groundwater, surface and wastewater for irrigation, by means of a license issued by the competent authority, namely: a) Captation holes; b) Springs; c) Dams; d) Public wastewater treatment stations under sub-concession, management contracts or service provision; e) Public water desalination units to meet the needs of irrigated agriculture.