Decree-Law No. 5-A/92 establishing the Water Code.

This Decree-Law establishes the Water Code. It consists of 12 chapters which main objectives are: defining the legal regime of all activities relevant with water management, defining the institutional framework in order to implement the national policy on water rights, guaranteeing the control and management on water resources, regulating water uses for domestic, rural, agricultural, industrial, hydropower or other purposes (including navigation, aquaculture), guaranteeing the protection of the water quality in order to avoid freshwater pollution or its waste.