Executive Instructions for Law No. 65 of 2001 - Maritime Public Properties.

These Instructions for the implementation of the Law on the Maritime Public Properties establish that (i) the General Directorate of Ports implements the provisions of the Law; (ii) Maritime Public Properties are the following 1. the seaside as defined at art.3.1; 2.natural tongues, bays, seaheads, berths, breakwaters, surface dams, communication stations, ports, marine basins, territorial waters and islands within them. Rules for the acquisition of real estate attached to marine public properties are given at art.4. Art.5 provides for the occupation and investment of marine public properties (i) if they are found in the Organizational charts for city councils (in this case the permission of the aforementioned councils is required); (ii) otherwise, it is needed the authorization of the General Directorate of Ports. Art.6 deals with conditions for granting the license. For the investment of materials from the marine public property (art.8), permission from the Council of Ministers is required, at the suggestion of the General Directorate of Ports and the General Institution of Geology and Mineral Resources, with the consent of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Petroleum.