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Decree-Law No. 47/2022 on Fishing Cooperatives.

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Type of law
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Abstract
This Decree-Law regulates Fishing Cooperatives. It establishes that these cooperatives and their higher-level organizations are governed by the provisions of this statute and, in their omissions, by those of the general legal regime for cooperatives. In particular, fishing cooperatives are those whose main object is the exploitation of the living resources of the sea, namely: a) The capture, harvesting, farming, conservation, processing, landing, transport, unloading and sale of fishery products and other living resources of the sea, including the seabed and areas under maritime jurisdiction; b) The extraction, treatment and sale of sea salt.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Jornal da República, I Série, No. 16.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Decree-Law n. 47/2022 - Cooperativas de Pesca.