Water Law (No. 107 of 1996).
This Law provides the general framework for the exploitation of water resources and is divided into the following Chapters: General provisions (1); Waters and river beds' use regime (2); Water management (3); Inspection of water management activity (4); Water economic mechanism (5); Penalties (6); Transitory and final provisions (7). Annex 1 contains definitions of technical terms, water resources" being defined as "all surface waters consisting of watercourses with their deltas