Foreign investment in several services incidential to water transport, including cargo handling activities among others, is prohibited.
"SECTION II Exercise of Port Activities [arts. 116th to 121st]
SUBSECTION I General Principles [arts. 116th and 117th]
Article 116 General access regime
1. This Law enshrines the principle of freedom of access to port and logistical activities, including ancillary, complementary or subsidiary activities, and others compatible with these, to be carried out in port areas, subject to compliance with the requirements and legal and regulatory obligations and the award of certain activities on an exclusive basis, without prejudice to the provisions of national legislation.
2. Activities of a logistical nature are considered, namely, commercial activities related to the movement of cargo and passenger traffic in ports that do not embody the port operation activity, as well as industrial activities related, namely, with the maritime sector , such as shipyards, support activities for fishing and nautical recreation.
3. Activities compatible with activities of a port nature or of a logistic nature are considered to be the use of renewable energies, the economic exploitation of offshore and the recreational and tourist use of the riverbed and shore.
4. The exercise by private parties of licensed activities, given the underlying public interest, is subject to compliance with the requirements and obligations set out in the license or concession contract, namely, when applicable, public service.
5. Due to their characteristics, public interest and strategic relevance, the activities mentioned in this article can only be carried out preferentially by national citizens or companies constituted in accordance with Angolan law, without prejudice to the provisions of the applicable legislation.
Article 117. Concessionable activities
1. The provision of port activities to the public, including ancillary, complementary or subsidiary activities, subject to the fulfillment of certain requirements and obligations, namely public service, to be pursued by private entities, in areas of the public port domain, must be object of a concession, namely under a public service regime.
2. The activities mentioned in the previous number are, namely, the following: a) the loading and unloading of ships; b) handling, parking, storage, consolidation and deconsolidation of port cargo;
c) pilotage; d) the trailer; e) the mooring; f) waste collection; g) the exploitation of recreational and sports navigation infrastructures; h) the exploitation of fishing ports, safeguarding the powers and responsibilities of other bodies in this type of activity, as well as other specific applicable legislation; i) the exploration of terminals to support the petroleum activity, safeguarding the competences and responsibilities of other bodies in this type of activity, as well as other specific applicable legislation; j) the operation of dry ports; k) passenger traffic; l) the water supply.
3. The exercise of the activities referred to in paragraphs a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h), k) and l) of the previous number is exclusively reserved for companies constituted by national citizens. [...](Law on Merchant Marine, Ports and Related Activities - Law No. 27/12, of 28 August [google translation])
Law on Merchant Marine, Ports and Related Activities - Law No. 27/12, of 28 August [google translation]
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