Common use of Reference Projects Clause in Contracts

Reference Projects. Article 1 Determining Criteria (1) The Parties accord a high priority to supply water for domestic, livestock and industrial use, as well as ecological water requirements as recognised by the TPTC. (2) In particular, the Parties recognise the strategic importance to Mozambique of augmenting the water supplies to the city of Maputo. (3) The Parties recognise the projects in this Annex as projects that – (a) are contemplated by the Parties to commence before 2010, but of which the implementation had not commenced at the time of coming into force of this Agreement; and (b) have previously been identified and studied by one or more of the Parties for future implementation. (4) The projects are classified into- water utilisation projects; and water resources development projects. The Parties recognise the usefulness of studying, the creation of structural and non-structural measures in order to make more water available than admitted in Annex I. (5) For the mere reason that a project is listed in this Annex the Party is not exempted from complying with the provisions of the Agreement. (6) If more water is made available through structural and non-structural measures in the Incomati or Maputo watercourses, the Parties shall give priority to the water uses referred to in subArticle(1), when considering the allocation of the water, taking into account the equitable and reasonable utilisation by the Parties of the water resources of the Incomati and Maputo Watercourses. (7) A Party may develop any other project not listed in this Annex, in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.