ÁGUAS DO INTERIOR - NORTE, EM, SA. was constituted on November 15, 2019 under Law No. 50/2012, of August 31, by the Municipalities of FREIXO DE ESPADA à CINTA, MESÃO FRIO, MURÇA, PESO DA RÉGUA, SABROSA, SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO, TORRE OF MONCORVO AND VILA REAL.

Pursuant to its statutes, ÁGUAS DO INTERIOR - NORTE, EM, SA. is a company in charge of managing services of general interest, having in this scope the management of municipal services for public water supply and sanitation of urban wastewater in the Municipalities of FREIXO DE ESPADA À CINTA, MESÃO FRIO, MURÇA, PESO DA RÉGUA, SABROSA, SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO, MONCORVO TOWER AND VILA REAL;

Pursuant to the provisions of article 17 of Decree-Law no. 194/2009, of 20 August, the delegation of these services is regulated through a delegated management contract, signed between the Municipalities of FREIXO DE ESPADA À CINTA, MESÃO COLD, MURÇA, PESO DA RÉGUA, SABROSA, SANTA MARTA DE PENAGUIÃO, TOWER OF MONCORVO AND VILA REAL and ÁGUAS DO INTERIOR - NORTE, EM, SA.

ÁGUAS DO INTERIOR - NORTE, EM, SA., Assumes itself as a local company, of an intermunicipal nature, in the form of a public limited company, with exclusively public capital, with the totality of its capital held by public entities. It has legal personality, is endowed with administrative, financial, patrimonial and budgetary autonomy. It is represented by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eng. Carlos Manuel Gomes Matos da Silva, and by the Member of the Board of Directors, Dr. José Manuel Gonçalves, also with the necessary powers for the purpose under the same powers necessary for the purpose under the Company's Articles of Association.

Under the Delegated Management Contract, the Municipalities delegate to the Company the provision of universal tendency in the territories of the Municipalities of the participating Municipalities, of the following services of general interest, under the terms provided for in Article 2 of Decree-Law No. 194/2009, of August 20th:

1. Public supply of water for human consumption;
2. Urban wastewater sanitation.

The services referred to in the previous paragraph include the valorization of by-products resulting from those activities, namely the provision of treated wastewater suitable for new uses.

The exploitation and management of these municipal systems consist of services of general interest and must be governed by the guiding principles provided for in article 46 of Law no. 50/2012, of 31 August, which establishes the legal regime for local business activity and local participation, as well as the following general principles, in line with article 5 of Decree-Law no. 194/2009, of 20 August:

1. The tendency to promote its universality and guarantee equal access;
2. Ensuring the quality of service and protecting the interests of users;
3. The development of transparency in the provision of services;
4. The protection of public health and the environment;
5. Ensuring efficiency and continuous improvement in the use of allocated resources, responding to the evolution of technical requirements and the best available environmental techniques;
6. The promotion of economic and social solidarity, the correct planning of the territory and the development of the Municipalities that make up the Company.

The satisfaction of customers' expectations and needs will be sought in a rigorous and systematic way, with adequate awareness of the quality of the services provided. Constantly perfecting work processes and methods, seeking to innovate in all phases of the business and adopt2009ing technological solutions that ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of the company.