Annual Report 2010 - AdP

2. Internal and External Regulations
AdP SGPS is a public limited liability company required to comply with the Legal Regime for the State Business Sector (RJSEE) as
set out in Decree Law no. 558/99 of 17 December, in Decree Law no. 300/07, of 23 August, and subsequently in Portugal’s
Commercial Companies Act.
As stipulated in the RJSEE, the Minister of Finance and the minister responsible for the sector, in this case the Minister for the
Environment, in the role of shareholder, set out specific management guidelines in a joint ministerial order, which was Joint Ministerial
Order no. 6008/2009 of 23 January for the 2008-2010 mandate.
Throughout 2010, AdP was the recipient of a series of orientations and guidelines handed down by the Environment and Finance
Authorities including, and among others, orientations as to the Wage Policy in effect in the State Business Sector, instructions on the
Contention of Human Resource Costs, within the scope of the Stability and Growth Plan. Such orientations and guidelines were
duly implemented.
Internal regulations are approved by the Board of Directors or by the Executive Board and are intended to establish the principles,
rules and conduct to be observed in the development of AdP’s activities and those of its subsidiaries, in order to achieve uniform
and rational procedures in strict compliance with current legislation. They include:
i) The AdP Group’s Handbook of Ethical Behaviour;
ii) The Regulations of the Ethics Committee;
iii) The Plan for Controlling Corruption and Related Risks;
iv) The Sustainability Handbook;
v) The Sustainability Indicators Handbook;
vi) Regulations on Company Access;
vii) The Welcome Handbook;
viii) The Handbook of Human Resource Policies and Procedures;
ix) The Handbook of Performance Evaluation;
x) Career Regulations;
xi) Professional Development Regulations;
xii) Alcohol-use Regulations;
xiii) Procedures for Outsourcing Services and Supplies;
xiv) Procedures AdP Group Company Tenders valued over € 250,000;
xv) The Corporate Governance Handbook for Subsidiary Companies;
xvi) Vehicle Assignment and Use Regulations;
xvii) Service Vehicle Taxation Policies;
xviii) Communication Regulations;
xix) Regulations for the Assignment and Usage of Computer Materials;
xx) The Handbook of AdP Group Graphic Identity;
xxi) Relational Model between the Shared Services Business Unit - AdP Serviços - and AdP Group companies;
xxii) AdP Group Regulatory Model.