Loi n°011/2014 du 28 août 2014 portant réglementation du secteur des Hydrocarbures en République Gabonaise

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country Gabon
Year 2014
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, State-owned enterprises, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?,
1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?,
1.1.10a: From 2015 onwards, has the government publicly disclosed signed licences/contracts?,
1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?,
1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?,
1.2a: What is the fiscal system for extractive resources?,
1.2.3a: Is the government required to publicly disclose data on payments from extractive companies to the government?,
1.2.6a: Is the government required to make all payments to the national treasury or deposit them into a national resource account, aside from amounts legally retained by SOEs?,
2.2a: Does the central government transfer extractive resource revenues to subnational governments?,
2.2b: Are there specific rules governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues (i.e. are these rules distinct from those governing other types of transfers)?,
2.2c: Do rules specify that subnational governments of producing areas should receive a higher share of extractive resource revenues than those of non-producing areas?,
2.2.5a: Were transfers of extractive resource revenues to subnational governments externally audited over the most recently completed audit timeframe?
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Publisher République Gabonaise
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Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
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