Afghanistan Mineral Law

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Field Value
Sector Mining
Country Afghanistan
Year 2014
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Beneficial ownership, Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, 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?,
1.1.7a: Are senior public officials required to publicly disclose their financial holdings in extractive companies?,
1.2a: What is the fiscal system for extractive resources?,
1.2.5d: Do rules specify the withholding tax rate(s) applying to extractive companies payments?,
1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?,
1.2.3a: Is the government required to publicly disclose data on payments from extractive companies to the government?,
1.3.7b: Are there specific procedures governing theĀ resettlementĀ of land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?,
2.2.3a: From 2015 onwards, did the central government disclose the amount of revenues transferred to subnational governments?
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Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice Law and
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Publisher Ministry of Justice
Author Ministry of Justice Ministry of Justice
Source or API link http://mom.gov.af/Content/files/Afghanistan-%20Minerals%20Law-19-May-2015%20English.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute