Mineral Law of Afghansitan

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Field Value
Sector Mining
Country Afghanistan
Year 2014
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Licensing and negotiation, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, Subnational governance
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Open data
RGI Questions 1.1.3d: Is the licensing authority independent from the SOE?,
1.3.1a: Are extractive companies required to prepare an EIA and/or SIA prior to development?,
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?,
2.2.2a: Do rules specify a formula governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues between the central government and subnational governments?
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Publisher Ministry of Justice
Author Ministry of Mines Ministry of Mines
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