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Decree Law No. 10 of 1974 on the Establishment of Qatar Petroleum

This document is part of the source library for NRGI's 2021 Resource Governance Index, a comprehensive measure of the quality of natural resource governance in oil, gas and mineral-rich countries. To access the full dataset and all other index resources, visit https://resourcegovernanceindex.org.

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country Qatar
Year
RGI Edition Year 2021
Topic Beneficial ownership, Commodity prices, Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, State-owned enterprises, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
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RGI Sub-component
RGI Questions 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?,
1.1.3d: Is the licensing authority independent from the SOE?,
1.1c: What licensing process does the licensing authority follow?,
1.1.10c: Who has the primary authority to monitor compliance with the operational aspects of licenses/contracts?,
1.2a: What is the fiscal system for extractive resources?,
1.2.5c: Do rules specify the level of state equity (or options for state equity such as carried interest) in extractive companies ?,
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?,
1.2.7a: Was the national tax authority audited over the most recently completed audit timeframe?,
1.3.1b: Is there a requirement for the EIA and/or SIA to be publicly disclosed?,
1.3.1c: Are extractive companies required to prepare an SIA prior to development?,
1.4a: What proportion of equity shares does the government own in extractive companies?,
1.4.1a: Are there rules governing fiscal transfers between the government and the SOE?,
1.4.3a: Is the SOE required to publicly disclose annual reports containing information on its finances and operations?,
1.4.3b: Do rules require a periodic audit of the SOE's financial statements by an external body?,
1.4b: Does the SOE receive a production share or in-kind payments from extractive companies?,
1.4.7a: Are there rules that govern how the SOE should select the buyers of its production?,
1.4.7b: Are there rules that determine the prices at which the SOE should sell its production?,
1.4.7c: Are there rules that govern how the proceeds from the sale of the SOE's production should be transferred to the government?,
1.4.7d: Are there rules that require the SOE or government to publicly disclose information on the sale of production by the SOE?,
1.4.3c: Is the SOE required to submit annual reports to the legislature on its commercial, non-commercial (i.e. regulatory) and non-operational activities (i.e. activities not related to resource extraction)?,
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?,
2.2.1a: Do rules specify which subnational agencies receive the extractive resource revenues transferred from the central government?,
2.2.2a: Do rules specify a formula governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues between the central government and subnational governments?,
2.2.2b: If there is a formula governing the transfer of extractive resource revenue between the central government and subnational governments, does this formula specify the amount of revenue received by each subnational government?,
2.2.3a: From 2015 onwards, did the central government disclose the amount of revenues transferred to subnational governments?,
2.2.3b: How up-to-date is the information publicly disclosed by the central government on the amount of revenues transferred to subnational governments?,
2.2.3c: From 2015 onwards, has the central government publicly disclosed the amount of revenue transferred by revenue stream?,
2.2.4a: Do rules require that an external body periodically audit the transfers of extractive resource revenues to subnational governments?,
2.2.5a: Were transfers of extractive resource revenues to subnational governments externally audited over the most recently completed audit timeframe?,
4.1.5a: Are there rules which require publication of information about extractive industry suppliers' identities?,
4.1.6a: Does the country publish information about suppliers' identities?,
5.9a: Are there requirements for the SOE to publish information about procurement opportunities and contracts awarded?
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