Law No. 3 of 2007 On the Exploitation of Natural Resources

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Field	Value
Sector	Oil and Gas
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Year
RGI Edition Year	2021
Topic	Commodity prices, Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, Revenue management, Sovereign wealth funds, State-owned enterprises, Tax policy and revenue collection
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RGI Questions	1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?, 1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?, 1.1.3d: Is the licensing authority independent from the SOE?, 1.1c: What licensing process does the licensing authority follow?, 1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?, 1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?, 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?, 1.1.5a: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the list of companies that submitted license applications (in the case of a first-come, first served; or negotiation round) or bids (in the case of an auction)?, 1.1.5b: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the identity of the winning bidder or applicant?, 1.1.5c: Following the licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the list of areas or blocks allocated?, 1.1.5d: Are there rules that companies can follow to appeal licensing decisions?, 1.1.10d: Is the legislature required to ratify licenses/contracts?, 1.2.5c: Do rules specify the level of state equity (or options for state equity such as carried interest) in extractive companies ?, 1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?, 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?, 1.3.1b: 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?, 1.4.7a: 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?, 2.3.5c: Do rules require an external body to periodically audit the sovereign wealth fund's annual financial reports?, 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?, 5.1a: Has the government publicly disclosed a list of all active contracts and licenses, including contract amendments, indicating which are publicly available?, 5.9a: Are there requirements for the SOE to publish information about procurement opportunities and contracts awarded?
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