Argentine National Constitution

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country Argentina
Year 1994
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, Subnational governance
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?,
1.3.3b: Is there a requirement for environmental mitigation management plans to be publicly disclosed?,
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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Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice Law and
Practice (Both)
Publisher Unknown
Author Argentine Constitutional Convention
Source or API link http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/0-4999/804/norma.htm
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute