Federal Law no. (24) of 1999 for the protection and development of the environment

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Field	Value
Sector	Oil and Gas
Country	United Arab Emirates
Year	2006
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data
Document Type	Policy Document
RGI Sub-component	Local impact
RGI Questions	1.3.1a: Are extractive companies required to prepare an EIA and/or SIA prior to development?, 1.3.1b: Is there a requirement for the EIA and/or SIA to be publicly disclosed?, 1.3.2a: From 2015 onwards, have EIAs and/or SIAs been publicly disclosed?, 1.3.4a: From 2015 onwards, have environmental mitigation management plans been publicly disclosed?, 1.3.5a: Do rules require the government to set penalties (i.e. fines, license suspension or license revocation) for non-compliance with environmental mitigation management plans?, 1.3.6a: From 2015 onwards, have the procedures governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects been adhered to?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law and Practice (Both)
Publisher	Federal Supreme Council
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Source or API link	https://www.ead.ae/Pages/Resources/environmental-laws.aspx
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute