Kuwait Constitution

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country Kuwait
Year 1962
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Open data, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, State-owned enterprises, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Taxation
RGI Questions 1.1.4c: From 2015 onwards, and prior to each licensing process, did the licensing authority actually disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?,
1.2a: What is the fiscal system for extractive resources?,
1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?,
1.4a: What proportion of equity shares does the government own in extractive companies?,
1.4b: Does the SOE receive a production share or in-kind payments from extractive companies?,
1.4.8b: Does the SOE or government publicly disclose the value of the production sold by the SOE?,
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)?
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Publisher Kuwait
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Source or API link https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kuwait_1992.pdf?lang=en
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute