Law 9478 _ 1997

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Field	Value
Sector	Oil and Gas
Country	Brazil
Year	1997
RGI Edition Year	2017
Topic	Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, 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?, 1.1.3c: Prior to each license process, is the licensing authority required to disclose the rules governing the licensing process, such as auction or negotiation rules?, 1.1.5c: Following the licensing process, is the licensing authority required to publicly disclose the list of areas or blocks allocated?, 1.3.7a: Are there rules governing compensation to landowners or land users when project development interferes with their access to or use of land?, 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)?
Did this document contribute to RGI scoring?	Used for scoring
Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice	Law
Publisher	Planalto
Author	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Source or API link	http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/L9478.htm
Maintainer	Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email	Natural Resource Governance Institute