LOI N° 036-2015/CNT portant Code Minier du Burkina Faso

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Sector Mining
Country Burkina Faso
Year 2015
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Measurement of environmental and social impacts, Open data, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, State-owned enterprises, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?,
1.1.1a: Does the government publicly disclose data on extractive resource reserves?,
1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?,
1.1.3a: Is the government required to set pre-defined criteria by which companies become qualified to participate in a licensing process?,
1.1.5a: 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)?,
1.2a: What is the fiscal system for extractive resources?,
1.2.5b: Do rules specify the royalty rate(s) applying to extractive companies?,
1.2.5e: For countries using production sharing agreements, do rules specify the company and government production shares?,
1.2.3a: Is the government required to publicly disclose data on payments from extractive companies to the government?,
1.3.1a: Are extractive companies required to prepare an EIA and/or SIA prior to development?,
1.3.2a: From 2015 onwards, have EIAs and/or SIAs 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?,
1.3.5b: Are there rules governing rehabilitation and closure of extractive projects?,
1.4a: What proportion of equity shares does the government own in extractive companies?,
1.4c: What is the name of the largest company in which the government has a controlling share (i.e. an SOE)?,
1.4.3a: Is the SOE required to publicly disclose annual reports containing information on its finances and operations?,
2.2a: Does the central government transfer extractive resource revenues to subnational governments?,
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?,
2.2.2a: Do rules specify a formula governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues between the central government and subnational governments?
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Author Gouvernement du Burkina Faso ..
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Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
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