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Question 1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?

Question 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...

Question 1.1.2d: Does the publicly available registry of licenses/contracts give the names of companies that hold an interest in a given area/block?, 1.1.2b: Is the publicly...

Question 1.1.10b: Has the government publicly disclosed all active licenses/contracts, regardless of when they were signed?

Question 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?,...

Question 2.3.3a: Is the sovereign wealth fund prohibited from investing in domestic assets without budgetary approval?, 2.3.3b: Is the sovereign wealth fund prohibited from...

Question 1.3.1b: Is there a requirement for the EIA and/or SIA to be publicly disclosed?

Question 1.4.3c: Is the SOE required to submit annual reports to the legislature on its commercial, non-commercial (i.e. regulatory) and non-operational activities (i.e....

Question 1.1.1a: Does the government publicly disclose data on extractive resource reserves?

Question 1.3.3b: Is there a requirement for environmental mitigation management plans to be publicly disclosed?

Question 1.2.6a: Is the government required to make all payments to the national treasury or deposit them into a national resource account, aside from amounts legally retained...

Question 1.1.10c: Who has the primary authority to monitor compliance with the operational aspects of licenses/contracts?

Question 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?

Question 2.3a: Does the country have a natural resource fund which is funded by extractive resource revenues?

Question 2.2.4a: Do rules require that an external body periodically audit the transfers of extractive resource revenues to subnational governments?, 2.3.5c: Do rules require an...

Question 1.4a: What proportion of equity shares does the government own in extractive companies?

Question 1.1.5d: Are there rules that companies can follow to appeal licensing decisions?, 1.1.5a: Following each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to...

Question 1.2.5f: Who is the tax authority (i.e. who has the authority to collect taxes and payments from extractive companies)?