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Ministerial Order No 04/2013 - Petroleum Operations Regulations
Equatorial Guinea 2020 In force National
Notice Further Strengthening Environmental Impact Assessments and Management of Coal Resource Development
People's Republic of China 2020 In force National
Impact Assessment Act
Canada 2019 In force National
Law No. 19-13 – Law governing hydrocarbon activities
Algeria 2019 In force National
Guidelines for industrial and operational security, and environmental protection in activities of exploration and extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons
Mexico 2017 In force National
Legislative Decree 16 June 2017, no. 104
Italy 2017 In force National
Prime Minister Decree No. 618 of 2017 - Amendment of the Executive Regulation
Egypt 2017 In force National
Decree 2041/2014
Colombia 2014 In force National
Environmental Protection Regulations for Hydrocarbon Activities - Supreme Decree Nº 039-2014-EM
Peru 2014 In force National
Law 07/2014 on Environmental Protection
Gabon 2014 In force National
Law No. 42 of 2014 as amended - The Environment Protection Law
Kuwait 2014 In force National
Resolution 421/2014
Colombia 2014 In force National
Law 21/2013 of 9 December on Environmental Assessment
Spain 2013 In force National
(Western Australia) Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Environment) Regulations 2012
Australia 2012 In force State/Provincial
Council of ministers’ decree No. 341 for 2012, to approve the organization of the General Authority for the Environment
Libya 2012 In force National
Decree No H45880T/214287 of January 23, 2012 - On General Conditions, Structure and Template of Upstream Oil and Gas Contracts
Islamic Republic of Iran 2012 In force National
Law “On trunk pipelines” dated 22 June 2012 No. 20-V (as amended)
Kazakhstan 2012 In force National
Law No. 11/009 of 09 July 2011 on fundamental principles relating to the protection of the environment
Republic of the Congo 2011 In force National
IBAMA Normative Instruction No 12 of 2010
Brazil 2010 In force National
Decree No 01/09 - Petroleum Operations Regulation
Angola 2009 In force National
Law on Protection and Improvement of the Environment (Law No. 27 of 2009)
Iraq 2009 In force National
Executive Decree No. 08-312, 2008
Algeria 2008 In force National
Decree No. 2007-105 amending and supplementing certain provisions of Decree 2004-094 of 4 November 2004 on the Environmental Impact Assessment
Mauritania 2007 In force National
Executive Decree No. 2007-145 of 2 Joumada El Oula 1428 corresponding to 19 May 2007 determining the scope, content and approval procedures for environmental impact studies and notices
Algeria 2007 In force National
Energy Resolution 785/2005 - National Program for Control of Losses of Air Tanks for Storage of Hydrocarbons and their Derivatives
Argentina 2005 In force National
Law No. 05-07 – Law concerning Hydrocarbons
Algeria 2005 Ended National
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (As amended in 2008)
South Africa 2004 In force National
Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment
European Union 2003 In force International
Law No. 30 of 2002 – Environmental Protection Law
Qatar 2003 In force National
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