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Mining December 6th, 2022

PRE-LEGISLATIVE CONSULTATION TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN CASES OF POSSIBLE AFFECTATION OF THEIR COLLECTIVE RIGHTS

On November 28, 2022, decree No. 604 was issued with the procedure for applying a pre-legislative consultation before the issue of the executive branch’s normative acts of the Executive Branch. The following are the main elements of this regulation: 1- PURPOSE a) The purpose is to regulate the procedure for implementing the pre-legislative consultation, which […]

State and Political Law September 2nd, 2022

TECHNICAL STANDARD OF THE ECUADOR ZERO CARBON PROGRAM

The Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, issued the “Technical Standard of the Ecuador Zero Carbon Program with Organizational Scope”. Below, we present the most relevant points: Scope.- The Technical Standard is voluntary and applies to all types of people who carry out activities within Ecuador and who wish, to quantify, reduce and neutralize […]

Electricity August 31st, 2022

Reforms to the Regulations of the Organic Law of the Public Electricity Service

On August 23, 2022, the Executive Decree No. 540 was issued, which contains the Reform to the Regulations of the Organic Law of the Public Electricity Service . Below, we present the most relevant points of Decree 540: Transmission by the private sector.– Decree 540 regulates the conditions under which transmission activities may be delegated […]

Mining August 10th, 2022

Regulation for the Management of Mining Waste of Sterile Material by Recyclers in the Special Regime of Small-Scale Metal Mining

Through an inter-ministerial resolution No. MAATE-MEM-2022-001, published in supplement No. 120 of the Official Gazette of August 4, 2022, the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition and the Ministry of Energy and Mines issued the regulation for the integral management of mining waste of sterile material by the recyclers in the special regime […]

Mining August 1st, 2022

Judgment of the protection action in relation to mining activities in Loma Larga

On July 2, 2022, the constitutional judge of the Judicial Unit of Labor Law of Cuenca notified the written judgment by which it partially accepted the constitutional protection action filed against certain mining concessions located in the Quimsacocha highlands or Loma Larga . The judgment ruled on the violations alleged by the plaintiffs regarding the […]

Electricity June 30th, 2022

PUBLIC POLICY OF THE ELECTRICITY SECTOR

By Ministerial Agreement No. MEM-MEM-2022-0024-AM, published in Official Gazette No. 91 of June 24, 2022, the Ministry of Energy and, issued the “Public Policy of the Electricity Sector. Below, we present the most relevant points of Public Policy: Purpose and scope of application. – Public Policy is applicable in any act disposed to the administration, […]

Mining May 18th, 2022

Ruling of Constitutional Judge rejecting the protection action against mining projects in Loja

On March 28, 2022, the Constitutional Judge of the Civil Judicial Unit based in Loja, issued an oral judgment rejecting the protection action filed by a group of members of the community of Gualel against 4 mining concessions (hereinafter the “Concessions”). On May 10, 2022, the Judge notified the written sentence (hereinafter the “Judgment”) which […]

State and Political Law April 19th, 2022

Reforms to the acquisition of drugs and other strategic health goods

Article 75 of the Regulations to the Organic Law of the National Public Procurement System is replaced; which establishes the procedures for the acquisition of drugs or strategic health goods: Acquisition of outpatient drugs through private pharmacies: -It will be applied to required entities, otherwise the electronic catalog will be preferred. -The medicines to be […]

Finance April 18th, 2022

Registry of External Credit and Payments Abroad of the Private Sector

Through Resolution No. JPRM-2021-004-M of November 16, 2021, the Monetary Policy and Regulation Board, issued the Regulation for the Registration of External Credits to the Private Sector; which provided that the Central Bank of Ecuador will issue the administrative regulations in order to implement the provisions of said resolution. Standard for the Registry of External […]

Mining March 29th, 2022

Constitutional Judge Rejects Constitutional Protection Action against Mining Projects in Loja

By oral judgment of 28 March 2022, the constitutional judge of the civil judicial unit based in the canton of Loja, province of Loja rejected the constitutional protection action filed by a group of members of the community of Gualel against 4 mining concessions (hereinafter the “Concessions“), determining that it will provide its decision in […]