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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By memorandum number MERNNR-SMAPM-2022-0059-ME of March 23, 2022, the Undersecretary of Artisanal Mining and Small Mining of the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (hereinafter the “MERNNR”) informed the its zonal coordinators of circular number MAAE-DNCA-2022-0008-C dated February 19, 2022 (hereinafter the “Circular”) signed by the Director of Environmental Regulations and Control of the […]
By ministerial agreement number MERNNR-MERNNR-2022-0012-AM of March 2, 2022, the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Natural Resources (MERNNR) issued the regulations for the formation and operation of the public-private mining advisory council [1] in accordance with the provisions of article 7 of the Mining Law as a competence of the MERNNR, which states: “[…] Create […]
In the Third Supplement to the Official Gazette No. 4 of February 16, 2022, the Regulation for the Application of the Hydrocarbons Law was published. The following are the main aspects of the Regulation: HYDROCARBONS POLICY The principles on which the national hydrocarbon policy will be based are established, among which are: Give preference to […]
By means of official document number MAAE-SCA-2022-0206-O of February 2, 2022, the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (hereinafter the “MAATE“) informed the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Natural Resources (hereinafter the “MERNNR“) and this institution, in turn, to the mining title holders through their local offices, of its guidelines on the applicability […]
The Constitutional Court issued opinion number 7-21-CP and cumulative/22 of January 12, 2022, by which it resolves the request for 2 referendums composed of 4 questions on the exploitation of metal mining in the 4 regimes: artisanal, small, medium and large scale, in the parishes of Nono, Calacalí, Nanegal, Nanegalito, Gualea and Pacto, confirming that […]
By ministerial agreement No. MERNNR-MERNNR-2022-0001-AM, published in the third supplement to Official Register No. 629 of January 31, 2022, the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources issued the delimitation of the special mining control zone within the Zaruma canton. The Agreement establishes the following coordinates, within which the Control Zone will be located: The […]