The National Assembly approved the “Organic Law for the Strengthening of the Strategic Mining and Energy Sectors” that reforms the Mining Law. The scope of the reform is described below.
Through judgment No. 1296-19-JP/25 of November 13, 2025, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador (the “CCE”) established binding standards on free, prior, and informed consultation (the “FPIC”) applicable to indigenous peoples
Resolution number NAC-DGERCGC26-00000001 of January 9, 2026, published in Official Gazette 200 third supplement of January 9, 2026, amends resolution number NAC-DGERCGC25-000000004 of February 20, 2025, which contains the rules
The Constitutional Court, through Judgment No. 112-21-IN/25, dated December 11, 2025, declared the unconstitutionality of Article 25, paragraph 1, of the Organic Law of the Public Electric Energy Service (LOSPEE),
By means of Executive Decree No. 273 of December 31, 2025 (hereinafter the “Executive Decree“), the General Regulations of the Mining Law (hereinafter the “Regulation“) were amended. The following are
The Electricity Regulation and Control Agency (ARCONEL) issued Regulation No. ARCONEL-005/25, which approves the Regulations to encourage generation with Non-Conventional Renewable Energy greater than 10 MW and less than or
On August 28, 2025, the Social Transparency Law was published in the Third Supplement of Official Register No. 112. This regulation introduces amendments to the Mining Law, among which the
The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) issued Resolution NAC-DGERCGC25-00000023, through which the traditional Mining Annex is replaced by the new “Mining Activities Information Form”, modifying resolution NAC-DGERCGC25-00000004 “Rules that establish the
Executive Decree No. 94, dated August 14, 2025, ordered the merger by absorption of the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (MAATE) to the Ministry of Energy and
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) issued Ministerial Agreement No. MEM-MEM-2025-0025-AM on July 17, 2025, by which it approved the “Guidelines for the transparency and traceability of royalties, surpluses,
