By means of Executive Decree No. 515, dated September 29, 2026, the General Regulations to the Organic Law of the Public Electricity Service were amended. Among other changes, the Decree
On September 28, 2026, the Vice Ministry of Mines issued Agreement No. MAE-VM-2026-0002-AM, which amends Ministerial Agreement No. MAE-VM-2026-0001-AM, dated August 13, 2026, concerning the control of processed mineralized material
On 1 September 2026, Ministerial Agreement No. MAE-VM-2026-0001-AM, signed by the Vice Minister of Mines on 13 August 2026, was published in Fourth Supplement No. 359 to the Official Gazette.
The Ministry of Environment and Energy (Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía, “MAE”), through the Environmental and Social Remediation Program (Programa de Reparación Ambiental y Social, “PRAS”), announced, through Circular No.
The Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Republic of Ecuador comprises twenty-nine chapters and several annexes. This Alert summarizes the provisions with a direct or material impact on the
Through Resolution No. ARCOM-006/26, approved on June 23, 2026, and published in Fifth Supplement No. 312 of the Official Gazette dated June 24, 2026, the Board of Directors of the
Through Resolution No. NAC-DGERCGC26-00000021, signed on June 20, 2026 and published in Fourth Supplement No. 311 of the Official Gazette dated June 23, 2026, the Internal Revenue Service (Servicio de
Through Ministerial Agreement No. MAE-MAE 2026-0056-AM, the Ministry of Environment and Energy issued the “Guidelines and Minimum Parameters for the Structuring and Content of Mining Exploitation Agreements in Ecuador” (hereinafter
On May 4, 2026, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador (CCE) issued a judgment deciding the extraordinary action for protection (AEP) filed by the sectoral ministry (at the time, the Ministry
Through Agreement No. MAE-MAE-2026-0057-AM (published in Official Gazette No. 288 of May 20, 2026), the Minister of Environment and Energy issues the guidelines that set minimum, mandatory, and uniform parameters
