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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
