The President of the Republic, by Executive Decree No. 151 of August 5, 2021, issued the Action Plan for the Mining Sector of Ecuador for the development of the mining sector, to be executed within one hundred days from the signing of the Decree. The objective of the Plan is “to develop efficient and environmentally […]
The Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (hereinafter “UAFE”) issued on June 7, 2021 the resolution No. UAFE-DG-2021-00167 (hereinafter the “Resolution”), which included new persons obliged to report to the UAFE. On July 16, 2021, the UAFE issued resolution No. UAFE-DG-2021-0230 (hereinafter the “Amendment”), by which it amended the Resolution in the issues detailed below. Obliged […]
In judgment No. 32-17-IN/21, the Constitutional Court (hereafter “the Court”) declared the unconstitutionality of articles 86 (modification of watercourses) and 136 (watercourses for the artisanal mining regime) of the Environmental Regulations for Mining Activities (hereafter “RAAM”). On June 30, 2017, a group of citizens filed a public action of unconstitutionality (hereinafter API) against articles 86 […]
The municipality of the canton of Yantzaza has issued the second amendment to the ordinance for construction aggregates (hereinafter the “Ordinance“), published in the Official Register No. 1589 of 1 June 2021. Below, we analyze the most relevant points of the Ordinance: False information: False information in the semiannual production report for a concession will […]
The National Public Procurement Service with Resolution No. RE-SERCOP-2021-0114, amended Resolution No. RE-SERCOP-2016-0000072, of the Codification of Resolutions, by means of which it introduces rules relating to: Submission of tenders with electronic signature Not sumilladas or foliated. Linked offers The Organic Law Reforming the COIP on Anticorruption Matters will be approved. Claims and complaints A […]
Labor regulations have been updated and adapted to the new needs of both workers and employers in their daily activities. Accordingly, we consider that it is important to include new provisions in the Internal Labor Regulations to make more fluid employment relationships possible by applying a tool better adapted to the current reality. Pre-contractual phase […]
Issued on April 22, 2021, Executive Order No. 1292 contains the following amendments to the Regulations of the Internal Tax Regime Law regarding the agricultural industry: Taxpayers devoted exclusively to local production of agricultural products will not be eligible for the microenterprise regime. The percentage of income tax withholding at the source for taxpayers engaged […]
In its session No. 707, the outgoing National Assembly approved the Organic Law for Personal Data Protection with a vote of 118 in favor and one abstention. Here are twelve things you should know about the Data Protection Law. The Data Protection Law is divided into 12 chapters, 77 articles, 9 general provisions, 4 transitory […]
We have provided a summary of the most important changes to the following legal instruments amended by Executive Order No. 1295 of the President of the Republic on April 28, 2021: I. Executive Order No. 252, initially issued on January 11, 2018: Declaration of Investment Promotion and Attraction as a State Policy The Secretary General […]
