On September 26, 2025, Government Agreement Number 171-2025 was published in the Official Gazette.
Below is a brief summary of the agreement:
Reforms to the Regulations of the Law on Environmental Protection and Improvement, with provisions that directly impact projects, works, and industries that do not yet have their environmental instrument.
The amendment to Article 119 establishes that those projects or activities that are voluntarily submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) to regularize their situation will be sanctioned only with the minimum units corresponding to their category, as provided in Article 109, paragraph a) of the regulations. This provision applies provided that there is no complaint or ongoing proceedings against the project and that the activity does not contravene the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection and Improvement, Decree 68-86. In addition, paragraph b) of Article 109 is repealed, which modifies the current penalty framework.
The resolution will enter into force immediately upon publication.
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