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Proposed Bill for amendment of the Mijnbouwwet
The proposed Bill for amendment of the Mijnbouwwet may be obtained from the site overheid.nl selecting Parlementaire documenten, Dossiernummer 31479 and Ondernummer 2. The proposed amendment is also translated in English. This English version has no legal status, but has been prepared to enlarge the accessibility for non-Dutch speakers. Translation was done bij J.L. den Dulk: Proposed Bill (Kamerstuk 2007-2008, 31479, nr. 2, Tweede Kamer)

The entire dossier of governmental documents (in Dutch only) on this issue can be found on: https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/dossier/31479


Covenant to stimulate hydrocarbon exploration and production and to enable storage projects on the Dutch continental shelf.

In the interest of the systematic and efficient management of accumulations of hydrocarbons and to ensure the best use of the available potential areas for hydrocarbon exploration and production and storage activities on the Dutch continental shelf, the goal of this covenant is to:
1. to stimulate exploration and production activities in those (parts of) areas for which a production licence is granted, but where for several years neither any exploration and / or production activities have been developed nor planned, whereas such activities can reasonably be possible;
2. to enable storage projects in (parts of) areas for which a production license was granted, but where for several years neither any exploration and / or production activities have been developed nor any activities towards applying for a storage licence were planned, whereas such activities can reasonably be possible.

This agreement provides a procedure to encourage (re) new (ed) exploration, production or storage activities in areas for which a mining permit has been granted. This procedure is applied based on voluntary cooperation of companies in the oil and gas industry.


Current legislation
With the help of the hyperlinks in the table below, current legislation related to mining may be obtained from the site overheid.nl. As the official text of the Dutch Act is in Dutch only, we provide an unofficial translation of the Mining Act (in pdf format) at the bottom of this page.


NATIONAL:
Legislation Specific for mining Wet rampen en zware ongevallen
Wet arbeid mijnbouw Noordzee
Mijnbouwwet *
Other Wet algemene bepalingen omgevingsrecht (Stb. 2010,142)
Waterleidingwet
Wet milieubeheer
Wet verontreiniging oppervlaktewateren
Wet geluidhinder
Arbeidsomstandighedenwet
Arbeidstijdenwet
Algemene Maatregel van Bestuur Specific for mining Mijnbouwbesluit *
Mijnbouwbesluit met nota van toelichting (Staatsblad 604, 6 december 2002)
Wijziging Mijnbouwbesluit
Inwerkingtreding Mijnbouwwet
Besluit algemene regels milieu mijnbouw (Staatsblad 125, 3 april 2008)
Other Besluit omgevingsrecht (Stb. 2010, 143)
Arbeidstijdenbesluit
Arbeidsomstandighedenbesluit
Aanwijzing Nationaal DuikCentrum als certificerende instelling voor professionele duikers
Uitvoeringsmaatregelen Regulations Regeling investeringsaftrek marginale gasvoorkomens Nederlands continentaal plat (Staatscourant 13093, 25 augustus 2010)
Ministeriële regeling omgevingsrecht (Stb. 2010, 231)
Mijnbouwregeling *
Mijnbouwregeling met nota van toelichting (Staatcourant 245, 19 december 2002)
Arbeidsomstandighedenregeling
Aanwijzingsregeling ambtenaren toezicht Mijnbouwwet
Policy regulations Beleidsregels arbeidsomstandighedenwetgeving

* English translation of the Mining Act etc.
The original versions of the Mining Act, the Mining Decree and Mining Regulation have been translated into English. These English versions have no legal status, but have been prepared to enlarge the accessibility for non-Dutch speakers. Translation was done bij J.L. den Dulk, prepared for Dorhout Advocaten at Groningen:
INTERNATIONAL:
EUR-LEX The Portal to European Union law
OSPAR The OSPAR Convention for protection of the maritime areas in the North-East Atlantic


Contact: Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and State Supervision of Mines