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The Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines is the government body responsible for establishing the conditions for the development of the country's energy resources and related projects, including:
- Developing and implementing legislation including the Act on the Electricity Code;
- Development, monitoring and implementation of the national policy regarding production, transport, distribution and energy efficiency;
- The development and exploitation of sources of new and renewable energy;
- Politics generally, development and applicable standards and regulations;
- Monitoring and control of crude oil refining, import, export, recovery in refinery, storage, drumming, transportation, distribution and marketing of refined hydrocarbons
The recent establishment of a National Agency for the Development of Renewable eEnergy (ANADER) illustrates the desire of the public authorities to exploit Mauritania's full potential.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines
National Agency for the Development of Renewable eEnergy (ANADER)
Sources
Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines M. Weigert, La Mauritanie. Acteur-clé de la régionalisation euro-méditerranéenne, op. cit., p. 22.
Act on the Electricity Code (2001 – 19)