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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)