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Validation of Niger Report on Initial Data Collection and Stakeholder Consultation EITI International Secretariat 1 June 2017 Validation of Niger Report on initial data collection and stakeholder consultation Website www.eiti.org Email [email protected] Telephone +47 22 20 08 00 Fax +47 22 83 08 02 Address EITI International Secretariat, Ruseløkkveien 26, 0251 Oslo, Norway 2 Validation of Niger: Report on initial data collection and stakeholder consultation Abbreviations AfDB African Development Bank ANLC-TI Nigerien Association for the Fight against Corruption - Transparency International ARMP Agence de Régulation des Marchés Publics BCEAO Banque Centrale des Etats de L'Afrique de l'Ouest BO Beneficial ownership Bpd Barrels Per Day CCAIA Chambre de Commerce, d’Agriculture, d’Industrie et d’Artisanat CCOAD NGO and Development Associations’ Chamber of Concertation (CCOAD) CEQCVC Coalition for Equity, Quality Against costly living CdC Cour des Comptes (Court of Accounts) CIT Corporate Income Tax CMEN Compagnie Minière et Energétique du Niger CNPC IT China National Petroleum Corporation International CNPC NP China National Petroleum Corporation Niger Petroleum CNTPS Compagnie Nationale de Transport des Produits Stratégiques CENTIF Cellule Nationale de Traitement des Informations Financières CSO Civil Society Organisation DGD Direction Générale des Douanes DGI Direction Générale des Impôts DGTCP Direction Générale du Trésor et de la Comptabilité Publique ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EU European Union EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative GDP Gross Domestic Product GFS Government Finance Statistics GiZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GoN The Government of Niger GREN Group for Reflection and Action on Extractive Industries in Niger HALCIA Haute Autorité de Lutte contre la Corruption et les Infractions assimilées IMC Inter-Ministerial Committee IMF International Monetary Fund MDTF The World Bank's Multi-Donor Trust Fund MIPSDRA Ministry of Interior, Public Security, Decentralisation and Religious Affairs MMID Ministry of Mines and Industrial Development MoF Ministry of Finance MPE Ministry of Petroleum and Energy MSG Multi-Stakeholder Group NGO Non-Governmental Organisation OIREN Network of International NGOs in Niger PEP Politically Exposed Person PSC Production-Sharing Contract PWYP Publish What You Pay RODADDHD Nigerien Network of NGOs and Development Associations for the Defence of Human Rights and Democracy ROTAB Organization for Transparency and Budgetary Analysis Scf Standard cubic feet Website www.eiti.org Email [email protected] Telephone +47 22 20 08 00 Fax +47 22 83 08 02 Address EITI International Secretariat, Ruseløkkveien 26, 0251 Oslo, Norway 3 Validation of Niger: Report on initial data collection and stakeholder consultation SML Société des Mines du Liptako SONICHAR Société Nigérienne du Charbon SOPAMIN Société des Patrimoines des Mines du Niger SORAZ Société de Raffinage de Zinder UNDP United Nations Development Programme TFP Technical and Financial Partners ToR Terms of Reference UEMOA/WAEMU West African Economic and Monetary Union USD United States Dollar VAT Value Added Tax XOF West African Franc Website www.eiti.org Email [email protected] Telephone +47 22 20 08 00 Fax +47 22 83 08 02 Address EITI International Secretariat, Ruseløkkveien 26, 0251 Oslo, Norway 4 Validation of Niger: Report on initial data collection and stakeholder consultation Table of Contents Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Part I – MSG Oversight ......................................................................................................................... 23 1. Oversight of the EITI process .................................................................................................................... 23 Government engagement in the EITI process (#1.1) .................................................................................... 23 Industry engagement in the EITI process (#1.2) ........................................................................................... 26 Civil society engagement in the EITI process (#1.3) ..................................................................................... 28 MSG governance and functioning (#1.4) ...................................................................................................... 35 Workplan (#1.5) ........................................................................................................................................... 45 Part II – EITI Disclosures ........................................................................................................................ 53 2. Award of contracts and licenses ........................................................................................................... 53 Legal framework (#2.1) ................................................................................................................................ 53 License allocations (#2.2) ............................................................................................................................. 55 License registers (#2.3) ................................................................................................................................. 57 Contract disclosures (#2.4) ........................................................................................................................... 59 Beneficial ownership disclosure (#2.5) ......................................................................................................... 60 State participation (#2.6) ............................................................................................................................. 61 3. Monitoring and production .................................................................................................................. 67 Overview of the extractive sector, including exploration activities (#3.1) ................................................... 67 Production data (#3.2) ................................................................................................................................. 68 Export data (#3.3) ......................................................................................................................................... 69 4. Revenue collection ............................................................................................................................... 71 Materiality (#4.1) .......................................................................................................................................... 71 In-kind revenues (#4.2) ................................................................................................................................ 74 Barter and infrastructure transactions (#4.3) .............................................................................................. 75 Transport revenues (#4.4) ............................................................................................................................ 77 Transactions between SOEs and government (#4.5) ................................................................................... 77 Subnational direct payments (#4.6) ............................................................................................................. 79 Level of disaggregation (#4.7) ...................................................................................................................... 80 Data timeliness (#4.8) .................................................................................................................................. 80 Data quality (#4.9) ........................................................................................................................................ 81 6. Revenue management and distribution ............................................................................................... 90 Distribution of revenues (#5.1) .................................................................................................................... 90 Sub-national transfers (#5.2) ........................................................................................................................ 90 Additional information on revenue management and expenditures (#5.3) ................................................ 92 7. Social and economic spending ................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Social expenditures (#6.1) ............................................................................................................................ 95 SOE quasi fiscal expenditures (#6.2) ............................................................................................................ 96 Website www.eiti.org Email [email protected] Telephone +47 22 20 08 00 Fax +47 22 83 08 02 Address EITI International Secretariat, Ruseløkkveien 26, 0251 Oslo, Norway 5 Validation of Niger: Report on initial
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