Regulations

Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Mines formulates, manages and evaluates public energy and mining policy within the current legal framework.

According to the Law of the Ecuadorian Quality System, the Ecuadorian Service of Standardization (INEN) is the national technical body competent in standardization, technical regulation and metrology; including the quality of fuel sold in the market. It is within Ecuador’s Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries.

To summarize, Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries regulate the quality of fuel sold on the market.

According to the Hydrocarbons Law, Ecuador’s Agency for the Regulation and Control of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources (ARCER