About This Book
This book refers to the new Mining Organic Law sanctioned in Venezuela in April 2026, which reforms the regime that was established in the Mining Law of 1999, which in turn replaced the pioneering Law of 1945. Under the coordination of Professor Allan R. Brewer-Carías, in order to study the various aspects of the legal regime of mining in accordance with the reforms introduced in the Law of 2026, this book brings together the following papers: First, General Introduction to the regime of the Organic Law of Mines of 2026, by Allan R. Brewer-Carías; Second: New Rules for the Exercise of Mining Activity in Venezuela, by Mauricio R. Pernía-Reyes; Third: Preliminary Comments on Private Participation in Mining Activity, by Caterina Balasso Tejera; Fourth: The new Organic Law of Mines. An Incomplete Reform, by José Ignacio Hernández G.; Fifth: Fiscal Reflections on the Organic Law of Mines, by Juan Cristóbal Carmona Borjas; Sixth: The Organic Law of Mines and the Consolidation of an Irrational Tax System: An Exegesis of the "Step That Should Not Have Been Taken", by Leonardo Palacios; Seventh: Legal Regime of Mining in Venezuela, by Rafael Badell Madrid; Eighth: Considerations regarding "the reserves" provided for in the Organic Law of Mines, by Claudia Nikken; Nineth: The Transformation of Concessions within the Mining Economic Activity, by Victor Hernández Mendible; and Tenth: The Principles of Reversion in Administrative Concessions, with Special Reference to Mining Concessions, in the Legislative Tradition, by Allan R. Brewer-Carías. The book concludes with the text of the Organic Law of Mines of 2026.
