DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

Ted GALOUO SOU, Directeur Général
Ted GALOUO SOU, Directeur Général

OVERVIEW

The Directorate General of Natural Resources Revenue is the technical body that assists the Minister of Finance in exercising his powers in the mobilization of revenue from natural resources.

ITS ORGANIZATION

The Directorate General of Natural Resources Revenue, in addition to the executive secretariat, the cooperation department, the management control department and the communication department, includes:

  • the internal audit department;

  • the studies and forecasting department;

  • the human resources department;

  • the finance and equipment;

  • the information systems department;

  • the regulation and litigation department;

  • the hydrocarbon revenue department;

  • the mining revenue department;

  • the forestry and other natural resources revenue department;

  • the departmental directorates.

ITS SCOPE OF COMPETENCE

The directorate general of natural resources revenue is responsible for:

  • implementing the Government's policy on natural resources revenue ;

  • participate in the preparation of preliminary drafts of legislative and regulatory texts on revenues from natural resources;

  • participate in the negotiation of agreements and contracts having an impact on public finances in the natural resources sectors;

  • propose measures to clean up public finances;

  • ensure the sincerity and regularity of expenditure commitment files;

  • participate in discussions and monitoring of issues relating to the development of natural resources;

  • ensure, in conjunction with the public administrations concerned, the application of regulations on monitoring and collecting revenue from natural resources;

  • monitor revenue from natural resources;

  • monitor the exploitation and marketing activities of natural resources;

  • ensure the collection and processing of information on revenue from the natural resource sectors;

  • implement the tools necessary for monitoring the exploitation and marketing of natural resources;

  • participate in the design and development of tools for assessing the real costs of production of natural resources;

  • maintain, by sector, the file structures generating revenue from natural resources;

  • implement regulations on the collection of revenue from natural resources;

  • prospect for activities generating revenue from natural resources;

  • determine, where applicable, the tax base and ensure the liquidation of revenue from natural resources;

  • issue receipts for revenue from natural resources;

  • keep up to date the accounting of the issues of revenue from natural resources;

  • keep the material accounting of natural resources.

Source : Journal Officiel Spécial n°3-2024 du 7 mars 2024