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This measure seeks to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens, strengthen legal security and optimize environmental management.The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) reports that the government approved a standard that will contribute to strengthening and optimizing environmental management in hydrocarbon activities, contributing to debureaucratization and giving greater predictability to investments in the sector.
This is Supreme Decree No. 021-2025-EM, which modifies article 42-A and incorporates Annex No. 5 to the Regulation for Environmental Protection in Hydrocarbon Activities, approved by Supreme Decree No. 039-2014-EM.
The new standard updates, reorganizes and expands the assumptions of actions that the owners of hydrocarbon activities can execute without the need to process a modification of the environmental study or a Supporting Technical Report (ITS), as long as they do not generate new environmental impacts.
Likewise, Annex No. 5, incorporated into the regulations, specifies and expands the list of said actions, differentiating those that can be carried out inside and outside the Buffer Zones of Protected Natural Areas (ZA-ANP), and incorporating clear technical conditions that guarantee the protection of the environment.
Among the main benefits are the simplification of procedures, the reduction of costs for those administered, greater predictability in operations in the hydrocarbon sector and efficiency in the use of public resources, in accordance with national competitiveness and sustainability policies.
With this measure, the MINEM seeks to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens, strengthen legal security and optimize environmental management, allowing State resources to concentrate on the evaluation of projects with the greatest potential for impact.
Lima, November 10, 2025
