Regulation

• December 2026

  Ley 21.719, Chile

  Chile updates its personal data protection law, published on 13 December 2024: automated decisions, the right to an explanation, and portability. It applies from December 2026, unless the pending postponement passes. An agent that decides about a worker or a contractor will have to prove what it did and why.

• 2010

  Ley 20.417, Chile

  The 2010 law that created the Environment Superintendency (Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente), which enforces compliance with each project’s environmental approval (resolución de calificación ambiental, RCA), emission standards and plans, and imposes sanctions.

• 2019

  Resolución Exenta 1.574, Chile

  The Environment Superintendency’s general instruction on the online connection of continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS), published in November 2019: whoever must have a CEMS must connect it online to the Environment Superintendency and transmit in real time.

• 2016

  Decreto Supremo 024-2016-EM, Peru

  Mining Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (Reglamento de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional en Minería), in force since July 2016: up-to-date records of incidents and accidents, hazard identification and risk assessment and control (IPERC), and written high-risk work permits (PETAR) signed each shift. It also applies to contractors.

• 2025

  Ley 29733 y su Reglamento, Peru

  The Regulation of the Personal Data Protection Law (Decreto Supremo 016-2024-JUS), in force since March 2025: disclose that automated decisions and profiling exist, notify serious incidents to the authority within 48 hours, and keep activity records for at least two years.

• 2009

  Ley 29338, Peru

  Water Resources Law (Ley de Recursos Hídricos), of 2009: mining use of water requires a use right; holders install and maintain metering devices, and users of groundwater report its levels every month.

Dates are projections of the current development plan, not commitments.