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It promotes the 2020 OECD Guiding Principles, which delegitimize non-fiscal stabilization and advocate for a targeted, commercially justified approach to fiscal stabilization. The guide introduces the concept of 'revenue certainty' for governments and provides specific model clauses for laws and contracts to ensure that investors' needs for predictability are balanced against the state's public interest objectives and the need to prevent tax base erosion.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The 2020 OECD Guiding Principles effectively delegitimize the use of non-fiscal stabilization clauses, asserting that contracts should anticipate that governments will introduce non-arbitrary and non-discriminatory changes in law to pursue legitimate public interest objectives.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Under the OECD framework, the costs of complying with non-fiscal legal changes should be borne by the investor, though they may be treated as deductible operational expenses rather than capital costs to provide immediate tax relief.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Fiscal stabilization is no longer viewed as a presumptive requirement but as a commercial choice that should be limited in scope, duration, and based on demonstrated commercial need, potentially including a stability premium.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The OECD Guiding Principles introduce 'revenue certainty' as a counter-balance to investor stability, explicitly stating that bona fide anti-avoidance measures to protect the revenue base from tax base erosion and profit-shifting are not constrained by stabilization clauses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Responsive fiscal regimes, such as variable rate royalties or profit-sharing mechanisms, are proposed as alternatives to traditional stabilization clauses to provide predictability while allowing for the equitable rebalancing of benefits during economic cycles.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Historically, stabilization clauses have been most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions, where they were often more extensive in scope and duration compared to OECD countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The guide recommends that any fiscal stabilization granted should be based on a rigorous five-step government assessment process involving the review of technical feasibility, financing plans, and the investor's reputation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The document highlights a potential conflict between existing stabilization clauses and the 2024 Global Minimum Tax, suggesting that companies should pay top-up taxes in the source country to maintain their social license to operate.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"iisd-002847#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["mining","human rights","environmental regulation","climate change","carbon tax"],"geography_discussed":["Peru","Colombia","Argentina","Ecuador","Tanzania","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Chile","Papua New Guinea","Mexico","Lithuania","United States","Philippines","sub-Saharan Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","legal drafting guide","normative framework assessment"]},{"id":"iisd-002848","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-002848","title":"Évolution des normes en matière de stabilisation","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"guide","language":"fr","date_published":"2025-03","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2025-05/evolving-stabilization-standards-mining-fr.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document examines the evolution of stabilization clauses in the extractive sector, arguing for a shift away from 'freeze' and 'economic equilibrium' clauses toward a model based on the 2021 OECD Guiding Principles. It distinguishes between non-fiscal stabilization, which it argues should be abandoned to protect the state's right to regulate for the public interest, and fiscal stabilization, which should be limited to specific, time-bound commercial needs. 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