Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2012
Effective Start Year: 
2012
Effective End Year: 
2016
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Law
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Renewable, Other
Issued by: 
Myanmar Investment Commission
Notes: 
Bilingual document
Overall Summary: 
This Law regulates foreign investments and it shall apply to business stipulated by the Myanmar Investment Commission.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
8. The investment shall be permitted based on the following principles: [...] (j) exploration and extraction of new energy and the emergence of renewable energy sources such as bio‐basic new energy; [...]
Trade
Energy trade priorities: 
The Commission may, after producing to fulfill the required energy for the Union and citizen by aiming to export the exceeding energy to abroad, scrutinize and allow [...] to make investment under the production sharing system or enjoying the allocation on obtaining the profits between the Union Government or Government department and organization conferred power by the Union Government[...].
Investment
Energy sector investment priorities: 
The investment shall be permitted based on the following principles: bringing out of business which would save energy consumption; [...] exploration and extraction of new energy and the emergence of renewable energy sources such as bio‐basic new energy;[...] causing to be sufficient the local consumption of the energy and resources of the Union in terms of short term and long term period.---The Commission may, after producing to fulfill the required energy for the Union and citizen by aiming to export the exceeding energy to abroad, scrutinize and allow [...] to make investment under the production sharing system or enjoying the allocation on obtaining the profits between the Union Government or Government department and organization conferred power by the Union Government[...].
Overseas investment support: 
The Commission may, after producing to fulfill the required energy for the Union and citizen by aiming to export the exceeding energy to abroad, scrutinize and allow [...] to make investment under the production sharing system or enjoying the allocation on obtaining the profits between the Union Government or Government department and organization conferred power by the Union Government[...].
Governance
National policy structure: 
CHAPTER (III) AIM 7. Aimed at the people to enjoy sufficiently and to enable the surplus to export after exploiting abundant resources of the country; [...] national electric and energy production business [...]