The Section for Legal and Economic Activities in Oil and Gas Sector carries out the activities related to the: preparation of draft laws, draft by- laws and technical regulations in the field of oil and natural gas and pressure equipment and harmonisation of regulations with the EU regulations; preparation of analyses of the effects of the application of these regulations; participation in international cooperation in the field of oil and gas; grants and technical assistance in the field of oil and gas; issuing energy permits for the construction of energy facilities in the field of oil and gas; issuing approvals for storage and supply for own consumption; preparation of a draft decision on the determination of alternative energy entity in the field of natural gas which will perform the activity instead of the entity whose license has been permanently revoked; drafting decisions related to complaints about decisions of pressure equipment inspectors and energy inspectors, drafting decisions related to complaints about decisions of Energy Agency, complaints to the decisions of energy entities related to request for execution of works in the vicinity of an energy facility in the field of oil and gas and preparation of responses to administrative dispute actions based on second instance decisions; preparation of acts related to property and investor rights, launching and implementation of procedures for granting concessions in the oil and gas industry; appointing of conformity assessment bodies in the field of oil and gas and pressure equipment; operating reserves of crude oil and petroleum products; analysis of medium-term development plans and annual business programs of public enterprises, as well as other energy entities in the field of oil and gas; monitoring the implementation of projects and investments; monitoring and improving the program of petroleum product marking and quality monitoring system; drafting a proposal for the Energy Balance in the field of oil and gas and monitoring its implementation; monitoring the impact of current economic policy measures and proposals of the regulatory body regarding methodologies and tariffs in the field of oil and gas on the position of the oil and gas economy; monitoring the opening of the natural gas market; monitoring and analysis of the status, trends and prices of oil and gas on the world and domestic markets; preparation of draft information and conclusions in the field of oil and gas to be submitted to the Government for consideration and adoption; preparation of draft acts in the field of oil and gas adopted by the Government; processing of cases on petitions and complaints of citizens, based on the requests for access to information of public importance in the field of oil and gas; preparation of enclosures for the responses to the questions posed by parliament members, as well as other activities within the scope of the activity of the Section.