Section quarter
Natural resources

Art. 410 .- They are owned inalienable and imprescriptible unattachable of the State
non-renewable natural resources and generally products subsoil deposits
minerals and hydrocarbons, substances whose nature is different from the soil,
even those who are in the areas covered by the waters of the territorial sea and
Marine Areas well as biodiversity and genetic heritage and the spectre
electromagnetism. These assets can only be operated in strict compliance with
environmental principles set forth in the Constitution.

The State participate in the benefits of exploiting these resources in an
amount not be less than those of the company that operates.

The State guarantee that the mechanisms of production, consumption and use of resources
energy and natural preserve and restore natural cycles and permit conditions
life with dignity.