ABANDONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 21.1 During the performance of Petroleum Operations, the CONTRACTOR shall ensure that its personnel and its Sub-Contractors take the environmental protection and Abandonment measures which are required under the provisions of the Petroleum Legislation, and particularly of Law n° 96/12 of 5 August 1996 instituting the framework law pertaining to management of the environment and its implementing decrees, as well as the current generally accepted practices of the international petroleum industry. In accordance with this obligation, the CONTRACTOR shall take the environmental and safety capability of a company into account in the hiring of its Sub-Contractors.
