Transparency initiative annual report

Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Energy dated on 24 November 1998

This law unites in itself most common legal basics of government regulation of oil, gas and electric energy areas of energetics. Special rules might be taken into account in other laws accepted for different areas.

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  DECREES
  

Decree of the President of Azerbaijan Republic numbered 685 on “Safety of oil and gas export pipes” dated on 15April 2002:

The special commission was created in order to ensure safety of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan main export pipe planned to be constructed and gas export pipes together with objects related to export of crude oil.

“Long term Strategy on Management of oil and gas incomes” approved with Decree numbered 128 of the President of Azerbaijan Republic on 27 September 2004:

Long term Strategy on Management of oil and gas incomes covers years 2005-2025 and defines main principles of usage of this incomes and policies of midterm expenses during this period. This strategy takes into account management of incomes accumulated from sale of oil and gas in Azerbaijan Republic State Oil Fund and state budget according to the sources shown below.

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  ORDERS
  

“Rules of definition of “Safety zone” of operated oil export pipes” approved with decision numbered 167 of Cabinet of Ministries of Azerbaijan Republic on 2 November 2004:

These rules were prepared with goal to protect, create normal conditions for safety and reliable operation and prevent any situations that might happen in operating of oil exporting pipes excluding Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and South Caucasus pipelines.

E-qanun portal ¹⁰

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan has developed the single Internet portal for the judicial system, which provides an access to all legal and normative acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The portal includes all the legistative information related to the extractive industry. All new legal and normative acts issued or amended are inlcluded in the portal and are regularly updated. The e-qanun portal is available to the public, which makes it easy to get the necessary legislative information from a single source.