

On March 22, 2023, with a ratio of 67 votes, 0 against, 31 abstentions, RA National Assembly adopted in the first reading RA draft law on "Amending the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment and Expertise" and the package of related draft laws.
Reminder: a number of non-governmental organizations submitted proposals to RA Environment Ministry, and then to RA NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environmental Protection. Most of the proposals were not considered when adopting the package of draft laws, which is a violation of the requirement of the Aarhus Convention.
State Legal Expertise Unit of Expert and Analytical Department of National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, having carried out a legal expertise of the package of draft laws, reached the following conclusion, “Summarizing the results of the examination, we can note that the regulations defined by the Draft may be problematic from the viewpoint of Articles 6 and 75 of the Constitution.
At the same time, it is necessary to ensure the compliance of the regulations defined by the package of draft laws with each other and with Law "On Normative Legal Acts" on the basis of the presented recommendations''.
March 23, 2023 at 15:41