Presidential Decree No. of 1999 concerning the enforcement of the “Environmental Protection” Law of the Azerbaijan Republic

DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION" LAW OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC In order to enforce the "Environmental Protection" Law of the Azerbaijan Republic that recently took effect, I hereby decree that: 1. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic shall take the following actions within three months' time: draft proposals to make the current law of the Azerbaijan Republic consistent with the "Environmental Protection" Law of the Azerbaijan Republic and submit said proposals to the President of the Azerbaijan Republic; make the prescriptive acts of law and regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers and concerned central executive agencies consistent with said Law and inform the President of the Azerbaijan Republic of same; submit proposals concerning the executive agencies to be vested with the powers of the "proper executive authorities" enumerated in Article 1 1, Paragraphs 1.4, 1.9 (in the establishment of national preserves, national and nature parks, and other protected natural areas and sites), 1.12 and 1.13; Paragraph 2, Article 10; Paragraph 2, Article 11; Paragraph 1, Article 15, Paragraph 2, Article 44, Paragraph 2, Article 45, Paragraphs 1 and 2, Article 47, Paragraph 7, Article 54, Paragraph 1, Article 63, Paragraph 2, Article 69, Paragraph 1, Article 73 and Paragraph 2, Article 76 of this Law to the President of the Azerbaijan Republic; resolve other issues related to the "Environmental Protection" Law of the Azerbaijan Republic within its jurisdiction. 2. - The powers enumerated in 1.1 - 1.3 and 1.5 - 1.11 of Paragraph 1, Article 4 (approval of the list of protected sites of special scientific and biological importance), 2.1 of Paragraph 2 (within its jurisdiction); Paragraph 2, Article 16; Paragraph 3, Article 17; Paragraph 2, Article 56; Paragraph 3, Article 66 and Paragraph 2 Article 79 of the "Environmental Protection" Law of the Azerbaijan Republic shall be exercised by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic; The powers of the "proper executive authority" enumerated in 2.1 (within its jurisdiction), 2.2 - 2.6 of Paragraph 2, Article 4; Paragraph 4, Article 15; Paragraph 3, Article 50; Paragraph 1, Article 51; Paragraph 1, Article 52, Paragraph 1, Article 72 and in Article 72 of this Law shall be exercised by the the National Environmental and Natural Resources Management Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic. 3. The National Environmental and Natural Resources Management Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic shall take the actions necessary to resolve issues under its jurisdiction. Heydar Aliyev The President of the Azerbaijan Republic City of Baku, 4 August 1999