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Armenia

Region	Europe & Central Asia
Income Group	Upper middle income
GNI Per Capita (USD$)	4,000
Overall Score	5

Question	Answer	Note
Do ministries or regulatory agencies develop forward regulatory plans – that is, a public list of anticipated regulatory changes or proposals intended to be adopted/implemented within a specified time frame?	Yes, throughout government	Generally, action plans on legislative reforms in many fields are adopted either by the Government or by the relevant ministry. Moreover, the Government issues an annual action plan that provides most legislative amendments.
Are these plans available to general public?	Yes	Published on the Government website (http://www.gov.am./en).
Do ministries or regulatory agencies publish the text or summary of proposed (not yet adopted) regulations before their enactment?	Yes, throughout government
Where is the draft text or summary published?	On a unified website where all proposed regulations are published; on the website of the relevant ministry or regulator; directly distributed to inter... More On a unified website where all proposed regulations are published; on the website of the relevant ministry or regulator; directly distributed to interested stakeholders.	https://www.e-draft.am/ http://www.moj.am/legal/drafts It is distributed via email, regular mail and the media. The National Center for Legislative Regulation uses different form of consultations such as meetings, roundtables, conferences, offsite meetings, distributing checklists to the stakeholders, creating target groups and/or focus groups.
Do ministries or regulatory agencies have the legal obligation to publish the text of proposed regulations before their enactment?	Yes, throughout government	All drafts of laws and secondary regulations that are included in the annual action plan of the Government should be published online on the unified website, which is also used for public consultations. Chapter 2, Arts. 3 and 4 of the Republic of Armenia Law on "Normative Legal Acts" as of July 4, 2018.
Is the entire text of the proposed draft published?	Yes, throughout government	Both texts with explanatory memorandums and summaries of the received proposals after public consultations are published.
Is there a period of time set by law for the text of the proposed regulations to be publicly available?	Yes	Article 4 (2) of the Republic of Armenia Law on "Normative Legal Acts”; Article 6 of the Government of Armenia Decree on the Organization and Implementation of Public Consultation.

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