LAW

Adopted on 17 May 2000

(Title amended by HO-172-N of 03 April 2001)

Article 1.

Scope and subject matter of the Law

1. This Law shall regulate the relations pertaining to the organisation and conduct of inspections and examinations in commercial and non-commercial organisations, public institutions (including of a foreign legal person), a branch of a legal person or representative office registered in the Republic of Armenia or in foreign States and carrying out activities in the territory of the Republic of Armenia, local self-government bodies, as well as of the activities of individual entrepreneurs (hereinafter referred to as “the economic entities”) and in urban development facilities, and shall prescribe the single procedure for the conduct thereof.

2. Inspection shall be deemed as a procedure conducted on the basis of the law, which verifies the reliability of the statements, calculations, baseline data and other documents (hereinafter referred to as “the statement”) submitted by an economic entity, as well as the compliance of the actual activities of an economic entity with the requirements of the laws and other legal acts.

2.1. Within the scope of inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines, test purchase may also be carried out under the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

3. Examination shall be deemed as an internal procedure conducted in the inspection body based on the statements submitted by an economic entity for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of implementation of the requirements of the legal acts vesting powers of control in this body.

4. Inspections may be thematic aimed at clarifying the actual condition of separate elements related to the activities of the economic entity, or may be complex aimed at clarifying the entire financial and economic condition of an economic entity. Thematic inspections include inspections of implementation of the requirements of the legislation on subsoil use and environment, including the inspections of actual volumes of environmental taxation base and (or) natural resources utilisation payment base and the limits (restrictions) thereof, inspections of activities carried out on the basis of a licence for certain types of activities, inspection of the state of compliance with the established economic norms, maintenance of security registers and operations therewith, inspections of currency-related operations, inspection of compliance with the requirements of normative documents related to sanitation and hygiene, fire safety, as well as technical safety, inspections of the compliance with the requirements set for the control over the export of dual-purpose goods and transfer of dual-purpose information and products of intellectual activity, inspections conducted by the Commission for Protection of Competition with regard to the accuracy of information submitted by the economic entity and (or) the detection of actual activities and (or) inspection of oversight over the execution of the decision of the Commission for Protection of Competition, inspections of the conformity of goods and technologies with presented baseline data and other similar inspections, inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of the compliance with the requirements prescribed by the labour legislation and other legal acts containing norms of labour law, inspections aimed at the implementation of pension legislation and the maintenance of the personal record registration databases, inspections of the organisation and execution of paid public works, inspections aimed at clarifying the accuracy of financial data on the implementation of mandatory social insurance projects, inspections of the processes of applying minimum state social standards on child care and upbringing, inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements prescribed by the legislation on the sphere of social services of the field of social assistance, and inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on material reserves.

A complex inspection shall be deemed as an inspection of financial and economic activities, which is conducted by verifying the accuracy of filling in (compiling) the accounting documents, financial statements, the balance sheet and original bookkeeping documents and shall be aimed at revealing the final or interim findings relating to the financial and economic activities of the entity being subjected to inspection with respect to the purposeful and efficient use of own and borrowed financial means and stocks. The exclusive right to require a complex inspection of financial and economic activities shall belong to the shareholders, stockholders, founders, or members of the economic entity, within the scope of powers vested therein by law.

5. This Law shall not apply to inspections conducted by the state body acting as a party to the transaction within the scope of a contract concluded between the state body and the economic entity on the basis of a civil law transactions concluded between the state body and the economic entity.

6. This Law shall not regulate relations pertaining to supervision exercised by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia over the activities of banks, other persons having obtained a licence by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, as well as relations pertaining to supervision exercised by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia in the cases provided for by Law of the Republic of Armenia “On the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing”, relations pertaining to audit carried out by the Audit Chamber, those pertaining to customs control provided for by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On customs regulation”, tax control provided for by the Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia and relations pertaining to supervision over the land use and protection, relations pertaining to supervision exercised by shareholders, equity holders, founders or members over the executive body of the economic entity, as well as relations pertaining to supervision exercised by the executive body of the economic entity over the territorial and structural sub-divisions of the economic entity.

(Article 1 amended by HO-172 of 3 April 2001, HO-282 of 14 December 2001, HO-8-N of 24 September 2003, HO-103-N of 11 July 2004, HO-34-N of 8 December 2004, HO-186-N of 14 December 2004, supplemented, amended by HO-152-N of 8 July 2005, HO-250-N of 8 December 2005, supplemented by HO-28-N of 15 December 2005, HO-162-N of 7 July 2006, HO-108-N of 22 February 2007, amended by HO-10-N of 25 December 2006, supplemented, amended, edited by HO-214-N of 11 October 2007, amended by HO-237-N of 24 October 2007, supplemented by HO-297-N of 6 December 2007, HO-37-N of 8 April 2008, HO-121-N of 17 June 2008, HO-144-N of 21 August 2008, amended by HO-17-N of 4 February 2010, HO-45-N of 8 April 2010, supplemented by HO-81-N of 20 May 2010, supplemented, amended by HO-138-N of 12 April 2011, amended by HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, HO-309-N of 7 December 2011, amended, supplemented, edited by HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, edited by HO-127-N of 21 June 2014, amended, supplemented by HO-40-N of 7 May 2015, amended by HO-85-N of 16 May 2016, HO-168-N of 24 November 2015, amended, edited, supplemented by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017, amended by HO-62-N 16 January 2018, HO-195-N of 21 March 2018, supplemented by HO-131-N of 4 March 2020, supplemented, amended by HO-369-N of 9 July 2020, amended by HO-93-N of 3 March 2021, supplemented by HO-33-N of 10 February 2023, HO-421-N of 24 October 2024)

(Law HO-33-N of 10 February 2023 contains a final part and transitional provision)

Article 2.

State inspection bodies

1. The bodies competent to conduct inspections in the territory of the Republic of Armenia within the scope of their powers shall be as follows:

- Ministry of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies of the Republic of Armenia;

- Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia;

- Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia;

- Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development of the Republic of Armenia;

- State Revenue Committee adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia;

- State Nuclear Safety Regulatory Committee adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia;

- Public administration body authorised by the Government of the Republic of Armenia in the sphere of pension security;

- Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia;

- State Language Inspectorate of the Republic of Armenia;

- State Committee of Water Economy of the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia;

- National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia;

- Ministry of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia;

- Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia;

- Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia;

- General Department of Civil Aviation adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia;

- Commission for Protection of Competition;

- Licensing state bodies;

- State Urban Development Committee adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia;

- State Service for Food Safety of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia;

- Inspection bodies of the Republic of Armenia.

In case of a need for conducting inspection, based on the questions falling within the competence vested in the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia by law, in the organisations licensed or registered by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, the Commission for Protection of Competition shall apply, with a motion, to the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, which shall conduct an inspection in the mentioned organisation as prescribed by law, and the opinion prepared based on the results thereof shall be provided to the Commission for Protection of Competition.

The State Nuclear Safety Regulatory Committee adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia shall plan and conduct the inspections under the procedure prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On the safe use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes”.

In case of changes in state bodies or their powers, the powers of the mentioned bodies conducting inspections shall be exercised by the successor bodies thereof or those possessing relevant powers.

The State Revenue Committee adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia shall exercise tax control under the procedure prescribed by the Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia.

2. State inspection bodies shall conduct the inspections only in compliance with the laws of the Republic of Armenia and within the powers conferred on them on the basis thereof.

3. Intervention into the on-going economic activities of economic entities shall be prohibited during the inspections.

(Article 2 amended by HO-453-N of 6 November 2002, HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, HO-12-N of 7 October 2003, HO-8-N of 24 September 2003, HO-90-N of 9 June 2004, HO-34-N of 8 December 2004, supplemented by HO-235-N of 15 November 2005, amended by HO-250-N of 08 December 2005, supplemented by HO-82-N of 22 February 2007, HO-108-N of 22 February 2007, amended by HO-237-N of 24 October 2007, supplemented by HO-121-N of  17 June 2008, amended by HO-180-N of 22 October 2008, supplemented by HO-138-N of 12 April 2011, HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, HO-258-N of 17 December 2014, HO-75-N of 12 May 2016, amended by HO-66-N of 1 March 2017, HO-205-N of 17 November 2017, supplemented by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017, amended by HO-174-N of 21 March 2018, HO-195-N of 21 March 2018, amended by HO-369-N of 9 July 2020, HO-93-N of 3 March 2021)

Article 2.1.

The risk-based inspection system and planning

1. The risk-based inspection system is a complex of measures taken by the bodies conducting inspections for the purpose of planning the inspections.

The risk shall be deemed as the possibility of causing damage to the life and health of a person, the environment, property interests of the State, legal and natural persons, as well as the savings of natural and energy resources, taking into account the gravity of this damage.

The bodies conducting inspections through the risk-based inspection system shall direct the inspections to the sectors and supervision objects with higher risk.

2. For the purpose of planning the inspections:

(1) the inspection body shall, by examining the field of his or her supervision, develop criteria determining the risk level of the activities of the economic entities in the given field, which must include the risk of the field of activities of the economic entity and (or) the sum total of individual risks of the economic entity. The risk of the field of activities shall be an indicator calculated on the basis of the importance and riskiness of the field of activities of an economic entity according to the possible negative consequences arising from the given activity. Where an economic entity carries out activities in several fields, the risk of the field shall be calculated upon the data of the riskiest field. The calculation of the individual risk shall take into account the violations, by an economic entity, of the requirements prescribed by the legislation, the frequency of violations, the actions aimed at eliminating these violations, as well as other indicators characterising the activities of the economic entity.

For the purpose of planning inspections in the urban development sector, the body conducting inspection shall, by assessing the type of the facility, develop criteria determining the level of risks of the urban development facility. While developing the criteria determining the risk level of an urban development facility, the inspection body may also assess the risk level of the entities — constructor, designer, entities performing expertise, construction works, technical and designer supervision, that carry out urban development activities, as prescribed by law, in urban development facility.

The general description of the criteria determining the methodology and risk level of risk-based inspections shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, and the procedure for the calculation and assessment thereof shall be approved by the state inspection body;

(2) the inspection body shall maintain a database which shall include information on all economic entities acting in the field of his or her supervision and on the assessment given to them upon the criteria determining the risk level.

The Government of the Republic of Armenia shall approve the procedure for the exchange, between state inspection bodies, of information on economic entities existing in their databases;

(3) according to the assessment of criteria determining the risk level, the economic entities, whereas in case of inspections conducted in the urban development sector — the urban development facilities, shall be classified under one of the following three groups:

a. high risk;

b. medium risk;

c. low risk;

3. The inspection body shall, as of the decrease in the risk level, include in the high risk group up to twenty per cent of economic entities subject to inspection thereby.

4. The annual plan for inspections shall be developed by taking into account the risk level of economic entities and shall include the following information:

(1) full names of the economic entities subject to inspection;

(2) date of completion of the last inspection conducted at each economic entity;

(3) risk level of each economic entity;

(4) period of conducting each inspection.

4.1. The annual plan for inspections conducted in the urban development sector shall include the following information:

(1) name of the urban development facility subject to inspection;

(2) full names (where applicable) of the economic entities carrying out urban development activities, as prescribed by law, in an urban development facility subject to inspection;

(3) date of completion of the last inspection conducted in the urban development facility subject to inspection;

(4) risk level of the urban development facility subject to inspection;

(5) period of conducting each inspection.

5. The annual plan for inspections shall be drawn up by the following proportionality:

(1) the economic entities involved in the high risk group, whereas in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — the urban development facilities, shall comprise at least seventy per cent of the economic entities subject to inspection during the given year, whereas in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — at least seventy percent of urban development facilities;

(2) the economic entities involved in the low risk group, whereas in case the inspections are conducted in urban development sector — the urban development facilities, shall comprise maximum five per cent of the economic entities subject to inspection during the given year, whereas in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — maximum five per cent of urban development facilities;

6. State inspection bodies shall approve the annual plan for inspections before 1 December of the year preceding the inspections.

Changes may be made to the annual plan for inspections upon the consent of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

7. When approving the annual plan for inspections or making amendments thereto, the information prescribed by points 1 and 2 of part 4, points 1-3 of part 4.1 of this Article shall be posted on the official Internet website of the inspection body within a period of three days following its adoption and shall enter into force one month after its adoption.

By 20 January of each year the report on inspections and examinations conducted by the inspection body during the previous year shall also be mandatorily posted on the official Internet website of the latter, which shall include the name of each economic entity inspected and (or) examined during the reporting period, the state registration number, the taxpayer identification number (where applicable), whereas in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — also the name of each urban development facility, information on the quantity of and grounds for inspections and examinations conducted at each economic entity, whereas in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — information on the quantity of and grounds for inspections and examinations conducted in each urban development facility. The template for the report on inspections and examinations conducted during the previous year shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

8. Regulations prescribed by this Article shall not extend to the inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on material reserves.

(Article 2.1 supplemented by HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, amended by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017, HO-195-N of 21 March 2018, supplemented by HO-131-N of 4 March 2020, HO-369-N of 9 July 2020)

(In Article 2.1 of Law HO-60 (HHPT N 14 of 23 June 2000) of 17 May 2000, the words “of economy” shall be replaced by words “of economic development and investments” by virtue of Article 2 of Law “On making amendments to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On organisation and conduct of inspections in the Republic of Armenia”” HO-66-N (HHPT N 19, of 29 March 2017) of 1 March 2017.

It is impossible to make the respective amendment since the words “of economy” are lacking in Article 2.1).

Article 3.

Aims of inspection and the procedure for the conduct thereof

1. The inspection shall have its aim to verify the credibility of reports submitted to state bodies or published on the basis of the law and other legal acts in the field of activities of the economic entity, to exercise state control over the fulfilment of the requirements of the laws and other legal acts of the Republic of Armenia, to protect the property rights of economic entities, whereas in case of inspections assigned in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia — also to clarify the actual state of separate elements with regard to the activities of the economic entity.

1.1. All inspections, except for inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on material reserves of the Commission for Protection of Competition, as well as oversight over the accuracy and lawfulness of the activities implemented to perform the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia, including the placement of state orders (procurement process), shall be conducted exclusively on the basis of checklists which shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

The checklists shall be developed for each relevant field and type of activity on the basis of specifics of the field of inspection and activities of each inspection body.

The questions in the checklists shall include an exhaustive list of requirements to economic entities prescribed by laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Armenia, the violation of which may cause damage to the life and health of a person, the animals, environment, property rights of citizens, legal persons or those of the State.

The questions in the checklists shall be formed in accordance with the principle of minimum compliance and shall not include the requirements the compliance with which does not contribute to the reduction of risks arising from the activities of the economic entity.

The questions in the checklists may not contain a direct reference to regulatory legal acts. Legal norms, which serve as a basis for formulation of questions, shall be specified in a separate column in front of each question.

The checklists shall mandatorily be posted on official Internet websites of relevant inspection bodies.

2. Prior to starting the inspection, the head (substituting official) of relevant state body shall issue an order or a letter of assignment on conducting inspection, which shall contain the name of the inspection body; the full name of the economic entity subject to inspection, whereas in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — the name of urban development facility subject to inspection; the position(s), name(s), surname(s) of the official(s) conducting inspection; the scope of questions provided for by the checklist that need to be clarified during the given inspection (questions with regard to the inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on material reserves of the Commission for Protection of Competition, as well as those with regard to the inspection in case of oversight over the accuracy and lawfulness of the activities implemented to perform the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia, including those of the placement of state orders (procurement process)); the time period encompassing the inspection; the purpose of and the time limit for the inspection; the legal grounds for the inspection; in the cases prescribed by part 3.1 of Article 4 of this Law — also the circumstances justifying the necessity to conduct an inspection; and in case of receiving a request or information prescribed by the same part — also data on the provider thereof, within the scope of inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines, where there is a need to carry out test purchase, also the case (s), the place (the community, in case of Yerevan — the administrative district), as well as the purpose of carrying out test purchase. Officials not mentioned in the order or letter of assignment may not participate in the inspection, except for the test purchase carried out in the sphere of circulation of medicines as prescribed by this Law. In case an official conducting inspection is substituted by another person due to impossibility of carrying out his or her official duties, the substitution shall be made upon an order, whereon the economic entity shall be notified as prescribed by this Article.

3. Two copies of the order or letter of assignment shall, at least 3 working days prior to the commencement of inspection, be duly submitted to the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her (in person or by post), except for supervision over production, export or import or legal circulation of industrial hemp in the sector of wholesale trade, the compliance with the mandatory requirements provided for the organisers licensed (authorised) to organise lotteries, games of chance and pawnshops; supervision over the implementation or compliance, by the person having a permission for manufacturing minerals, with the requirements and conditions of the legislation on environment and subsoil use, including those of subsoil use projects, contracts and programmes, as well as those of state expert opinion on environmental impact assessment of the inspection body exercising supervision in the field of environmental protection (nature protection); supervision by the inspection body exercising metrological supervision over the assaying, hallmarking, retail sales of articles of precious metals, refining of precious metals, manufacturing of bank gold and standardised bullions and metrological supervision of disposed goods; supervision implemented by the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development of the Republic of Armenia with respect to expired goods, except for the trade of food products, as well as supervision of compliance of products with the requirements of normative documents, except for food services, except for the public food sector, as well as inspections conducted by the inspection body performing control over the labour legislation aimed at detecting cases of employment of officers without concluding an employment contract or cases of not including the conditions provided for by points 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of part 1 of Article 84 of the Labour Code of the Republic of Armenia in employment contracts; inspections implemented, if necessary, by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia or the Commission for Protection of Competition and (or) inspections conducted by environmental protection inspection bodies, the State Nuclear Safety Regulatory Committee adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia in nuclear energy use facilities; inspections conducted by the Healthcare and Labour Inspection Body of the Republic of Armenia with regard to performance of obligations arising from the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On the promotion of breastfeeding and the circulation of infant formula” with the economic entities carrying out activities in the sphere of circulation of medicines prescribed by law; inspections conducted with regard to the activities of medical aid and support related to quality of blood, its components, safety and transfusion care with licensed persons providing medical aid and support; inspections of water supply to the population and water use, use of chemicals and biological resources, good sanitary conditions at schools, pre-school institutions and residential areas conducted by the state bodies carrying out hygienic and anti-epidemic services; inspections conducted by the State Veterinary Inspection bodies of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia aimed at detecting violations of veterinary and sanitary safety requirements pertaining to the processing, preservation, transportation and trade of products and raw material of animal origin, feed and supplements, as well as of maintenance, transportation, trade and slaughter of animals, violations of the legislation of the Republic of Armenia regulating the veterinary field, organisation and implementation of measures aimed at the prevention and elimination of animal diseases, diseases common for animals and people; inspections conducted by bodies of the National Inspectorate for Plant Quarantine and National Inspectorate for Husbandry with respect to fight against quarantine pests, plant diseases and weeds; inspections of export from borderline railway stations, car stations, airports and other border points of materials imported from foreign countries without undergoing quarantine examination and relevant processing; inspections with respect to the failure to take measures aimed at fight against non-quarantine weeds by land-users, expired, poor quality and out-of-production chemical and biological plant protection substances, as well as to the cases of exceeding the maximum permitted level of residues of pesticides and fertilizers — not included in relevant nomenclature and sold under prohibited conditions — in the soil or food products of plant origin; as well as inspections conducted by an appropriate state inspectorate operating within the structure of the authorised state administration body of the sphere of agriculture with respect to observance of the requirements and rules to the means of transportation, workshops, warehouse and other areas used in the stages of production, processing and trade of food products, without necessary technological equipments and performance of relevant technological processes, inspections of observance of the requirements on food raw materials, water, auxiliary materials, food additives used for food production, materials intended to come into contact with food products and processed food products, as well as the storing conditions thereof; inspections of ensuring requirements to the use of disinfectants and means for fight against rodents and other pests and the conditions for the storage thereof, the requirements for marking, seeds and planting materials and those aimed at detecting violations of the application of laws on food safety, fire safety in flammable mobile facilities and other legal acts adopted on the basis thereof. The latter shall be obliged to sign one copy by attesting as t having been notified on the conduct of the inspection. The signed copy shall be returned to the official of the state inspection body.

Metrological control may also be carried out without prior notification of the inspection order.

4. The official(s) conducting inspection shall not be entitled to act beyond the scope of the purpose indicated in the order or letter of assignment on conducting inspection.

Inspection bodies, except for inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on material reserves of the Commission for Protection of Competition, as well as persons exercising oversight over the accuracy and lawfulness of the activities performed to implement the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia, including the placement of state orders (procurement process), must answer the questions included in the checklist exclusively intended for the given activity and must verify the requirements on implementing norms regulating them. Restrictions prescribed by this part shall not extend to the cases of test purchase carried out during inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines.

5. In case of emergence of new circumstances and a necessity during the inspection, the purpose and scope of the inspection may be changed by relevant state body upon written justification of the official(s) conducting inspection, whereas in case of inspections assigned in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia — by an investigator upon reasoned decision. The head of the economic entity or the person substituting him or her shall be notified in writing of the changes, by being introduced the new order or letter of assignment attached to the previous order or letter of assignment.

(Article 3 amended by HO-172-N of 3 April 2001, HO-282-N of 14 December 2001, HO-453-N of 6 November 2002, HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, HO-68-N of 25 December 2003, HO-186-N of 14 December 2004, HO-53-N of 24 December 2004, HO-150-N of 8 July 2005, HO-152-N of 8 July 2005, HO-218-N of 11 November 2005, HO-250-N of 8 December 2005, supplemented by HO-84-N of 23 May 2006, HO-162-N of 7 July 2006, HO-195-N of  27 November 2006, amended by HO-108-N of 22 February 2007, by HO-237-N of 24 October 2007, supplemented by HO-265-N of 13 November 2007, amended by HO-297-N of 6 December 2007, supplemented by HO-144-N of 21 August 2008, amended, supplemented by HO-17-N of 4 February 2010, HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, supplemented by HO-276-N of 15 November 2011, amended by HO-309-N of 7 December 2011, HO-168-N of 22 June 2012, supplemented, amended by HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, supplemented by HO-108-N of 30 September 2013, HO-130-N of 21 June 2014, HO-179-N of 20 November 2014, amended by HO-40-N of 7 May 2015, HO-85-N of 16 May 2016, HO-92-N of 17 May 2016, HO-205-N of 17 November 2017, HO-299-N of 21 December 2017, HO-195-N of  21 March 2018, supplemented, amended by HO-220-N of 19 November 2019, supplemented by HO-131-N of 4 March 2020, HO-369-N of 9 July 2020, amended, supplemented by HO-93-N of 3 March 2021, supplemented by HO-290-N of 1 July 2021, HO-232-N of 26 May 2021, amended by HO-175-N of 9 June 2022, HO-394-N of 26 October 2022, supplemented, amended by HO-33-N of 10 February 2023, supplemented by HO-347-N of 14 September 2022)

(Law HO-33-N of 10 February 2023 contains a final part and transitional provision)

(Article shall, with respect to the amendment of the Law HO-270-N of 12 June 2024, enter into force from the date of putting the Law “On regulation of gaming activities” into full effect,)

Article 4.

Time limits for the inspection

1. The time limits for one inspection at an economic entity may not be defined for more than 15 consecutive working days; moreover, the first day of inspection shall be considered as the date of actual commencement of the inspection, and in case of carrying out test purchase within the scope of inspection conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines — the date of carrying out the test purchase. The date of actual commencement of the inspection shall be considered as the date of making relevant record in the inspection registry maintained in the facility subject to inspection. In case of carrying out test purchase within the scope of inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines, relevant record shall be made in the inspection registry maintained in the facility subject to inspection immediately after the test purchase is carried out.

The inspection registry of the economic entity shall include information on inspections conducted during the year, the relevant state body conducting inspection, the composition of the officials conducting inspection, the questions, purpose and time limits of the inspection, and in case of test purchase carried out within the scope of inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines — also that on test purchase carried out.

2. The time limit of the inspection must not exceed the time limit indicated in the order or letter of assignment on conducting inspection issued by the head (official substituting him or her) of relevant state body. Where necessary, the time limit provided for by point 1 of this Article may be extended for up to 10 consecutive working days upon the order or letter of assignment of the head (official substituting him or her) of relevant state body based on written justification of the official conducting inspection, whereas for economic entities having declared sales turnover or gross revenue of AMD 3,0 billion and more upon the results of any financial year of the period being inspected, the time limit may be extended for up to 75 consecutive working days. The head of the facility being inspected or the person substituting him or her must be informed thereof. In case of a need to clarify certain information during the inspection or in case of the documentation, related to inspection, being seized based on the decision of an investigator or judicial act, or in case of a natural disaster or other unpredictable circumstances that render impossible the conduct of inspection, the process of inspection shall be suspended upon the order of the official issuing the order to conduct inspection, based on written reporting notice of the official(s) conducting inspection, until the grounds for suspension are eliminated, but not more than for 90 working days, and in case of making inquiries to foreign States and bodies administering criminal proceedings — not more than for 10 working days after receiving the answer to the inquiry, whereas in case of the documentation, related to inspection, being seized based on the decision of an investigator or judicial act — not more than for 10 working days after the return of the documentation. The total duration of the actual time limit for inspection may not exceed 30 consecutive working days, whereas for economic entities having declared sales turnover or gross revenue of AMD 3,0 billion and more upon the results of any financial year of the period being inspected the duration may not exceed 90 working days (excluding the suspension period).

The act on extending or suspending the time limit of inspection, or the act on extending the time limit for suspension or that on resuming the suspended inspection shall enter into force on the day following the date of submitting it to the entity being inspected.

3. Inspections by the same state body at the same economic entity and in the same sector shall, depending on the risk level of the economic entity, and in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — in the same urban development facility shall, depending on the risk level of the urban development facility, be conducted by the following frequency:

(1) at entities with high risk level, and in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — in urban development facilities not often than once a year;

(2) at entities with medium risk level, and in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — in urban development facilities not often than once in three years;

(3) at entities with low risk level, and in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — in urban development facilities not often than once in five years.

The time limit calculated in years prescribed by this part shall expire in the corresponding month and on the corresponding day of the last year of the time limit.

When approving the annual plan for inspections for each year and (or) making changes thereto, the frequency of inspections prescribed by this part shall be applied based on the risk levels of the economic entities, whereas in case of inspections conducted in urban development sector — based on those of urban development facilities, upon the results for the year of approving the plan and (or) making changes thereto.

The Government of the Republic of Armenia shall approve the list of organisations wherein, depending on the level of importance of the sphere of their activities to the benefit of the society and the State, the state inspection bodies exercising oversight over this field may, as an exception, conduct inspections once in six months.

The inspection body shall be entitled to conduct inspections more than once during one year in urban development facilities and at economic entities carrying out road construction activities, wherein urban development activities are being carried out within the framework of state subsidy projects for the purpose of ensuring supervision over the quality of implementation of the works prescribed by these projects during the entire period of these works.

3.1. Restrictions prescribed by part 3 of this Article shall not extend to the cases where:

(1) the time limit of the letter of assignment (executive order) on elimination of shortcomings and violations detected upon previous inspection, which was issued to the economic entity by the person conducting inspection or state inspection body within the framework of the competences prescribed by law, has expired;

(1.1) inspections are being conducted aimed at verifying the compliance with the requirements of the letter of assignment (executive order) on the elimination of shortcomings and violations detected by the previous inspection, which was issued to the economic entity by the person conducting inspection or the state inspection body within the scope of competences prescribed by law;

(2) the state inspection body has received a letter of assignment from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, an application — from the citizens, legal persons, individual entrepreneurs, and written information — from the state bodies or local self-government bodies related to the following:

a. risk of causing damage to the life and health of the citizens, the lawful interests of legal and natural persons, those of the State, to the animals or the environment, as well as risk of occurrence of emergency situations of natural and technogenic character;

b. causing damage to the life and health of the citizens, the lawful interests of legal and natural persons, those of the State, to the animals or the environment, as well as the occurrence of emergency situations of natural and technogenic character;

c. violation of consumer rights (in case of application filed by the citizens whose rights were violated);

(3) the economic entity has failed to submit the reports prescribed by law on at least two reporting periods during the given or previous year;

(4) the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her has submitted an application on conducting an inspection in his or her organisation;

(5) (Point deleted by HO-299 of 21 December 2017)

(5.1) (Point deleted by HO-299 of 21 December 2017)

(5.2) inspections of actual volumes of environmental taxation base and (or) natural resources utilisation payment base and the limits (restrictions) thereof at subsoil using economic entities, which are included in the annual plan for inspections of the tax body in compliance with the Tax Code of the Republic of Armenia;

(5.3) the authorised body of the field of subsoil use has submitted relevant official letter for the purpose of comparing the materials submitted for geological expert examination defined by the Subsoil Code of the Republic of Armenia with the actual work performed, as well as for obtaining information on the credibility thereof;

(6) the Urban Development, Technical Standards and Fire Safety Inspectorate of the Republic of Armenia conducts inspections in high risk or the highest risk construction facilities provided for by the legislation regulating the field of urban development, or the Commission for Protection of Competition conducts inspections in accordance with the legislation on the protection of economic competition;

(6.1) inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on material reserves;

(7) the economic entity having received relevant licence (permission) carries out activities of the field of organising lotteries, games of chance, on-line games of chance or casinos;

(8) the fact of having committed by the economic entity of violations was detected and substantiated during the inspection conducted at another economic entity;

(9) the inspection was scheduled in compliance with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia.

Only the issues having served as a ground for conducting inspections shall be clarified during the inspections conducted in the cases prescribed by points 1-9 of this part.

Applications whereby the identification of the applicant is impossible, as well as applications not containing data on the facts prescribed by point 2 of part 3.1 of this Article may not serve as a ground for conducting inspections.

4. Where the legal grounds prescribed by this Law for conducting re-inspections exist, the inspection body shall be entitled to conduct a repeated inspection during the time period prescribed per one inspection provided for by part 3 of this Article.

Persons having submitted grounds for conducting a repeated inspection shall be subject to liability as prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia in case these ground are not supported (substantiated) by the repeated inspection.

(Article 4 amended by HO-172 of 03 April 2001, HO-480 of 11 December 2002, HO-186-N of 14 December 2004, HO-28-N of 15 December 2005, amended by HO-214-N of 11 October 2007, supplemented by HO-167-N of 30 September 2008, supplemented by HO-17-N of 4 February 2010, amended, supplemented, edited by HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, supplemented by HO-309-N of 7 December 2011, amended by HO-168-N of 22 June 2012, supplemented, edited by HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, supplemented by HO-130-N of 21 June 2014, amended by HO-40-N of 7 May 2015, HO-85-N of 16 May 2016, HO-66-N of 1 March 2017, amended, edited by HO-229-N of 21 December 2017, supplemented by HO-131-N of 4 March 2020, edited, supplemented, amended by HO-369-N of 9 July 2020, supplemented by HO-401-N of 16 July 2020, amended by HO-93-N of 3 March 2021, supplemented by HO-232-N of 26 May 2021, amended by HO-175-N of 9 June 2022, edited by HO-33-N of 10 February 2023)

(Law HO-33-N of 10 February 2023 contains a final part and transitional provision)

(Article shall, with respect to the amendment of the Law HO-270-N of 12 June 2024, enter into force from the date of putting the Law “On regulation of gaming activities” into full effect)

Article 5.

Legal grounds for conducting re-inspections

A re-inspection shall be deemed as the inspection of the period inspected and issues inspected at the same economic entity conducted by the inspection body for the second or more times, whereas a repeated inspection shall be deemed as the inspection conducted for the second or more times within the period prescribed by part 3 of Article 4 of this Law. Re-inspections of financial and economic activities may be conducted exclusively upon the written assignment of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and in case of inspections scheduled in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia — upon reasoned decision of investigator.

Re-inspections may be conducted where any of the following grounds exists:

(a) in case of liquidation of the economic entity;

(b) upon request of the head of economic entity;

(c) upon written assignment of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia;

(d) where the criminal judgment having entered into legal force has established the criminal actions of the previous inspection body having committed them in the course of conducting inspection;

(e) upon request of the state body authorised in the field of state property privatisation, where the need for inspection is conditioned by the implementation of preliminary works of privatisation of an economic entity with state participation or with more than 51 per cent state participation;

(f) in the cases provided for by sub-point (h) of Article 7 of this Law;

(g) (Sub-point deleted by HO-480-N of 11 December 2002)

(h) in the case provided for by point 3 of Article 11 of this Law;

(i) in the cases provided for by points 1-9 of part 3.1 of Article 4 of this Law;

(j) in case of scheduling re-inspection in compliance with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia, the re-inspections being conducted as to the part having served as a ground for rendering a decision.

(Article 5 amended by HO-172 of 3 April 2001, HO-453-N of 6 November 2002, HO-68-N of 25 December 2003, HO-186-N of 14 December 2004, HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, amended by HO-214-N of 11 October 2007, supplemented by HO-17-N of 4 February 2010, amended by HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, supplemented by HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, edited by HO-2-N of 5 February 2013, edited, amended by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017, amended by HO-175-N of 9 June 2022)

Article 6.

Summarisation of inspection results

1. The person conducting inspection shall, within a period of 10 working days after the expiry of the time limit indicated in the inspection order or letter of assignment, summarise the inspection results based on the inspections aimed at clarifying the answers to the questions of the checklist, and in case of test purchase carried out within the scope of inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines — the results and the bodies thereof, as well as based inspections aimed at clarifying the actual state of compliance with the requirements of the legislation on material reserves of the Commission for Protection of Competition, and based on the order or letter of assignment in case of oversight over the accuracy and lawfulness of the activities performed to implement the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia, including the placement of state orders (procurement process), where in case of detecting no violations, the person conducting inspection shall draw up a statement of information, whereas in case of detecting violations — a draft act. The statement of information shall, being signed by the official having conducted the inspection, be properly (in person or by post) submitted, within a period of 3 working days, to the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her. The person conducting inspection shall, within a period of 3 working days, properly (in person or by post) submit the draft act to the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her for the purpose of filing objections.

The head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her shall study the draft act within a period of 5 working days.

In case no objections are filed by the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her within the time limits prescribed by the second paragraph of this part, the inspection body shall draw up the act and properly (in person or by post) submit one copy thereof, being signed by the official conducting inspection, to the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her within a period of 3 working days after the expiry of the time limit.

In case the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her files objections on the draft act within the time limit prescribed by the second paragraph of this part, the inspection body shall study them and shall, within a period of 3 working days after receiving the objections, properly (in person or by post) submit one copy thereof, being signed by the official conducting inspection, to the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her for signing it. Objections filed by the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her shall be attached to the act and shall form the integral part thereof.

In case the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her refuses to sign the act, relevant note shall be made thereon in the act.

Where the economic entity is a state organisation or an organisation with a state share, one copy of the act shall be forwarded to the superior state administration body.

The official of the inspection body shall, upon the inspection act, within its competences prescribed by law, give the economic entity letters of assignment (executive orders) regarding the elimination of detected violations and shortcomings, by defining time limits for the elimination thereof.

2. In case no violations are detected, the date and place of drawing up the statement of information, the name of relevant state body conducting inspection and of the economic entity, the composition of the officials conducting inspection, the purpose, time limits and results of the inspection shall be indicated in the drawn up statement of information.

The following shall be specified in the act:

(1) name of the act, its reference number, year, month, day and place of drawing it up;

(2) name of the state inspection body;

(3) date and reference number of the order or letter of assignment to schedule an inspection;

(4) position(s), name(s), surname(s) of the official(s) conducting inspection;

(5) name of the economic entity subject to inspection, as well as the name, surname of the official of the latter or of the person substituting him or her;

(6) date, place and time period of conducting inspection;

(7) expert opinion — in case of an expert examination conducted in the course of inspection. The expert opinion shall be attached to the act and shall form the integral part thereof;

(8) name, date of adoption, reference number of the checklist, within the scope of the questions included wherein the inspection was conducted, as well as the questions of the checklist, the answer whereto served as a ground for recording the violation, except for the cases of exercising oversight over the Commission for Protection of Competition, as well as over the accuracy and lawfulness of the activities performed to implement the State Budget of the Republic of Armenia, including the placement of state orders (procurement process);

(8.1) results of test purchase — in case a test purchase was carried out in the course of inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines;

(9) violations detected upon inspection, description of violations, time of committal of the violation (if possible to determine) and legal norms the requirements whereof were not met;

(10) relevant legal grounds for applying liability;

(11) notes on the receipt of the objections filed by the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her.

Where the violations recorded in the course of inspection and the liability imposed on the economic entity based thereon rely on comparative examinations and analysis conducted by the inspection body with respect to prices applied by other entities acting in similar conditions or among themselves, a statement of information on such examination and analysis shall also be attached to the inspection act.

3. Provisions of the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On fundamentals of administrative action and administrative proceedings” shall apply to the proceedings on the inspections, unless otherwise provided for by this Law.

4. (Part repealed by HO-40-N of 7 May 2015)

(Article 6 amended by HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, HO-68-N of  25 December 2003, supplemented by HO-28-N of 15 December 2005, edited by HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, supplemented by HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, HO-130-N of 21 June 2014, amended by HO-40-N of 7 May 2015, HO-299-N of  21 December 2017, HO-195-N of 21 March 2018, supplemented by HO-131-N of  4 March 2020, amended, supplemented by HO-93-N of 3 March 2021, supplemented by HO-33-N of 10 February 2023)

(Law HO-33-N of 10 February 2023 contains a final part and transitional provision)

Article 7.

Rights of persons conducting inspection

While exercising their powers, persons conducting inspection shall be entitled to:

(a) have unimpeded access, with participation of the representative of the economic entity, to subdivisions of the economic entity being inspected;

(b) request documents, data and other information, explanations, statements of information, which directly relate to the aims of inspection conducted within the scope of their competence;

(c) involve, where necessary, the professionals of the economic entity in inspections, upon the consent of the head of the economic entity or a person substituting him or her;

(d) define time limits for the elimination of detected shortcomings and violations which do not entail criminal or administrative liability;

(e) submit recommendations to the administration of the state body scheduling inspections in order to undertake relevant measures with respect to the abuses or other violations detected within the scope of inspection, which entail administrative or criminal liability;

(f) take documents, duplicate copies, photocopies, objects, samples and other necessary materials that directly relate to the aims of inspection and do not impede the smooth operation of the economic entity. When taking documents, the officials conducting inspection shall seal the duplicate copies thereof and deliver them to the representatives of the economic entity;

(g) carry out measuring activities related to the aims of inspection, control checks with respect to the accurate operation of weighing, measuring and other similar tools and equipments;

(h) carry out counter inspections, at the other party to transaction, over the lawfulness of performance of only the given transaction in order to justify money transactions, accuracy of statements and accounts of the economic entity subject to inspection;

(i) request from the head of the economic entity or the person substituting him or her to conduct inventory taking of assets and responsibilities within the scope of the questions indicated in the inspection order. Involve relevant employees and specialists of the economic entity in the course of inventory taking;

(j) require, where necessary and as prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia, statements of information, carbon copies of the documents on transaction history of the economic entity being inspected, from bodies registering rights to property, from tax, customs and other state bodies, as well as from organisations;

(k) involve, at any stage of inspection, relevant specialists and translators specialised in the field of economic activities implemented by the economic entity with a view of clarifying specific issues;

(l) carry out test purchase within the scope of inspections conducted in the sphere of circulation of medicines, as prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

(Article 7 amended by HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, HO-152-N of 8 July 2005, supplemented by HO-28-N of 15 December 2005, HO-17-N of 4 February 2010, amended by HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, supplemented by HO-33-N of 10 February 2023)

(Law HO-33-N of 10 February 2023 contains a final part and transitional provision)

Article 8.

Responsibilities of persons conducting inspection

1. The person (s) conducting inspection shall be obliged:

(a) to observe the requirements of the laws and other legal acts of the Republic of Armenia relating to inspection;

(b) not to disclose, without the written consent of the official of the economic entity, information on the transactions of the economic entity, on any programme or project relating to the activities thereof, information on inventions, industrial design and any other information that has become known thereto during the inspection and which the economic entity intended to keep in secret, and where the person (s) conducting inspection is (are) aware or may be aware of this intention of the economic entity, as well as any information considered as commercial secret (hereinafter referred to as “the information”).Within the meaning of this Law “disclosure of information” shall mean publication or dissemination, in written or verbal form, of information through mass media or otherwise, or communicating it to a third party or parties;

(c) to respect the rights and interests of the economic entity, provided for by laws and other legal acts;

(d) to refrain from impeding the smooth operation of the economic entity;

(e) to familiarise the officials of the economic entity with their rights and responsibilities;

(f) to rely, in the course of inspection, exclusively on laws and other legal acts published in the “Official Journal of the Republic of Armenia” and the “Official Journal of Departmental Regulatory Acts of the Republic of Armenia”, if the publication thereof is required at the time of their entry into force;

(g) to reply, in the course of inspection, in writing and within 3 working days, to any written inquiry sent by the head of economic entity or the person substituting him or her, which directly relates to the inspection conducted in respect of the inspected time period of the economic entity;

(h) (Point deleted by HO-299 of 21 December 2017)

2. In case of temporarily taking documents, items, samples and other necessary materials directly pertaining to the aims of inspection, a protocol shall be drawn up thereon by specifying the time limit for the return thereof. One copy of the protocol shall be provided to the head of economic entity or the person substituting him or her.

3. Persons conducting inspection shall be responsible for maintenance of qualitative and quantitative integrity and timely return of documents, items, samples and other required materials being temporarily taken.

4. Lead-sealing of warehouses, buildings, cash registers, energy sources, equipment, devices, etc. in the course of inspection shall be prohibited, unless they impede the smooth operation of the economic entity.

(Article 8 supplemented by HO-172 of 3 April 2001, HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, HO-2-N of 5 February 2013, amended by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017, HO-115-N of 3 March 2021)

Article 9.

Rights of officials of economic entity

The officials of the economic entity shall have the right:

(a) to prohibit the inspection (provision of documents to the persons conducting inspection), where the persons conducting inspection have violated the requirements of Articles 3 and 4 of this Law, by communicating a written notice to the state inspection body on the same day;

(b) to get familiarised with inspection acts;

(c) to submit explanations, clarifications, file motions, appeal against the actions of the persons conducting inspection as prescribed by law;

(d) to request compensation of damages inflicted in the result of unlawful actions of persons conducting inspection;

(e) not to comply with the requirements which do not derive from the competences of the persons conducting inspection, the aims and plans of inspection;

(f) to involve, at any stage of the inspection, specialists, experts, auditors, lawyers with a view of protecting the interests of the economic entity being inspected.

Article 10.

Responsibilities of officials of an economic entity

The officials of the economic entity shall be obliged:

(a) not to hinder the inspection process, to comply with the lawful requirements of the persons conducting inspection;

(b) to submit, upon request of the person conducting inspection, the required documents and data, provide photocopies (costs of photocopying shall be covered by the inspection body), duplicate copies thereof and other information. Upon withdrawal of the request, but not later than after three years, the documents shall be returned to the economic entity;

(c) to create necessary conditions for the activities of persons conducting inspection;

(d) to eliminate, within the defined time limit, the shortcomings and violations indicated in the act on inspection results, by notifying thereon, in writing, the body conducting inspection;

(e) (Point deleted by HO-299 of 21 December 2017)

(Article 10 amended by HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, supplemented by HO-242-N of 19 December 2012, amended by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017)

Article 11.

Liability of persons conducting inspection and appealing against the actions thereof

1. Persons conducting inspection in violation of the requirements of this Law shall be subject to liability as prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

2. Actions of persons conducting inspection, as well as the act drawn up as a result of inspection may, unless otherwise provided for by law, be appealed against within a period of two months to the state body, whereto the person(s) conducting inspection is (are) directly subordinate, or to the Appellate Commission provided for by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On inspection bodies”, or to court. The head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her may refuse to allow continuing the inspection until the response to the appeal is received, except for the cases prescribed by point 3 of Article 3 of this Law and the inspections scheduled in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia.

3. Appeals shall be examined by way of superiority, and the decisions thereon shall be rendered not later than within 30 calendar days starting from the date of receipt of the appeal. In case no response is issued to the appeal within the time limit prescribed, the arguments introduced in the appeal shall be deemed as accepted. Calculation of the time limit prescribed by this point shall start on the first working day following the date of entry of the written appeal in relevant body.

4. In case the head of the economic entity or the official substituting him or her disagrees to the adopted decision, he or she shall have the right to appeal against it to the court.

5. The decision of the investigator on scheduling an inspection in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia shall be appealed against as prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia, whereas actions of the person conducting inspection performed during the inspection and the act drawn up in the result of inspection — as prescribed by parts 2-4 of this Article.

6. The decisions rendered by way of superiority with regard to the decisions provided for by this Article may be appealed against to the Appellate Commission provided for by the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On inspection bodies”.

(Article 11 amended by HO-172-N of 3 April 2001, amended by HO-480-N of 11 December 2002, amended, supplemented by HO-17-N of 4 February 2010, amended by HO-243-N of 23 June 2011, supplemented by HO-130-N of 21 June 2014, HO-258-N of 17 December 2014, amended by HO-40-N of 7 May 2015, HO-299-N of 21 December 2017, HO-175-N of 9 June 2022)

Article 12.

Compensation for the damages inflicted on the economic entity as a result of unlawful actions of the bodies conducting inspection

Damages caused to the economic entity, including lost benefits inflicted as a consequence of unlawful actions of inspection bodies, shall be subject to compensation at the expense of the State Budget as prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia and within the time limit prescribed by the Law of Republic of Armenia “On budgetary system of the Republic of Armenia”.

Article 121.

Specifics of inspections conducted with regard to the activities of persons carrying out insurance activities

(Article repealed by HO-250-N of 8 December 2005)

Article 13.

Entry into force of the Law

This Law shall enter into force from 1 July 2000.

Following the entry into force of the Law, the laws and other legal acts regulating the relations pertaining to the organisation and conduct of inspections shall have effect in so far as they do not contradict the requirements of this Law.

President of the Republic of Armenia	R. Kocharyan
12 June 2000 HO-60

Annex 1 to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On organisation and conduct of inspections in the Republic of Armenia”

(Annex repealed by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017)

Annex 2 to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On organisation and conduct of inspections in the Republic of Armenia”

PROCEDURE FOR CARRYING OUT TEST PURCHASES BY THE TAX BODY

(Annex repealed by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017)

Annex 2.1 to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On organisation and conduct of inspections in the Republic of Armenia”

(Annex repealed by HO-93-N of 3 March 2021)

Annex 3 to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On organisation and conduct of inspections in the Republic of Armenia”

(Annex repealed by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017)

Annex 4 to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On organisation and conduct of inspections in the Republic of Armenia”

(Annex repealed by HO-299-N of 21 December 2017)

Annex 5 to the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On organisation and conduct of inspections in the Republic of Armenia”

(Annex repealed by HO-40-N of 7 May 2015)

Published on a joint site 14.04.2025.