The Ministry carries out activities in the following areas:

participates in the formation of a unified state policy in the relevant area and ensures the implementation of this policy;

carries out state regulation, state control and coordination in the relevant area;

carries out international cooperation in the relevant area;

takes measures to attract investments in the relevant area;

together with relevant government agencies provides the development, implementation and management of international and local investment projects in the relevant area;

grants licenses and permits for the implementation of entrepreneurial activity in the relevant area in the cases and manner provided for by law, exercises control over compliance with license and permit conditions;

makes proposals for the development and increase the competitiveness of all transport corridors passing through the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

monitors the flight safety of civil aircraft, aviation security, as well as the compliance of civil aircraft with environmental protection requirements and ensuring the protection of the environment by aircraft;

organizes marine safety system;

ensures efficient use of telecommunications, including wireless technologies, broadband Internet, post, radio and TV broadcasting and radio frequencies;

participates in the creation and expansion of transit information highways and nodes and regional information services;

together with relevant government bodies, develops and implements scientific-technical and innovation policies for high technologies;

with relevant government bodies implements measures to strengthen the potential of high technologies sector, toencourage the development of competitive high technologies, knowledge-intensive, low-cost products and services and innovative businesses;

with relevant government agencies carries out work todevelop and use of nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes;

participates in policy-making and implementation in the areas of information security, prevention ofglobal cyber attacks, protection ofnational electronic information resources;

in cooperation with relevant state bodies, takes joint measures for the construction, operation and security of telecommunications networks for special purposes of public authorities;

takes measures related to the development of e-government;

organizes the activities and use of the Government Cloud;

provides the development of e-signature infrastructure and its wide use;

develops and implements measures for the development of the information society;

exercises control over the efficient use of state property in the relevant area and ensures the protection of the state interests;

implements policy-making activities in the relevant area;

implements measures for the development of the relevant area.

The Ministry fulfils the following duties in accordance with the directions of activity specified in these Regulations:

with relevant government agencies to identify priorities for the development of the industry, to ensure the preparation and implementation of state programs and development concepts;

submit proposals on the improvement of state regulation mechanisms in the relevant area;

taking into account the advanced international practice, to ensure the proper application of scientific and technological achievements in the relevant area, to coordinate innovative activities for research, development, use, improvement of high technologies, with other relevant government agencies to take necessary measures in this field;

to co-ordinate the activities of state bodies, individual entrepreneurs and legal entities related to the relevant fields of activity;

to represent interests of the state in the cases and in the manner prescribed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in enterprises operating in the relevant area with a state share in the charter capital;

to develop public-private partnership in the relevant area;

except for the cases determined by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to participate in the formation of a tariff policy on the issues related to the activities of the relevant field, make proposals on tariffs regulated by the state in this area, to implement the agreed international tariff policy in the relevant area, to approve international traffic tariffs and charges in accordance with the applicable international regulations, as well as to monitor the tariffs applicable to services that are not regulated by the state in the relevant area, to give recommendations to the relevant authorities about it;

to implement appropriate measures for the protection of state secrets and confidentiality in the relevant area, as well as implement security measures in accordance with the activity areas;

to carry out the function of the state customer in the relevant field in the cases and in the manner prescribed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

to carry out customer functions in the construction funded by the state in cases and manner specified in the Town Planning and Construction Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

to make proposals for the construction of facilities of state importance in the relevant area;

to participate in the work of committees on privatization of state-owned enterprises that are under its subordinate;

except for the cases determined by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to coordinate the interaction of means of transport in transport junctions and to take measures for the development of mixed transportation;

to issue permits directly or through an organization within its structure and monitor compliance with permit conditions envisaged in Articles 5-8, 31, 32 (except for the cases where permission slips for the vehicles of foreign states are given at the state border checkpoints), 33, 35, 36, 38-41, 34 and 37 (except for the cases determined by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) of the Annex 3 to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Licenses and Permits” -“List of Permits for Entrepreneurial Activity” as well as cases approved by Decree No.292 of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated September 12, 2005 the “List of central executive authorities issuing special permits for circulation of items may belong to certain parties of civil circulation and circulation which is allowed only on the basis of special permission (with limited civil circulation)” and in the cases determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to grant a special license and exercise control over the compliance with permit conditions for goods (work, facilities, results of intellectual property) subject to export control;

to exercise control over the compulsory insurance of passengers of air, water and railway transport in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on “Compulsory insurance” on compulsory private insurance for transport accidents;

to organize the registration of the operator of international passenger and freight transport by road;

to make proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the procedure, program and duration of special preparation for taxi drivers;

to approve guidelines for technical service stations (sites) providing repair and maintenance services for vehicles;

to cooperate with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and other international organizations in the field of civil aviation, to participate in their work, as well as to work in cooperation with relevant agencies of foreign countries, to exercise control over the compliance with the requirements established by the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan regulating the relations arising in the field of civil aviation, international standards and recommended practices, as well as to provide  information on the existing differences between the normative legal acts in the field of civil aviation and ICAO Standards and Recommended Practice;

to form the aviation market on a competitive basis;

to implement a unified state policy to ensure the airworthiness of civilian aircraft;

to make proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the opening (closing) of civil airports, airdromes, helipads for international flights;

to issue permissions to aircraft to carry dangerous goods over the airspace of the country;

to define requirements for air navigation, telecommunication, information and meteorological services for aircraft operations in the airspace and airports of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

to define requirements for the recognition of certificates, licences and other similar documents in connection with civil aircraft, airports (airdromes) and civil aviation entities issued by competent authorities of foreign countries;

to approve technical requirements, rules and instructions for the safety and exploitation of other vehicles in the territory of restricted area of civil aircraft and airports for all civil aviation entities regardless of their legal organizational status or form of ownership;

to approve requirements for the health status of individual categories of aviation specialists as well as their professional training level and examination;

to ensure the control of the port and the flag control in relation to ships sailing under the State Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

to organize a maritime navigation safety system and to control over the compliance with the rules in maritime navigation in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

to approve technical requirements and rules for the maintenance and operation of ships;

to submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan draft rules for awarding naval ranks;

to approve requirements for the construction, operation, repair and re-equipment of facilities, vessels, marine equipment and other structures;

to give opinion on the construction of sea transport facilities, including ports and cargo terminals;

to approve normative legal acts in the field of maritime safety, human life and health at sea, marine environment;

to implement the activities for the organization and management of high technologies parks;

to implement measures with relevant government agencies to ensure information security and data protection;

to grant special permit (license) for provision of telecommunications services, creation and maintenance of biometric technologies, formation of information resources of personal data and creation of information systems and provide services to them, grant license to cellular (mobile) communication services (indicating technological standard), to monitor compliance with the requirements and conditions of the license;

to define the form and terms of the license agreement in cases and in the manner provided for by law, to conclude a license agreement;

to exercise control over compliance with the license conditions specified in the license for carrying out activities by a license holder provided for in Article 6 of Annex No.1 to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Licenses and Permits” (except for cases arising from state security), in case of non-compliance the license conditions by license holder to send a valid evidence to the authority issuing licenses for suspension and cancellation of the license;

with relevant government agencies to provide control over the formation of service markets for communications and high technologies certain services, to analyze services markets, to determine specific requirements for the activities of dominating operators and service providers;

with relevant government agencies to determine the quality of services, including Internet services for communications and high technologies , as well as exercise control over the quality of services of business entities functioning in the relevant area regardless of their ownership and legal organizational form;

to determine the rules for the connection to the public telecommunications network and use it, to define policy for the development of the network, its improvement, cost-effective and reliable usage;

to participate in the regulation of the use of radio frequency resources of the Republic of Azerbaijan and their protection;

to exercise control over the mutual accounts for international load (traffic) and mail exchange with telecommunications operators and postal operators of foreign countries in accordance with the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), the acts of the Universal Postal Union;

to define the terms of interconnection among operators, regulate the activities in this field, take measures to resolve the disputes;

to define the rules for allocation and utilization of number resources of Azerbaijani segment (country code) for single telecommunications network and international telecommunications network of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in accordance with these rules to control the implementation of Number Portability between operators;

to regulate registration and use of country code top-level domain names in accordance with international standards with the participation of relevant bodies;

to conduct registration of mobile devices;

to define the rules for use of radio frequencies, radio electronic facilities and devices in this field, control their implementation and conduct monitoring of electromagnetic field of telecommunications devices;

to define the classification, organization, quality, term, and other requirements of universal telecommunications services and to take necessary measures for oversight services;

to make recommendations in order to coordinate the activities of operators, service providers, other legal entities operating in the field of communication and high technologies and individuals engaged in entrepreneurial activities;

to carry out certification of telecommunications equipment and facilities;

to take necessary measures to control the activities in the field of postal and financial services;

to define rules for the development of state postage stamps, approval of nominal value and copies, their printing, putting in circulation and withdrawing from circulation and exercise control over this field;

to define postcodes for postal facilities in Azerbaijan Republic and standards for control-transition periods and monitor the quality of postal services;

to approve general rules for providing universal postal services and define quality standards;

to ensure stable operation of telecommunications networks in emergency situations, toward this end to develop plans for collection of material resources and to participate in their implementation;

to develop and implement necessary measures for providing the population in all settlements of the country with quality and reliable telecommunications and broadband internet services;

to take necessary measures for the development of postal service and postal financial services;

to organize radio and television broadcasting, as well as digital television broadcasting in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the concerned authorities;

to develop and implement necessary measures with other relevant government agencies in order to expand country’s transit information corridor, to coordinate the activities of local and foreign operators in this field, to attract investments, to ensure international support ;

to take necessary measures in order to increase the capacity of alternative and sustainable connection to the global information and telecommunications network;

to expand the network of regional data centers and to implement the organization of information services;

to develop and implement necessary measures for the expansion of research in the field of high technologies with concerned authorities, to improve the efficiency and application of the results in relevant areas;

with relevant government agencies to develop and implement necessary measures for the expansion of scientific and technical research on nuclear technologies, increase the efficiency and application of the results in relevant areas;

to expand the use of high technologies in the areas of production with relevant government agencies, develop proposals for the development and manufacture of high-tech and knowledge-intensive products and take measures for their implementation;

through  subordinate authorities to implement the promotion of innovation activities, provide assistance to local business entities in acquiring of state-of-the-art technologies and technological solutions and organization of their transfer, support of innovative researches, financing of innovative projects (including startups), promotion of innovative initiatives;

to analyze the state of cyber security in the country on an ongoing basis, coordinate the activities of information infrastructure entities in the field of cyber security, provide information to the public, private and other organizations on current and potential electronic threats when using electronic means, render them technical and methodical assistance, with national internet operators and relevant government agencies to take preventive measures to prevent global cyber attacks in the common internet traffic incoming in the country;

to develop and implement necessary measures with relevant government agencies to prevent external intrusion into the country’s airspace;

with other relevant government agencies to verify the compliance of collection, processing and protection of personal data in the information systems included in the state register with the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Personal Data”, as well as with the declared objectives of information systems of information and methods of their use;

with relevant government agencies to carry out audit of the security of information systems and networks in order to detect and prevent electronic threats;

to organize protection of facilities in the field of telecommunications and high technologies and participate in the elimination of emergency situations;

to establish special telecommunication networks of state bodies, to take measures with relevant state bodies on technical support and security of such networks;

to provide the development, management, and operation of e-government portal;

take the necessary measures to develop e-government;

organize the exchange of information between information systems and resources of government bodies through the e-government information system, as well as the provision of e-services through the e-government portal;

to ensure the development of electronic signature infrastructure, implementation of its management and supervision in this field, to maintain records of certification services centers;

take measures to implement the e-government project and establish information systems and resources;

to keep state register of state information resources and information systems of personal data;

provide the management and organizing the activities of the Government Cloud;

take measures for the exploitation of information resources and systems of government agencies, building the necessary infrastructure and forming standards through the creation of a Government Cloud together with the relevant government agencies;

organize the storage of state information resources and systems in the data center of the Ministry, as well as the use of the Government Cloud;

ensure the formation and maintenance of state information resources and systems in the data center of the Ministry, as well as in cloud service models based on cloud technologies, as well as a technological environment for organizing electronic services;

take measures to ensure the security of the Government Cloud together with the relevant government agency;

define technical requirements related to the formation, management, integration and archiving of state information systems and resources;

to make proposals on the quality standards for public services;

to maintain records of operators and providers of internet telecommunication services;

to take measures provided for by law on the placement of prohibited information in the Internet information resources;

in accordance with  articles 7 and 14.2 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On the protection of children from harmful information” when obtaining information about movies, TV and video films (including animation films), computer and other electronic games broadcast through Internet information resources that are unlabeled or labeled with violation of the requirements of this Law, independently organize analysis of this information products through the Electronic Security Service under the Ministry;

to restrict access to the Internet information resources in cases and manner prescribed by law;

to establish rules for control over the content of the information, compilation of the list and its application on the “List of information resources containing information, dissemination of which is prohibited” and organization of interaction between host and Internet providers;

to make proposals for the coordination and integration of information systems, resources and registers for the development of “electronic government” and improvement of electronic services;

to inform the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan twice a year on the measures taken for making government services available online and their integration into the “Electronic government” portal;

to create electronic management systems and information systems in the relevant area;

based on the information of the operator of sports betting games in the Republic of Azerbaijan, to ensure that necessary measures are taken to prevent the activities of the internet portals and sites of both domestic and foreign virtual vendors of sports betting games operating without a contract with the operator of sports betting games;

to ensure that the relevant seller is restricted in the territory of the country, if he does not allow buyers (customers) and authorized state bodies to become familiar with the information envisaged in Article 5.3 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Electronic Commerce”;

to develop and implement necessary measures in order to eliminate the digital divide in the use of information technologies among different groups of population, between urban and rural settlements;

to develop and implement necessary measures with concerned authorities relating to the development of knowledge-based economy, as well as new forms of socio-economic activities (e-commerce, telemedicine, telework etc.)

to develop and implement necessary measures with concerned authorities on the development of national internet resources;

to detect and prevent the services organized but not complying with the existing rules and standards in the relevant area and take measures with appropriate authorities;

to prevent monopoly activity and unfair competition of economic entities in the relevant area, form a healthy competition environment and take joint measures with relevant public authorities for the protection of consumers’ rights;

with relevant government agencies, to improve investment climate in the relevant area, to make proposals for investment incentives and take measures to attract local and foreign investment;

to study the demand for highly qualified personnel in the relevant field, to provide staff training, to take measures to train specialists for their additional training;

to participate in the development of state standards and classifications in the relevant area;

to take measures for taking into consideration the recommendations of international organizations in its activities in the relevant area;

to ensure the implementation of international treaties to which Azerbaijan is signatory;

to ensure the organization and provision of electronic services specified by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

to ensure the implementation of human rights and freedom and prevent their violation;

to ensure the efficient use of the budgetary funds, loans, grants and other financial resources allocated to the relevant area;

to coordinate the work of agencies within the structure of the Ministry and subordinate agencies of the ministry and exercise control over their activities;

to analyze the activities and financial condition of agencies included in the ministry’s structure and subordinate bodies that are not included in the ministry’s structure, submit proposals on how to improve the efficiency of their activities and take measures, to develop projections of socio-economic development, including estimates of revenues and expenditure and exercise control over their implementation;

to inform the population on its activities, creation of its website, placing of public information on its site as defined by the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on public information disclosure and ensure the updating of the information on a regular basis;

to ensure the participation of the public in its activities and cooperation with private sector and institutions of civil society;

to develop and implement necessary measures for the improvement of labour safety and working conditions in the field of activity;

to ensure social and cultural welfare conditions of workers in relevant area ;

to implement measures to improve the structure and activity of the Ministry;

to consider the applications and complaints related to the activity of the Ministry, respond to them in a timely manner and take other measures;

to perform other functions defined by the acts of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

4.0.

The Ministry has the following rights to perform its duties:

4.0.1.

exercise the rights arising from standard-setting activities in the relevant area;

4.0.2.

take the initiative to support the accession of the Republic of Azerbaijan to international treaties in the relevant field;

4.0.3.

forward enquiries to state and local government authorities, physical persons and legal entities about necessary data (documents) and receive such data (documents) from them in the relevant area;

4.0.4.

to give opinions on the relevant area, conduct analyses, generalization, monitoring and studies, prepare methodological and analytical materials, as well as recommendations, make proposals, and identify priorities to remove shortcomings;

4.0.5.

engage independent experts and specialists, consulting organizations, scientific institutions in its activities on a contractual basis, and establish working groups and commissions on a voluntary basis, within the limits of the resources provided for this purpose;

4.0.6.

participate in international events, including forums, conferences, exhibitions and other events, as well as organize such events both at home and abroad;

4.0.7.

study the relevant experience of foreign countries, organize and carry out cooperation with the relevant bodies and other institutions of foreign states, international organizations, foreign legal entities and natural persons, conduct negotiations and participate in negotiations, prepare or participate in the preparation of draft international agreements;

4.0.8.

In order to ensure the efficiency of international and local traffic, make proposals for the establishment, expansion, closure and other improvements of bus terminals (bus stations), railway, air and sea ports in accordance with the procedure established by law;

4.0.9.

in order to ensure efficient management of transport, expand the use of appropriate information technologies, create information systems suitable for the areas of activity of public and private organizations, and regulate, evaluate and integrate their activities;

4.0.10.

present proposals for the approval of uniform samples, insignia and rules for the wearing of uniforms in civil aviation;

4.0.11.  

Make proposals for improving relations between transport modes and with freight owners, operators, freight forwarders, agencies and other organizations at transport hubs;

4.0.12.

request information from public institutions carrying out activities in the field of transport in accordance with the established procedure on their activities and take appropriate measures within its powers;

4.0.13.

determine the directions of research, development, design and construction work financed from the state budget;

4.0.14.

taking into account international experience, implement measures to assess and improve the quality of transport services provided throughout the country;

4.0.15.

support innovation initiatives (startups) in the field of high technologies, hold competitions, promotional activities, seminars and trainings;

4.0.16.

demand that state bodies, legal entities and individuals involved in the collection, processing and protection of personal data, eliminate cases of violation of the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Personal Data”,  take joint measures together with relevant state authorities to bring to justice the persons who have violated the requirements of the law;

4.0.17.

present employees working in the field of communications and high technologies, as well as in subordinate transport agencies for state awards and other decorations, take measures to motivate them; establish a periodical, issue special bulletins, collections and other publications;

4.0.17-1 gain access to the information systems and resources of government bodies, study the service process of  these government bodies  and make relevant proposals for the development of appropriate software related to the electronic organization of services provided by government  agencies;

4.0.17-2 act as an initiator, executor or customer of projects related to the organization and improvement of electronic services; 

4.0.17-3 when creating information systems and resources to be used in the organization of electronic services in government agencies, monitor their implementation in accordance with approved projects, technical regulations, standards and requirements, and take a direct part in their commissioning;

4.0.17-4 submit proposals to government institutions for connections to the infrastructure created for the purpose of information exchange between information systems of government agencies, and monitor their provision;

4.0.17-5 collect proposals from government institutions related to the organization and improvement of electronic services, analyze them and give opinions;

4.0.18.

Exercise other rights defined by the acts of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

5.1.

The Ministry’s administrative staff, bodies within its structure and subordinate bodies that are not part of its structure (legal entities, organizations, etc.), as well as the relevant executive authorities of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic form the unified system of the Ministry. The Ministry carries out its activities directly and through the mentioned bodies.

5.2.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan determines the structure of the Ministry, the total number of the employees of the administrative office of the Ministry and the bodies within its structure. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan approves the list of subordinate bodies (legal entities, organizations, etc.) that are not part of the structure of the Ministry.

5.3.

The Minister of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”) is appointed and dismissed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Minister is personally responsible for the performance of duties and exercise of rights assigned to the Ministry.

5.4.

The Minister has five deputies appointed and dismissed by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Deputy Ministers carry out the duties assigned to them by the Minister and are personally responsible for this.

5.5.

Minister:

5.5.1.

organizes the activities of the Ministry and heads it;

5.5.2.

allocates responsibilities between his deputies, determines their powers and those of other Ministry officials on staffing, personnel, finance, economics and other issues, and ensures reciprocal activity;

5.5.3.

adopts regulatory legal acts in the form of resolutions on approving the regulations of the structural subdivisions of the Ministry’s staff, bodies within its structure (except for bodies whose regulations are approved by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and its scientific and technical council, as well as on issues not related to the authority of the Board of the Ministry in paragraph 5.11 of these Regulations;

5.5.4.

approves regulations of the structural subdivisions of the bodies within the Ministry, submits for approval the regulations of subordinate bodies of the Ministry that are not part of its structure;

5.5.5.

within the limits of the established structure, salary fund and the limit of the number of employees, approves the structure, staff table of the Ministry’s administrative office, the bodies within its structure and subordinate bodies that are not part of its structure and their cost estimates within the budget allocations;

5.5.6.

appoints and dismisses the staff of the Ministry, heads, deputy heads and other senior officials of the bodies within its structure and subordinate bodies that are not part of its structure (except the bodies whose heads are appointed and dismissed by the President of the Azerbaijan Republic), takes incentive measures and administrative penalties in relation to them;

5.5.7.

adopts non-legislative acts in the form of orders and instructions, organizes their implementation and checking, as well as implementation and checking regulatory legal acts adopted by the Ministry, and exercises control over this;

5.5.8.

annul decisions of the Ministry’s officials that contradict the legislation;

5.5.9.

represents the Ministry in relations with government agencies, enterprises, institutions and organizations, legal entities and individuals of the Republic of Azerbaijan and foreign countries, as well as international organizations, conducts negotiations, signs relevant international documents within the powers granted;

5.5.10.

makes proposals for the formation of the state budget and extra-budgetary funds for the respective year on issues within the competence of the Ministry;

5.5.11.

ensures that the funds allocated from the state budget are spent for its intended purpose;

5.5.11-1.         

as a controller of the allocated funds from the state budget and extra-budgetary funds, distributes financial resources, taking into account the limit of allocated funds, ensures the provision of bonuses to official salary, financial assistance, bonuses to employees of structural subdivisions of the Ministry, the bodies within its structure and subordinate  bodies that are not part of its structure;

5.5.12.

approves the Chairman of the Appeal Board, on the basis of the presentation (proposals) of the Chairman of the Appeal Board – other members of the Appeal Board, the head and composition of the Secretariat;

5.5.13.  

assigns the qualification grades of the chief civil-service adviser and below to the employees of the Ministry, who are civil servants.

5.6.

The bodies within the Ministry and subordinate bodies that are not part of the Ministry bear direct responsibilities for performing the tasks and functions assigned to them.

5.7.

The Minister may delegate part of his powers, or the temporary exercise of his duties, to one of his deputies.

5.8.

A board is established in the Ministry, consisting of the Minister (Chairman of the Board), deputy ministers, head of the relevant executive body of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and other senior officials of the Ministry. Specialists and scientists may also be included in the Board of the Ministry.

5.9.

The number of members and composition of the Board of the Ministry is approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

5.10.

The Board of the Ministry at its meetings discusses the issues related to the activities of the Ministry and adopts relevant decisions.

5.11.

The Board of the Ministry adopts the following regulatory legal acts in the form of resolutions:

5.11.1.

regulatory legal acts governing the Ministry’s relations with other persons (entities);

5.11.2.

specific regulatory legal acts, the adoption of which is entrusted to the Ministry by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan;

5.11.3.

single (joint) normative legal acts regulating the activity of several state bodies;

5.11.4.

regulatory legal acts which are subject to approval by respective state bodies;

5.11.5.

regulatory legal acts provided for in sub-paragraph 5.5.3 of these Regulations, which have been submitted for discussion to the Ministry’s Board at the initiative of the Minister;

5.11.6.

regulatory legal acts on repealing or amending the regulatory legal acts adopted by the Board of the Ministry in accordance with sub-paragraphs 5.11.1 – 5.11.5 of this Regulation.

5.12.

Meetings of the Board of the Ministry are authorized with the participation of more than half of the members of the Board. Resolutions of the Ministry’s Board are adopted by a simple majority of votes of its members. If the vote is a tie when adopting the resolutions of the Board of the Ministry, the vote of the Board chairperson is considered decisive.

5.13.

In the event of disagreement between the members of the Board of the Ministry, the Minister implements his decision by informing the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan about it. Members of the Board of the Ministry may send their personal opinions to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

5.14.

Representatives of other executive authorities and organizations as well as non-governmental organizations may be invited to the meetings of the Board of the Ministry.

5.15.

Scientific and technical councils, Internet development councils and other public councils may be established in the Ministry on a pro-bono basis to study and implement scientific and technical achievements and best practices in the relevant field.