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National Assembly Ends the Work of the Extraordinary Session

17.12.2014

 On December 17 the RA National Assembly continued the work passing by voting the legislative initiatives and agreements debated on the previous day.

The RA Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan presented the credit agreement and the financial agreement signed on August 6, 2014.

The NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan has informed the attendees that after the end of the session by the consent of all the NA political forces an NA extraordinary session will be convened to discuss the current situation of the financial market.

Then the deputies in the second reading debated the legislative packages “On Amending the RA Law on Food Security,” “On Amending the RA Criminal Code” and envisaging amendments to a number of laws, the bills “On Amending the RA Law on Electronic Document and Electronic Digital Signature,” “On Amending the RA Law on Local Referendum” and “On Amending the RA Law on Value Added Tax,” the package of bills “On Amending the Law on Television and Radio” and “On Amending the Law on Advertisement,” "On Amending the Law on Trade and Services," “On Amending the Law on Licensing,” “On Customs Regulation” and the related bills, as well as the draft law “On Amending the Law on Conservation and Use of History and Immovable Monuments of Culture and Historical Environment,” the package of bills “On Technical Regulation” and related bills, the bills “On Amending the Law on the Use of Cash Machines,” “On Amending the Law On Administration Bases and Administrative Procedure” and related bills.

The package of bills “On Registration of Rights Ensured towards Moveable Property,” “On Customs Regulation,” “Inspectorate Bodies,” “On Social Support,” “On Human Trafficking and Identification and Support of Exploited Persons” envisaging a number of laws conditioned by them.

The RA Deputy Minister of Defense Ara Nazaryan submitted for debate the agreement “On Regulation of the Legal Affairs Related to the Participation of Subdivision of the RA Armed Forces in the Mission ‘Decisive Support’ providing non-combatant exercises, advice and support being led by the NATO in Afghanistan signed by the exchange of letters on 5-6 December 2014.”

The RA Deputy Minister of the RA Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations Vache Terteryan presented the financing agreement “Support to the RA Territorial Development” signed between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union.

At the end of the session the deputies by voting passed all debated bills and legislative packages, ratified the agreements.

Covering the agenda the National Assembly ended the work of the extraordinary session.

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