LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA ON NOTIFICATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES

LAW

OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Adopted on 13 November 2015

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.

Subject matter of the Law

1. This Law shall regulate the types of activities subject to notification and the relations pertaining to the implementation of activities subject to notification.

Article 2.

Legislation on notification on implementation of activities

1. In the Republic of Armenia the relations pertaining to the implementation of activities shall be regulated by the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia, this Law, international treaties of the Republic of Armenia and other legislative acts.

2. In the field of electronic communication the types of activities subject to notification and the relations pertaining to the implementation of activities subject to notification are regulated by the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On electronic communication".

Article 3.

Main concepts used in the Law

1. The following main concepts shall be used in this Law:

(1) notification — shall mean informing, as prescribed by law, the authorised body for the implementation of activities subject to notification;

(2) type of activity subject to notification — shall mean the type of activity, for the implementation whereof a notification is required by law;

(3) person implementing activities subject to notification — shall mean a legal or natural person or individual entrepreneur, as well as a state or community institution which has submitted a notification as prescribed by law, and the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification has not been debarred as prescribed by law;

(4) record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification — shall mean a process associated with the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification;

(5) authorised body — shall mean a body to which a notification is submitted and which is authorised to carry out, as prescribed by law, the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification;

(6) properly informing or forwarding documents — informing or sending documents shall be deemed to be properly done, where the documents are sent as prescribed by Article 10 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On public and individual notices via the Internet” or through a registered letter with a notification on delivery or through the Unified Platform for Electronic Requests (www.e-request.am) with а feedback notification about the receipt thereof through electronic system (including through the e-mail specified by the applicant) or through the types of activities subject to notification for import and export as prescribed by this Law through the system of “the Permits (sw.gov.am)” available on the website (www.trade.gov.am) as well as through other means of electronic communication prescribed by the legislation, or they have been delivered with a receipt (hereinafter referred to as "properly").

(Article 3 amended by HO-4-N of 17 January 2023, supplemented by HO-436-N of 4 December 2025)

Article 4.

Principles for implementation of activities subject to notification

1. The following shall be the principles for the implementation of activities subject to notification:

(1) protection of the rights and lawful interests of persons;

(2) publicity of the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification;

(3) ensuring the lawfulness of the process of record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification;

(4) defining the liability for violation — by persons implementing activities subject to notification — of the requirements for the implementation of activities subject to notification.

Article 5.

Aim of record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification

1. The aims of the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification are:

(1) to contribute to the regulation of market relations;

(2) to protect the rights of consumers;

(3) to improve the quality of goods and services;

(4) to conduct effective oversight over certain types of activities.

Article 6.

Requirement of notification

1. It shall be necessary to submit a notification for each type of activity subject to notification provided for by this Law.

2. The person implementing activities subject to notification may be engaged in activities subject to notification throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Armenia.

CHAPTER 2

CARRYING OUT NOTIFICATION AND RECORD-REGISTRATION OF PERSONS IMPLEMENTING ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO NOTIFICATION

Article 7.

Entities entitled to be engaged in types of activities subject to notification

1. Legal and natural persons, as well as individual entrepreneurs shall be entitled to be engaged in types of activities subject to notification.

2. A natural person having submitted a notification shall be entitled to engage in entrepreneurial activity in the field concerned only as an individual entrepreneur, except for the cases prescribed by law.

3. An individual entrepreneur, commercial and non-commercial organisations shall be entitled to be engaged in all types of activities subject to notification, unless it is prohibited by law.

4. State or community institutions may also be engaged in activities subject to notification, where the right to be engaged in these activities is directly provided for by law.

5. The process associated with notification by a state or community institution shall be carried out through the procedure provided for by this Law for legal persons.

6. Entities entitled to be engaged in types of activities subject to notification may be engaged in activities subject to notification five working days after submitting the notification, where the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification is not debarred as prescribed by this Law.

7. Where in the notification there are discrepancies in the name of the legal person (name, surname of the individual entrepreneur or natural person) and in the state registration number of the legal person (state record-registration number or the serial number of the passport (identification card)), the notification shall be deemed to be not submitted, and the person having submitted the notification shall not obtain the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification. The ground for considering the notification as not submitted shall be published on the official website of the authorised body within five working days after submitting the notification.

8. Where the notification is deemed to be not submitted in the case prescribed by part 7 of this Article, the person may submit a new notification through the procedure established by this Law.

Article 8.

Authorised bodies

1. Persons implementing activities subject to notification shall be record-registered by the public administration bodies authorised by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

2. Only authorised bodies or the legal successors thereof shall be entitled to examine the issues of suspending or terminating the right of persons implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification (including submitting an application to the court for terminating through court procedure) and to render appropriate decisions.

3. Authorised bodies shall be obliged to keep the commercial and other information of persons having submitted a notification, which constitutes secret by law.

4. Authorised bodies shall, within five working days after publishing on their official websites the information on record-registered persons, the changes made therein, the information on suspending or terminating the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, as well as the information on implementing activities in a new place, through the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, provide this information to the authorised body of the Government of the Republic of Armenia conducting oversight over observance of the procedure for calculation and levying of the state duty.

5. For the purpose of conducting oversight over observance of the norms and rules for environmental protection, hygienic and sanitary-epidemiological safety and fire safety, the authorised body shall, through the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, provide the relevant bodies with information about persons implementing activities subject to notification.

(Article in respect of the amendment to Law HO-340-N of 11 September 2024 shall enter into force on 1 July 2026)

Article 9.

Record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification

1. In regard to being engaged in a type of activity subject to notification, persons implementing activities subject to notification shall be record-registered by the authorised body, and the information presented in the notification (except for the serial number of the passport (identification card) of the natural person), as well as the day, month and year of record-registration shall be published on the official website of the authorised body within five working days after submitting the notification.

2. The authorised body shall carry out the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification according to the name and state registration number of the legal person having submitted a notification, in the case of individual entrepreneur — according to the name, surname and state record-registration number of the individual entrepreneur, and in the case of natural person — according to the name, surname and the serial number of the passport (identification card).

3. Where the person having submitted a notification has made mistakes in the information submitted (including misprints, omissions, shortcomings), except for the information prescribed by part 2 of this Article, the authorised body shall carry out record-registration according to the submitted information. The risk of unfavourable consequences of submitting wrongly presented information shall be incurred by the person having submitted the notification.

4. Where the person implementing activities subject to notification detects shortcomings with respect to him or her on the official website of the authorised body, he or she shall properly inform the authorised body thereon by indicating the shortcomings and the information to be modified. The authorised body shall, within three working days after properly receiving the notification, be obliged to modify the information in the record-registration and publish it on the official website.

5. The person implementing activities subject to notification shall be obliged to properly inform the authorised body on the re-organisation or the change of title (name) or registered office (in the case of natural person who is not an individual entrepreneur — change of passport (identification card)) within 10 working days after those changes enter into legal force.

6. The authorised body shall, within three working days after receiving the notification prescribed by part 5 of this Article, modify the information in the record-registration and publish it on the official website thereof.

7. With respect to change of the registered office of the person implementing activities subject to notification, this Article shall cover only the types of activities subject to notification which, pursuant to this Law, must be carried out only in the place indicated in the notification.

Article 10.

Forms of notification, procedures for publication of the registers for record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification and the data of record-registered persons

1. The forms of notification, the procedure for running the electronic registers for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification and publishing the data of record-registered persons, providing information from the electronic registers and the list of state bodies using them free-of-charge, shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

(Article 10 edited by HO-162-N of 25 October 2017)

CHAPTER 3

Article 11.

Requisites for notification

1. A notification must contain the following requisites (information):

(1) in the case of legal persons:

a. name of the organisation;

b. state registration number;

c. registered office;

d. place for implementation of activities (shall be indicated, if, pursuant to this Law, the activities subject to notification must be implemented only in the place indicated in the notification);

e. type of activity subject to notification which the person submitting the notification intends to implement;

(2) in the case of natural persons:

a. name, surname of individual entrepreneur (of the natural person who is not an individual entrepreneur);

b. place of residence or record-registration;

c. place for implementation of activities (shall be indicated, if, pursuant to this Law, the activities subject to notification must be implemented only in the place indicated in the notification);

d. state record-registration number (in the case of natural person who is not an individual entrepreneur — serial number of the passport (identification card));

e. type of activity subject to notification which the person submitting the notification intends to implement.

Article 12.

Running the register for record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification

1. The authorised body of the Government of the Republic of Armenia shall run the unified electronic register for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification (hereinafter referred to as "the electronic register"), which shall comprise the electronic registers run by authorised bodies for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification.

2. The following shall be indicated in the registers for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification:

(1) name of the legal person or name, surname of the natural person;

(2) registered office of a legal person or the place of residence or record-registration of a natural person;

(3) place for implementation of activities (shall be indicated, if, pursuant to this Law, the activities subject to notification must be implemented only in the place indicated in the notification);

(4) state registration number of a legal person or number of record-registration certificate of an individual entrepreneur or the serial number of the passport (identification card) of a natural person;

(5) type of activity;

(6) day, month, year of submission of the notification;

(7) information on suspension or termination of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification;

(8) day, month, year of record-registration;

(9) other information provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

(10)

3. (part repealed by HO-162-N of 25 October 2017)

(Article 12 edited, amended by HO-162-N of 25 October 2017)

(Article in respect of the amendment to Law HO-340-N of 11 September 2024 shall enter into force on 1 July 2026)

Article 13.

Information on persons implementing activities subject to notification

1. The information contained in the electronic registers for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification shall be open to state and local self-government bodies, natural and legal persons.

2. Upon the request of public administration bodies or local self-government bodies, authorised bodies shall, within two working days, be obliged to provide, free-of-charge, relevant information from the electronic registers for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification.

3. Natural and legal persons must be provided with the paper version of information on other persons from the electronic registers for record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification within two working days following the day of receipt of the applications thereof. A state duty shall be levied for provision of the indicated information.

3.1. Information on other persons kept in electronic registers may be provided to natural and legal persons on-line for the fee fixed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia. The fee fixed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia may not exceed the amount of the base duty.

4. Paper version of information on natural and legal persons from the electronic registers for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification must be provided thereto free-of-charge within two working days following the day of receipt of the applications thereof.

4.1. The information on natural and legal persons kept in electronic registers may be provided thereto on-line and free-of-charge.

5. The copies of all relevant documents related to the indicated information shall also be kept attached to the electronic register.

6. Authorised bodies shall forward the copies of their decisions on suspension or termination of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification or on restoration of the suspended right to be engaged in activities subject to notification within three working days upon their adoption, and shall forward the copies of the court judgments on terminating the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification having entered into legal force within three working days upon entry into legal force of the court judgments to the body publishing departmental regulatory legal acts and shall publish them on the official website of the authorised body and make a relevant note in the electronic register.

7. The decisions or court judgments on suspension or restoration of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, as well as on termination of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be published in the special section "Journal of Departmental Regulatory Acts" within ten days upon receipt thereof.

(Article 13 supplemented by HO-162-N of 25 October 2017)

Article 14.

State duty

1. A state duty shall be levied as and in the amount prescribed by law for obtaining the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, for providing other persons with information from the electronic registers for the record-registration of persons implementing activities subject to notification, as well as for obtaining also the right to be engaged in the same activities subject to notification in another place.

2. Annual duties may be envisaged by law for obtaining the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification.

(Article 14 supplemented by HO-162-N of 25 October 2017)

Article 15.

Payment of state duty

1. A person shall be obliged to pay the state duty fixed for obtaining the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification and submit to the authorised body, along with the notification, the receipt of payment of the state duty or the receipt generated by the electronic system of state payments or the 20-digit code of the receipt.

2. While submitting the notification prescribed by part 8 of Article 7 of this Law, the person may, along with the notification, submit the receipt of payment of the state duty previously paid for obtaining the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification or the receipt generated by the electronic system of state payments or the 20-digit code on the receipt.

Article 16.

Debarring the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification

1. The authorised body shall debar the right of the person having submitted a notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification, where:

(1) the person having submitted a notification has failed to pay the state duty fixed for obtaining the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification;

(2) the documents submitted by the person having submitted a notification are incomplete, obviously false or distorted;

(3) the submitted documents fail to meet the requirements of this Law and the legislation of the Republic of Armenia;

(4) the applying legal person, pursuant to law or the statute thereof, is not entitled to be engaged in the type of activity subject to notification indicated in the notification;

(5) the applying natural person is not entitled to be engaged in the type of activity subject to notification indicated in the notification.

2. A decision (order) of the authorised state body on debarring shall be adopted wherein the ground for debarring and the procedure for appeal shall be indicated, and the decision shall, within two working days following the day of adoption, be properly forwarded to the person having submitted the notification.

Article 17.

Changing the place of implementation of activities or being engaged in the same activity subject to notification in another place

1. For change of the place of implementation of activities subject to notification by the person implementing activities subject to notification or for implementing the type of activity subject to notification in a new place, the person implementing activities subject to notification must submit to the authorised body a new notification, indicating the information to be included in the notification and the place to be changed or the new place for implementation of activities subject to notification.

2. Implementing activities subject to notification by violation of the requirements of this Article shall be deemed to be implementation of activities subject to notification without notification.

3. In case of change of the place for implementation of activities or in case of notification on being engaged in the same activity subject to notification also in another place, the authorised body shall, within three working days and as prescribed by this Law, modify the information in the record-registration and publish it on the official website thereof. Where the same activity subject to notification is implemented in more than one place, all the places for implementation of the same activity subject to notification shall be indicated in the record-registration.

4. The requirements of this Article shall cover only the types of activities subject to notification which, pursuant to this Law, must be implemented only in the place indicated in the notification.

Article 18.

Suspending the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification

1. Suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall mean temporarily depriving the person engaged in the particular activity of the right to implement the activity subject to notification or to perform certain functions or actions that are a part of the particular activity.

2. Where, based on the nature of the violation, it is possible to eliminate the violations or their consequences by temporarily depriving the person having submitted a notification of the right to perform certain functions or actions that are a part of activities subject to notification, in those cases, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall not be fully suspended.

3. During suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, the person may not perform any action with respect to the notified activity, except for actions that are aimed at eliminating the causes of suspension, as well as at carrying out urgent actions provided for by the decision on suspension.

4. During the period of suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, performance of activities, functions or actions prohibited by part 2 of this Article on the part of the person having submitted a notification shall be considered as implementation of activities subject to notification without notification and shall entail the relevant liability provided for by law.

5. The right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be suspended upon the decision (order) of the authorised body. The decision (order) on suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification must clearly define the reasons, legal grounds for and periods of suspension, while the decision (order) on suspending the right to perform certain functions or actions of notified activities — also the right to perform the functions or actions to be suspended.

6. The orders (decisions) on suspending the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification which do not contain the provisions established under part 5 of this Article shall be invalid.

7. The order (decision) of the head of the authorised body on suspending the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be properly forwarded to the person implementing activities subject to notification within two working days following the day of adoption thereof.

8. The right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be suspended from the day following the day the order (decision) thereon is properly delivered to the person implementing activities subject to notification or is entered thereby, unless a later period is not provided for by the order (decision) on suspending the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification.

9. Suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be abolished on the fifth day following the day the statement of the person implementing activities subject to notification on eliminating the violations (with relevant substantiating documents) is entered by the authorised body, unless the authorised body adopts another order (decision) in that period or establishes another and shorter period and informs the record-registered person thereon.

10. In the case provided for by point 7 of part 1 of Article 19 of this Law, suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be abolished from the day following the day of fulfilling the liabilities with respect to the amounts of the subsequent annual state duties for obtaining the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, as well as with respect to the penalties for late payment of the subsequent annual state duties prescribed by law.

11. The activities notified may be suspended due to violation of the requirements of the legislation no later than within three months after the day of committing the violation, and in case of ongoing or lasting violation — within three months after the violation is detected.

Article 19.

Cases of suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification

1. The right to be engaged in activities subject to notification may be suspended:

(1) in the cases when the person implementing activities subject to notification fails to inform, in the cases provided for by this Law, the authorised body about changes in a timely manner;

(2) in case of violation of the requirements of the legislation regulating the activities subject to notification during implementation of the activities subject to notification;

(3) in case the person implementing activities subject to notification hinders the conduct of appropriate inspections by persons conducting oversight over the activities subject to notification as prescribed by law or fails to submit the required documents;

(4) in case of depriving the person implementing activities subject to notification of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification;

(5) pursuant to the application of the person having submitted the notification;

(6) in case the authorised body submits an application on termination of the activities notified in the cases provided for by this Law;

(7) in case of failure to pay the subsequent annual state duty.

2. In the cases provided for by points 1-4 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be suspended before elimination of the violation which serves as a ground for suspension.

3. In the case provided for by point 5 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be suspended for the term indicated by the person implementing activities subject to notification.

4. In the case provided for by point 7 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be suspended for the term established under part 10 of Article 18 of this Law.

5. On the grounds provided for by points 1-3, 5 and 6 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be suspended upon the decision of the authorised body, unless other procedure is established by law.

6. On the ground provided for by point 4 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be suspended from the day of entry into force of the act on temporarily depriving the person implementing activities subject to notification of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification.

7. On the ground provided for by point 7 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be suspended from the date of payment of the subsequent annual state duty.

Article 20.

Terminating the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification

1. The right to be engaged in activities subject to notification may be terminated:

(1) in the cases of liquidation of the legal person implementing activities subject to notification or the death of the natural person, based on whereon, within three working days from the moment the fact of the death of the natural person has become known to the authorised body, a decision (order) for the termination of the right to engage in activities subject to notification shall be drawn up;

(2) in case the authorised body suspends, twice in the course of one year, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification or the right to perform a certain function or action that is part of those activities;

(3) in case the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification suspended due to violation of the requirements for suspension is exercised or a certain function that is part of the activities is performed within the period of suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification;

(4) pursuant to the application of the person having submitted the notification.

2. On the grounds provided for by points 2 and 3 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be terminated through court procedure, pursuant to the application of the authorised body.

3. In case of detection of the violations provided for by point 3 of part 1 of this Article, the authorised body shall be entitled to suspend the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification prior to the entry into force of the court judgment adopted with regard to the application on termination of the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification. In this case, the authorised body shall be obliged to submit the application on termination of the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification to the court within 10 working days from the day of suspension of the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification. Where the application is not submitted within the specified period, suspension of the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be abolished.

4. The application on termination of the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification may be submitted:

(1) within 15 working days after entry into force of the second decision on suspension on the ground established under point 2 of part 1 of this Article;

(2) within 15 working days after the day of detection of the violation on the ground established under point 3 of part 1 of this Article.

5. In case the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification is terminated on the grounds provided for by points 2 and 3 of part 1 of this Article, to obtain the right to implement the activities concerned, the person implementing activities subject to notification may submit a notification again six months after the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification is terminated.

6. On the grounds provided for by points 2 and 3 of part 1 of this Article, the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be terminated from the day following the day of entry into force of the relevant court judgment, unless a later period is provided for by the court judgment.

7. On the grounds provided for by points 1 and 4 of part 1 of this Article, the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be terminated upon the decision (order) of the authorised body.

8. On the grounds provided for by point 1 of part 1 of this Article, the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be terminated from the day of liquidation of the legal person implementing activities subject to notification or death of a natural person.

9. On the grounds provided for by point 4 of part 1 of this Article, the authorised body shall consider the applications on terminating the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification within 10 working days from the day of receipt of the applications. Where an application is not considered or an order (decision) is not adopted within 15 working days after the day the application is submitted, the application shall be deemed to be satisfied, and the right of the person implementing activities subject to notification to be engaged in activities subject to notification — terminated.

10. The application of the person implementing activities subject to notification on termination of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification may be rejected, where it is provided for by law.

11. The authorised body may establish a period later than the period specified in the application on termination of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, where direct harm will be caused to state and public safety, the rights and freedoms of others as a result of termination of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification.

12. Where direct harm will be caused to state and public safety, public order, public health and morals, the rights and freedoms, honour and good reputation of others as a result of termination of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification, the court judgment or the decision (order) of the authorised body must also define guarantees for protection of the interests of third persons due to terminating by the person implementing activities subject to notification of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification or a procedure for compensation for the damages caused thereto as a result of that or a term for elimination of the consequences.

13. On the ground provided for by point 4 of part 1 of this Article, the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification shall be deemed to be terminated from the day following the day the decision (order) of the authorised body is delivered to the person having submitted a notification or is entered by the authorised body, unless a later date is provided for by in the application of the person having submitted the notification.

(Article 20 edited, amended by HO-340-N of 11 September 2024)

Article 21.

Appealing the decisions on suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification

1. The decisions (orders) of the authorised body on suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification and on not abolishing the decision on suspension of the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification may be appealed through judicial or administrative procedure.

CHAPTER 4

TYPES OF ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO NOTIFICATION

Article 22.

List of types of activities subject to notification

1. An activity shall be deemed to be subject to notification, if it is included in the table of this Article.

2. Table of types of activities subject to notification:

3. Natural or legal persons shall, without limitation, be entitled to be engaged in the types of activities not indicated in the table of this Article, except for the cases prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On licensing" and the Law of the Republic of Armenia “On tourism”, if being engaged in the type of activity concerned is not prohibited by law.

3.1. Where legal or natural persons or individual entrepreneurs carry out the types of activities specified in points 1 or 1.1 or points 8 or 8.1 of the section "4. OTHER SECTORS OF ACTIVITIES" in the table of this Article at the same time, they shall indicate those types of activities in the notification separately, or submit an additional notification on implementation of the type of activity in points 1 or 1.1 or in points 8 or 8.1.

3.2. A legal or natural person or individual entrepreneur may not notify on implementation of the types of activities provided for by points 1.1 and 1.3 of the section "4. OTHER SECTORS OF ACTIVITIES" in the table of this Article at the same time.

4. Where persons implementing the type of activity indicated in point 9 of section "4. OTHER SECTORS OF ACTIVITIES" in the table of this Article violate the requirements provided for by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and the requirements defined under the order of the authorised body, liability measures in the amount of 10% of the amount prescribed in accordance with the liability measures provided for by the law for implementation of activities subject to notification without notification shall be applied to the persons indicated.

5. The authorised bodies shall be defined by the abbreviations in the third column of the table of this Article. The abbreviations in the table stand for:

AB — Public administration body or bodies authorised by the Government of the Republic of Armenia;

PSRC — Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia.

6. Notification shall not be required for being engaged in types of activities designated with letter "A" in the forth column of the table of this Article, where such activities are implemented for non-entrepreneurial (economic) purposes.

7. Only persons implementing activities subject to notification being engaged in the types of activities designated with letter "V" in the fifth column of the table of this Article shall be obliged to implement activities subject to notification only in the place indicated in the notification.

8. The clarifications of the types of activities subject to notification shall be provided pursuant to the relevant laws of the Republic of Armenia and the General Classifiers of Economic Activities.

(Article 22 edited, supplemented by HO-29-N of 19 February 2016, supplemented by HO-158-N of 25 October 2017, HO-170-N of 27 October 2017, HO-211-N of 17 November 2017, amended by HO-273-N of 21 December 2017, supplemented, amended by HO-358-N of 13 June 2018, HO-60-N of 3 June 2019, edited by HO-477-N of 27 October 2020, supplemented, amended by HO-418-N of 16 September 2020, supplemented by HO-544-N of 7 December 2022, edited, amended, supplemented by HO-163-N of 3 May 2023, supplemented by HO-319-N of 7 July 2022, amended by HO-257-N of 13 July 2023, supplemented by HO-346-N of 25 October 2023, HO-394-N of 8 December 2023, HO-6-N of 22 December 2023, HO-233-N of 22 May 2024, HO-461-N of 15 November 2024)

(Law HO-418-N of 16 September 2020 contains a transitional provision)

(Law HO-163-N of 3 May 2023 contains a final part and transitional provisions)

(Law HO-257-N of 13 July 2023 contains a transitional provision)

CHAPTER 5

LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS LAW

Article 23.

Being engaged in activities subject to notification without notification

1. It shall be prohibited to be engaged in types of activities subject to notification provided for by this Law without notification.

2. Being engaged in activities subject to notification provided for by this Law without notification shall entail liability provided for by law and compensation for damage in the amount of the state duty levied for obtaining the right to be engaged in activities subject to notification.

Compensation for damage in the amount of state duty shall not be levied in the cases provided for by part 4 of Article 18 and part 4 of Article 22 of this Law.

3. Absence of an indication on the notified type of activity in the statute or on the state registration or on the state record-registration certificate of the person implementing activities subject to notification may not be deemed to be a violation of the requirements or conditions for notification, nor may it entail any liability.

(Article 23 supplemented by HO-273-N of 21 December 2017)

CHAPTER 6

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 24.

Transitional provisions

1. This Law shall enter into force on the tenth day following the day of official promulgation thereof.

2. Prior to entry into force of this Law, the person having obtained a licence for the relevant activities prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On licensing" shall be deemed to be a person having submitted a notification on implementation of the same type of activity prescribed by this Law.

3. Authorised bodies shall, within a one-month period upon entry into force of this Law and as prescribed by this Law, be obliged to carry out the record-registration of persons having obtained a licence for activities prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On licensing" prior to entry into force of this Law, in accordance with the information submitted for obtaining a licence, and publish on their respective official websites the information regarding record-registered persons as prescribed by Article 12 of this Law, as well as the day, month year of record-registration which is the day, month and year of issuance of the licence issued to the particular person and, within one month upon publication, provide that information to the authorised body of the Government of the Republic of Armenia conducting oversight over observance of the procedure for calculation and levying of state duty.

These requirements shall apply to the cases of activities subject to licensing being deemed to be any type of activity subject to notification.

4. The new activity may be declared as activity subject to notification no earlier than six months after the relevant law thereon is officially promulgated, except for the cases when the particular activity is subject to licensing pursuant to the Law of the Republic of Armenia "On licensing".

5. Any change in the conditions and requirements for implementation of activities subject to notification which limits the rights of the person implementing activities subject to notification or provides for new responsibilities for him or her, shall enter into force no earlier than six months after the relevant change is officially promulgated.

6. Bodies licensing the relevant activities prior to entry into force of this Law shall be deemed to be authorised bodies prescribed by this Law, where the Government of the Republic of Armenia does not establish other authorised bodies.

(Article 24 supplemented by HO-170-N of 27 October 2017, supplemented, amended by HO-60-N of 3 June 2019)

President of the Republic of Armenia	S. Sargsyan
24 November 2015 Yerevan HO-120-N

Translation published on a joint site 14 August 2026.