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Water Code.
Date of original text: 26 December 1997 (03 December 2021)
Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
Date of original text: 28 October 1999 (17 February 2023)
Law No. 1580-VQD amending the Law on ecological safety, Law on water supply and effluent wastewater, Law on highways, Law on access to environmental information, Law on Aviation and Law on access to information.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Law No. 1578-VQD amending the Water Code, the Forest Code, the Land Code and the Town Planning and Construction Code.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Law No. 1579-VQD amending the Law on land amelioration and irrigation, Law on radiation safety of the population, Fisheries Law, Law on electric energy and Transportation Law.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Law No. 56-VQD amending the Law on water economy of municipalities.
Date of text: 18 December 2015
Presidential Decree “On additional measures for improvement of ecological situation, protection and management of Beiukshor lake”.
Date of text: 26 December 2013
Law No. 817-IVQ on the acceptance of the Amendment to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
Date of text: 22 November 2013
Presidential Decree regarding implementation of the Law on safety of waterworks.
Date of text: 21 February 2003
Law No. 412-IIQ on safety of waterworks.
Date of original text: 27 December 2002 (27 May 2022)
Presidential Decree regarding enactment of the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on water economy of municipalities.
Date of text: 09 August 2001
Law No. 159-IIQ on water economy of municipalities.
Date of original text: 21 June 2001 (18 December 2015)
Presidential Decree on the implementation of the Water Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Date of text: 13 March 1998
Ministerial Decree No. 56 on approval of rules regarding the use, width and boundaries of water conservation zones and their coastal zones.
Date of text: 24 March 2000
Ministerial Decree № 221 on conservation zone of Lake Boyukshor.
Date of text: 23 May 2017
Ministerial Decree No. 275 on technical conditions on water supply and sewage disposal systems.
Date of text: 13 August 2014
Ministerial Decree No. 262 on approval of “rules of water usage”.
Date of text: 17 June 2014
Ministerial Decree No. 216 on use of water bodies for hydro-energy needs.
Date of text: 06 December 2000
Ministerial Decree No. 77 on categorization of protected water bodies.
Date of text: 01 May 2000
Ministerial Decree No. 146 on rules regarding harmful effect of fisheries upon water bodies.
Date of text: 06 September 1999
Ministerial Decree No. 206 on preparation and approval of schemes of use and protection of water resources and state expertise on these schemes.
Date of text: 15 October 1998
Ministerial Decree No. 206 on rules for the use and protection of water bodies.
Date of text: 15 October 1998
Ministerial Decree No. 206 on rules for the establishment and implementation of limits to water use.
Date of text: 15 October 1998
Ministerial Decree No. 206 on approval of plans for water usage and general water systems.
Date of text: 15 October 1998
Ministerial Decree No. 195 on state control over the use and protection of water bodies.
Date of text: 25 September 1998
Resolution of the State Amelioration and Water Management Committee on certification of amelioration and irrigation systems.
Date of text: 23 January 1997
Ministerial Decree No. 261 on rules of the state water cadastre.
Date of text: 05 December 1995
Presidential Decree No. 2074 on the improvement of management in the fields of water resources, water management and reclamation.
Date of text: 30 March 2023
Presidential Decree No. 975 on approval of the Charter of the Department of Hydrometeorology under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Date of text: 27 March 2020
Presidential Decree № 2962 on measures to improve irrigation efficiency in cultivation areas and to meet the need of population for potable water.
Date of text: 05 June 2017
Ministerial Decree № 220 on conservation zone of Lake Zykh.
Date of text: 23 May 2017
Presidential Decree № 2754 on additional measures in providing safe drinking water.
Date of text: 17 March 2017
Presidential Decree № 2693 on additional measures in providing safe water.
Date of text: 24 February 2017
Presidential Decree No. 2434 on establishment of the State Commission for monitoring water reservoirs.
Date of text: 14 November 2016
Presidential Decree No. 2189 on measures to improve the supply of irrigation water in arable lands and to meet the need for potable water of population.
Date of text: 01 July 2016
Presidential Decree No. 1924 on measures for installation water metering devices.
Date of text: 29 March 2016
Presidential Decree No. 980 on additional measures to improve supply of ecologically clean water.
Date of text: 06 January 2015
Presidential Decree No. 961 on additional measures for improvement of water supply in cultivation sites and meeting the need of the population for drinking water.
Date of text: 25 December 2014
Presidential Decree No. 961 on measures to improve irrigation efficiency in arable lands and to meet the need for potable water of population.
Date of text: 25 December 2014
Presidential Decree No. 237 on additional measures for improvement of water supply in cultivation sites and meeting the need of the population for drinking water.
Date of text: 29 January 2014
Presidential Decree No. 525 on approval of the Charter of State Water Reserves Agency of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Date of text: 22 November 2011
Presidential Decree No. 348 on additional measures to improve water supply.
Date of text: 25 June 2009
Presidential Decree No. 252 on improving governance in the field of water supply.
Date of text: 11 June 2004
Regulation No. 216/ü on state water cadastre.
Date of text: 03 April 2003
Resolution No. 97 of the Cabinet of Ministers regarding enactment of the Statute of the paid water use rules and water use tariffs in the Azerbaijan Republic.
Date of text: 17 June 2002
Presidential Decree No. 846 on measures to improve aqueducts for drinking water in rural areas.
Date of text: 21 December 2001
Resolution No. 43 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On the maintenance of infra-farm irrigation and drainage systems under the balance of the former kolkhoz, sovkhoz and other farms”.
Date of text: 15 March 2000
DECISION No. 216 OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN On confirmation of the Statute “On use of waterbodies for recreational and sport purposes”.
Date of text: 22 October 1998
Ministerial Decree No. 150 regarding validation of the Regulation on regularity of payment for water use in Azerbaijan Republic.
Date of text: 26 October 1996
Ministerial Decree No. 312s on the establishment of a Joint Committee for rational management and protection of water resources of transboundary river Samur.
Date of text: 11 October 2011
State Standard No. AZS 833-1-2015 for Water quality – determination of dissolved anions by liquid chromatography of ions -- Part 1: Determination of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and sulfate.
Date of text: 10 July 2015
State Standard No. AZS 809-1-2015 for Water quality -- Biological classification of rivers -- Part 1: Guidance on the interpretation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates.
Date of text: 10 July 2015
State Standard No. AZS 809-2-2015 for Water quality -- Biological classification of rivers -- Part 2: Guidance on the presentation of biological quality data from surveys of benthic macro-invertebrates.
Date of text: 10 July 2015
State Standard No. AZS 807-2015 for Water quality – determination of mercury.
Date of text: 10 July 2015
Law No. 372-IIQ ratifying the Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
Date of text: 22 October 2002
Law No. 830-IQ ratifying the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.
Date of text: 14 March 2000
Law No. 759-VQD amending the Water Code.
Date of text: 30 June 2017
Law No. 1220-IVQD amending the Water Code.
Date of text: 06 March 2015
Law № 970-IVQD amending the Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
Date of text: 30 May 2014
Law № 90-IVQD amending the Law No. 723-IQ on water supply and effluent wastewater.
Date of text: 18 March 2011
Ministerial Decree No. 35 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 262 on approval of “rules of water usage”.
Date of text: 07 February 2020
Ministerial Decree No. 368 amending the Decision No. 216 of The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on confirmation of the Statute “on use of water bodies for recreational and sport purposes”.
Date of text: 19 November 2014
Ministerial Decree № 69 amending the Ministerial Decree No. 149 on approval of the Charter and structure of Azerbaijan Amelioration and Water Management Open Joint Stock Company.
Date of text: 24 February 2017