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Environmental Protection Law of 1999, No. 678–IQ.
Date of original text: 08 June 1999 (17 February 2023)
Law No. 675-IQ on wildlife.
Date of original text: 04 June 1999 (03 December 2021)
Law No. 637-IIQ on hunting.
Date of original text: 20 April 2004 (24 October 2023)
Law No. 840-IQ on protected areas.
Date of text: 24 March 2000
Law No.422-IG of 1997 on firearms for official and civic use.
Date of text: 30 December 1997
Ministerial Decree No. 266 on approval of the rules regarding protection, restoration and use of cultural heritage.
Date of text: 14 July 2015
Ministerial Decree No. 419 on approval of the sanitary-protection zone of Altyaghach National Park.
Date of text: 25 October 2016
Ministerial Decree No. 403 on approval of the sanitary-protection zone of Aghgol National Park.
Date of text: 07 October 2016
Ministerial Decree No. 10 on the approval of the Regulation on hunting in the territory of Azerbaijan.
Date of original text: 27 January 2005 (22 April 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 10 on the approval of the Regulation on hunting farms.
Date of original text: 27 January 2005 (22 April 2024)
Ministerial Decree No. 176 on approval of rules for implementation of state control over protection and management of wild fauna.
Date of text: 06 November 2004
Ministerial Decree No. 176 on approval of Instructions on fees for efficient use of wildlife and imposing fines for illegal hunting of wild animals.
Date of text: 06 November 2004
Ministerial Decree No. 147 on the approval of some normative legal acts related to hunting in Azerbaijan.
Date of original text: 30 September 2004 (15 September 2023)
Ministerial Decree No. 117 on approval of the rules on creation of zoological collections and enrichment, storage, use, state registration and trade thereof.
Date of text: 13 July 2000
Ministerial Decree No. 117 on environmental safety standards and limits for acquisition of wild animals.
Date of text: 13 July 2000
Ministerial Decree No. 117 on approval of the rules on supply of wildlife products.
Date of text: 13 July 2000
Ministerial Decree No. 117 on approval of the rules on general and specific use of wildlife.
Date of text: 13 July 2000
Ministerial Decree No. 117 on native wildlife species and approval of the list of privately and municipally owned animal species.
Date of text: 13 July 2000
Presidential Decree No. 50 on approval of the Statute of Denizkenari National Park (Baku Boulevard).
Date of text: 29 December 1998
Presidential Decree No. 975 on approval of the Charter of the Department of Biodiversity Conservation under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Date of text: 27 March 2020
Ministerial Decree No. 2 on approval of rules regarding international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora.
Date of text: 07 January 2009
Presidential Decree No. 1472 on designation of the scientific authorities according to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Date of text: 19 May 2006
Ministerial Decree No. 125 validating the Regulation on Red Book.
Date of original text: 15 July 2000 (07 January 2005)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Germany and the Government of the Republic of Aserbaidschan on financial cooperation 2008 to 2012 concerning agreed projects for this period.
Date of text: 28 November 2013
Law No. 911-IQ on approval of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat on 2 February 1971, Protocol to amend the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat on 3 December 1982 and the Amendment of the Convention on wetlands of international importance especially as waterfowl habitat by the Conference of the Contracting Parties on 28 May 1987.
Date of text: 18 July 2000
Law No. 730-IQ on approval of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.
Date of text: 28 October 1999
Law No. 507-IQ on approval of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Resolution on conservation of sturgeon.
Date of text: 23 June 1998