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At April 29 sitting of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, the bill on Amending the RA Civil Code authored by the NA deputies Nikolay Baghdasaryan, Tsovinar Vardanyan, Viktor Yengibaryan, Hayk Gevorgyan, Sergey Movsisyan, Gevorg Papoyan, Hayk Sargsyan, Hovik Aghazaryan, Hripsime Grigoryan and Sergey Atomyan was debated in the first reading.

Nikolay Baghdasaryan informed that the draft law was debated with the concerned organizations, the representatives of the regions and the heads of the administrative regions. It is proposed to amend Article 188 of the Code. The aim is to ensure the rights of the business entities and the citizens in the issue on the legalization of autocratically constructed buildings on the one hand, and on the other hand the right of dismantling autocratically constructed buildings of the regions without carrying out administrative proceedings. The developer will completely bear the cost of dismantling the autocratically constructed buildings, no matter who implemented dismantling works.

In the co-report, Artur Davtyan has considered the draft law disputable, stating that it will not solve the raised questions. He proposed the author to remove the draft law from circulation. According to the co-rapporteur, if the structure is valuable for the country then it should be legalized and sold or the state can make an investment in this issue and not make a decision to dismantle.

The RA Deputy Head of Cadastre Committee Narine Avagyan, presenting the position of the Government, has mentioned how the circumstance of autocratically constructed buildings, after the adoption of this law or being constructed after it, will be decided. The Government proposes to clarify the existing procedure and terms of the registration of autocratically constructed buildings until entering into force. As Avagyan said, the executive body considered the phased approach of solving the problem more effective for the regulation of the sphere.

The Committee Chair Vladimir Vardanyan has opined that the problems on the legalization of autocratically constructed buildings are due to the complications of administration, adding that the problems are not solved with the draft law.

The Head of the Staff of Yerevan Municipality and Urban Development and Land Inspection Department Robert Darbinyan has noted that there is no positive result in the fight with the person who carries out illegal constructions in the framework of proper administration. When proceedings are initiated, and the offender does not receive a notification, it is not possible to make a protocol and call the latter to be accountable. During that time, the offender ends the construction. According to him, the only solution is the corresponding legal regulations in Article 188.

As a result of debates, the committee did not endorse the initiative.

The Committee will continue the works of the sitting on April 30, at 10:00.