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On April 26, the NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection debated and endorsed the draft law on Amending the RA Law on Environmental Impact Assessment and Expertise and the related legislative package in the second reading.

The Executive proposes to simplify the processes regarding the development of the foundational document that has a possible impact on the environment and human health, and the provision of an investigative conclusion for implementing the planned activities.

The RA Minister of Environment Hakob Simidyan stated that proposals were made during the period from the first to the second reading, some of which were adopted.

The revised package is planned to be debated during the upcoming NA regular sittings.

By the proposal of the authors, the debate of the draft law on Amending the Law on Joint Stock Companies with the related legislative package was postponed.

The debate of the draft law on Making Amendments and Addendum to the Law on Local Self-Government in the City of Yerevan was also postponed.