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A complete electronic notification mechanism is being introduced. If a person is notified through all stages of this mechanism, he or she will be considered properly notified. An important step is being taken in terms of regulating the issue of notifications for individuals and legal entities.

The legislative package designing amendments and addenda to the Law on Public and Individual Notification via the Internet and a number of attached laws was debated in the first reading at the sitting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs. The RA Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan presented it.

In the case of natural persons, an electronic platform, a digital environment, will operate, where the person will log in through strict identification - an identification card or mobile identification. The notice will be posted on that platform, and if the person logs in to that platform, he will be considered notified. The person may also provide additional means of communication - personal e-mail, phone number, by which he will be additionally notified about the posting of a notice on his platform. If the person does not log in to the system within three days after being posted on the platform, the letter ordered via hybrid delivery will be sent to the person’s registration address. Hybrid delivery is when the notifier does not send any envelope or letter, but the electronic notification is automatically transferred to the post office and is enveloped and sent to the person’s registration address. If, within 7 days after being sent in this manner, it is recorded that the person has not received the notification or has refused to receive it, the notification is posted on the azdarar.am platform, a public notification is made, after which the person is considered to have been properly notified on the 7^th day.

If an individual has given consent through the platform, by which he or she confirms that notifications can be sent to him or her exclusively electronically, then the notifications will be carried out exclusively electronically, and in that case, on the 3rd day after posting the notification, the person will be considered properly notified regardless of whether the person has logged into that platform or not. That is, in this case, additional notification via hybrid mail and the azdarar.am platform will no longer be carried out.

In the case of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, the electronic management system for submitting tax reports will be used for notification. This is the platform where organizations, especially economic entities, log in almost daily. Organizations will log in to the platform to work and will see their notifications electronically not only from the State Revenue Committee (SRC), but also from other bodies.

Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs will be properly notified. The notification will be posted on their personal page in the SRC system from the third day following the day, if the latter do not log in to the system during that time, the notification will be immediately posted on the azdarar.am website. The latter will be considered duly notified on the 5^th day after posting.

The procedure for posting notices and other technical details will be established by Government decision.

The system will record individuals accessing the system or reading the notification. Besides, the state and local government bodies, legal entities and individual entrepreneurs will be given the opportunity to join this platform and notify other persons electronically, which will also be considered a proper notification. In this case, it is planned to establish a state fee for private entities for the implementation of notifications through this platform.

The draft law will enter into force from January 1, 2026.

In the Q&A session, the deputies touched upon the accessibility of notification procedures, the strict personal identification system, ensuring the protection of personal data, protecting the rights of conscientious notifiers, and other issues. The importance of organizing an awareness campaign regarding these changes was emphasized. The Minister clarified that the paper notification option has been preserved. The digital notification will be free of charge for both state bodies and notified citizens. It will be paid only for those citizens who would like to notify someone. The notification by postal delivery is also paid.

As a result of voting the issue received a negative conclusion.