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The draft law proposes to provide for an authorizing norm, based on which the Government will be able to establish the procedure for paying the amount of just compensation established by the judgments and decisions of the European Court. This was stated by the RA Representative for International Legal Matters Karen Andreasyan.

The draft law on Amending the Law on the Representative for International Legal Matters was debated in the first reading at the regular sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs on November 5.

“The payment of the amount of just compensation established by the judgments and decisions of the European Court is the unconditional obligation of the Republic of Armenia. However, it should be noted that in order to receive just compensation within the established period, applicants must submit the necessary documents, which in practice is accompanied by certain problems. In particular, the latter submit the necessary documents incompletely or within a period that does not allow the RA Prime Minister’s Office to ensure the payment of fair compensation within the specified period. Moreover, the RA legislation lacks legal regulation of the process for paying fair compensation,” Karen Andreasyan detailed. He noted that although fair compensation payments have been made in practice to date, the lack of a legal basis has continuously led to the emergence of various practical problems, the solution of which is the necessity for the proposed regulation.

The Committee Chair Vladimir Vardanyan, emphasizing the need for the adoption of the draft, proposed his colleagues to vote in favour of the draft law.

The draft was endorsed.