A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Azerbaijan guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
Central Bank of Azerbaijan — banking laws
Collects banking and credit legislation within the Central Bank’s supervisory framework; permission depends on the precise financial activity.
Open the legal source ↗Central Bank of Azerbaijan — insurance laws
Provides insurance-sector legislative materials; supervisory requirements and the interpretation of an individual policy are distinct questions.
Open the legal source ↗Civil Code of Azerbaijan — Central Bank translation
Provides civil-law rules on persons, property and obligations; compare the English translation with the current Azerbaijani consolidation.
Open the legal source ↗Competition and consumer authority — official questions and answers
Explains consumer rights and procurement access; identifies the Civil Code and consumer-protection legislation as relevant to restrictive contract terms.
Open the legal source ↗Competition authority — Competition Code implementation
Explains implementation of the Competition Code, including horizontal and vertical agreements and criteria for dominant market positions.
Open the legal source ↗Competition authority — public procurement
Explains the public procurement function and electronic tender portal; the enacted law and particular tender govern substantive requirements.
Open the legal source ↗Constitution — Digital Development and Transport Ministry translation
Contains constitutional rights and institutional provisions, including protection of private information; statutory remedies require separate analysis.
Open the legal source ↗Digital Development and Transport Ministry — personal-data requirements
Describes domestic personal-data duties, including information-system registration and organisational and technical safeguards.
Open the legal source ↗Digital Development and Transport Ministry — responsible AI implementation
Describes national AI-strategy implementation and work on legal mechanisms; distinguish adopted rules from documents still being prepared.
Open the legal source ↗Labour Code of Azerbaijan — ILO NATLEX text
Contains the national labour framework; the supplied translation must be checked against subsequent Azerbaijani amendments and implementing measures.
Open the legal source ↗Law on Arbitration — official Presidency publication
Regulates arbitration agreements, institutions, proceedings and recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards under the newer national framework.
Open the legal source ↗Law on Investment Activity — official ministry translation
Provides the statutory investment-activity framework; permissions, incentives and subsequent amendments require transaction-specific review.
Open the legal source ↗Migration Code — State Migration Service translation
Addresses foreign nationals’ entry, stay and residence, including category-specific grounds; current amendments and employment permissions require separate checking.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Economy — investment promotion mechanism
Explains investment-promotion certificates and their connection to statutory tax and customs incentives, distinct from general permission to operate.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Energy — laws
Lists energy, electricity, renewable-generation and efficiency legislation, with separate instruments for different sector activities.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — codes and legislation collection
Official access point for national codes and related legal materials; locate the operative instrument and amendments for the relevant issue.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — e-Qanun legal database information
Explains the unified official legal-act database used to trace national legislation and current text versions.
Open the legal source ↗State Tax Service — legislation
Provides the Tax Code and related tax materials for liabilities, administration and taxpayer remedies; use the relevant operative version.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
Identify the legal issue and relevant date, then check the current primary material and any procedural guidance. Record the version consulted and distinguish official text from translations or commentary.
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