President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has approved the law on amendments to the decree “On Public Participation”.

According to the amendments:

1. In Article 1.0.4, the words “on relevant issues” are replaced by “as well as on issues of public and local importance discussed by central, local executive authorities and local self-government bodies”; in the same article, after the word “preparation”, an addition follows – “(study)”.

2. In Article 1.0.8, after the word “projects”, an addition follows – “or issues of public and local importance discussed by central, local executive authorities and local self-government bodies”, and the words “central and local executive authorities and local self-government bodies” are replaced by “these bodies”.

3. In Article 7.1.5, the word “public” is followed by an addition – “and local”.

4. In Articles 16.1 and 17.1, the word “projects” is followed by an addition – “or issues of public and local importance under discussion”.