All public and legal notifications in Armenia to be digitized 

ArmInfo. In Armenia, the mechanism of notification via publication in the press will be completely replaced by an electronic system. At its April 14 session, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia will discuss  amendments to the law "On Public Notification via the Internet" and a package of related laws in its second reading.

According to RA Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan, several  laws are  currently in effect in Armenia  that require mandatory publication of  various information in the press with a certain circulation. For  example, this applies to press notification of bankruptcies, tenders,  recognition of priority public interest, the activities of the  Corruption Prevention Commission, banks and insurance companies, etc.  The Minister emphasized that this requirement was relevant in the  past, when print media was the main source of public information, and  such standards were aimed at ensuring access to information for a  wide range of people and at informing the public. However, in recent  years, the rapid development of information technology, the  availability of digital platforms, and the scale of information  dissemination through them have proven the obsoleteness of publishing  information in the print media, which has lost its former  distribution nature and its role. Furthermore, the process of  publishing in the print media has become quite expensive. All this  leads to limited actual access to information for a wide range of  people and additional costs. Therefore, publications in the print  media cannot currently be considered an effective or accessible form  of information dissemination. Furthermore, Article 3 of the document  stipulates that in cases specified by law or other normative legal  act, when public notification is provided for by publication of  information in the press, the public notification must also be posted  on the official website of the Republic of Armenia, azdarar.am. This  means that in two cases of public notification, publication of the  information on the official website azdarar.am is mandatory. Public  notification in the print media will no longer be required.  Banks  and credit institutions will be able to post their reports on their  websites.

The minister also announced the imminent launch of another electronic  platform, Hartak.am, which will present all notifications, including  those from the judicial and legal system, as well as those from  citizens.  Access to this system will be achieved solely by  identification. There is every indication that this platform will be  operational as early as next month, but it will become fully  accessible within three months, once the bylaws are adopted. Galyan  announced that the draft amendments to the Water Code have been  removed from the package.