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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

of December 24, 2025 No. ZR-444

About regulating authority of information systems

Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on December 4, 2025

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Subject of regulation of this Law

1. This law regulates procedure for forming and activities of regulating authority of information systems on behalf of the commission on regulation of information systems (further - the commission), the status, requirements imposed to members, the guarantees of independence, the relations connected with service in regulating authority of information systems, circle of powers, control and powers.

Article 2. Status and sphere of powers of the Commission

1. The commission is the autonomous body providing accomplishment of the tasks entering its jurisdiction according to the law, in the field of information systems and cyber security, organizing development of the system of measures for safety of information systems and coordinating implementation of measures for safety of information systems.

2. The commission will organize:

1) development, management, development, placement and use of the national level of identification, including electronic identification of the personality, system of the software for the digital signature and enciphering, platform of information access (hartak.am) and platform of identification "I am";

2) development, management, creation, placement and use of digital architecture, including information access of the state information system in the protected digital circle, government network, data exchange and other levels, management systems the state information system, interdepartmental electronic document management system, their integration with other information systems on the basis of international agreements.

Article 3. Cooperation

1. The commission when implementing the powers cooperates with state bodies and local government bodies, state bodies of foreign states, and also structures of civil society, the international and other organizations, can conclude the memorandums and other documents of the international nature which are not legally binding.

2. The commission performs stipulated by the legislation functions concerning persons, regulated and controlled by other regulating and monitoring bodies provided by the law "About Cyber Security" on the basis of cooperation with these bodies:

1) the commission informs relevant organ on problems of information systems and cyber security in the spheres touching faces, regulated or controlled by other regulating and monitoring bodies;

2) other regulating and monitoring bodies in the cases provided by the law represent the commissions for receipt of the advisory proceeding before adoption of the legal acts concerning information systems and cyber security;

3) the commission chairman and heads of other regulating and monitoring bodies accept joint orders by which are regulated:

and. cases and procedure for exchange of information between the commission and other regulating and monitoring bodies,

. other questions following from the powers of the commission and other regulating and monitoring bodies regulating procedures of cooperation in the field of information systems and cyber security in the respective sphere established by the law and also other questions following from the sphere of competence of the commission and other regulating and monitoring bodies,

century. Procedure and conditions of assistance of the commission in implementation of supervising functions of the regulating and supervisory authority.

Article 4. Main objectives of the Commission

1. Main objectives of the Commission:

1) ensuring stimulation and protection of forming of the single digital circle and digital economy of the Republic of Armenia;

2) ensuring application of this law, other laws and the subordinate regulatory legal acts adopted on their basis, the prevention of their violations;

3) creation of the conditions promoting stimulation of provision of services by means of the state information system in the Republic of Armenia;

4) ensuring cooperation with foreign state information systems and international organizations;

5) participation in development of state policy for the purpose of implementation and development of cyber security, electronic services and systems of electronic control, coordination of processes of digitalization, and also creation of the single digital circle and digital economy;

6) ensuring management of the state information system;

7) work on the organization and management of development of the software for authentication, the digital signature and enciphering;

8) accomplishment of other tasks provided by the law.

2. The commission within the powers allocated for it by the law adopts subordinate legal acts, including normative nature.

3. The commission can publish instructions, the guidelines of advisory nature concerning application of this Law.

Chapter 2. Regulating authority of information systems

Article 5. Structure of the Commission and requirement to members

1. The commission consists of five members: chairman and four members.

2. Positions of members of the commission are autonomous positions.

3. By the member of the commission only the person who is the citizen of the Republic of Armenia, having the higher education and knowing Armenian who has can be designated:

1) at least 10 years of work experience, from which at least five years on political, autonomous, managerial or discretionary positions or on other positions with organizational, managerial, supervising or coordination functions (irrespective of whether work in the public or private sector was performed) or in the field of information technologies or telecommunications (electronic communication), and

2) Knowledge of the legislation in the field of cyber security, data processing, protection, uses of data or telecommunications (electronic communications) confirmed with work experience, the job description provided by the employer or other information.

Article 6. Procedure for forming of the commission

1. The chairman and other members of the commission according to the procedure, established by the constitutional law "Regulations of National Assembly", are appointed by National assembly.

2. The same person cannot be appointed the commission chairman more than two time in a row or the member of the commission to all term of office.

3. Person cannot be appointed the member of the commission:

1) which does not conform to the requirements established by part 3 of article 5 of this Law;

2) to which 65 years were performed;

3) which the judgment which took legal effect acknowledged incapacitated or is limited by capable;

4) it was found guilty of intentional crime by the judgment which took legal effect;

5) which in the procedure established by the law is deprived of the right to hold certain position;

Which 6) has disease interfering position assignment of the judge, provided by the list established by the Government;

7) which within the last five years participated in the authorized capital (share, the share) the commercial organizations performing activities in fields of activity of the Commission;

4. The government has the right to propose the candidate for vacant position of the Commission chairman. The government has the right to propose the candidate for vacant positions of other members of the commission - two members, ruling fraction of National assembly and oppositional fraction of National assembly - on one member. Besides, if in National assembly there are more than one ruling or oppositional fraction, ruling or oppositional fractions of National assembly propose one joint candidate approved in advance for the corresponding vacant position of the member of the commission. In case of promotion of alternate members of the Commission the Government is guided by the principle of promotion of the candidates having the most various professional capabilities and knowledge to provide proper implementation of the powers determined by this Law.

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