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LAW OF THE AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

of July 14, 2026 No. 454-VIIQD

About introduction of amendments to the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About information, informatization and information security"

Millie Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic, being guided by Items 10, 20 and 23 parts I of article 94 of the Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic, decides:

In the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About information, informatization and information security" (The collection of legal acts of the Azerbaijan Republic, 1998, No. 6, Article 364 (volume I); 2024, No. 1, Article 18, No. 7, Article 769; 2025, No. 7, Article 626; 2026, No. 1, Article 17; The Law of the Azerbaijan Republic No. 387-VIIGD of April 21, 2026) to make the following changes:

1. Under Article 1:

1.1. after the word "protection" in the first part to add the word "information security, including ensuring cyber security";

1.2. after the word "Law" in the second part to add the word "Code of Penal Procedure of the Azerbaijan Republic", "About Operational and Search Activities", "About Intelligence and Counterintelligence Activities";

1.3. Add the third part of the following content:

"The production which is carried out according to this Law is performed taking into account requirements of the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About administrative production", the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About administrative production", the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic "About the state secret", and also the laws "About Trade Secret", "About Personal Data" and other laws of the Azerbaijan Republic regulating the financial markets.

2. By the first part of Article 2:

2.1. state the first paragraph in the following edition:

"The basic concepts used for the purposes of this Law have the following values:";

2.2. at the end of the thirty fourth paragraph to replace point with semicolon, and with thirty fifth on fifty third paragraphs to add following provisions:

"information infrastructure - set of information and telecommunication networks, Internet and information resources, information resources and systems, including automated control systems;

the subject of information infrastructure - local government body, the physical person or legal entity performing the property rights, uses and orders of object of information infrastructure and also state body (organization) to which object of information infrastructure is transferred;

object of information infrastructure - the information and telecommunication networks, information resources and systems which are part of information infrastructure or which can be information infrastructure separately, including automated control systems;

the information infrastructure performing socially significant functions - activities in the areas which are of great importance for the country and society including provision of services, except for critical information infrastructure, and also information infrastructure of the protected persons protected and strategic objects and subjects of intelligence and counterintelligence activities; information infrastructure which violation of functional activities or limited availability of which seriously harms political, social and economic stability of the country;

cyber security - protection of information infrastructure against cyberthreats, cyber attacks and cyber-incidents and ensuring cyberstability (resistance to cyber-incidents, capability to support activities during such incidents and afterwards to recover it in the operational mode);

pro-active researches in the field of cyber security - collection and information analysis about cyberthreats, their sources, means and methods of making;

The center of response to computer incidents (further - CERT) - specialized agency or the structure performing preventive measures on identification of cases, events and the facts of violations of cyber security of information infrastructure, investigation of their reasons, and also their prevention;

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