On National Regulatory Bodies
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Law of Georgia
On National Regulatory Bodies
Law of Georgia of 20 November 2013 No. 1584 – website, 03.12.2013.
Article 1. Objectives of the Law🔗
1. The objective of this Law is to create a solid legal basis and a complete institutional environment for the stable functioning of the national regulatory bodies operating in Georgia, so that in various sectors of the economy a balance between the interests of licence holders and consumers, and the efficient pricing and supply of services and goods, is ensured.
2. This Law establishes: the independence of the national regulatory bodies operating in Georgia from any political pressure, from improper influence and unlawful interference by State bodies or other persons, as well as from any other action that may infringe their independence; the authority to exercise complete regulation of a specific sector; responsibility for ensuring the transparency and reliability of the decision-making procedure; the basic principles of the establishment, operation and organisation of national regulatory bodies.
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Article 2. Scope of the Law🔗
1. This Law applies to all bodies which, in accordance with this Law and other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia, are national regulatory bodies.
2. The national regulatory bodies operating in Georgia are:
a) the National Communications Commission of Georgia;
b) the National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission of Georgia.
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Article 3. Definition of Terms🔗
The terms used in this Law have the following meaning:
a) Improper influence and unlawful interference – an act of a person, in particular, influence, interference, obstruction or other influence on the results of ongoing proceedings in the national regulatory body or on its adoption of decisions or on the free and independent deliberations of a member of the Commission or on the activities of the staff of the apparatus, in a manner that does not comply with this Law and other legislative and subordinate normative acts of Georgia, with the aim of obtaining a benefit or special treatment;
b) decision – a legal act adopted by the national regulatory body on the basis of law (resolution, decision, etc.);
c) national regulatory body – a Legal Entity of Public Law with special legal capacity, established for the purpose of regulating a field determined by the State, which does not have a state supervisory body, is independent from state bodies and acts within the powers established by this Law and the relevant law;
d) independence – the ability of both the national regulatory body and a member of the Commission to exercise, without improper influence and unlawful interference, the powers provided for by the relevant law of the national regulatory body, including to consider, examine and decide issues assigned to its powers; any interference by any state body in the activities of the national regulatory body, control of these activities and requesting a report in connection with the said activities shall be inadmissible, unless this is directly provided for by the relevant law;
e) member of the Commission – a person who, in accordance with the procedure established by this Law and the relevant law of the national regulatory body, is appointed as a member of this national regulatory body on the basis of an appropriate act;
f) family member – the father, mother, spouse, child of a member of the Commission;
g) political pressure – the exercise of improper influence and unlawful interference motivated by political opinions, or by a person's (or group of persons') desire to achieve political goals;
h) powers – the rights and duties defined by the relevant law of the national regulatory body and specially delegated to this national regulatory body;
i) legal capacity – the ability of a person to have rights and duties;
j) relevant law – a Law of Georgia that defines the main functions and rights and duties of the national regulatory body;
k) person – natural persons and legal persons with any organizational-legal form, as well as state authorities, executive authority institutions, other state bodies, municipal bodies;
l) Regulation – within the limits of the authority established by the relevant law, adoption of legal acts by the national regulatory body, issuance of licences/permits, implementation of monitoring, coordination, supervision and control over the fulfilment of licence/permit conditions;
m) Public Defender of Consumer Interests (Public Defender) – defender of consumer interests in the relevant service sector.
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Law of Georgia of 24 September 2009 No. 1693 - LHG I, No. 29, 12.10.2009, Art. 176
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Law of Georgia No. 6969 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.07.2020.
Article 4. Principles of the Law🔗
1. The national regulatory body shall be guided in its activities by the principles of independence, publicity and accountability.
2. Interference in the activities of the national regulatory body, control of these activities and the demanding of a report in connection with the said activities shall be inadmissible, unless this is directly provided for by the relevant law.
3. The main principles determining independence are:
a) the inadmissibility of any kind of control over the national regulatory body; submission of a report only to the President of Georgia, the Government of Georgia and the Parliament of Georgia in the manner established by the relevant law;
b) determination of the liability of the national regulatory body and of a member of the commission through a court, unless otherwise provided by the legislation of Georgia;
c) appointment of the members of the commission only in the manner established by the relevant law;
d) the inadmissibility of transferring the public functions conferred by the relevant law (including the function of balancing the interests of licence holders and consumers) to other bodies and persons of private law.
e) the legal separation and functional independence of the national regulatory body from any public institution and legal entity of private law;
f) when exercising regulatory authority in the relevant regulated field, the independence of a member of the national regulatory body and of a person employed in the apparatus of the national regulatory body from any public or commercial interest, including from the influence of a governmental or other public institution and of a legal entity of private law;
g) the right of the national regulatory body, for the performance of its functions in the manner and under the conditions established by this Law and other legislative acts, to take decisions independently of any political body, to have and independently dispose of its own separate annual budget, and to have its own adequate human and financial resources.
4. If a body, in accordance with the relevant law, does not act simultaneously by all the principles referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article or acts by different rules or procedures, it shall not be considered a national regulatory body.
5. The national regulatory body shall be obliged to organise public hearings on the exercise of licensing and tariff powers in the manner established by Chapter IX of the General Administrative Code of Georgia. The adoption of a decision without such a procedure shall render the said decision void.
6. Only a court shall have the right to review a decision of the national regulatory body, in the manner established by Article 18 of this Law.
7. The requirement of paragraph 5 of this Article shall not apply to decisions adopted before the entry into force of this Law.
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Article 5. Procedure for the Establishment and Powers of the National Regulatory Body🔗
1. The Parliament of Georgia elects the members of the National Regulatory Body, whose candidacies, upon the submission of the Government of Georgia, the President of Georgia submits to the Parliament of Georgia for election.
2. The matters assigned to the competence of the National Regulatory Body shall be determined by the relevant law. This authority is free from undue influence and unlawful interference.
3. The National Regulatory Body and a member of the Commission shall have full independence, within the framework of the relevant law, in taking decisions on the matters assigned to their competence and in performing lawful actions. When a member of the Commission performs professional duties, undue influence and unlawful interference against him/her shall be inadmissible.
4. Undue influence and unlawful interference, or an attempt at such influence and interference, in respect of the plan, belief, decision, action or inaction of the National Regulatory Body, a member of the Commission or an employee of the apparatus shall be unlawful, while the taking of a decision through undue influence and unlawful interference results in the invalidity of such decision.
5. A member of the Commission shall be entitled to apply to a court with a request for the purpose of preventing and/or halting undue influence and unlawful interference against him/her.
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Article 6. Independence🔗
1. The National Regulatory Body and a member of the Commission shall be independent within the scope of their activities and shall be subject only to the legislation of Georgia. Only the National Regulatory Body shall be entitled to exercise full authority over the matters delegated to it by the relevant law.
2. Dual, overlapping regulatory authority shall be inadmissible.
3. Any attempt by any person to exercise jurisdiction over the sphere of competence of the National Regulatory Body shall be unlawful, and the consequences shall have no legal force.
4. The National Regulatory Body may expand, cooperate, receive consultations or have other relations with international organizations (associations) and foundations and local non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities that have the same or similar sphere of competence as this regulatory body.
5. It shall be inadmissible for the National Regulatory Body to conclude a contract that imposes certain obligations on Georgia, except in cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia.
Law of Georgia of 14 December 2006 No. 3970 – LHG I, No. 48, 22.12.2006, Art. 337
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Article 7. Financial independence🔗
1. The expenses of the national regulatory body shall be financed from the regulatory fee and other revenues provided by the legislation of Georgia.
2. Every person who carries out or intends to carry out activity within the sphere of the powers of the national regulatory body shall be obliged to pay the regulatory fee.
3. The regulatory fee shall be set so as to be sufficient to cover the expenses determined by the budget of the national regulatory body. It shall be transferred to a separate bank account for the use of the respective regulatory body, which shall have full authority for its designated use.
4. Funds unused by the national regulatory body in the current year shall be carried over to the account of the following year and shall be taken into account when the regulatory fee is changed.
5. The receipt of the regulatory fee by the national regulatory body is not an economic activity.
Law of Georgia No. 1859 of 1 July 2005 - LHG I, No. 38, 15.07.2005, Art. 259
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Article 8. Budget🔗
1. The national regulatory body shall annually, within the period established by the respective law, develop its own budget.
2. The expenditure part of the budget of the national regulatory body shall consist of the current and capital expenses annually necessary for the exercise of the powers conferred by the respective law, as well as the expenses provided by the first paragraph of Article 17 of this Law.
3. It shall be inadmissible for the national regulatory body to establish from its own budget a legal entity with charitable purposes, or to incur such expenses (including for the purpose of providing various types of assistance or sponsorship) as do not correspond to the functions determined for it by the respective law.
4. The requirements of paragraph 3 of this Article shall not apply to membership fees paid by the national regulatory body in connection with membership in international organisations (associations) and foundations and local non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities, as well as to the financing by the national regulatory body of non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities founded on the basis of and in accordance with the law, which shall be reflected in the budget of the national regulatory body.
Law of Georgia No. 3970 of 14 December 2006 - LHG I, No. 48, 22.12.2006, Art. 337
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Law of Georgia No. 1932 of 23 December 2017 – website, 11.01.2018
Article 9. Authority to Adopt Normative Acts🔗
1. The national regulatory body shall be entitled, within the scope of its competence, to adopt generally binding rules of conduct of a legal nature (normative acts).
2. A normative act of the national regulatory body is a resolution of the national commission.
3. The national regulatory body shall adopt normative acts in accordance with the Law of Georgia "On Normative Acts".
Law of Georgia of 1 July 2005 No. 1859 - LHG I, No. 38, 15.07.2005, Art. 259
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Article 10. Licensing and Permit Authority🔗
1. The national regulatory body shall have full authority, within the scope of its competence, to issue licences and permits, to suspend their validity, to extend the term of their validity, to modify them, and to revoke them.
2. Interference with the licensing and permit authority of the national regulatory body and control over that authority shall be inadmissible.
3. (Removed).
4. (Removed).
Law of Georgia of 24 June 2005 No. 1796 - LHG I, No. 38, 15.07.2005, Art. 254
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Article 11. Tariff Authority🔗
1. The national regulatory body shall have full authority to establish and regulate tariffs in the sphere of its competence, within the limits provided by law.
2. Interference with the tariff authority of the national regulatory body and control over that authority shall be inadmissible.
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Article 12. Authority to Resolve Disputes🔗
1. The national regulatory body shall be entitled to resolve disputes relating to matters assigned to its competence between holders of licences and/or permits issued by this regulatory body or between holders of licences and/or permits and consumers.
2. Decisions of the national regulatory body on disputes provided for by paragraph 1 of this article may be appealed to a court in accordance with the procedure established by Article 18 of this Law.
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Article 13. Protection of Consumer Rights🔗
1. One of the main functions of the National Regulatory Body is to provide consumers with public information, to consider and resolve their applications and complaints. Applications and complaints shall be received on every working day.
2. A consumer's application and complaint shall be considered by way of a public hearing, except for the exceptions established by the General Administrative Code of Georgia and cases where the resolution of the disputed issues does not require the implementation of organised procedures. The National Regulatory Body shall be obliged to invite the interested parties not less than 7 days before holding the public hearing. Publication of the notice on the invitation may be effected by any means. The notice shall indicate the issue to be considered at the public hearing, the date, place and time of the hearing.
3. The public hearing shall be chaired by an authorised official, who shall be obliged to ensure the examination of circumstances material to the case, the requesting of documentation related to the issue, and the exercise by the persons present of their right to express their own opinion. A record of the public hearing shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
4. The main purpose of the public hearing shall be the resolution of the disputed issue between the parties by settlement.
5. Based on the legislation of Georgia, the National Regulatory Body shall adopt a decision on the public hearing, the implementation of which shall be binding on the parties. The decision may be appealed in accordance with the established procedure and within the established time limits.
6. Other procedural issues of the consideration and resolution of consumer applications and complaints shall be determined by a decision of the National Regulatory Body.
7. In order to create additional guarantees for the protection of consumer interests, a Service of the Public Defender of Consumer Interests shall be formed under the regulatory body, independently of the apparatus of the regulatory commission.
Law of Georgia of 22 July 2003 No. 2535 – LHG I, No. 22, 08.08.2003, Art. 164
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Article 13¹. Personnel authority🔗
1. Only the national regulatory body shall be entitled to:
a) approve the structure and staffing list of the apparatus of the national regulatory body;
b) determine the labour remuneration of a person employed in the apparatus of the national regulatory body;
c) establish basic requirements, special requirements and additional qualification requirements for the employment of a person in the apparatus of the national regulatory body; select and appoint a person for appointment in the apparatus of the national regulatory body; promote, transfer and dismiss a person employed in the apparatus of the national regulatory body.
2. A public competition shall be announced in the national regulatory body to fill a vacant position of every hierarchical rank. The procedure and conditions for holding a competition for the employment of a person, as well as the procedure for the establishment and operation of the competition commission, shall be determined by the regulation on holding a competition approved by the national regulatory body.
3. In order to determine the need for the promotion, improvement of professional skills, encouragement and raising of the relevant qualification of a person employed in the apparatus of the national regulatory body, the national regulatory body shall, in accordance with the procedure determined by it, evaluate this person and the work performed by him/her and establish a mandatory professional development programme for the said person.
4. The procedure for the promotion, transfer, encouragement and awarding of bonuses to a person employed in the apparatus of the national regulatory body shall be determined by the relevant regulation approved by the national regulatory body.
Law of Georgia of 30 June 2017 No. 1186 – website, 10.07.2017.
Article 14. Member of the Commission🔗
1. A member of the Commission shall be appointed to and dismissed from office in accordance with the procedure established by the relevant law.
2. Unless otherwise provided by the relevant law, a member of the Commission shall be dismissed from office on one of the following grounds:
a) entry into legal force of a court's conviction judgment;
b) violation of ethical norms;
c) failure to perform professional duties within the period established by the relevant law. This period shall not include the days used, within the scope determined by the legislation of Georgia, on account of pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, or adoption of a newborn;
c¹) violation of the independence requirements established by this Law and the relevant legislative acts;
c²) violation of the requirements of incompatibility of office established by the Law of Georgia "On Combating Corruption";
d) recognition by a court of a member of the Commission as missing, declaration as deceased, or recognition as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by the court's judgment;
e) loss of Georgian citizenship;
f) resignation;
g) death.
3. A member of the Commission shall have the right to appeal the decision on dismissal from office in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
Law of Georgia of 20 November 2013 No. 1584 – website, 03.12.2013.
Law of Georgia of 20 March 2015 No. 3377 – website, 31.03.2015.
Law of Georgia of 20 December 2019 No. 5649 – website, 27.12.2019.
Law of Georgia of 30 November 2022 No. 2221 – website, 15.12.2022.
Article 15. Ethical norms🔗
1. In connection with ethics and conflict of interest, a member of the Commission shall be subject to the rule established by this Law and by the relevant law.
2. A member of the Commission shall be obliged to suspend membership of a political party throughout the entire period of being a member of the Commission. It shall be inadmissible to create a political party, a public organisation or their structural units in the national regulatory body and its apparatus.
3. A member of the Commission and a member of his/her family, as well as an employee of the apparatus of the national regulatory body, shall not be entitled to have a direct or indirect economic interest in a licence holder, or to hold a position in an enterprise holding a licence.
4. A member of the Commission and an employee of the apparatus shall not be entitled to receive a gift from a person or organisation to which the authority of the relevant national regulatory body extends, or to benefit from preferential or free services of the same person or organisation, except where the said is available to everyone.
5. A member of the Commission and an employee of the apparatus shall be entitled to be customers of a person to which the authority of the relevant national regulatory body extends.
6. A member of the Commission shall be obliged to complete and submit a declaration of property status in the manner established by the Law of Georgia "On Combating Corruption".
Law of Georgia of 2 October 2008 No. 310 - LHG I, No. 24, 20.10.2008, Art. 156
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Article 15¹. Powers of the Public Defender🔗
1. The Public Defender shall have the right to:
a) protect consumer interests;
b) assess the effects of tariff and other regulatory changes on consumers;
c) act as a party before the national regulatory body on behalf of consumers;
d) review all documents and materials that, under the legislation of Georgia, are permitted to be made available for review by the national regulatory body;
e) represent an individual consumer in a dispute with a service-providing company;
f) participate in the preparation, by the legislative and executive authorities, of draft normative acts that may affect consumer interests.
2. For the purpose of protecting consumer interests, the Public Defender shall have assistants of the relevant speciality.
3. The activity of the Public Defender is a constituent activity of regulation, shall be financed from the regulatory fee paid to the relevant national regulatory body, and shall be reflected in the budget of that national regulatory body.
4. The salary of the Public Defender shall be determined by the competitive selection conditions for the Public Defender.
5. The Public Defender and his/her assistants shall not be entitled to receive any remuneration from consumers.
6. The participation of the Public Defender in proceedings shall not restrict other parties that may represent consumers.
7. This Chapter shall not restrict the rights and obligations of the national regulatory body and its staff to protect consumers in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.
Law of Georgia No. 2535 of 22 July 2003 – LHG I, No. 22, 08.08.2003, Art. 164
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Article 15². Appointment of the Public Defender and the Assistant to the Public Defender and Term of Authority🔗
1. The Public Defender shall be selected through an open competition, in accordance with the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia. On the basis of a decision of the competition commission for the selection of the Public Defender, within 10 days, the chairperson of the respective national regulatory body shall issue an order on the appointment of the Public Defender.
2. (Removed – 06.12.2018, No. 3884).
3. The chairperson of the respective national regulatory body shall appoint the Assistant to the Public Defender for the term of authority of the Public Defender, on the basis of a submission by the Public Defender.
4. The effect of Articles 29 and 32 of the Law of Georgia on Public Service shall not apply to the procedure for the appointment of the Assistant to the Public Defender.
5. The salary of the Assistant to the Public Defender shall be set by the chairperson of the respective national regulatory body on the basis of a submission by the Public Defender.
6. The Public Defender shall be appointed for a term of 5 years.
7. Early dismissal of the Public Defender shall be possible only in the event of a violation of the requirements of Articles 15³ and 15⁴ of this Law or on one of the following grounds:
a) on the basis of a personal application;
b) upon entry into legal force of a guilty verdict of a court;
c) upon recognition by a court of the person as missing, declaration of the person as deceased or recognition of the person as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment.
Law of Georgia No. 2535 of 22 July 2003 – LHG I, No. 22, 08.08.2003, Art. 164
Law of Georgia No. 4528 of 8 April 2011 – website, 02.05.2011
Law of Georgia No. 6566 of 28 June 2012 – website, 09.07.2012
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Law of Georgia No. 3377 of 20 March 2015 – website, 31.03.2015
Law of Georgia No. 3884 of 6 December 2018 – website, 14.12.2018
Article 15³. Qualification and Official🔗
Incompatibility of the Public Defender
1. The Public Defender shall have a higher legal education, qualified knowledge of the respective field of natural monopolies and of consumer rights, and the authority to carry out advocacy activity.
2. The Public Defender may not be a member of any party.
3. All requirements that apply to an official shall apply to the Public Defender in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Georgia on Combating Corruption.
Law of Georgia No. 2535 of 22 July 2003 – LHG I, No. 22, 08.08.2003, Art. 164
Law of Georgia No. 4385 of 27 October 2015 – website,
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Law of Georgia No. 132 of 21 December 2016 – website, 28.12.2016
Law of Georgia No. 2221 of 30 November 2022 – website, 15.12.2022
Article 15⁴. Publicity🔗
The Public Defender shall submit to the relevant national regulatory body, not later than March of each year, the financial statements of the previous year and a report on the activities carried out, and shall also provide them to the public through the press and other mass media. The expenses of the Public Defender's Service shall be reflected as a separate article in the budget of the relevant national regulatory body.
Law of Georgia of 22 July 2003 No. 2535 - LHG I, No. 22, 08.08.2003, Art. 164
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Article 16. Meetings of the national regulatory body. Confidentiality of information🔗
1. Meetings of the national regulatory body shall be public, except in cases provided for by the relevant law. Decisions of the national regulatory body shall be published in accordance with the established procedure.
2. The national regulatory body shall be obliged to keep the minutes of meetings and other relevant documentation for not less than 7 years. A member of the Commission and interested persons shall have the right to receive without hindrance all records and other documents held by the relevant national regulatory body.
3. All decisions, records and other documents of the national regulatory body shall be available for public discussion. The rules for protecting the confidentiality of information held by the national regulatory body shall be determined by that national regulatory body in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.
4. The national regulatory body shall be obliged to organise public discussions on the issuance, modification or revocation of licences, the suspension of their validity, as well as on the setting, change or revocation of tariffs, before taking decisions on the said matters, in accordance with the procedure established by Chapter IX of the General Administrative Code of Georgia. Decisions taken without such procedure shall be void.
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Article 17. Submission of report🔗
The national regulatory body shall annually prepare a report on its activities and shall conduct a financial audit of its expenses and accounting accounts in accordance with international accounting standards. The Parliament of Georgia shall be entitled to decide to conduct an audit of the execution of the budget approved by the national regulatory body, which shall be carried out by an independent auditor selected in accordance with the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia. The funds for the remuneration of the auditor selected to examine the financial activities shall in all cases be paid by the national regulatory body. The national regulatory body shall publicly publish the report on its activities and the results of the financial audit.
Law of Georgia of 1 July 2005 No. 1859 - LHG I, No. 38, 15.07.2005, Art. 259
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Article 18. Appeal against a decision of the national regulatory body🔗
A decision of the national regulatory body may, in accordance with jurisdiction, be appealed to the Constitutional Court of Georgia and the common courts of Georgia.
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Article 19. Liability🔗
Violation of the requirements of this Law entails liability in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.
Article 20. Measures related to the entry into force of the Law🔗
1. Within 5 months from the publication of this Law, the Georgian National Energy Regulatory Commission and the Georgian National Communications Commission shall develop and adopt the following regulatory rules:
a) on the professional and ethical conduct of the members of the commission and the employees of the staff, including ex parte communication rules and rules of conduct of former members of the commission and former employees of the staff in relation to matters connected with the commission;
b) on procedures for relations with the mass media;
c) on the storage of and access to the decisions, records and other documentation of the commission, including confidential information and information received during deliberations;
d) on procedures for holding public hearings to ensure transparency of the regulatory process and public participation;
e) on procedures for receiving, considering and deciding applications on licences, tariffs and other matters within the competence of the commission;
f) on procedures for preparing and publishing the decisions of the commission;
g) on investigating and responding to facts of possible violation of the decisions of the commission;
h) on the consideration and resolution of disputes between licence holders, as well as between licence holders and consumers;
i) on procedures for receiving, considering and deciding complaints of consumers.
2. Within 3 months from the publication of this Law, the executive authority of Georgia shall prepare and submit to the Parliament of Georgia a draft law on amendments and additions to the Law of Georgia "On Consumer Rights Protection", with the aim of strengthening mechanisms for the protection of consumer rights in the spheres regulated by independent regulatory bodies defined by this Law.
3. The powers of the public defender defined by this Law shall extend to the consumer rights defender selected by open competition in the national regulatory body before the adoption of this Law.
Law of Georgia of 22 July 2003 No. 2535 – LHG I, No. 22, 08.08.2003, Art. 164
Article 20¹. (removed)🔗
Law of Georgia of 17 February 2006 No. 2673 – LHG I, No. 6, 24.02.2006, Art. 51
Law of Georgia of 31 March 2006 No. 2829 – LHG I, No. 9, 31.03.2006, Art. 70
Law of Georgia of 30 March 2007 No. 4595 – LHG I, No. 11, 10.04.2007, Art. 99
Article 21. Entry into force of the Law🔗
This Law shall enter into force on 15 October 2002.
President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze
Tbilisi,
13 September 2002.
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