BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 28. President of the
Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on the
approval of the "Regulation on the Electronic Register and Cadastre
of Immovable Property Information System" and the regulation of
certain related matters.


The text of the document has been published on the official
website of the President of Azerbaijan.


According to the decree, the "Regulation on the Electronic
Register and Cadastre of Immovable Property Information System"
(hereinafter referred to as the "Regulation") has been
approved.


According to the decree, it has been established that the State
Service for Property Issues under the Ministry of Economy of
Azerbaijan acts as the owner of the "Electronic Register and
Cadastre of Immovable Property" information system (hereinafter
referred to as "DERKIS"), while the "State Cadastre and Register of
Immovable Property", a public legal entity subordinate to the said
Service, acts as its operator.


The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan must resolve matters
arising from this decree.


The Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan must:


- take the necessary measures for the establishment,
maintenance, organization of operations, and development of
DERKIS;


- within a period of eighteen months:


- must ensure the entry into DERKIS of documents and data, as
envisaged in Clause 4.2 of the Regulation and prepared (or issued)
prior to the entry into force of this decree, that are currently
held within the information resources of entities subordinate to
the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan (whether or not they are part
of the ministry’s formal structure).


It must ensure the migration of data contained in the Electronic
Cadastral Land Registration Information System to DERKIS, as well
as the termination of the operations of the Electronic Cadastral
Land Registration Information System.


In coordination with the Ministry of Digital Development and
Transport of Azerbaijan, and in accordance with the "Government
Cloud (G-cloud) Concept" (approved by Decree No. 718 of the
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated June 3, 2019), it
must take measures to host, maintain, and enhance DERKİS within the
"Government Cloud." Furthermore, it must ensure the inclusion of
DERKIS in the "Unified Register of State Information Resources,
Systems, and Electronic Services" and in the state register of
information systems containing personal data.


The Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan
must, within a period of eighteen months, take the necessary
measures, in coordination with the state bodies (institutions) that
hold within their information resources the documents and data
referred to in Clause 4.2 of the Regulation (which were prepared or
issued prior to the entry into force of this decree), to ensure the
transmission of said documents and data to DERKIS via the
E-Government Information System. At the same time, jointly with the
State Service for Special Communication and Information Security of
Azerbaijan, and taking into account Part 1 of this decree, it must
ensure the implementation of measures arising from the requirements
of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No.
263 dated September 12, 2018, "On the approval of the Rules for the
formation, maintenance, integration, and archiving of state
information resources and systems' and on certain measures related
to e-government."


The following amendments shall be made to Part 2 of the decree
of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 113 dated March
12, 1999, "On the implementation of the law of Azerbaijan on the
State Cadastre of Immovable Property, Land Monitoring, and Land
Management” (Collection of Legislation of Azerbaijan, 1999, No. 3,
Article 165 (Volume I); Decree of the President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan No. 784 dated September 2, 2026).


According to the document, Part 1 of the decree of the President
of the Republic of Azerbaijan No. 818 dated March 7, 2016, "On
additional measures in the sphere of regulation of land relations
in Azerbaijan" (Collection of Legislation of Azerbaijan, 2016, No.
3, Article 439 (Volume I); 2024, No. 7, Article 823), is
repealed.