The event provided detailed information on the substance of the technical regulations, their role in ensuring consumer safety and the advantages that their application will create for market participants, and participants’ comments and proposals were heard.

Jointly organised by the Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the Agency) and the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA), a public hearing and discussion was held at the Baku SME House on the draft technical regulations “On the Safety of Low-Voltage Electrical Installations and Equipment”, prepared by the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and “On the Electromagnetic Compatibility of Technical Means”, prepared by the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Rauf Taghiyev, Deputy Head of the SME Friend Department at SMBDA, and Nazrin Mirzazada, Deputy Head of the Standardisation, Technical Regulation and Certification Department of the Agency, delivered speeches at the event.

In the speeches, the advantages of the draft technical regulations for ensuring the circulation of safe and high-quality products on the domestic market, protecting consumer interests and strengthening a competitiveness-enhancing environment for business entities were discussed. Entrepreneurs were also called on to participate actively in public hearings and discussions and to submit their proposals.

During the event, Rugiyya Ismayilova, representative of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Gulam Abdullayev, representative of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan, gave presentations on the areas covered by the draft technical regulations, key safety requirements, their application in the conformity assessment process and other important aspects.

The question-and-answer session held at the end of the meeting was accompanied by active discussions, and participants’ comments and proposals were heard.

For information, the Agency will continue its series of events aimed at the active participation of interested parties in the preparation of technical regulations, including the organisation of public hearings and discussions of other draft technical regulations.

Note: As part of the implementation of the State Programme for 2023–2025 on Aligning the National Standardisation System with International Requirements, approved by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 43 draft national technical regulations have been prepared by the relevant state bodies, and the drafts have been published on the Agency’s official website (https://competition.gov.az/az/page/qanunvericilik/texniki-reqlament-layihelerinin-ictimai-dinlenmesi-ve-muzakiresi) for public hearing and discussion in order to obtain comments and proposals from interested parties.