BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 6. A meeting of
Azerbaijan’s Parliamentary Committee on Agricultural Policy has
discussed an amendment to the law on “Tobacco and tobacco
products”, reflecting the establishment of conditions for
registering importers of the products, Trend reports.

The amendment envisions to establish the following
conditions:

– conducting activities for the manufacturing of tobacco
products in Azerbaijan for not less than one year;

– absence of overdue obligations for taxes and other mandatory
payments in Azerbaijan, as well as the absence of a valid decision
that the entity is a risky taxpayer according to the national Tax
Code;

– possession of a document confirming ownership, use, or lease
of the object where business activity is carried out, registered
with the tax authorities (if the activity of the entrepreneurship
entity is related to a subject (object) of economic activity);

– registration of entrepreneurship entities engaged in the
import of tobacco products shall be canceled in cases of violation
of the registration conditions established by this law (except in
cases where they do not have overdue obligations for taxes and
other mandatory payments in Azerbaijan), as well as in cases
specified in Article 26.1 of the national law “On licenses and
permits”.

To note, Azerbaijan reduced imports of tobacco and tobacco
products by 4.9 percent from January through February 2024 compared
to the same period last year, to $16.9 million.

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