Baku, March 15, 2026 – The Europe Today: The State Service for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control operating under the Ministry of Economy of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has been officially abolished under a new decree that entered into force on March 6.
According to the document, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has been tasked with preparing proposals within two months to harmonize the acts of the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic with the decree and submit them for approval.
The Cabinet of Ministers must also ensure that its own legal acts are brought into compliance with the decree and report the results to the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly within the same timeframe. Additionally, it has been instructed to supervise the alignment of normative legal acts issued by central executive authorities with the decree and provide updates on the implementation process.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has been assigned the responsibility of ensuring that normative legal acts issued by central executive bodies are brought into conformity with the decree and to inform the Cabinet of Ministers accordingly.
The State Service for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control was originally established on April 27, 2018, by an order signed by Vasif Talibov. Later, on May 2, 2023, the service was incorporated into the structure of the Ministry of Economy through a decree signed by Azer Zeynalov.
In a related development, another decree signed on the same date by Bakhtiyar Mammadov abolished the “Nakhchivan Automobile Transport Agency,” a public legal entity that had operated under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
