Freedom of Information Center of Armenia.

Thanks to the consistent efforts of the Freedom of Information Center, the results of the checkups by the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets were posted on this service’s section on the official website of the RA Ministry of Economy (www.mineconomy.am).

Note that over the recent period, the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets had performed controversial checkups about violations of requirements set out by technical regulations and normative standardization documentation on non food products and services provided by economic entities, on which consumers were getting information, moreover non complete information only from media.

Therefore, the FOICA applied to the Head of the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets Levon Khalikyan with the request #183, 6 of 05.10.2012, asking to inform where and with what procedure the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets publishes information subject to mandatory publication in accordance with part 3 of Article 7 of the RA Law “On Freedom of Information” (hereafter the Law).

In response to the request, the Head of the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets Levon Khalikyan has sent a letter which reads that the necessary information has been posted on the website of the Ministry of Economy at: www.mineconomy.am.

However, there was no information whatsoever subject to mandatory publication in accordance with part 3 of Article 7 of the Law on the part of the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets on the website of the RA Ministry of Economy at www.mineconomy.am, in particular there is no such information on the section of the the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets: www.mineconomy.am/arm/49/gortsaruyt.html.

FOICA had applied on 20.11.2012 to the RA Minister of Economy, asking to ensure, within a reasonably short period but no more than during seven days, that the information related to the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets and prescribed by part 3 of Article 7 of the Law be posted on the website of the RA Ministry of Economy.

As of December 3, 2012, the summary reports of 2011 and 2012, the documents necessary during checkups, guidance for filling out checklists, address, phone numbers of the Inspectorate as well as legislative package within which the State Inspectorate for Surveillance of Markets functions are now posted on the section of the aforementioned agency on the official website of the RA Ministry of Economy.