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Amendment introduces specific exclusions to state procurement (diplomatic vehicles, exclusive services, HEI accreditation), clarifies definition of 'construction works' & 'economic operator/subcontractor', and makes numerous procedural adjustments across multiple articles. The scope is *not* a broad structural reform but rather targeted changes.
affects:Article 1Article 3Article 7Article 8Article 9Article 10¹Article 12¹Article 13Article 15¹Article 16¹Article 18¹Article 19Article 20⁶Article 21+4
This amendment updates the technical regulations for construction products by revising Annex VII and adding new annexes (VIII-XII) to Governmental Decree No. 476 of October 1, 2018. It establishes staggered enforcement dates for compliance checks on specific sections within Annex VII.
affects:Article 20
Significant revision of domestic animal welfare provisions (Art. 103 et seq.) with cascading effects on related articles.
affects:Article 103Article 103²Article 103⁴Article 107⁴Article 114²Article 125Article 125²Article 125³Article 125⁴Article 130Article 135⁵Article 148Article 150³Article 151+17
Administrative Offences Code: art.239(4^4) reformulated assigning protocol authority for many offences in protected-landscape territories to specific municipality mayoralties (Akhmeta, Kazbegi, Dusheti, Khelvachauri, Gori, Ambrolauri).
affects:Article 239
Administrative Procedure Code: Amends Chapter VII^11 to expand the scope of financial institutions subject to tax authority requests for confidential client information, specifically adding microbanks, payment providers, MFOs, lenders, currency exchangers, brokers, depositaries, registrars, asset managers, investment/factoring companies and platforms. Affects arts. 21^45-21^46.
Expands the definition of financial-sector representative to include factoring companies, factoring platforms and securitization SPVs.
affects:Article 2Article 48Article 52⁷
Tax: Factoring/Financial Platform Information Requests (arts 52^8, 70).
affects:Article 70
Civil Code: Factoring amendments (arts 198/274/286) – exclusion from general pledge rules, treatment of receivables transfer & restrictions on residential property as factoring security.
This amendment extends the timeframe for issuing wood harvesting tickets based on individual social needs and for specific forestry activities in protected areas until January 1, 2027. It also clarifies the effective date of a specific clause within the Forest Code.
affects:Article 93Article 98
Factoring regulation for banks: Defines factoring per the Factoring Law; prohibits bank ownership of factoring companies; adds factoring as a permitted lending activity; introduces supervisory oversight related to compliance with the Factoring Law.
affects:Article 10Article 20Article 30
NARROW: Introduces a Factoring Registry within the public registry system, impacting extract issuance & data sources. Primarily affects factoring/receivables services.
affects:Article 2Article 4Article 10
Securities Market Law art.2 amended: Restrictions on state/SOE ownership in financial institutions clarified with exceptions for investment funds, factoring platforms & NBG-defined cases; 'financial institution' definition expanded.
affects:Article 2
This amendment expands the definition of 'reporting persons' under AML/CFT law to include factoring companies and platforms, and clarifies which entities the National Bank of Georgia supervises for these purposes.
Accounting/Reporting/Audit law: adds "factoring company" (per the Law on Factoring) to the scope of supervised subjects — Art.2 gets a new definition sub-clause, and Art.3(17) is reworded to add factoring companies to the carve-out list of supervisory-organ-supervised entities excluded from PIE (SDP) treatment; effective 1 Jan 2027.
These changes primarily concern the regulations around micro-generation of electricity and how that power is bought/sold, as well as extending a grace period for existing arrangements.
affects:Article 1Article 38
This legal amendment concerns the Kolkheti Protected Areas, specifically adding and defining the Rioni Strict Nature Reserve, adjusting boundaries of the Kolkheti National Park, and detailing permissible activities in different zones.
Microbank package: defined factoring, added factoring to permitted microbank activities (lending), prohibited investment in factoring companies, and added factoring law violations as a supervisory basis for sanctions.
These amendments introduce factoring as a defined term and activity for microfinance organizations, restrict their participation in factoring companies, and add violations of factoring laws to the list of sanctionable offenses.
affects:Article 2Article 4Article 9¹
Data Protection Law: Delayed effective dates for specific sub-clauses within Article 6 (personal data processing conditions) of the Personal Data Protection Law.
affects:Article 90
Significant restructuring of the Rachis Protected Areas Law, primarily redefining objectives and establishing a multi-use buffer zone around Racha National Park. The changes focus on integrated management across multiple protected area types.
Amendment introduces registration fees for factoring companies and platforms.
affects:Article 7
Administrative offence reporting: specifies municipal authorities for certain protected landscape areas (239).
affects:Article 239
This amendment introduces definitions for 'small winery' and 'natural wine', adds natural wine as a category, mandates organoleptic testing with exemptions for small wineries producing natural wine, and establishes requirements for labeling certified alcoholic beverages.
Administrative offences: GMO import/processing (87^1) amended with new penalty for license violations.
affects:Article 87¹
Criminal Code 2026-06-25: GMO import/export clarified to exclude closed systems and animal feed processing with license, plus corporate penalties added.
affects:Article 207²
Environmental Protection: GMO import/processing authorization (art 13).
affects:Article 13
Licenses & Permits: new GMO animal feed import/processing license (art 6).
affects:Article 6
Licensing Fees: Adds a new license fee for import/processing of GMOs (excluding corn, wheat, grapes) used in animal feed.
affects:Article 6
This amendment focuses heavily on regulating the import and processing of GMOs specifically for animal feed production, creating a distinct pathway alongside existing regulations for contained use. It introduces licensing requirements, registry updates, and clarifies permitted activities.
affects:Article 4Article 7Article 11Article 12Article 15Article 22Article 25Article 27Article 28
Amends Article 2 of Law of Georgia “On Amendments to the Administrative Offences Code” (promulgated March 7, 2024) to delay its effective date from publication to July 1, 2027.
Amendment to Water Resource Management Law primarily adjusts administrative competencies for autonomous republics regarding water use registration, clarifies government implementation timelines for numerous subordinate acts, and updates reporting requirements.
affects:Article 5Article 6Article 7Article 8Article 9Article 10Article 11Article 12Article 13Article 14Article 16Article 17Article 21Article 22+11
This amendment introduces definitions for 'website' and 'application' within the law on the rights of persons with disabilities, and establishes obligations for administrative bodies and certain private entities to ensure accessibility of their websites and applications.
affects:Article 2
Introduces a greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions authorization regime and an accredited-verifier requirement for annual emissions reports (MRV).
affects:Article 2Article 4Article 53
Agricultural Law: phased implementation of electronic systems for data management and financial processes; removal of redundant sub-points.
Technical amendment to a 2026 amending act: reformulates the art 208 district-court jurisdiction list (adds arts 82⁷, 82⁸)
Administrative Offences Code: adds new arts.82^7/82^8 (greenhouse-gas emission penalties); reformulates art.208 (court jurisdiction list), art.219 (Revenue Service on-spot adjudication), art.222 (environmental-supervision dept enforcement powers) and art.239 (protocol-drawing authority) to incorporate the new GHG offences.
Significant restructuring of general education stages (primary I-VI, basic VII-IX, secondary X-XI + optional XII) with corresponding certificate definitions updated; impacts school structure, curriculum, and student pathways.
affects:Article 2Article 4Article 6Article 9Article 14Article 25Article 26Article 27Article 33Article 33¹Article 38Article 46Article 62²