8.1. to develop and submit for consideration in an established order drafts regulatory acts pertaining to the following issues:

8.2. The Ministry shall develop and approve the following regulatory and legal acts:

8.3. to ensure the implementation of the National Concept of the Azerbaijan Republic on the prevention and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations and other state programs;

8.4. to manage humanitarian aid, including the aid received from foreign countries and provided to foreign countries;

8.5. to organize evacuation of the population from places of emergency situations, implementation of rescue operations and provision of emergency medical assistance, to provide, ensure with appropriate state bodies, protection of the property affected by the emergency situation and of public safety;

8.6. to ensure prevention and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations associated with the spillage of oil and oil products as a result of a breakdown;

8.7. in the event of an emergency situation or an act of terror, to organize the security of particularly important facilities jointly with state bodies using a special militarized security service, including oil and gas producing and refining enterprises, terminals, trunk pipelines, sources of potable water, power stations, hydro dynamic facilities and other facilities and installations;

8.8. to exercise control over compliance with safety rules and regulations for safe use of water basins and jetties by small-sized ships, as well as places of public recreation, including beaches;

8.9. to carry out technical and regulatory supervision in issues of classification, registration and record-keeping of small-sized ships, jetties, places of public recreation, including beaches;

8.10. in cases and in an order established by applicable legislation, to issue special permits (licenses) or special approvals for certain types of activity, as well as entitlements;

8.11. in cases established by applicable legislation, to organize operational search action, investigations and preliminary inquiries;

8.12. to plan on training of civil defence forces, exercise control over their training and organize subsequent application of the training as required;

8.13. to exercise control over the safety of service in civil defence troops and other armed forces;

8.14. to establish state funds of material reserves to address the needs of defence and mobilization, to use and manage them in emergency situations;

8.15. Jointly with appropriate bodies of executive authority of the Azerbaijan Republic to carry out the following activities:

8.16. In order to ensure promptness in eliminating the consequences of emergency situations, to retain the fund of current material reserves with the Ministry;

8.17. to exercise control over the establishment, storage, renewal and use of material values in state funds of material reserves of the Azerbaijan Republic (including the fund of current material reserves);

8.18. to keep, within the framework of its competence, a state register of potentially hazardous facilities, equipment, energy facilities, including hydro-technical, and to exercise control over their operational safety;

8.19. to conduct state expertise of the cost estimate documentation for industrial, civil and protection facilities and installations under construction in the country;

8.20. to exercise control over compliance with safety requirements at potentially hazardous facilities in line with applicable legislation and regulatory and technical documentation;

8.21. to carry out centralized technical regulation in the area of engineering and exploration operations, to ensure collection and study of materials and reporting data on engineering and exploration operations at the design stage, issue opinions and to exercise control, within the framework of its competence, over their application in line with existing norms and standards;

8.22. to exercise control over compliance with state standards, construction norms and regulations, special technical requirements, projects and other regulatory and legal acts in the process of construction and use of construction materials, structures and their components;

8.23. to take part in the commissioning of completed construction facilities in an established order and, jointly with state bodies, exercise control over compliance with commissioning regulations;

8.24. to take measures established by applicable legislation to select a contractor for construction and restoration operations associated with prevention and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations from the state budget and loans provided under state guarantees;

8.25. to investigate reasons for breakdowns at facilities and installations under construction or in operation, and to coordinate emergency restoration work;

8.26. to exercise state control over safety of operations involving the use of subsurface resources, development of mineral deposits, to conduct state expertise of technical projects involving production of mineral resources and other relevant operations, to issue special permits, in an established order and with the approval of appropriate bodies of executive authority, for the allocation of mining and industrial areas;

8.27. to organize and implement measures for the protection of settled territories and territories planned to be settled from emergency situations;

8.28. in order to determine flooding zones and conduct shore protection activities, to design of protection zones and exercise control over their construction;

8.29. to take part, within the framework of its competence, in the development of a Plan on the deployment of the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic, Mobilization plan of the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic and the State Program of operational defence of the territory of the country;

8.30. to take part, within the framework of its competence, in the development of a Mobilization plan of the national economy in line with the tasks vested in the Ministry;

8.31. to organize the development on the part of central and local bodies of executive authority, as well as local governments, of civil defence mobilization activities;

8.32. to organize the activity of fire-fighting, fire rescue, search and rescue and emergency rescue units, aircrafts and other forces of the Ministry;

8.33. to organize search and search of people in water basins in line with the plan on interaction between central and local bodies of executive authority;

8.34. to ensure the operation of an emergency rescue service by means of a hotline accessible by telephone 112;

8.35. to exercise control, within the framework of its competence, compliance, on the part of central and local bodies of executive authority, local governments, legal entities and private individuals, with requirements on civil defence, fire safety, protection of the population and territories from emergency situations.

8.36. to coordinate interaction of the Armed Forces of the Azerbaijan Republic and other military units and divisions established in line with applicable legislation in meeting the objectives of civil defence;

8.37. to ensure combat- and mobilization-readiness of civil defence troops, fire safety service and other militarized organizations;

8.38. to perform, within the framework of its competence, current and future planning for the mobilization of logistical and human resources of civil defence and the special paramilitary security service, fire safety service and other organizations in emergency situations and in war times;

8.39. to establish and maintain high alert status for the technical system of managing civil defence and the system of warning the population of dangers associated with military action or caused as a result of such action;

8.40. to ensure establishment of local systems of warning in areas where potentially hazardous facilities are located;

8.41. to perform methodological supervision of the establishment and readiness of shelters and other civil defence facilities, including those of double purpose, organization of radiation, chemical, biological and medical protection of the population, as well as control in this sphere;

8.42. to organize prevention of fires, coordinate the activity of fire-fighting groups subordinated to different organizations active in this sphere;

8.43. to ensure establishment of an automated special-purpose electronic information system used in prediction of emergency situations, precautionary measures, early warning of the population and other comprehensive actions;

8.44. to ensure establishment of a System of geographical information on managing emergency situations, which would cover the entire territory of the Azerbaijan Republic, in order to ensure early warning and elimination of the consequences of emergency situations;

8.45. to carry out collection and systematization of information associated with the Ministry’s scope of work;

8.46. to organize statistical record on issues associated with the Ministry’s scope of work;

8.47. to coordinate certification and accreditation activity of experimental and research laboratories under the Ministry umbrella;

8.48. in order to ensure food safety of the Azerbaijan Republic, to carry out the following jointly with appropriate state bodies:

8.49. jointly with appropriate state bodies, to exercise control over compliance with safety rules, sanitary and hygienic regulations and norms when using sources of drinking water to ensure safe supply of the population with drinking water;

8.50. to organize, jointly with appropriate state bodies, control over progress of protection measures due to the use of natural resources of the country;

8.51. to set up an emergency assistance corps and manage it in eliminating the consequences of emergency situations;

8.52. to take necessary measures to establish a system of prediction and monitoring of emergency situations;

8.53. to coordinate work involving collection, transportation, processing, storage and burial of radioactive wastes of enterprises regardless of the form of their ownership, as well as construction, operation, restoration and decommissioning of facilities working with radioactive wastes, and to exercise control over this work;

8.54. to ensure radiation safety of the population and territories and to carry out radio-ecological monitoring of the environment;

8.55. to take part in mine clearance activities jointly with appropriate state bodies;

8.56. to ensure obligatory insurance of servicemen subordinated to civil defence troops and special paramilitary security service, employees of the fire safety service, rescuers and other people involved in eliminating the consequences of emergency situations;

8.57. to exercise control over obligatory insurance of the property of enterprises and facilities which represent a source of danger, ensure investigation into reasons of the damage caused as a result of an incident, and assess the damage;

8.58. to exercise control over compliance with service regulations in units of the Ministry, as well as the circulation of assault weapons and storage of ammunition;

8.59. to ensure professional and personnel training on the activity areas of the Ministry, continuous improvement of qualification and re-training;

8.60. to carry out scientific research and experimental design work in the area of civil defence, prevention of emergency situations, fire safety, safety in industry and mining and industrial operations, and safety in construction;

8.61. to inform the population of emergency situations and the Ministry activity;

8.62. in line with applicable legislation, to use TV and radio channels to promptly inform the population of emergency situations of natural and man-made nature;

8.63. to organize population awareness on civil defence issues, protection from emergency situations, fire safety and safety of people in water basins, to provide methodological supervision of such work carried out by other state bodies and public organizations;

8.64. to conduct, in an established order, attestation of rescue, emergency rescue, fire rescue and other units;

8.65. to develop and implement rules of accreditation of organizations active in the area of civil defence, protection of the population and territories from emergency situations, fire safety and safety of people in water basins;

8.66. to ensure introduction of state-of-the-art equipment and technologies in preventing and eliminating the consequences of emergency situations on the basis of available international experience;

8.67. to organize, jointly with appropriate bodies of executive authority, public donation of blood and blood components in the event of acute need in emergency situations;

8.68. to ensure rights and freedoms of citizens when they perform their responsibilities and prevent their violation;

8.69. to ensure effective use of state budget funds, loans, grants and other financial resources allocated to the Ministry;

8.70. to exercise control over the use of material and financial resources within the Ministry, to organize their registration and revision in an established order;

8.71. to take necessary protection and security measures, in line with applicable legislation, to preserve state secrets and confidentiality of the Ministry’s work;

8.72. to take necessary measures involving major overhaul for the Ministry’s needs, including construction, reconstruction and renovation of social facilities;

8.72. to ensure social protection and health of servicemen of civil defence troops, special paramilitary security service, safety service, rescuers and other officials of the Ministry, as well as their medical treatment;

8.74. to organize exhibitions, conferences, different educational and sport events;

8.75. to put forward suggestions on improving the work of the Ministry’s central staff, bodies subordinated to it and organizations, and to take measures within the framework of its competence;

8.76. to consider applications and complaints on the Ministry’s work and take measures in line with applicable legislation;

8.77. to ensure, within the framework of its competence, the implementation of international agreements to which the Azerbaijan Republic is a signatory;

8.78. to strengthen the logistical and social base of the organizations under the Ministry umbrella;

8.79. to carry out other tasks in line with applicable legislation and in accordance with the Ministry’s scope of work.