President Serdar Berdimuhamedov ratified a package of laws and regulations adopted at a meeting of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan of the seventh convocation on July 13. This is stated in the message of the electronic newspaper “Turkmenistan: Golden Age”.
Among the approved documents are amendments to the Code on Social Protection of the Population, allowing pensions and benefits to be transferred to the bank accounts of recipients.
The country's accession to the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs under the Eurasian Patent Convention was also approved.
An important step was the ratification of the Protocol to the Agreement between Turkmenistan and the European Union.
In addition, Turkmenistan has acceded to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
The President of Turkmenistan also approved changes in legislation relating to the budget code, sanitary standards, physical education and sports, scientific and technical policy and anti-doping.
Below are links to official documents:
1) Law of Turkmenistan On Amendments to the Law of Turkmenistan “On Combating Doping in Sports”; 2) Law of Turkmenistan On Amendments to the Law of Turkmenistan “On Scientific Organizations”; 3) Law of Turkmenistan On Amendments to the Law of Turkmenistan “On State Scientific and Technical Policy”; 4) Law of Turkmenistan On Amendments and Additions to the Law of Turkmenistan “On Physical Culture and Sports”; 5) Law of Turkmenistan On Ratification of the Protocol to the Agreement between Turkmenistan and the EU; 6) Law of Turkmenistan On Ratification of Amendments to Article VI of the Charter of the International Atomic Energy Agency; 7) Law of Turkmenistan On Accession to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; 8) Law of Turkmenistan On Accession to the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention dated September 9, 1994; 9) Law of Turkmenistan On Amendments to the Sanitary Code of Turkmenistan; 10) Law of Turkmenistan On Amendments to the Law of Turkmenistan “On Approval and Enforcement of the Budget Code of Turkmenistan”; 11) Law of Turkmenistan On amendments to the Code of Turkmenistan on social protection of the population.