The need for legal changes related to mining was revealed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia mostly in 2008, based on criticism expressed by non-governmental organizations and experts dealing with environment in respect of imperfectness of relevant legislation and practices. Below we present general conceptual observations developed by the Transparency International Anti-corruption Center as well as issues related to some provisions of the Code.

See Transparency International Anti-corruption Center's Comments and Recommendations Related to the Republic of Armenia Draft Mining Code for details