Law No 471-VIQ, dated 30 December 2021, of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, On Mass Media (the
“Law”), came into effect as of 9
February 2022. Upon the Law's coming into effect, the earlier
Laws on Mass Media and on Television and Radio Broadcasting cease
to be effective.
The Law applies to media subjects and editorial offices founded
in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, their materials, as
well as all media subjects, while located and operating outside
Azerbaijan, focusing on the territory and population of the
Republic, part of the media materials established outside the
Republic distributed/broadcast in its territory, as well as
journalists. A media subject is an individual (excluding
journalists) or entity primarily operating as a publisher of mass
media and/or broadcaster. A journalist is a person consistently
engaged, based on an employment agreement by media subjects or
solely based on a civil law agreement covering copyright, primarily
in collecting,
