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The Azerbaijani Parliament has today discussed the annexes to be made to the Criminal and Administrative Offences codes.
Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament’s Committee on legal policy and state-building Ali Huseynli said that the annexes are related to the prohibition of importing and selling genetically modified crops.
Those who deliberately import and sell a considerable amount of genetically modified crops, or agricultural plant materials generated by modern biotech and genetic engineering or food products produced using genetic materials of genetically modified crops which were not considered for scientific study, test and fairs will be fined in amount of AZN 3,000-5,000 or sentenced to up to 2-year imprisonment.
Those who commit the abovementioned acts in the large amount will be fined AZN 7,000-9,000 or sentenced to up to 5-year imprisonment.
The draft laws were put to vote and approved.
Apa.az
