ArmInfo. Employees of the environmental patrol service will receive state guarantees of social support.
The RA Government approved amendments to the law "On the Environmental Patrol Service" at its meeting on January 30, which will be sent to the National Assembly of the RA in accordance with the established procedure.
As noted in the justification of the draft law, the document was adopted on November 22, 2023 and entered into force on January 1, 2024.
In particular, it is envisaged to establish mandatory state insurance for environmental patrol employees and payment of insurance amounts, the procedure and conditions for their payment. In the event of loss of ability to work while performing official duties, an employee of the environmental patrol service is provided with an appropriate payment, and in the event of death, members of his family are paid an allowance. This measure will serve as a social guarantee for environmental patrols.
The need to provide a social guarantee is also due to the threats to the life and health of environmental patrols arising from the daily danger in the performance of their functions to identify, prevent and prevent environmental violations (illegal logging, poaching, illegal use of state forest lands, illegal grazing, littering, pollution of the environment, etc.).
Employees of the service will have to exercise their powers after appointment to positions based on the results of competitions until January 1, 2027.