Presidential Decree No. 613 on the activities of the State Mineral Resources Utilization Agency.

This Decree hereby approves the Statute of the State Mineral Resources Utilization Agency. It lays down rules for the activities, duties and powers, administration, funds and inspection of the State Mineral Resources Utilization Agency. The President of Azerbaijan shall be responsible for the liquidation and reorganization of the Agency. The duties of the Agency include but not limited to: (i) to carry out expertise on mineral resources and improve geological information evaluating the characteristics of the subsoil; (ii) to grant the status of geological separation to underground areas allocated for the purpose of geological study; (iii) to give the underground area the status of 'separation from mining' for the purpose of extracting minerals, building and operating underground facilities not related to the extraction of minerals; (iv) to control the effective use of the subsoil, its protection and geological study; (v) to take measures in the direction of ensuring efficient, complex use of the subsoil, expanding and strengthening the base of mineral raw materials; and (vi) to determine the production volume of mineral types.