By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 5 December 2025, the “Rules on Notification Regarding the Construction or Installation of Temporary Structures Intended for Agricultural Lands” were approved

Rules on Notification Regarding the Construction or Installation of Temporary Structures on Agricultural Lands

Approved by the Presidential Decree
of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 5 December 2025.

1. General Provisions

1.1. These Rules have been prepared in accordance with the Land Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Urban Planning and Construction Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and other normative legal acts regulating relations in this field. The Rules define the notification mechanism (the maintenance of unified registration) regarding temporary structures intended to be constructed or installed on agricultural lands for the purpose of ensuring the efficient organization of agricultural activities.

1.2. For the efficient organization of agricultural activities, the owner of an agricultural land plot (or its user or lessee with the written consent of the owner) (hereinafter — the “applicant”) may, by notifying the relevant authority in accordance with these Rules, construct or install temporary structures on agricultural lands in compliance with Article 3.0.16 of the Urban Planning and Construction Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
In the city of Baku, as well as in the cities and districts of the Karabakh and East Zangezur economic regions, notifications shall be submitted to the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In other administrative territories, notifications shall be submitted to the local executive authorities (hereinafter — the “notified authority”).

1.3. The main concepts used in these Rules shall have the following meanings:

1.3.1. easily installable and removable structure — a structure that can be installed and dismantled without involving specialized machinery;

1.3.2. short-term period — a seasonal period or the period indicated by the applicant in the notification (not exceeding 5 years);

1.3.3. structure located on the ground surface — a structure that has no connection with a concrete foundation or is installed on separate foundation pads/pillars (not made of reinforced concrete);

1.3.4. structure made of lightweight construction materials — a structure with a wooden frame or a frame made of steel posts and beams with a thickness of up to 8 millimeters, and walls and partitions made of metal, wooden, or plastic panels.

1.4. Temporary structures on agricultural lands are constructed for the temporary storage of agricultural machinery, equipment, hay, feed, medicines (excluding poisonous chemicals), and other materials, as well as for shepherd shelters, sleeping units, employee (personnel) rest and hygiene facilities, and other purposes.

1.5. The construction area of a temporary structure shall not exceed 300 square meters; its height shall not exceed 5 meters, and the span length shall not exceed 6 meters.

2. Documents to be Submitted for Temporary Structures

2.1. To construct a temporary structure, the applicant shall notify the notified authority via the Unified Information System for Urban Planning and Construction Activities (hereinafter — the “system”), specifying the period during which the structure will be used.

2.2. The applicant shall attach the following documents to the notification:

2.2.1. for natural persons — an identity document; for legal entities — an extract from the state register of legal entities;

2.2.2. a document confirming ownership, lease, or use rights over the land plot;

2.2.3. if the applicant is not the owner — the owner’s written consent for the construction;

2.2.4. the architectural-planning section of the construction project and the master plan of the construction site, indicating the purpose, area, height, span length, type of frame and wall materials, and the method of placement of the temporary structure on the ground.

2.3. If the documents referred to in paragraph 2.2 may be obtained from a relevant state authority (institution) through the Electronic Government Information System (hereinafter — EGIS), they shall not be required from the applicant. If their retrieval through EGIS is not possible, the documents shall — with the applicant’s consent — be requested from the relevant authority or provided directly by the applicant.

2.4. The architectural-planning section and the master plan of the temporary structure must comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1.2–1.5 of these Rules.

3. Measures under the Notification Mechanism for Temporary Structures

3.1. The notified authority shall ensure the transmission of the information and documents submitted by the applicant, in accordance with Section 2 of these Rules, via the system and EGIS to the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

3.2. For the purpose of monitoring compliance of the construction with the architectural-planning section and the master plan, the notified authority shall ensure the transmission of the relevant information and documents to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan through the system and EGIS.

3.3. For maintaining the unified registration of temporary structures, the notified authority shall electronically transmit the information and documents specified in Section 2 to the State Register of Constructions (hereinafter — the “Register”).

3.4. The authority maintaining the Register shall review the completeness of the submitted documents and information within 3 (three) working days and enter the temporary structure into the Register.

3.5. If the documents submitted to the Register in accordance with paragraph 2.2 are incomplete, the construction object shall not be registered. Within 3 (three) working days, the notified authority and the applicant shall be informed through the system. All deficiencies must be indicated at once. The applicant shall be informed of the legal consequences of failing to complete the documentation. The applicant shall submit the missing documents to the notified authority within 5 (five) working days from the date of receiving the notification. The notified authority shall immediately transmit the complete set of documents to the Register.

3.6. After the temporary structure is registered in the Register, the applicant shall be promptly notified via the system. From the moment the notification is placed in the system, the applicant acquires the right to commence construction works.

3.7. Upon expiration of the usage period of the temporary structure indicated in the notification, the structure must be dismantled by the applicant within 3 (three) working days. The dismantling may be carried out earlier. The applicant must inform the notified authority about the dismantling via the system within 10 (ten) working days.

3.8. From the moment the notification of dismantling is received, the notified authority shall immediately transmit the relevant information for removal of the structure from the Register, as well as to the authorities specified in paragraph 3.1.