ARMENIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Aram Orbelyan, Narine Beglaryan, Artur Hovhannisyan, Lilit Karapetyan, Sarkis Knyazyan and Shushanik Stepanyan, Concern Dialog
Consumer Protection Laws Throughout 2025 and 2026, Armenia has undertaken significant steps towards aligning its consumer pro - tection regulatory framework with European Union standards. The recent amendments to the Law on Consumer Rights Protection are due to enter into force in July 2026. The said amendments are aimed at strengthening transparency obligations vis-à-vis consumers, as well as providing more comprehensive regulation of digital trade and services, with particular regard to distance contracts and contracts concluded outside business premises.
evant legal acts, with the first phase of cybersecurity requirements expected to take effect in 2026. Amendments to the Law on Joint Stock Companies Under the new amendments to the Law on Joint Stock Companies, which are expected to enter into force by the middle of June 2026, the list of cases in which a shareholder may request the buy-back of shares has been significantly expanded. These amendments are mainly intended to protect minority shareholders and foresee a mandatory buyback request right as a remedy against potential abuse by the majority shareholder(s).
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