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Georgia

Country score (EU Average*)
  • 88(72) Political Financing
  • 87(57) Financial Disclosure
  • 96(49) Conflict of Interest
  • 64(59) Freedom of Information
  • 49(63) Public Procurement
  • 47(66) Anti Money Laundering
  • 60(71) Asset Recovery

Country Facts

IncomeLower middle
GNI per capita (2011 PPP $)8789.97
Population, total3719300.00
Urban population (% of total)53.83
Internet users (per 100 people)50.00
Life expectancy at birth (years)72.97
Mean years of schooling (years)12.2
Global Competitiveness Index4.3
Sources: World Bank, UNDP, WEF.

Political Financing

The Organic Law on Political Unions of Citizens (1997, amended 2016) Election Code 2012, updated in 2016, are the main laws regulating the funding of political parties in Georgia. The changes to the Election Code result in the alteration of the wording of provisions but do not change what is substantively prohibited.

There are comprehensive limits on the private income of political parties. There are bans on donations from foreign interests, corporations, trade unions and anonymous donors amongst other. There are limits on the amount a political party can receive from donations.

Public funding is available for political parties. Funding is provided both generally and for elections and is allocated based on the share of votes attained in the previous election. To receive funding, parties are required to facilitate the creation of a healthy, competitive political system. There is subsidized television access which is allocated based on the share of votes received in the previous election. Access to premises administered by the state authorities is provided free of charge to parties during elections. There are also subsidies available for fielding candidates of different genders.

There are also comprehensive regulations on spending. There are bans of vote buying and the use of some state resources in favour or against a political party or candidate. There are limits regarding how much parties and candidates are permitted to spend.

Parties are required to report annually on their finances. The reports must include information on finances in relation to the election campaign, must be made public and must reveal the identity of donors. Reports are overseen by the State Audit Office. There are sanctions in the form of fines, loss of public funding and forfeiture for breaches of the provisions. 

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Bans and limits on private income929292929278
Public funding757575757575
Regulations on spending7575757575100
Reporting, oversight and sanctions83100100100100100

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Qualitative Data

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Bans and limits on private income

Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to political parties? Yes. 1. It is prohibited (8.05.2012. N6116) to receive donations from: a) natural and legal persons of other countries, international organizations and movements, except lectures, workshops and other public arrangements are held; d) persons having no citizenship; (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates? Yes. Candidates shall use funds of nominating party/coalition. (Article 54, Election Code, 2001, amended 2016 Article 26 Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on corporate donations to political parties? Yes. Donations are prohibited only for non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal persons (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on corporate donations to candidates? Yes. Donations are prohibited only for non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal persons (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on donations from corporations with government contracts to political parties? Yes. Donations are prohibited from state organisations, legal persons under public law, state-owned enterprises, except for the cases set out in this Law. (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on donations from corporations of partial government ownership to political parties? Yes. Donations are prohibited from state organisations, legal persons under public law, state-owned enterprises, except for the cases set out in this Law. (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on donations from corporations with government contracts to candidates? Yes. Donations are prohibited from state organisations, legal persons under public law, state-owned enterprises, except for the cases set out in this Law. (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2017)
Is there a ban on donations from corporations of partial government ownership to candidates? Yes. Donations are prohibited from state organisations, legal persons under public law, state-owned enterprises, except for the cases set out in this Law. (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2018)
Is there a ban on donations from Trade Unions to political parties? No. Not explicitely mentioned.
Is there a ban on donations from Trade Unions to candidates? No. Not explicitely mentioned.
Is there a ban on anonymous donations to political parties? Yes. Prohibited to accept donations received anonymously. (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on anonymous donations to candidates? Yes. Prohibited to accept donations received anonymously. (Article 54, Election Code, 2001, amended 2016 Article 26 Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on state resources being given to or received by political parties or candidates (excluding regulated public funding)? Yes. Prohibited to accept financial and material contributions from state body, state organization, legal person of public law, enterprises with state shares, excect cases envisaged by law. (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a ban on any other form of donation? Yes. Religious organizations. (Article 26, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party over a time period (not election specific)? Yes. Annual overall amount received by party in a year shall not exceed 60,000 GEL from each citizen. Annual amount of membership fee not to exceed 1,200 GEL from each member of party. (Article 27, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a political party in relation to an election? No. No, but limits for regular periods apply to campaign periods The total amount of donations received by a party from each citizen may not exceed GEL 60,000 per year and the total amount of donations received from each legal person may not exceed GEL 120,000 per year. The annual amount of the membership fees paid by each member of a party may not exceed GEL 1,200. (Article 27 (1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens, 1997)
Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate? Yes. Donation caps are stated for parties in Article 27(1), but the cumulative operation of Articles 1(3), 7ą and 26ą(1) extends these limits to persons who have publicly declared an intention to stand for elections and use financial or material resources toward that goal; therefore, the GEL 60,000 per donor per year cap applies to candidates as well. (Articles: 1(3), 7ą, 26ą(1), 27 (1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens, 1997)

Public funding 

Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties Yes. See sub-indicators
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Share of votes in previous election Yes. Art. 30: 2. The funds allocated for a direct transfer to a party shall be received by a party which is registered with the Georgian Central Election Commission and which has participated in elections independently or as part of an electoral bloc, provided that the party or the relevant electoral bloc has obtained 3%, or more than 3%, of the votes in recent parliamentary or local self-government elections (...). Art.56 (1): 1. An electoral subject that obtains 5% or more of votes in a parliamentary election conducted under the proportional electoral system, or 10% or more of votes in the first round of a presidential election shall receive a one-time amount of not more than GEL 1,000,000 from the State Budget of Georgia to cover election campaign expenses incurred in both rounds. An electoral subject that obtains 3% or more of votes in the general elections for a Sakrebulo shall receive a one-time amount of not more than GEL 500 000 from the State Budget of Georgia to cover election campaign expenses incurred in both rounds of Sakrebulo/Mayoral/Gamgebeli elections. (Article 56(1), Election Code, 2001, amended 2016 Article 30(2), Organic Law of Georgia on political unions of citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Representation in elected body No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Participation in election No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Number of candidates No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Share of seats in previous election No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Share of votes in next election No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Registration as a political party No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Share of seats in next election No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Number of members No. Absent from legal framework
Eligibility criteria for direct public funding to political parties: Other No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties Yes. See sub-indicators
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Proportional to votes received Yes. The budget funding to be received by a party shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula: Z=B+(M*600*12)+(L*100*12)+(V*1,5)+(W*1)+(H), Where Z means the amount of budgetary funding to be received by a party; B - the amount of basic funding; M - the number of Members of Parliament equal to 30 or up to 30 elected under a proportional system; L - the number of Members of Parliament above 30 elected under a proportional system; V - the number of votes received from up to 200,000 voters; W - the number of the votes received from more than 200,000 voters; H - a party that has been registered with the Georgian Central Election Commission for the purpose of participating in the recent parliamentary elections and whose members have been elected to the Parliament of Georgia, provided that the given party creates a parliamentary faction. For the purposes of the given formula H=GEL 300,000. (Article 30(4), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Equal Yes. The budget funding to be received by a party shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula: Z=B+(M*600*12)+(L*100*12)+(V*1,5)+(W*1)+(H), Where Z means the amount of budgetary funding to be received by a party; B - the amount of basic funding; M - the number of Members of Parliament equal to 30 or up to 30 elected under a proportional system; L - the number of Members of Parliament above 30 elected under a proportional system; V - the number of votes received from up to 200,000 voters; W - the number of the votes received from more than 200,000 voters; H - a party that has been registered with the Georgian Central Election Commission for the purpose of participating in the recent parliamentary elections and whose members have been elected to the Parliament of Georgia, provided that the given party creates a parliamentary faction. For the purposes of the given formula H=GEL 300,000. (Article 30(4), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Proportional to seats received No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Flat rate by votes received No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Share of expenses reimbursed No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Proportional to candidates fielded No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Number of members No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation calculations for direct public funding to political parties: Other No. Absent from legal framework
Earmarking provisions for direct public funding to political parties Yes. See sub-indicators
Earmarking provisions for direct public funding to political parties: Campaign spending No. Absent from legal framework
Earmarking provisions for direct public funding to political parties: Ongoing party activities No. Absent from legal framework
Earmarking provisions for direct public funding to political parties: Intra-party institution No. Absent from legal framework
Earmarking provisions for direct public funding to political parties: Other Yes. Facilitating creation of healthy, competitive political system (Article 29, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Allocation criteria for free or subsidized access to media for political parties Yes. See sub-indicators
Allocation criteria for free or subsidized access to media for political parties: Equal Yes. 4(a), (b) Broadcaster shall allocate free of charge and without discrimination time for election advertising for qualified parties (at least 4% in last parliamentary elections, at least 3% in last elections in local self-government bodies; other more specific qualifications with respect to e.g. share of votes in election district falling within local broadcaster's coverage zone). (Article 51, Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Allocation criteria for free or subsidized access to media for political parties: Number of candidates No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation criteria for free or subsidized access to media for political parties: Share of seats No. Absent from legal framework
Allocation criteria for free or subsidized access to media for political parties: Share of votes in preceding election Yes. 4(a), (b) Broadcaster shall allocate free of charge and without discrimination time for election advertising for qualified parties (at least 4% in last parliamentary elections, at least 3% in last elections in local self-government bodies; other more specific qualifications with respect to e.g. share of votes in election district falling within local broadcaster's coverage zone). (Article 51, Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Allocation criteria for free or subsidized access to media for political parties: Other Yes. For those that have received certain shares of votes in e.g. certain election district falling in local broadcaster's coverage zone. (Articles 50 and 51, Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Are there provisions for free or subsidized access to media for candidates? No. Absent from legal framework
Are there provisions for any other form of indirect public funding? Yes. See sub-indicators
Provisions for any other form of indirect public funding: Premises for campaign meetings Yes. 8. In order to conduct mass electoral events, the premises administered by state authorities or local self-government bodies shall be available free of charge for the election commissions. (Article 45(8), Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Provisions for any other form of indirect public funding: Space for campaign materials No. Absent from legal framework
Provisions for any other form of indirect public funding: Tax relief No. Absent from legal framework
Provisions for any other form of indirect public funding: Free or subsidised transport No. Absent from legal framework
Provisions for any other form of indirect public funding: Free or subsidised postage cost No. Absent from legal framework
Provisions for any other form of indirect public funding: Other Yes. The DEC shall make public the list of premises allocated by the local self- government bodies within two days after the receipt thereof, shall ensure equal availability of the premises for all political parties and electoral subjects, and shall draw up a schedule, in agreement with political parties and electoral subjects, for the electoral events ( (Article 45(9), Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties related to gender equality among candidates? Yes. A party receiving funding under this article shall receive a bonus of 30% of the basic funding if, in the election list presented by this party or by the relevant electoral bloc (in the case of local self-government elections, in all party lists) at the elections based on the results of which they received funding, at least 30% of female candidates are included in the first, second and every subsequent 10 candidates. (Article 30(7.1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties? No. Absent from legal framework

Regulations on spending 

Is there a ban on vote buying? Yes. Art.47: Prohibited to candidates to give money, gifts and other material possessions (irrespective of price), to sell at preferential price, distribute or disseminate any goods free of charge, to motivate citizens by promising to give funds, securities, to render other material valuables. Prohibited to use private personal funds and/or pre-election campaign funds for purpose of works mentioned above. Art.164.1: For election purposes offering, promising, handing over or rendering directly or indirectly money, securities (including financial instruments), other property, title in property, services or any other advantage, or knowingly accepting such offering, or entering into fraudulent, sham or other transactions to avoid statutory restrictions - shall be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or with a fine. (Article 47, Election Code, 2001, amended 2016 Article 164.1, Criminal Code of Georgia, 1999, amended 2016)
Are there bans on state resources being used in favour or against a political party or candidate? Yes. Any person with right to participate in pre-election campaign not allowed to use following administrative resources in support or against any election subject: premises occupied by bodies of state and local-self government and organizations funded from state budget, means of communication, information service designate for bodies of state and local self-goverment and organizations funded from state budget. (Article 48, Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Are there limits on the amount a political party can spend? Yes. Article 25 The total amount of expenses incurred by a party or electoral subject during the year may not exceed 0.1% of the gross domestic product of Georgia of the previous year. The given amount shall include expenses incurred by the party or electoral subject and by other persons for the benefit of the party or electoral subject, and which have been determined by the State Audit Office and which have been notified to the party or electoral subject concerned. (Article 25.1(1) Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Are there limits on the amount a candidate can spend? Yes. Article 25 The total amount of expenses incurred by a party or electoral subject during the year may not exceed 0.1% of the gross domestic product of Georgia of the previous year. The given amount shall include expenses incurred by the party or electoral subject and by other persons for the benefit of the party or electoral subject, and which have been determined by the State Audit Office and which have been notified to the party or electoral subject concerned. (Article 25.1(1) Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)

Reporting, oversight and sanctions 

Do political parties have to report regularly on their finances? Yes. 1. A party shall, before February 1 of each year, send the financial declaration of previous year together with the auditor’s (auditing firm’s) conclusion to the State Audit Office. (Article 32(1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2016)
Do political parties have to report on their finances in relation to election campaigns? Yes. Art.32(2). A party’s income-expenditure related to election should be shown separately in party’s financial declaration. Art.57(3). Electoral subjects shall, not later than one month after the announcement of final results of elections, submit to the State Audit Office a report of funds having been used up to the time of reporting, together with an audit (audit firm) report, specifying the source of funds. (Article 32(2), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016 Article 57(3), Election Code, 2001, amended 2016 )
Do candidates have to report on their campaign finances? Yes. Art.57(3). Electoral subjects shall, not later than one month after the announcement of final results of elections, submit to the State Audit Office a report of funds having been used up to the time of reporting, together with an audit (audit firm) report, specifying the source of funds. (Article 57(3), Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Is information in reports from political parties and/​or candidates to be made public? Yes. 3. The State Audit Office is obliged to provide all interested persons with the information related to a party’s financial declaration as well as to publish financial declaration on the web side within 5 working days after receiving it. (Article 32(3), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016 )
Must reports from political parties and/​or candidates reveal the identity of donors? Yes. Article 32 1. A party shall, before February 1 of each year, send the financial declaration of previous year together with the auditor’s (auditing firm’s) conclusion to the State Audit Office. The declaration shall provide the annual income of the party (including the membership fees and amount of donations, identity of the natural persons providing the membership fees, information about the natural persons providing the contributions, the finances allocated by the state as well as the finances received as a result of publications or other activities of the party) and the expenditures of the parties (the expenditures spent on elections, financing of various activities, remuneration, business trips and other), as well as the report on its proprietary status. ( Article 32(1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016)
Institutions receiving financial reports from political parties and/​or candidates
Institutions receiving financial reports from political parties and/​or candidates: Electoral Management Board No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions receiving financial reports from political parties and/​or candidates: Auditing agency Yes. Party sends financial declaration to State Audit Office. Reports on funds used in election campaign also sent to State Audit Office. (Article 57(3)&(4), Election Code, 2001, amended 2016 Article 32(1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016)
Institutions receiving financial reports from political parties and/​or candidates: Ministry No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions receiving financial reports from political parties and/​or candidates: Special institution No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions receiving financial reports from political parties and/​or candidates: Court No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions receiving financial reports from political parties and/​or candidates: Other No. Absent from legal framework
Is it specified that a particular institution(s) is responsible for examining financial reports and/​or investigating violations?
Institution responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations: Court No. Absent from legal framework
Institution responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations: Ministry No. Absent from legal framework
Institution responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations: Auditing agency Yes. 1. Monitoring over the legality and transparency of financial activities of a political party shall be carried out by the State Audit Office. (Article 34.1(1), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016)
Institution responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations: Electoral Management Body No. Absent from legal framework
Institution responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations: Institution for this purpose No. Absent from legal framework
Institution responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations: Other No. Absent from legal framework
Other institutions with a formal role in political finance oversight
Institutions with a formal role in political finance oversight: Court Yes. 11. On administrative offences prescribed by this Article an authorized person of the State Audit Office shall draft an administrative offence protocol, which shall be immediately sent to the Regional (City) Court for review. (Article 34.2(11), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016)
Institutions with a formal role in political finance oversight: Ministry No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions with a formal role in political finance oversight: Auditing agency No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions with a formal role in political finance oversight: EMB No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions with a formal role in political finance oversight: Institution for this purpose No. Absent from legal framework
Institutions with a formal role in political finance oversight: Other Yes. State Audit office can submit recommendation to election commission if it thinks that violation (of not submitting statement of election campaign funds) is severe enough. Election commission can apply to court. (Article 57(6), Election Code, 2001, amended 2016)
Sanctions for political finance infractions
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Fines Yes. 4. Failure to comply with the requirements and obligations prescribed by this Law by party or by the person prescribed by paragraphs 1 st and 2 nd of the Article 26 1 – will result in fine by 5 000 GEL; 5. Failure to fulfil the statutory obligation related to the provision of information specified in this Law upon the request of the State Audit Office shall result in a fine of GEL 500 for a natural person, and GEL 2,000 for legal persons. (Article 34.2(4)&(5), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016)
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Loss of public funding Yes. No public funding in subsequent year if failure to submit financial declaration. (Article 34, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016)
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Penal/Criminal no. Absent from legal framework
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Forfeiture Yes. 12. If circumstances are present that might obstacle execution of penalties for offences prescribed by the law, State Audit Office is authorized with drafting protocol of administrative offences, to seize property of a party or/and person (including bank accounts) proportionally with a sanction in accordance with the relevant offence. Seizure shall enter into force immediately and with the protocol of administrative offences shall be presented to the Court for confirmation. 13. The court shall, within 15 days after receiving the relevant materials, review the issue of approval of the administrative offence report and render a decision. The court decision may be appealed only once to the Court of Appeals within 10 days after the service of the court decision. The Court of Appeals shall render a decision not later than 15 days after the receipt of the appeal. The decision shall be final and subject to no appeal. (Article 34.2(12)&(13), Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens 1997, amended 2016)
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Deregistration of party No. Absent from legal framework
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Loss of elected office No. Absent from legal framework
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Suspension of political party No. Absent from legal framework
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Loss of nomination of candidate No. Absent from legal framework
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Loss of political rights No. Absent from legal framework
Sanctions for political finance infractions: Other No. Article 34 provides for a written warning from the Anti-Corruption Bureau as an initial step before more severe sanctions are applied. (Article 34, Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens, 1997)

Legislation

Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2015 (English)pdf
Election Code, 2001, amended 2015 (English)pdf
Criminal Code, 1999, amended 2016 (English)pdf

*Last update: 2017

Financial Disclosure

The Georgian Law on Conflicts of Interests (2009, last amended 2016) sets an encompassing framework for public official’s disclosure. The same rules apply to the Head of State, Ministers, and Members of Parliament. Their annual disclosure statements must include real estate, movable assets above GEL 10,000, gifts above GEL 500, and any entrepreneurial activity. Income from outside employment over GEL 1,500), all bank accounts held, as well as cash over GEL 4,000 must also be disclosed. Disclosure statements include family members. The law requires that officials abstain if a decision would affect private interests. The Civil Service Bureau receives and keeps official’s asset declarations and monitors their compliance with Georgian legislation.

Civil Servants are not required to submit declarations of assets. However, they may not carry out any entrepreneurial activities, hold stocks or a share in enterprise. With some exceptions they may not perform any kind of paid work and must disclose whether there are any relatives working in the same administrative agency. Civil servants should also comply with certain post-employment limitations, set out in Law on Conflicts of Interest. The Law on public service (last amended in 2016) includes limitations on the holdings of government contracts, such as purchasing a property of the entrusted institution.

Quantitative Data

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201220152016201720202024Trend
Disclosure items338989858685
Filing frequency697575757575
Sanctions3383838383100
Monitoring and Oversight94100100100100100
Public access to declarations196969565675

Alternative Metric

201220152016201720202024Trend
Head of State608383828287
Ministers428181808087
Members of Parliament558888828387
Civil servants428181757587

Values lie in range between 0 and 100, higher values implying higher legislation comprehensiveness

Qualitative Data

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Head of State

Disclosure items

Spouses and children included in disclosure Yes. The declaration shall contain information about family members ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Income and Assets
Real estate Yes. Public officials are required to disclose immovable property. ( Article 15 (d) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Movable assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose movable property where value exceeds GEL 10,000. ( Article 15 (e) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cash Yes. Public officials are required to disclose deposits and accounts both in Georgia and abroad, as well as cash in excess of GEL 4,000 at their disposal. ( Article 15 (f), (g), (h) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Loans and Debts Yes. Absent from the legal framework Public officials are required to disclose financial liabilities, including loans, debts, and other financial obligations. (Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (as amended))
Income from outside employment/assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose income from entrepreneurial activities, paid activities, contractual agreements (if the value of the contract exceeds GEL 3,000), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). Income from Georgia or abroad is included in the provision. ( Article 15 (i), (j), (k), (m) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Incompatibilities
Gifts received as a public official Yes. Public officials are required to disclose gifts of value, which exceeds GEL 500. ( Article 15 (l) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Holding government contracts No. Not covered in the law. Not explicitly regulated as a separate category, but may be indirectly covered through disclosure of entrepreneurial activities, contractual income, and conflict of interest provisions. (Articles 10–11 and 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests)
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Post-employment No. Not covered in the law.
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position No. Not covered in the law.
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests Yes. Public Officials are obliged to disclose the conflict of interest and refuse to participate in the making of or voting the decision on the issue where his/her own property or other interest is involved. ( Article 11 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector No. Not covered in the law.

Filing frequency

Filing required upon taking office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within two months of appointment. ( Article 14 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required upon leaving office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within an year after dismissal ( Article 14 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required annually Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration annually. ( Article 14 (2) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest No. Not covered in the law.

Sanctions

Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of this Law shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1 000, for which an individual administrative act - a decree imposing a fine - shall be issued. (Article 20 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within two weeks after the entry into force of a decree imposing a fine or of a court decision (ruling) shall result in the imposition of criminal liability on the person. The imposition of criminal liability shall not exempt the person from the obligation of submitting a declaration. In such case, the person shall submit the declaration within two weeks after the date when the judgement of conviction enters into force. (Article 20 (4) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019) )
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Criminal sanction for providing false information is the public work from 120 to 200 hours, restriction to hold the office up to 3 years period. (Article 355 of the Penal Code (1999, amended 2019) )

Monitoring and Oversight

Depository body explicitly identified Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall ensure the receipt of official's asset declarations, the public availability of property conditions of relevant officials and the control over the submission of declarations according to the legislation of Georgia. The Bureau shall also perform other functions provided for by the legislation of Georgia. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Enforcement body explicitly identified Yes. A head of the Bureau issues a resolution on fine pursuant to simple administrative procedure. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission Yes. The Civil Service Bureau receives and keeps the official's asset declarations completed by officials and monitor their compliance with the legislation of Georgia (Article 18 (2) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall monitor the entry of full and correct data into official's asset declarations and the compliance of completed declarations with the legislation of Georgia (Article 18.1 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))

Public access to declarations

Public availability Yes. Any person may request to receive a copy of a completed official's asset declaration and review it, except for the personal number, address of the place of permanent residence and telephone number, information related to the period before first appointment and/or the period after dismissal provided for by Article 15(j) of this Law, and the secret field of the declaration ( Articles 19 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Timing of information release specified No. Absent from the legal framework The timing of publication is not explicitly specified in the law, but declarations are made publicly available in practice through the Civil Service Bureau.
Location(s) of access specified Yes. All declarations are kept by Civil Service Bureau. ( Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cost of access specified Yes. The fee for the copy of declaration is determined by the Law of Georgia on Fee on Making a Copy of Public Information. ( Article 19 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))

Ministers

Disclosure items

Spouses and children included in disclosure Yes. The declaration shall contain information about family members ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Income and Assets
Real estate Yes. Public officials are required to disclose immovable property. ( Article 15 (d) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Movable assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose movable property where value exceeds GEL 10,000. ( Article 15 (e) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cash Yes. Public officials are required to disclose deposits and accounts both in Georgia and abroad, as well as cash in excess of GEL 4,000 at their disposal. ( Article 15 (f), (g), (h) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Loans and Debts Yes. Absent from the legal framework Public officials are required to disclose financial liabilities, including loans, debts, and other financial obligations. (Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (as amended))
Income from outside employment/assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose income from entrepreneurial activities, paid activities, contractual agreements (if the value of the contract exceeds GEL 3,000), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). Income from Georgia or abroad is included in the provision. ( Article 15 (i), (j), (k), (m) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Incompatibilities
Gifts received as a public official Yes. Public officials are required to disclose gifts of value, which exceeds GEL 500 ( Article 15 (l) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Holding government contracts No. Not covered in the law. Not explicitly regulated as a separate category, but may be indirectly covered through disclosure of entrepreneurial activities, contractual income, and conflict of interest provisions. (Articles 10–11 and 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests)
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Post-employment No. Not covered in the law.
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position No. Not covered in the law.
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests Yes. Public Officials are obliged to disclose the conflict of interest and refuse to participate in the making of or voting the decision on the issue where his/her own property or other interest is involved. ( Article 10 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector No. Not covered in the law.

Filing frequency

Filing required upon taking office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within two months of appointment. ( Article 14 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required upon leaving office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within an year after dismissal ( Article 14 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required annually Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration annually. ( Article 14 (2) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest No. Not covered in the law.

Sanctions

Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of this Law shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1 000, for which an individual administrative act - a decree imposing a fine - shall be issued. (Article 20 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within two weeks after the entry into force of a decree imposing a fine or of a court decision (ruling) shall result in the imposition of criminal liability on the person. The imposition of criminal liability shall not exempt the person from the obligation of submitting a declaration. In such case, the person shall submit the declaration within two weeks after the date when the judgement of conviction enters into force. (Article 20 (4) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019) )
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Criminal sanction for providing false information is the public work from 120 to 200 hours, restriction to hold the office up to 3 years period. (Article 355 of the Penal Code (1999, amended 2019) )

Monitoring and Oversight

Depository body explicitly identified Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall ensure the receipt of official's asset declarations, the public availability of property conditions of relevant officials and the control over the submission of declarations according to the legislation of Georgia. The Bureau shall also perform other functions provided for by the legislation of Georgia. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Enforcement body explicitly identified Yes. A head of the Bureau issues a resolution on fine pursuant to simple administrative procedure. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission Yes. The Civil Service Bureau receives and keeps the official's asset declarations completed by officials and monitor their compliance with the legislation of Georgia (Article 18 (2) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall monitor the entry of full and correct data into official's asset declarations and the compliance of completed declarations with the legislation of Georgia (Article 18.1 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))

Public access to declarations

Public availability Yes. Any person may request to receive a copy of a completed official's asset declaration and review it, except for the personal number, address of the place of permanent residence and telephone number, information related to the period before first appointment and/or the period after dismissal provided for by Article 15(j) of this Law, and the secret field of the declaration ( Articles 19 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Timing of information release specified No. Absent from the legal framework
Location(s) of access specified Yes. All declarations are kept by Civil Service Bureau. ( Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cost of access specified Yes. The fee for the copy of declaration is determined by the Law of Georgia on Fee on Making a Copy of Public Information. ( Article 19 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))

Members of Parliament

Disclosure items

Spouses and children included in disclosure Yes. The declaration shall contain information about family members ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Income and Assets
Real estate Yes. Public officials are required to disclose immovable property. ( Article 15 (d) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Movable assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose movable property where value exceeds GEL 10,000. ( Article 15 (e) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cash Yes. Public officials are required to disclose deposits and accounts both in Georgia and abroad, as well as cash in excess of GEL 4,000 at their disposal. ( Article 15 (f), (g), (h) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Loans and Debts Yes. Absent from the legal framework Public officials are required to disclose financial liabilities, including loans, debts, and other financial obligations. (Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (as amended))
Income from outside employment/assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose income from entrepreneurial activities, paid activities, contractual agreements (if the value of the contract exceeds GEL 3,000), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). Income from Georgia or abroad is included in the provision. ( Article 15 (i), (j), (k), (m) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Incompatibilities
Gifts received as a public official Yes. The Member of Parliament is obliged to declare that gift, prescribed by the Georgian legislation within a month's time in the register of gifts, that’s market value exceeds 300 GEL. In the registry of the gift must be indicated: the name and surname of the Recipient member of Parliament, the name and surname of the presenter (in case of legal person - name of legal person), the date of gift receipt, the description of the gift and market value. The gift registry is public and is conducted by the Secretariat of the Council of Ethics. ( Article 3 (D) of the Code of Ethics of the Members of Parliament of Georgia 2019)
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 300), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). Combining entrepreneurial activity or any position in public service with the status of a Member of Parliament shall be inadmissible. Incompatibility cases are determined by Georgian legislative acts. (Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019) Article 3 (E) (D) of the Code of Ethics of the Members of Parliament of Georgia 2019)
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 300), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). Combining entrepreneurial activity or any position in public service with the status of a Member of Parliament shall be inadmissible. Incompatibility cases are determined by Georgian legislative acts. (Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019) Article 3 (E) (D) of the Code of Ethics of the Members of Parliament of Georgia 2019)
Holding government contracts No. Not covered in the law. Not explicitly regulated as a separate category, but may be indirectly covered through disclosure of entrepreneurial activities, contractual income, and conflict of interest provisions. (Articles 10–11 and 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests)
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 300), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). Combining entrepreneurial activity or any position in public service with the status of a Member of Parliament shall be inadmissible. Incompatibility cases are determined by Georgian legislative acts. (Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019) Article 3 (E) (D) of the Code of Ethics of the Members of Parliament of Georgia 2019)
Post-employment No. Not covered in the law.
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position No. Not covered in the law.
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests Yes. Public Officials are obliged to disclose the conflict of interest and refuse to participate in the making of or voting the decision on the issue where his/her own property or other interest is involved. ( Article 10 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector No. Not covered in the law.

Filing frequency

Filing required upon taking office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within two months of appointment. ( Article 14 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required upon leaving office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within an year after dismissal ( Article 14 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required annually Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration annually. ( Article 14 (2) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest No. Not covered in the law.

Sanctions

Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of this Law shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1 000, for which an individual administrative act - a decree imposing a fine - shall be issued. (Article 20 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within two weeks after the entry into force of a decree imposing a fine or of a court decision (ruling) shall result in the imposition of criminal liability on the person. The imposition of criminal liability shall not exempt the person from the obligation of submitting a declaration. In such case, the person shall submit the declaration within two weeks after the date when the judgement of conviction enters into force. (Article 20 (4) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019) )
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Criminal sanction for providing false information is the public work from 120 to 200 hours, restriction to hold the office up to 3 years period. (Article 355 of the Penal Code (1999, amended 2019) )

Monitoring and Oversight

Depository body explicitly identified Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall ensure the receipt of official's asset declarations, the public availability of property conditions of relevant officials and the control over the submission of declarations according to the legislation of Georgia. The Bureau shall also perform other functions provided for by the legislation of Georgia. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Enforcement body explicitly identified Yes. A head of the Bureau issues a resolution on fine pursuant to simple administrative procedure. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission Yes. The Civil Service Bureau receives and keeps the official's asset declarations completed by officials and monitor their compliance with the legislation of Georgia. Also, the Ethics Council established with the Code of Ethics of the Member of Parliament of Georgia monitors the violations concerning gifts declarations fo MPs (which are more stringent as provided by for the Code of Ethics) (Article 18 (2) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019) Article 4(2) of the Code of Ethics of the Members of Parliament of Georgia 2019)
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall monitor the entry of full and correct data into official's asset declarations and the compliance of completed declarations with the legislation of Georgia. Also, the Ethics Council established with the Code of Ethics of the Member of Parliament of Georgia monitors the violations concerning gifts declarations fo MPs (which are more stringent as provided by for the Code of Ethics) (Article 18.1 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019) Article 4(2) of the Code of Ethics of the Members of Parliament of Georgia 2019)

Public access to declarations

Public availability Yes. Any person may request to receive a copy of a completed official's asset declaration and review it, except for the personal number, address of the place of permanent residence and telephone number, information related to the period before first appointment and/or the period after dismissal provided for by Article 15(j) of this Law, and the secret field of the declaration ( Articles 19 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019) )
Timing of information release specified No. Absent from the legal framework The timing of publication is not explicitly specified in the law, but declarations are made publicly available in practice through the Civil Service Bureau.
Location(s) of access specified Yes. All declarations are kept by Civil Service Bureau. ( Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cost of access specified Yes. The fee for the copy of declaration is determined by the Law of Georgia on Fee on Making a Copy of Public Information. ( Article 19 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))

Civil servants

Disclosure items

Spouses and children included in disclosure Yes. The declaration shall contain information about family members ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Income and Assets
Real estate Yes. Public officials are required to disclose immovable property. ( Article 15 (d) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Movable assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose movable property where value exceeds GEL 10,000. ( Article 15 (e) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cash Yes. Public officials are required to disclose deposits and accounts both in Georgia and abroad, as well as cash in excess of GEL 4,000 at their disposal. ( Article 15 (f), (g), (h) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Loans and Debts Yes. Absent from the legal framework Public officials are required to disclose financial liabilities, including loans, debts, and other financial obligations. (Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (as amended))
Income from outside employment/assets Yes. Public officials are required to disclose income from entrepreneurial activities, paid activities, contractual agreements (if the value of the contract exceeds GEL 3,000), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). Income from Georgia or abroad is included in the provision. ( Article 15 (i), (j), (k), (m) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Incompatibilities
Gifts received as a public official Yes. Public officials are required to disclose gifts of value, which exceeds GEL 500 ( Article 15 (l) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Holding government contracts No. Not covered in the law. Not explicitly regulated as a separate category, but may be indirectly covered through disclosure of entrepreneurial activities, contractual income, and conflict of interest provisions. (Articles 10–11 and 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests)
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. Public officials are required to disclose securities, entrepreneurial activities, gifts (the value of which exceeds GEL 500), and any other income (the amount of which exceeds GEL 1,500). ( Article 15 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Post-employment No. Not covered in the law.
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position No. Not covered in the law.
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests Yes. Public Officials are obliged to disclose the conflict of interest and refuse to participate in the making of or voting the decision on the issue where his/her own property or other interest is involved. ( Article 10 of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Concurrent employment of family members in public sector No. Not covered in the law.

Filing frequency

Filing required upon taking office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within two months of appointment. ( Article 14 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required upon leaving office Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration within an year after dismissal ( Article 14 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Filing required annually Yes. Public officials are required to submit an income and asset declaration annually. ( Article 14 (2) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Ad hoc filing required upon change in assets or conflicts of interest No. Not covered in the law.

Sanctions

Sanctions stipulated for late filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of this Law shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1 000, for which an individual administrative act - a decree imposing a fine - shall be issued. (Article 20 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Sanctions stipulated for non-filing (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within two weeks after the entry into force of a decree imposing a fine or of a court decision (ruling) shall result in the imposition of criminal liability on the person. The imposition of criminal liability shall not exempt the person from the obligation of submitting a declaration. In such case, the person shall submit the declaration within two weeks after the date when the judgement of conviction enters into force. (Article 20 (4) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019) )
Sanctions stipulated for false disclosure (fines, administrative, and/or criminal) Yes. Criminal sanction for providing false information is the public work from 120 to 200 hours, restriction to hold the office up to 3 years period. (Article 355 of the Penal Code (1999, amended 2019) )

Monitoring and Oversight

Depository body explicitly identified Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall ensure the receipt of official's asset declarations, the public availability of property conditions of relevant officials and the control over the submission of declarations according to the legislation of Georgia. The Bureau shall also perform other functions provided for by the legislation of Georgia. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Enforcement body explicitly identified Yes. A head of the Bureau issues a resolution on fine pursuant to simple administrative procedure. (Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying submission Yes. The Civil Service Bureau receives and keeps the official's asset declarations completed by officials and monitor their compliance with the legislation of Georgia (Article 18 (2) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))
Some agency assigned responsibility for verifying accuracy Yes. The Civil Service Bureau shall monitor the entry of full and correct data into official's asset declarations and the compliance of completed declarations with the legislation of Georgia (Article 18.1 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interest (1997, amended 2019))

Public access to declarations

Public availability Yes. Any person may request to receive a copy of a completed official's asset declaration and review it, except for the personal number, address of the place of permanent residence and telephone number, information related to the period before first appointment and/or the period after dismissal provided for by Article 15(j) of this Law, and the secret field of the declaration ( Articles 19 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Timing of information release specified No. Absent from the legal framework The timing of publication is not explicitly specified in the law, but declarations are made publicly available in practice through the Civil Service Bureau.
Location(s) of access specified Yes. All declarations are kept by Civil Service Bureau. ( Article 18 (1) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))
Cost of access specified Yes. The fee for the copy of declaration is determined by the Law of Georgia on Fee on Making a Copy of Public Information. ( Article 19 (3) of the Law on Conflict of Interests (1997, amended 2019))

Legislation

Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Criminal Code of Georgia of 1999_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Code of Ethics of the Members of Parliament of 2019_GEO (Georgian)pdf

*Last update: 2017

Conflict of Interest

Conflict of interest restrictions for the Head of State and Ministers of Georgia are specified in the Law on Conflicts of Interests (2009, last amended 2016). They may not hold any position in an enterprise, nor hold stocks in an enterprise which falls under the supervision of fellow officials. While accepting gifts is generally allowed for the Head of the State, their sum may not exceed 15% of an official’s annual wage. The Constitution (2010) equally prevents Members of Parliament from holding either an entrepreneurial position or an additional position in the state service. Similar rules apply to Civil Servants, where the Law on Civil Service (1997, last amended 2016) prevents holding permanent supervisory or managerial positions in private companies. However, Civil Servants may hold stocks. Not only is participating in a decision that affects private interests forbidden for all officials alike, also is there the possibility for any interested party to ask for a Civil Servant to be excluded from a decision should a conflict of interests exist.

While no sanctions are specified for the Head of State or Ministers, violating conflict of interests may lead to a loss of office for MPs. Civil servants may face disciplinary sanctions, such as reprimand or a reduction of pay, in case of violations. The Georgian Anti-Corruption Council appointed by the Head of State is responsible for monitoring conflicts of interest law and providing guidance. However, enforcement body is specified only for MPs. In case of a MP is suspected of infringing rules, the Parliament may establish a temporary investigative committee against corruption acting as an enforcement body.

Quantitative Data

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Sanctions587575755092
Monitoring and Oversight2510010010050100

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Head of State0626262086
Ministers3262626244100
Members of Parliament568787878797
Civil servants6079797959100

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Qualitative Data

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Head of State

Restrictions

General restriction on conflict of interest Yes. A public servant (here included the President) shall: a) pay attention to any existing or possible conflict of interest; b) take measures to prevent any conflict of interest; c) declare any conflict of interest before being appointed or elected to the respective position or after being appointed or elected as soon as he/she becomes aware of that fact. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 2 (1) (a), 7 and 13^4 (2))
Accepting gifts Yes. A 'gift' is property transferred or services provided to a public servant or his/her family members free of charge or under beneficial conditions, partial or full release from obligations, which represents an exception from general rules. The total value of gifts received by a public servant during a reporting year shall not exceed 15% of the amount of one year’s salary, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed 5%, unless these gifts are received from the same source. The total value of gifts received by each member of the public servant's family during a reporting year shall not exceed GEL 1 000, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed GEL 500, unless these gifts are received from the same source. Among others, a 'diplomatic gift' which is given to a public servant during an official or working visit according to the procedure under protocol and the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300, and a symbolic sign or a souvenir given to a public servant or his/her family member by a state or local self-government body or institution of Georgia or other state, the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300 and which is received from one source during an official event are not considered gifts. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 5, 5^1 and 5^2)
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings Yes. A public servant shall, for the term of his/her office, under a trust agreement, transfer to other persons for management a capital share (block of stocks) of an enterprise of the business entity owned by him/her, as determined by the legislation of Georgia. Public servants may not carry out entrepreneurial activities. Public servants may only hold stocks or a share in an enterprise. An official or his/her family member may not hold stocks or a capital share in an enterprise, the control of activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (6) (8) (12))
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Public servants may not carry out entrepreneurial activities. Public servants may only hold stocks or a share in an enterprise. An official or his/her family member may not hold stocks or a capital share in an enterprise, the control of activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (8) (12))
Holding government contracts Yes. The President of Georgia shall not have the right to hold any other office, to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities, or to receive a salary or other permanent remuneration for any other activity. A public servant may not, based on his/her personal interests enter into a transaction, as a public servant, with his/her business entity, political party or other public institution. A public servant may not receive income from an organisation that is under his/her official supervision. An official or his/her family member may not hold a position or perform any kind of work in an enterprise registered in Georgia, the control of entrepreneurial activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 51 (4) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 10 (1) (c) and 13 (3) (11))
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. The President of Georgia shall not have the right to hold any other office, to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities, or to receive a salary or other permanent remuneration for any other activity. The President of Georgia shall not be a member of a political party. Furthermore, a public servant may not be a permanent head of a business entity, or a member of a controlling, a supervisory or an auditing body. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 51 (4) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (1) (2^1) (7))
Post-employment Yes. A dismissed public servant may not, within one year after dismissal, start working in the public institution or carry out activities in the enterprise which has been under his systematic official supervision during the past three years. Within this period, he/she also may not receive income from such public institution or enterprise. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (10))
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position Yes. The President of Georgia shall not have the right to hold any other office, to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities, or to receive a salary or other permanent remuneration for any other activity. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 51 (4))
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests No. Provisions concerning participation in official decision-making processes that affect private interests do not apply to the President of Georgia. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 11 (4))
Assisting family or friends in obtaining employment in public sector Yes. An official's close relative may not be appointed as an officer on the basis of an agreement under public law or an employment agreement to a position that is under official supervision of that official (except when appointed through a competition). Additionally, a public servant may not be assigned to supervise the organisation, in the supervising body of which his/her family member is employed. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 7 and 13 (4) (13))

Sanctions

Fines are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of the Law on Conflict of Interests shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1,000, for which an individual administrative act – a decree imposing a fine – shall be issued. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (b) of the Law, i.e. existence of a violation in the official's asset declaration, an official shall be fined in the amount 20 % of his/her official salary, but not less than GEL 500, and a person who has been dismissed shall be fined in the amount of 20 % of the last official salary received during the holding of office, but not less than GEL 500, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1) (1^1) (2))
Administrative sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interests, i.e. existence of a minor violation in the official’s asset declaration, an official shall be given a warning, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. If the public servant who is subject to disciplinary liability according to the legislation of Georgia violates the Law intentionally or negligently, unless this violation constitutes a crime or an administrative offence, shall result in disciplinary liability of the public servant as determined by law. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1^2) (2) (2^1) (5))
Penal sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior No. The President of Georgia shall enjoy immunity. No one shall have the right to detain or bring criminal proceedings against the President of Georgia while in office. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 51 (3))

Monitoring and Oversight

Monitoring body specified (guidance, training, data tracking) Yes. The Anti-corruption Interagency Coordination Council ensures an effective and coordinated fight against corruption. Its main objective is to formulate a general anti-corruption policy, prepare a national anti-corruption strategy and an action plan for its implementation, update the strategy periodically and monitor its implementation. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 12^1)
Enforcement body specified (sanctions, hearings) Yes. Information Bureau for Property and Financial Conditions of Officials, as a decree imposing a fine shall be issued by the Head of the Bureau through simple administrative proceedings. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (2) (2^1))

Ministers

Restrictions

General restriction on conflict of interest Yes. A public servant (here included members of the Government of Georgia, i.e. Prime Minister and Ministers) shall: a) pay attention to any existing or possible conflict of interest; b) take measures to prevent any conflict of interest; c) declare any conflict of interest before being appointed or elected to the respective position or after being appointed or elected as soon as he/she becomes aware of that fact. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 54 (3) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 2 (1) (e), 7 and 13^4 (2))
Accepting gifts Yes. A 'gift' is property transferred or services provided to a public servant or his/her family members free of charge or under beneficial conditions, partial or full release from obligations, which represents an exception from general rules. The total value of gifts received by a public servant during a reporting year shall not exceed 15% of the amount of one year’s salary, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed 5%, unless these gifts are received from the same source. The total value of gifts received by each member of the public servant's family during a reporting year shall not exceed GEL 1 000, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed GEL 500, unless these gifts are received from the same source. Among others, a 'diplomatic gift' which is given to a public servant during an official or working visit according to the procedure under protocol and the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300, and a symbolic sign or a souvenir given to a public servant or his/her family member by a state or local self-government body or institution of Georgia or other state, the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300 and which is received from one source during an official event are not considered gifts. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 5, 5^1 and 5^2)
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings Yes. A public servant shall, for the term of his/her office, under a trust agreement, transfer to other persons for management a capital share (block of stocks) of an enterprise of the business entity owned by him/her, as determined by the legislation of Georgia. Public servants may not carry out entrepreneurial activities. Public servants may only hold stocks or a share in an enterprise. An official or his/her family member may not hold stocks or a capital share in an enterprise, the control of activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (6) (8) (12))
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Public servants may not carry out entrepreneurial activities. Public servants may only hold stocks or a share in an enterprise. An official or his/her family member may not hold stocks or a capital share in an enterprise, the control of activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (8) (12))
Holding government contracts Yes. A member of the Government shall not have the right to hold any other office except in a [political] party, to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities, or to receive remuneration for any other activity, except for academic and pedagogical activities. A public servant may not, based on his/her personal interests enter into a transaction, as a public servant, with his/her business entity, political party or other public institution. A public servant may not receive income from an organisation that is under his/her official supervision. An official or his/her family member may not hold a position or perform any kind of work in an enterprise registered in Georgia, the control of entrepreneurial activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 54 (6) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 10 (1) (c) and 13 (1) (3) (11))
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. A member of the Government shall not have the right to hold any other office except in a [political] party, to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities, or to receive remuneration for any other activity, except for academic and pedagogical activities. Furthermore, a public servant may not be a permanent head of a business entity, or a member of a controlling, a supervisory or an auditing body. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 54 (6) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (1) (2^2) (7))
Post-employment Yes. A dismissed public servant may not, within one year after dismissal, start working in the public institution or carry out activities in the enterprise which has been under his systematic official supervision during the past three years. Within this period, he/she also may not receive income from such public institution or enterprise. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (10))
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position Yes. A member of the Government shall not have the right to hold any other office except in a [political] party, to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities, or to receive remuneration for any other activity, except for academic and pedagogical activities. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 54 (6))
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests Yes. A public servant whose duty within a collegial body is to make decisions, with respect to which he/she has property or other interests, shall inform the other members of the body or his/her immediate supervisor of this fact and shall refuse to participate in the decision-making. A public servant whose duty is to individually make decisions, with respect to which he/she has property or other interests, shall seek self-recusal and inform in writing his/her immediate supervisor (superior body) of this fact, who will either make an appropriate decision or assign this duty to other official. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 11)
Assisting family or friends in obtaining employment in public sector Yes. An official's close relative may not be appointed as an officer on the basis of an agreement under public law or an employment agreement to a position that is under official supervision of that official (except when appointed through a competition). Additionally, a public servant may not be assigned to supervise the organisation, in the supervising body of which his/her family member is employed. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 7 and 13 (4) (13))

Sanctions

Fines are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of the Law on Conflict of Interests shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1,000, for which an individual administrative act – a decree imposing a fine – shall be issued. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (b) of the Law, i.e. existence of a violation in the official's asset declaration, an official shall be fined in the amount 20 % of his/her official salary, but not less than GEL 500, and a person who has been dismissed shall be fined in the amount of 20 % of the last official salary received during the holding of office, but not less than GEL 500, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1) (1^1) (2))
Administrative sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interests, i.e. existence of a minor violation in the official’s asset declaration, an official shall be given a warning, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. If the public servant who is subject to disciplinary liability according to the legislation of Georgia violates the Law intentionally or negligently, unless this violation constitutes a crime or an administrative offence, shall result in disciplinary liability of the public servant as determined by law. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1^2) (2) (2^1) (5))
Penal sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. Failure of an official to submit an official's asset declaration within two weeks after the date of entry into force of a decree imposing a fine or of a court decision (ruling) shall result in the imposition of criminal liability on that official. The imposition of criminal liability shall not exempt the official from the obligation of submitting an official's asset declaration. In such case, the official shall submit the declaration within two weeks after the date when the judgment of conviction enters into force. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (4))

Monitoring and Oversight

Monitoring body specified (guidance, training, data tracking) Yes. The Anti-corruption Interagency Coordination Council ensures an effective and coordinated fight against corruption. Its main objective is to formulate a general anti-corruption policy, prepare a national anti-corruption strategy and an action plan for its implementation, update the strategy periodically and monitor its implementation. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 12^1)
Enforcement body specified (sanctions, hearings) Yes. Information Bureau for Property and Financial Conditions of Officials, as a decree imposing a fine shall be issued by the Head of the Bureau through simple administrative proceedings. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (2) (2^1))

Members of Parliament

Restrictions

General restriction on conflict of interest Yes. The Constitution stipulates that cases of conflict of interests shall be defined by the Rules of Procedure of Parliament. This is ratified by Art. 13 of the Law on Conflict of Interests, which also provides that its list of incompatibility of duties applies to Members of Parliament unless otherwise determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia. For this reason, both legal diplomas (the Law on Conflict of Interests and the Rules of Procedure) apply. A public servant (here included members of the Government of Georgia, i.e. Prime Minister and Ministers) shall: a) pay attention to any existing or possible conflict of interest; b) take measures to prevent any conflict of interest; c) declare any conflict of interest before being appointed or elected to the respective position or after being appointed or elected as soon as he/she becomes aware of that fact. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 39 (4) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 2 (1) (b), 7 and 13^4 (2) Rules of Procedure of Parliament of 2019 (as of 2020), Art. 6 (4) (5))
Accepting gifts Yes. A 'gift' is property transferred or services provided to a public servant or his/her family members free of charge or under beneficial conditions, partial or full release from obligations, which represents an exception from general rules. The total value of gifts received by a public servant during a reporting year shall not exceed 15% of the amount of one year’s salary, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed 5%, unless these gifts are received from the same source. The total value of gifts received by each member of the public servant's family during a reporting year shall not exceed GEL 1 000, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed GEL 500, unless these gifts are received from the same source. Among others, a 'diplomatic gift' which is given to a public servant during an official or working visit according to the procedure under protocol and the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300, and a symbolic sign or a souvenir given to a public servant or his/her family member by a state or local self-government body or institution of Georgia or other state, the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300 and which is received from one source during an official event are not considered gifts. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 5, 5^1 and 5^2)
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings No. The cases of the incompatibility of duties of Members of the Parliament of Georgia shall be determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia. The MP shall not hold a position of state service or engage in entrepreneurial activity. The requirements of incompatibility of an MP’s entrepreneurial activity with his/her MP status do not invalidate the constitutionally recognized right to property of an MP. S/he may possess stocks, shares and other property. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (1^1) (2^3) Rules of Procedure of Parliament of 2019 (as of 2020), Art. 7 (1) (2))
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Article 13 of the Law on Conflict of Interest (which applies to a Member of the Parliament of Georgia unless otherwise determined by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia) provides that public servants may not carry out entrepreneurial activities, but only hold stocks or a share in an enterprise. However, an official or his/her family member may not hold stocks or a capital share in an enterprise, the control of activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (8) (12))
Holding government contracts Yes. A Member of Parliament shall not have the right to hold any office in civil service or to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities. A Member of Parliament may be engaged in public activities. A Member of Parliament may be engaged in academic, pedagogical and artistic activities if these activities do not envisage performing administrative functions. Cases of conflict of interests shall be defined by the Rules of Procedure of Parliament. Furthermore, a public servant may not, based on his/her personal interests enter into a transaction, as a public servant, with his/her business entity, political party or other public institution. A public servant may not receive income from an organisation that is under his/her official supervision. An official or his/her family member may not hold a position or perform any kind of work in an enterprise registered in Georgia, the control of entrepreneurial activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 39 (4) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 10 (1) (c) and 13 (1) (1^1) (3) (11))
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. A Member of Parliament shall not have the right to hold any office in civil service or to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities. Cases of conflict of interests shall be defined by the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, which establishes that an MP shall not have a right to: a) personally carry out reiterated profit-oriented activity for managing material values and financial resources; b) personally carry out the responsibilities of a member of a permanent managerial, supervisory, overseeing, inspecting and consulting body of an entrepreneurial subject. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 39 (4) Rules of Procedure of Parliament of 2019 (as of 2020), Art. 7 (3))
Post-employment Yes. A dismissed public servant may not, within one year after dismissal, start working in the public institution or carry out activities in the enterprise which has been under his systematic official supervision during the past three years. Within this period, he/she also may not receive income from such public institution or enterprise. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (10))
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position Yes. A Member of Parliament shall not have the right to hold any office in civil service or to be engaged in entrepreneurial activities. A Member of Parliament may be engaged in public activities. (Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (as of 2020), Art. 39 (4))
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests Yes. An MP may carry out public activities. An MP may work in the sphere of science, education and art if this work does not involve carrying out administrative functions. Implementation of administrative functions implies having official authority to make administrative decisions on personnel, disciplinary and other issues at scientific, academic, and/or art establishments. Additionally, a public servant whose duty within a collegial body is to make decisions, with respect to which he/she has property or other interests, shall inform the other members of the body or his/her immediate supervisor of this fact and shall refuse to participate in the decision-making. A public servant whose duty is to individually make decisions, with respect to which he/she has property or other interests, shall seek self-recusal and inform in writing his/her immediate supervisor (superior body) of this fact, who will either make an appropriate decision or assign this duty to other official. (Rules of Procedure of Parliament of 2019 (as of 2020), Art. 7 (4) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 11)
Assisting family or friends in obtaining employment in public sector Yes. An official's close relative may not be appointed as an officer on the basis of an agreement under public law or an employment agreement to a position that is under official supervision of that official (except when appointed through a competition). Additionally, a public servant may not be assigned to supervise the organisation, in the supervising body of which his/her family member is employed. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 7 and 13 (4) (13))

Sanctions

Fines are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of the Law on Conflict of Interests shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1,000, for which an individual administrative act – a decree imposing a fine – shall be issued. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (b) of the Law, i.e. existence of a violation in the official's asset declaration, an official shall be fined in the amount 20 % of his/her official salary, but not less than GEL 500, and a person who has been dismissed shall be fined in the amount of 20 % of the last official salary received during the holding of office, but not less than GEL 500, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1) (1^1) (2))
Administrative sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interests, i.e. existence of a minor violation in the official’s asset declaration, an official shall be given a warning, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. If the public servant who is subject to disciplinary liability according to the legislation of Georgia violates the Law intentionally or negligently, unless this violation constitutes a crime or an administrative offence, shall result in disciplinary liability of the public servant as determined by law. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1^2) (2) (2^1) (5))
Penal sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. Failure of an official to submit an official's asset declaration within two weeks after the date of entry into force of a decree imposing a fine or of a court decision (ruling) shall result in the imposition of criminal liability on that official. The imposition of criminal liability shall not exempt the official from the obligation of submitting an official's asset declaration. In such case, the official shall submit the declaration within two weeks after the date when the judgment of conviction enters into force. However, principles regarding the processing of a criminal case against an MP must be followed. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (4) Rules of Procedure of Parliament of 2019 (as of 2020), Art. 11)

Monitoring and Oversight

Monitoring body specified (guidance, training, data tracking) Yes. The Anti-corruption Interagency Coordination Council ensures an effective and coordinated fight against corruption. Its main objective is to formulate a general anti-corruption policy, prepare a national anti-corruption strategy and an action plan for its implementation, update the strategy periodically and monitor its implementation. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 12^1)
Enforcement body specified (sanctions, hearings) Yes. In case there is a suspicion of corruption offences by an MP, parliament can vote to set up a Temporary Investigative Commission which is responsible for investigations and hearings on the issue. It then presents a decision which can be approved or further revised by parliament. Additionally, the decree imposing a fine for failure to submit the asset declaration shall be issued by the Head of the Information Bureau for Property and Financial Conditions of Officials through simple administrative proceedings. (Rules of Procedure of Parliament of 2019 (as of 2020), Art. 61 Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (2) (2^1))

Civil servants

Restrictions

General restriction on conflict of interest Yes. Public servants shall be impartial when exercising official powers and shall be guided only by public interest. A public servant may not be guided by his/her personal interests. The obligation of officers to complete and submit the asset declarations of officials, and the issues of conflicts of interest, incompatibility of duties and restrictions on the entry into transactions are regulated by the Law of Georgia on Conflicts of Interest and Corruption in Public Institutions. A public servant shall: a) pay attention to any existing or possible conflict of interest; b) take measures to prevent any conflict of interest; c) declare any conflict of interest before being appointed or elected to the respective position or after being appointed or elected as soon as he/she becomes aware of that fact. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Law on Public Service of 2015, as amended in 2024, Arts. 12 and 77 (1) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 7 and 13^4 (2))
Accepting gifts Yes. A 'gift' is property transferred or services provided to a public servant or his/her family members free of charge or under beneficial conditions, partial or full release from obligations, which represents an exception from general rules. The total value of gifts received by a public servant during a reporting year shall not exceed 15% of the amount of one year’s salary, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed 5%, unless these gifts are received from the same source. The total value of gifts received by each member of the public servant's family during a reporting year shall not exceed GEL 1 000, whereas the total value of a single gift received shall not exceed GEL 500, unless these gifts are received from the same source. Among others, a 'diplomatic gift' which is given to a public servant during an official or working visit according to the procedure under protocol and the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300, and a symbolic sign or a souvenir given to a public servant or his/her family member by a state or local self-government body or institution of Georgia or other state, the market value of which does not exceed GEL 300 and which is received from one source during an official event are not considered gifts. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 5, 5^1 and 5^2)
Private firm ownership and/or stock holdings Yes. A public servant shall, for the term of his/her office, under a trust agreement, transfer to other persons for management a capital share (block of stocks) of an enterprise of the business entity owned by him/her, as determined by the legislation of Georgia. Public servants may not carry out entrepreneurial activities. Public servants may only hold stocks or a share in an enterprise. An official or his/her family member may not hold stocks or a capital share in an enterprise, the control of activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (6) (8) (12))
Ownership of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) Yes. Public servants may not carry out entrepreneurial activities. Public servants may only hold stocks or a share in an enterprise. An official or his/her family member may not hold stocks or a capital share in an enterprise, the control of activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (8) (12))
Holding government contracts Yes. A public servant may not, based on his/her personal interests enter into a transaction, as a public servant, with his/her business entity, political party or other public institution. A public servant may not receive income from an organisation that is under his/her official supervision. An official or his/her family member may not hold a position or perform any kind of work in an enterprise registered in Georgia, the control of entrepreneurial activities of which falls within the powers of this official or his/her office. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 10 (1) (c) and 13 (3) (11))
Board member, advisor, or company officer of private firm Yes. A public servant may not be a permanent head of a business entity, or a member of a controlling, a supervisory or an auditing body. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (7))
Post-employment Yes. A dismissed public servant may not, within one year after dismissal, start working in the public institution or carry out activities in the enterprise which has been under his systematic official supervision during the past three years. Within this period, he/she also may not receive income from such public institution or enterprise. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13 (10))
Simultaneously holding policy-making position and policy-executing position Yes. The suspension of official powers of an officer means his/her temporary release from performing official functions. Official powers of an officer shall be suspended when an officer is nominated as a candidate in presidential elections, in the elections of a representative body or a municipality mayor, unless otherwise provided for by law. Additionally, a public servant shall declare any conflict of interest before being appointed or elected to the respective position or after being appointed or elected as soon as he/she becomes aware of that fact. (Law on Public Service of 2015, Art. 55 (1) (2) (d) Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 13^4 (2) (c))
Participating in official decision-making processes that affect private interests Yes. A public servant whose duty within a collegial body is to make decisions, with respect to which he/she has property or other interests, shall inform the other members of the body or his/her immediate supervisor of this fact and shall refuse to participate in the decision-making. A public servant whose duty is to individually make decisions, with respect to which he/she has property or other interests, shall seek self-recusal and inform in writing his/her immediate supervisor (superior body) of this fact, who will either make an appropriate decision or assign this duty to other official. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 11)
Assisting family or friends in obtaining employment in public sector Yes. An official's close relative may not be appointed as an officer on the basis of an agreement under public law or an employment agreement to a position that is under official supervision of that official (except when appointed through a competition). Additionally, a public servant may not be assigned to supervise the organisation, in the supervising body of which his/her family member is employed. Public servants may not use official powers or opportunities related to them to the prejudice of the interests of public institutions or for the solution of issues outside their official powers. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Arts. 7 and 13 (4) (13))

Sanctions

Fines are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. Failure to submit an official's asset declaration within the time limit under Article 14 of the Law on Conflict of Interests shall be subject to a fine in the amount of GEL 1,000, for which an individual administrative act – a decree imposing a fine – shall be issued. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (b) of the Law, i.e. existence of a violation in the official's asset declaration, an official shall be fined in the amount 20 % of his/her official salary, but not less than GEL 500, and a person who has been dismissed shall be fined in the amount of 20 % of the last official salary received during the holding of office, but not less than GEL 500, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1) (1^1) (2))
Administrative sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. General disciplinary measures shall be: a) warning; b) reprimand; c) deduction of 10 to 50 per cent of official salary for a period of one to six months; d) dismissal. If an officer has committed several acts of disciplinary misconduct, he/she shall be subjected to one disciplinary measure for the more serious disciplinary misconduct. In the case provided for by Article 18^1 (11) (c) of the Law on Conflict of Interests, i.e. existence of a minor violation in the official’s asset declaration, an official shall be given a warning, for which an individual administrative act – a decree – shall be issued. If the public servant who is subject to disciplinary liability according to the legislation of Georgia violates the Law intentionally or negligently, unless this violation constitutes a crime or an administrative offence, shall result in disciplinary liability of the public servant as determined by law. (Law on Public Service of 2015, Art. 96 Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (1^2) (2) (2^1) (5))
Penal sanctions are stipulated for violations of COI regulations restricting behavior Yes. Failure of an official to submit an official's asset declaration within two weeks after the date of entry into force of a decree imposing a fine or of a court decision (ruling) shall result in the imposition of criminal liability on that official. The imposition of criminal liability shall not exempt the official from the obligation of submitting an official's asset declaration. In such case, the official shall submit the declaration within two weeks after the date when the judgment of conviction enters into force. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (4))

Monitoring and Oversight

Monitoring body specified (guidance, training, data tracking) Yes. The Anti-corruption Interagency Coordination Council ensures an effective and coordinated fight against corruption. Its main objective is to formulate a general anti-corruption policy, prepare a national anti-corruption strategy and an action plan for its implementation, update the strategy periodically and monitor its implementation. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 12^1)
Enforcement body specified (sanctions, hearings) Yes. Information Bureau for Property and Financial Conditions of Officials, as a decree imposing a fine shall be issued by the Head of the Bureau through simple administrative proceedings. (Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service of 1997, as amended in 2024, Art. 20 (2) (2^1))

Legislation

Constitution of Georgia of 1995 (Georgian)pdf
Law on Public Service of 2015 (Georgian)pdf
Law on Conflict of Interest and Corruption in Public Service (Georgian)pdf
Rules of Procedure of Parliament of 2019 (Georgian)pdf

*Last update: 2017

Freedom of Information

The legal framework governing the freedom of information in Georgia derives from the Constitution (1995) and General Administrative Code (1999, amended 2016). The Code applies to the activities of the state, local self-government bodies and institutions, as well as the activities of persons deemed to be administrative bodies and activities of legal persons under private law with funding received from the state or local budget.

Specific exemptions to disclosure are outlined in the aforementioned FOI law, the Law on State Secrets (1996), and the Law on Personal Data Protection (2011). No public interest test exists whereby exemptions to disclosure may be overridden in cases where disclosure of information benefits the public interest.

Appeals may be filed with public authorities and with the courts. There is no appeals process through an independent non-judicial mechanism, such as an information commissioner.

There are no sanctions specified in the law for violations of FOI provisions except in the cases of substantial resulting damage, nor are there any enforcement or oversight bodies tasked with managing implementation.

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Scope and Coverage6969696969100
Information access and release545454545471
Exceptions and Overrides675050505067
Sanctions for non-compliance0000067
Monitoring and Oversight333333333317

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Scope and Coverage

Scope of disclosure

Existence of legal right to access Yes. Every citizen of Georgia shall have the right of access to information as prescribed by law, as well as to official documents about him/her stored in state institutions, unless they contain state, professional, or commercial secrets. (Article 41, Constitution of Georgia, 1995)
"Information" or "Documents" is defined Yes. l) public information – an official document (including a drawing, model, plan, layout, photograph, electronic information, or video- and audiorecording), i.e. any information stored at a public institution, as well as any information received, processed, created or sent by a public institution or public servant in connection with official activities; also any information proactively published by any public institution; (Article 2 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Proactive disclosure is specified Yes. Under the FOIA a public institution shall be obliged to ensure proactive publication of public information in the manner and under conditions determined by the relevant subordinate normative act. Proactive information is defined as any information of public interest. The Decree on the form of electronic requests and proactive disclosure of public information sets out a list of information that must be available online. (Article 27(k) and 28(2) General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020 Article 2, Article 3 and Appendix 1 Decree on the Form of the Electronic Request of Information and Proactive Disclosure of Public Information 2013)

Coverage of public and private sectors

Executive branch Yes. The code applies to the activities of the state, local self-government bodies and institutions, as well as the activities of persons deemed to be administrative bodies under this Code. (Article 3 and Article 27 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Legislative branch Yes. The code applies to the activities of the state, local self-government bodies and institutions, as well as the activities of persons deemed to be administrative bodies under this Code. (Article 3 and Article 27 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Judicial branch Yes. The code applies to the activities of the state, local self-government bodies and institutions, as well as the activities of persons deemed to be administrative bodies under this Code. (Article 3 and Article 27 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Other public bodies Yes. The code applies to the activities of the state, local self-government bodies and institutions, as well as the activities of persons deemed to be administrative bodies under this Code. (Article 3 and Article 27 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Private sector Yes. The code applies to the activities of the state, local self-government bodies and institutions, as well as the activities of legal persons under private law with funding received from the state or local budget;administrative bodies under this Code. (Article 3 and Article 27 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)

Access to specific documents (subject to reactive and/or proactive disclosure)

Draft legal instruments Yes. Draft legislation would fall under the scope of the law and as such is available via a FOIA request. (Article 28 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Enacted legal instruments Yes. A law and subordinate normative acts take effect only after they are published in an official journal under the Civil Code. The Constitution also requires the President to sign and promulgate an enacted law within 10 days. (Article 3 Civil Code, 1997, amended 2020 Article 68 Constitution, 1995)
Annual budgets Yes. Approved and adjusted budgets must be published online quarterly. Cumulative balances of the budget must be published quarterly and annually online. The Budget Code also establishes the right of the public and mass media to review draft budgets. (Article 3 Civil Code, 1997, amended 2020 Article 68 Constitution, 1995)
Annual chart of accounts (actual expenditures) Yes. Audit reports must be published within 2 months of being signed off. Under the FOIA "the results of auditor opinions" of public bodies cannot exempted from disclosure. The Budget Code also requires the publication of reports on the approved budgets and their fulfilment. (Article 2 and Appendix 1 5.13 Decree on the Form of the Electronic Request of Information and Proactive Disclosure of Public Information 2013 Article 42(g) General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020 Article 4(1)(b) Budget Code 2009, amended 2021)
Annual reports of public entities and programs Yes. Annual activity reports as well as strategies, concepts and action plans created by the administrative institution must be published annually online. The FOIA prevents information on the basic principles and core areas of public institution activity from being exempted. It also requires public institutions to submit annual reports covering their FOI activities to Parliament, the President and Prime MInister and publish in the Legislative Herald of Georgia. (Appendix 1 1.3 & 1.4 Decree on the Form of the Electronic Request of Information and Proactive Disclosure of Public Information 2013 Articles 42 and 49 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)

Information access and release

Procedural access

Universal access (agencies, citizens and non-citizens) Yes. Everyone may gain access to official documents under the FOIA. The Constitution also sets out the right of every citizen of Georgia to have the right of access to information as prescribed by law, as well as to official documents about him/her stored in state institutions, unless they contain state, professional, or commercial secrets. (Article 37(1) General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020 Article 41(1) Constitution of Georgia, 1995)
Type of request is specified (written, electronic, oral) Yes. Requests can be submitted in writing or electronically. (Article 37(2) and Article 78 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020 Decree on the Form of the Electronic Request of Information and Proactive Disclosure of Public Information 2013)
Assistance to requesters must be provided by law (includes barriers due to language differences, illiteracy, complexity of requests, etc.) No. Absent from legal framework
Cost of access is specified (free, request fees, photocopying costs, other administrative costs) Yes. No costs may be charged for access to information except for copying costs. (Article 38 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)

Deadlines for release of information

20-day response deadline Yes. The response deadline is 10 days. (Article 40 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Agency granted right to extend response time No. Absent from legal framework
Maximum total response time of no more than 40 days Yes. The response deadline is 10 days. (Article 40 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)

Exceptions and Overrides

Exemptions to disclosure

Existence of secrecy/states secrets law Yes. The Law on State Secrets specifies the definition of state secrets, their treatment, declassification, and access. (Article 1 Law on State Secrets 1996, amended 2020)
Existence of personal privacy/data law Yes. A law on the protection of personal data protects the right to privacy and personal data. The Constitution also protects the right to a private life. (Artricle 1 Law on Personal Data Protection 2011, amended 2019 Article 20 Constitution, 1995)
Specific exemptions to disclosure Yes. Exempt information includes state secrets (certain information concerning areas of defence, economy, foreign relations, intelligence, national security and law enforcement), professional secrets and their sources, commercial secrets, personal data, information gained through executive privilege, information about criminal prosecutions, investigations, decision-making on military affairs, as well as military discipline, exercising powers by the President of Georgia for appointing persons to, and dismissing them from, positions provided for in the Constitution of executing international treaties and agreements and implementing foreign policy. Names of public servants who are not political officials may not be disclosed. Certain specified types of information cannot be made confidential. (Article 7 Law on State Secrets 1996, amended 2020 Articles 3(4), Article 10, Article 11, Article 28, Article 29 and Article 42, General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020 Articles 1(n), 11 of the Law on Freedom of Speech and Expression 2004, amended 2016 Article 2 and Article 5 Law on Personal Data Protection 2011, amended 2019 Article 59 of the Law on Public Service 1996, amended 2017)
Public Interest test: Specified exemptions to disclosure may be overridden in cases where disclosure of information benefits the public interest.

Appeals

Appeals allowed within public entities Yes. If access to public information was denied, the agency must provide an applicant with information on how to file a complaint within three days after the decision is given and must also specify those subdivisions or public agencies, which provided their suggestions regarding the decision. (Article 2, Article 12 and Article 41 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Independent, non-judicial appeals mechanism, e.g., information commissioner. Does not include Ombudsman unless appeals decisions are binding. No. Absent from legal framework
Judicial appeals mechanism Yes. Judicial appeal can be issued based on being denied access to public information, processing of incorrect public information, the illegal collection of personal data, or other violations of access to information law by public agencies or servants. (Article 2 and Article 47 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)

Sanctions for non-compliance

Administrative sanctions are specified for violations of disclosure requirements No. There are no sanctions specified in the law although material or non-material damages may be claimed by the applicant. (Article 47 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020)
Fines are specified for violations of disclosure requirements Yes. Under criminal law, a fine can be imposed for interfering with the right to receive and provide information when the interference resulted in significant damage or abuse of power. A court shall determine the extent of the fine, which will depend on the gravity of the offence and the financial standing of the violator. (Article 153 Criminal Code, 1999, amended 2021 Article 24 and Article 25 Administrative Offences Code 1984, amended 2021)
Criminal sanctions are specified for violations of disclosure requirements Yes. An individual may receive a fine or corrective labour for up to one year in length or imprisonment for up to two years in length or be deprived of the right to occupy a position or pursue a particular activity for the term up to three years for Illegal interference into exercising the right to freedom of speech or to receive and spread information that has resulted in a considerable damage or has been perpetrated by using one’s official position. (Article 153 Criminal Code, 1999, amended 2021 Article 24 and Article 25 Administrative Offences Code 1984, amended 2021)

Monitoring and Oversight

Information officers must be appointed in public agencies Yes. Each public agency must designate a public servant responsible for ensuring accessibility of information. In the case of electronic information this also covers proactive publication. (Article 36 General Administrative Code 1999, amended 2020 Article 5 Decree on the Form of the Electronic Request of Information and Proactive Disclosure of Public Information 2013)
Public body that is responsible for applying sanctions No. Absent from legal framework
Public body that is responsible for public outreach (raising public awareness) No. Absent from legal framework
Nodal agency for RTI (implementation support/compliance within public sector). Does not include Ombudsman. No. Absent from legal framework
Ombudsman involvement in implementation is specified by law No. Absent from legal framework
Reporting of data and/or implementation is required No. Absent from legal framework

Legislation

Constitution of Georgia of 1995_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Budget Code of 2009_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Decree on Requesting Public Information in Electronic Form of 2013_GEO (Georgian)pdf
General Administrative Code of 1999_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Civil Code of 1997_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Law on State Secrets of 2015_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Law on Personal Data Protection of 2011_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Law on Freedom of Speech and Expression of 2004_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Law on Public Service of 2015_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Criminal Code of 1999_GEO (Georgian)pdf
Administrative Offences Code of Georgia of 1984_GEO (Georgian)pdf

*Last update: 2017

Public Procurement

The Georgian public procurement system is regulated by the Law of Georgia on Public Procurement, and additional regulations are laid down in Government Decrees. The public procurement body is the State Procurement Agency (created in 2014) which is an independent organization.

The lowest minimum thresholds for conducting a public procurement tender are:

▪         GEL 5,000 (ca. 1,950 EUR) for goods, works and services (in case of simplified public procurement tenders)

There is no indication on minimum number of bidders in any kind of procedure. The minimum submission period is 20 days for open procedures. There are no restricted procedures or competitive negotiations. There is no reference on whether final beneficial owners have to be disclosed when placing a bid or not.

There is no case for preferential treatment. Companies on the blacklist of dishonest procurement participants are excluded, but there is no disqualification based on low offer prices.

In the bid evaluation phase, there are conflict of interest restrictions on the composition of the evaluation committee. However, no form of independence of  the contracting authority is mandated for the evaluation committee.

There is no payable fee in case of an arbitration procedure, and court decisions are publicly available. 

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201220152016201720202024Trend
Scope96929490100
Information availability6969823232
Evaluation8181816269
Open competition838375750
Institutional arrangements2929292943

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Scope

Threshold - lowest PP

What is the minimum contract value above which the public procurement law is applied? (Product type GOODS) GEL 1. There is no value threshold for goods; all public contracts are regulated. Below GEL 5,000, simplified procedure is allowed. Higher value triggers electronic or consolidated tenders/EU rules. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3(1)(c), 10(3))
What is the minimum contract value above which the public procurement law is applied? (Product type WORKS) GEL 1. As above: no value threshold for works; simplified/electronic procedure rules are applied based on value/contracting entity/type. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3(1)(c), 10(3))
What is the minimum contract value above which the public procurement law is applied? (Product type SERVICES) GEL 1. Same as goods/works: all services subject to procurement law starting from GEL 1, with only simplified procedure for low values (under GEL 5,000). (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3(1)(c), 10(3))

Threshold - by PP type

What are the minimum application thresholds for the procurement type? (Entity: PUBLIC SECTOR) GEL 1. Public sector entities must use the law for any procurement, regardless of amount; simplified procurement is used for minor purchases (see Article 10). (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3, 10)
What are the minimum application thresholds for the procurement type? (Entity: UTILITIES) GEL 1. State-majority-owned utilities follow the same regime, unless separate rules approved by government; private utilities are outside the law unless declared contracting authorities. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 1(3ą)(c), 3(1)(c))
What are the minimum application thresholds for the procurement type? (Entity: DEFENCE) GEL 1. Defence, security, and MIA procurements are generally covered; state secret contracts are excluded (see separate regulation 321 of 2018). Simplified procurement under GEL 20,000 for some sensitive contracts. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 1(2-3), 3(1)(c), Reg. No. 321/2018)

Threshold - by product type

What are the minimum application thresholds for the procurement type? (Product type GOODS) GEL 1. As in Q3. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3(1)(c), 10(3))
What are the minimum application thresholds for the procurement type? (Product type WORKS) GEL 1. As in Q4. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3(1)(c), 10(3))
What are the minimum application thresholds for the procurement type? (Product type SERVICES) GEL 1. As in Q5. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3(1)(c), 10(3))

Information availability

Publishing and record keeping

Is there a requirement that tender documents must published in full? Yes. The electronic procurement system mandates publication of all tender docs (requirements, scoring, amendments, clarifications) upon announcement; only confidential information (as defined in law) may be redacted. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 10˛, 12ą; Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 6)
Are any of these documents published online at a central place? Yes. All documentation must be published online via the Unified Electronic System of State Procurement (www.procurement.gov.ge) as sole official platform for national and international tenders. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 10˛, 12ą; Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 6)
Is it mandatory to keep all of these records? -Public notices of bidding opportunities, -Bidding documents and addenda, -Bid opening records, -Bid evaluation reports, -Formal appeals by bidders and outcomes, -Final signed contract documents and addenda and amendments, -Claims and dispute resolutions, -Final payments, -Disbursement data (as required by the country’s financial management system) Yes. Legal obligation: all documentation must be kept six years after procurement closure (three after expiration for long-term contracts) for audit or legal review. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 4(7), 12ą(2)(5), 15ą(9))
Are contracts awarded within a framework agreement published (ie mini contracts)? No. Georgia does not use formal framework agreements; any contract with phased or split delivery is treated as a single contract and published as such, not individually for each phase. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 22(5))

Sub-contracting

Is it mandatory to publish information on subcontractors (ie names) in some cases? No. There is no legal or regulatory requirement for contracting authorities to require, collect, or publish subcontractor information at any phase of the procedure; neither names nor details must be disclosed or reported. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)
If yes, what is the threshold for publication (i.e. the % of total contract value subcontracted)? For example, if the threshold is 75%, and you have subcontracted out only 40% of your contract, no disclosure is required. Consultant will insert 75% in the short answer column. No threshold applies, as subcontractors are not regulated; if the authority does voluntarily require subcontractor disclosure, this is an internal/contractual measure, not required by law. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)

Evaluation

Preferential treatment

Is there a ban on mentioning specific companies or brands in tender specification/call for tender? Yes. It is generally forbidden to refer to brand names, manufacturer, models, patent, or origin in technical specifications. If unavoidable, “or equivalent” must be included, and specifications should reference standards/performance instead. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 12ą(6))
Is there a preferential treatment for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs)? No. There are no preferences for SMEs in public procurement procedures under Georgian law. All suppliers are treated the same. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 2(c))
Is there a preferential treatment for local/national companies? (companies from other EU MS are considered foreign companies) No. No preference for local or national companies is allowed; equal treatment is mandated for all bidders meeting legal criteria. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 2(c))
Is there a specific set of rules for green/sustainable procurement? No. There is no binding or optional set of rules for including green/environmental/social criteria in the evaluation or award of public contracts. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)

Bid evaluation

Are there restrictions on allowable grounds for tenderer exclusion? Yes. Grounds for exclusion include failure to submit complete or compliant documents, non-fulfillment of tender or qualification requirements, inability to guarantee contract performance, withdrawal from tender, submitting false information, or dishonest acts. A blacklisting register excludes repeat/serious offenders. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 3(l); Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 13)
Are some bids automatically excluded? e.g., lowest/highest price; unusually low price, etc. Yes. Automatic exclusion applies for failure to comply with required documents/criteria, inability to provide clarification in due time, or provision of intentionally false/incomplete information. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 7(1)(b); Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 12(3)(4))
Is scoring criteria published? Yes. All evaluation criteria and scoring (weights of price/quality) must be stated in the tender documentation and are binding. No hidden or post-hoc criteria may be used. (Order of the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency No. 7 of 2015, Arts. 5(2)m), 6(1)a)e)f) and 7)
Are decisions always made by a committee? Yes. Decisions for all competitive procedures are made by the Tender Commission, comprising at least three members (headed by the head of the contracting organization), with formal rules for appointment and quorum. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 11(7)ą, 15ą(8), 20˛(5); Order No. 7 of 2015, Arts. 3(1), 4)
Are there regulations on evaluation committee composition to prevent conflict of interest? Yes. Conflict of interest rules apply to all involved in bid evaluation—including selection, qualification, negotiation, and contract supervision—and must be disclosed; violators are disqualified from the decision process. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 8; Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 3(3))
Is some part of evaluation committee mandatorily independent of contracting authority? No. There is no general requirement that committee members be independent of the contracting authority; they are appointed internally (with the possibility to invite outside experts as non-voting advisors). (Order of the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency No. 7 of 2015, Art. 4(1)–(5))
Are scoring results publicly available? No. There is no legal obligation to publish scoring results for all bids. Only the contract award decision is published; full evaluation/scoring is available only by request or in case of complaint. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 22(5); Order No. 7 of 2015, Arts. 12(1), 15(6))
Does the law specify under which conditions the tender can be cancelled? Yes. Tenders may be cancelled at any time for reasons beyond the procuring authority’s control, unforeseen objective needs, or serious legal/interest risk. Cancellation must be justified, recorded, and published. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 7(1)cą, 16ą(5), 23ą(4)(b); Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 14(1))

Open competition

CFT publication

Does the law specify the location for publicizing open calls for tenders? No. Restricted tender is not used under Georgian law; there is no provision for private/restricted calls. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 10˛(1)(2), 12ą(1); Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 2(1)(b))
Does the law specify the location for publicizing restricted calls for tenders? No. Negotiated and restricted procedures are not formally part of the national procurement procedures (see Q40), hence not published or regulated. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 10˛(1)(2), 12ą(1); Order No. 7 of 2015, Art. 2(1)(b))
Does the law specify the location for publicizing negotiated calls for tenders? No. Negotiated tender is not included in the list of procurement procedures. There is no similar procedure considered (Law on Public Procurement 2015, as amended, Arts. 10˛ (1) (2) and 12ą (1) Order of the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency No. 7 of 2015, Art. 2 (1) b))

Minimum # of bidders

What is the minimum number of bidders for restricted procedures? 1. Not applicable; there is no restricted procedure in procurement practice—minimum is only for open/electronic tenders. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)
What is the minimum number of bidders for negotiated procedures? 1. See above; no separate minimum, as negotiated tender does not exist under the law. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)
What is the minimum number of bidders for competitive dialogue procedures? 1. Competitive dialogue is not regulated or used as a procedure. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)

Bidding period length

What are the minimum number of days for open procedures? 7. The minimum period is 7 days for goods/services (up to GEL 150k); 10 days above; for works below GEL 300k—10 days; above—20 days; EU or large contracts: at least 30 days (25 for submission, 5 for bids). (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 15ą(3))
What are the minimum number of days for restricted procedures? 1. Not applicable as restricted procedures are not in force. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)
What are the minimum number of days  for competitive negotiated procedures? 1. Not applicable as negotiated procedures are not allowed under law. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)

Institutional arrangements

Institutions and regulations

Does the law specify the main EXCEPTIONS preventing the application of the public procurement law for tenders/organisations? Yes. Detailed exceptions exist for central bank, religious, energy, diplomatic, defense, media, real estate, social, PPP, credit-rating, railway, and specific technical/urgent procurement; see Article 1 for comprehensive listing. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 1(3ą))
Does the law specify the main types of institutions that must apply the public procurement law? Yes. The Law applies to procurement of any goods, services and construction works by the Procuring Entity with the following funds: 1. those consolidated in the state budget of Georgia and in the state budget; 2. those of the budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara; 3. those from the municipal budget; 4. those of the state budget of Georgia, the budgets of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and the organizations and institutions financed by the budget of the municipality; 5. budget organizations, legal entities under public law, non-profit (non-commercial) legal entities - Higher Education Institutions and Higher Education Institutions Development Fund, as well as public procurement organizations, foreign organizations and international organizations provided by sub-paragraph "a" of this paragraph. On the basis of international agreements, as well as with funds received from residents of another state in the form of grants and loans, except in the case provided for in paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Procurement Law; 6. credit and investment funds received by the state guarantee; 7. those of non-profit (non-commercial) legal entities - Higher Education Institution and Higher Education Institution Development Fund, as well as legal entity of public law (except legal entity of public law based on membership), regardless of the source of these funds, except for the provisions of Article 1(1) subparagraphs (a) and (b) of the Procurement Law. 8. those of the enterprise, whose majority of shares or stakes (more than 50%) are owned by the state or municipality/municipalities, except when said enterprise is in charge of the procurement of goods or services related to the specifics of its activity. (Law on Public Procurement 2015, as amended, Art. 3 (1) a))
Does the law specify the main procedure types or procurement methods permitted? Yes. The law lists core procedures: Simplified Procurement, Simplified Electronic Tender, Electronic Tender, Design Contest, and Consolidated Tender. No negotiated/restricted/competitive dialogue. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 3(1)p)są)s)u)x), 10ą, 10˛, 11, 20˛)
Is there a procurement arbitration court dedicated to public procurement cases? Yes. All procurement actions subject to a complaint are automatically suspended upon the Board’s receipt of the grievance, until a decision is issued. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 7(2)d˛), 23^7(9), Order No. 1 of 2018, Art. 20)
Is there a procurement regulatory body dedicated to public procurement? Yes. The State Procurement Agency (LEPL) is the independent national procurement regulator; its head is appointed by the Prime Minister. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 4)
Does the law specify procurement advisors' profession (i.e. degree to be obtained, official list of members of the professional association) and its role in the tendering process (e.g. right to draft tender documentations, conduct market research identifying bidders)? Yes. The Board must publish its decisions electronically, with the complaint, supporting documents, all associated files, and the award, on procurement.gov.ge. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 23^6(2); Order No. 1 of 2018, Art. 27)
Is disclosure of final, beneficial owners required for placing a bid? No. See Q54. Not required, not collected. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, –)

Complaints

Is there a fee for arbitration procedure? Yes. As Q55: all procurement complaints require a state-set fee according to law/order, refunded if complaint is successful. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 23ą(7); Order No. 1 of 2018, Art. 18)
Is there a ban on contract signature until arbitration court decision (first instance court)? Yes. Complaints suspend proceedings automatically until the Board issues a ruling; contract signature is forbidden during standstill. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Arts. 7(2)d˛), 23^7(9); Order No. 1 of 2018, Art. 20)
What is the maximum number of days until arbitration court decision from filing a complaint in the case of awarded contracts? Yes. See Q58. All decisions are published on procurement.gov.ge. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 23^6(2); Order No. 1 of 2018, Art. 27)
Is there a requirement to publicly release arbitration court decisions ? Yes. The legal framework requires publication of all contract awards and decisions in the central e-procurement platform, with procurement and complaint documentation. (Law of Georgia on Public Procurement 2015, as in force Dec. 2024, Art. 10˛, 12ą, 23^6(2))

Legislation

Law of Georgia on Public Procurement (Georgian)pdf
Order No. 1 of 2018 of the Chairman of the State Procurement Agency on Approval of Procurement Proceduresmissing file:

*Last update: 2017

Anti Money Laundering

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201220152016201720202024Trend
Risk-based approach100
Sanctions for natural persons86
Sanctions for legal persons75
Pecuniary sanctions for obliged entities60
Beneficial ownership of legal persons and legal arrangements5
Supervision of obliged entities0
Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs)83
Mutual legal assistance (MLA) and International Cooperation100

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Country score

Risk-based approach

Each Member State shall be legally required to prepare a national risk assessment that outlines appropriate steps to identify, assess, understand and mitigate the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting it. Yes. Georgia is legally required to carry out a national risk assessment and define measures for identifying, assessing and managing ML/TF risks. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (2019), arts. 5(1)-(2))
Member states shall be legally required to keep the national risk assessment up to date and review it at least every 4 years. Yes. The national risk assessment must be updated as required and at least once every three years. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (2019), art. 5(3))
Member states should legally designate an authority or mechanism to co-ordinate actions to assess risks. Yes. Georgia legally designates the Interagency Commission as the body coordinating national ML/TF risk assessment actions. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (2019), art. 6(1))

Sanctions for natural persons

The following conduct, when committed intentionally, is punishable as a criminal offence: the conversion or transfer of property, knowing that such property is derived from criminal activity, for the purpose of concealing or disguising the illicit origin of the property or of assisting any person who is involved in the commission of such an activity to evade the legal consequences of that person’s action; Yes. The Criminal Code expressly criminalises conversion, transfer, use, purchase, possession and other actions with illicit property for concealment or to assist evasion of liability. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), art. 194(1))
The following conduct, when committed intentionally, is punishable as a criminal offence: the concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, location, disposition, movement, rights with respect to, or ownership of, property, knowing that such property is derived from criminal activity; Yes. The Criminal Code expressly criminalises concealment or disguising the illegal origin, source, place of location, disposition, movement, ownership or related rights of illicit property. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), art. 194(1))
The following conduct, when committed intentionally, is punishable as a criminal offence: the acquisition, possession or use of property, knowing at the time of receipt, that such property was derived from criminal activity. No. Article 194 covers use, purchase and possession only where done to conceal origin or assist evasion; it does not clearly establish a standalone offence matching receipt-based acquisition, possession or use of criminal property. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), arts. 194(1) and 194ą)
Aiding and abetting, inciting and attempting a money laundering offence is punishable as a criminal offence. Yes. Attempt and accomplice liability apply under the general criminal-law rules, including organisers, abettors and aiders. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), arts. 19(2), 24(2)-(4) and 25(3))
Money laundering offences are punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least four years. Yes. Basic money laundering is punishable by up to six years’ imprisonment, with higher maximum penalties for aggravated forms. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), art. 194(1)-(3))
A prior or simultaneous conviction for the criminal activity from which the property was derived is not a prerequisite for a conviction for money laundering offences Yes. Article 194 criminalises the legalisation of illicit and/or undocumented property. In substance, that allows a money-laundering conviction without first obtaining a prior or simultaneous conviction for the predicate offence. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), art. 194(1); UNODC/UNCAC implementation material on Georgia (2023))
A conviction for money laundering offences is possible where it is established that the property was derived from a criminal activity, without it being necessary to establish all the factual elements or all circumstances relating to that criminal activity, including the identity of the perpetrator; Yes. Because Article 194 covers illicit and/or undocumented property, and Georgian practice accepts proof from objective circumstances, the framework in substance allows conviction without establishing every factual element or the perpetrator of the predicate offence. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), art. 194(1); UNODC/UNCAC implementation material on Georgia (2023))

Sanctions for legal persons

Legal persons can be held liable for the breaches of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 or Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 committed on their behalf or for their benefit by any person, acting individually or as part of a body of that legal person and having a leading position within that legal person, based on any of the following: a power to represent the legal person; an authority to take decisions on behalf of the legal person; an authority to exercise control within the legal person. No. Georgia provides legal-person liability for criminal offences, but no clear national rule was located establishing liability for breaches of Regulations (EU) 2024/1624 or 2023/1113 as such. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), arts. 107ą(2)-(3) and 107˛)
Legal persons can be held liable where the lack of supervision or control has made possible the commission of any money laundering offences for the benefit of that legal person by a person under its authority. Yes. A legal person may be liable where improper supervision or monitoring by a responsible person enabled a subordinate to commit the offence for the legal person’s benefit. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), arts. 107ą(4ą), 107˛ and 194 note 4)
Legal persons held liable are punishable by criminal or non-criminal fines. Yes. Legal persons liable for money laundering may be punished by fines. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), arts. 107³(1)(c), 107⁶ and 194 note 4)
Legal persons held liable are punishable by other sanctions, such as: exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid; temporary or permanent exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants and concessions; temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities; placing under judicial supervision; a judicial winding-up order; temporary or permanent closure of establishments which have been used for committing the offence. Yes. Legal persons liable for money laundering may be punished by liquidation and deprivation of the right to carry out activities. (Criminal Code of Georgia (1999), arts. 107³(1)(a)-(b), 107⁴, 107⁵ and 194 note 4)

Pecuniary sanctions for obliged entities

In the event of a breach of Regulations (EU) 2024/1624 and (EU) 2023/1113, where obligations apply to legal persons, pecuniary sanctions can be imposed and administrative measures can be applied not only to the legal person, but also to the senior management and to other natural persons who under national law are responsible for the breach. Yes. Georgia’s AML framework allows sanctions and supervisory measures against responsible natural persons, including administrators, for breaches of the national AML/CFT regime. Under the methodology, that is sufficient even though the sanctions are attached to national law rather than the EU regulations by name. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (2019), art. 36(6); Organic Law of Georgia on the National Bank of Georgia (2009), art. 48(4ą)(c); Law of Georgia on Insurance (1997), art. 21(c))
Pecuniary sanctions shall be imposed on obliged entities for serious, repeated or systematic breaches, whether committed intentionally or negligently, of the requirements laid down in the following provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624: Chapter II (Internal policies, procedures and controls of obliged entities); Chapter III (Customer due diligence); Chapter V (Reporting obligations); Article 77 (Record retention). Yes. Georgia provides sanctions for breaches of the national AML/CFT law and subordinate acts implementing the AML framework. Under the methodology, sanctions for breach of the national implementing regime count as equivalent. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (2019), art. 36(6); Organic Law of Georgia on the National Bank of Georgia (2009), art. 48(4ą)(b)-(c); Law of Georgia on Insurance (1997), arts. 21(c) and 27ą)
Supervisors are able to apply administrative measures to an obliged entity, where they identify: breaches of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 or Regulation (EU) 2023/1113, either in combination with pecuniary sanctions for serious, repeated and systematic breaches, or on their own; weaknesses in the internal policies, procedures and controls of the obliged entity that are likely to result in breaches of the requirements; that the obliged entity has internal policies, procedures and controls that are not commensurate with the risks of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing to which the entity is exposed. Yes. The supervisory framework substantively provides a package of administrative measures and sanctions for AML/CFT breaches through the relevant sectoral supervisors. That is enough under the methodology even without a single provision mirroring the indicator text. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (2019), art. 36(6); Organic Law of Georgia on the National Bank of Georgia (2009), art. 48(4ą)(b)-(c); Law of Georgia on Insurance (1997), arts. 21(c) and 27ą)
Where obliged entities fail to comply with administrative measures applied by the supervisor within the applicable deadlines, supervisors are able to impose periodic penalty payments in order to compel compliance with those administrative measures. No. Absent from legal framework
Supervisors are required to publish on their website, in an accessible format, decisions imposing pecuniary sanctions, applying administrative measures or imposing periodic penalty payments. No. A publication duty was located for sanctions imposed by the National Bank, but no clear general rule was located requiring all supervisors to publish sanctions, administrative measures and periodic penalty payments in the manner described. (Organic Law of Georgia on the National Bank of Georgia (2009), art. 48(4ł))

Beneficial ownership of legal persons and legal arrangements

Beneficial ownership information must be held in a central register in the Member State where the legal entity is created or where the trustee of an express trust or person holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement is established or resides, or from where the legal arrangement is administered. No. Georgia maintains the Registry of Entrepreneurs and Non-entrepreneurial (Non-commercial) Legal Entities, but no explicit national rule was located requiring beneficial ownership information of legal entities or trustees to be held in a central beneficial ownership register. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), arts. 5(2)(c), 8(3), 8(5), 13(1); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), arts. 4(6), 20^1(1))
Member States shall ensure that the entities in charge of the central registers are empowered to request from legal entities, trustees of any express trust and persons holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement, and their legal and beneficial owners, any information necessary to identify and verify their beneficial owners, including resolutions of the board of directors and minutes of their meetings, partnership agreements, trust deeds, power of attorney or other contractual agreements and documentation. No. Absent from legal framework
Where no person is identified as the beneficial owner, the central register shall include: (a) a statement that there is no beneficial owner or that the beneficial owners could not be determined, accompanied by a corresponding justification (b) the details of all natural persons who hold the position of senior managing officials in the legal entity equivalent to the following information: all names and surnames, place and full date of birth, residential address, country of residence and nationality or nationalities of the beneficial owner, number of identity document, such as passport or national identity document, and, where it exists, unique personal identification number assigned to the person by his or her country of usual residence, and general description of the source of such number No. Absent from legal framework
Entities in charge of the central registers are required to verify, within a reasonable time upon submission of the beneficial ownership information, and on a regular basis thereafter, that such information is adequate, accurate and up to date. No. Absent from legal framework
Competent authorities, if appropriate and to the extent that such requirement does not interfere unnecessarily with their functions, are required to report to the entities in charge of the central registers any discrepancies they find between information available in the central registers and the information available to them. No. Absent from legal framework
The information contained in the central registers must include any change to the beneficial ownership of legal entities and legal arrangements and to nominee arrangements, following their first recording in the central register. No. The registry records compulsory registration data and changes thereto, but no explicit national rule was located requiring central-register recording of changes to beneficial ownership or nominee arrangements. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), arts. 12(1), 13(1); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), arts. 4(6), 20^1(1))
The entity in charge of the central register is empowered, whether directly or by application to another authority, including judicial authorities, to carry out checks, including on-site inspections at the business premises or registered office of legal entities, in order to establish the current beneficial ownership of the entity and to verify that the information submitted to the central register is accurate, adequate and up-to-date. No. Absent from legal framework
Where verification leads an entity in charge of a central register to conclude that there are inconsistencies or errors in the beneficial ownership information, the entity in charge of a central register is able to withhold or refuse to issue a valid certificate of proof of registration, or to suspend the validity of an existing certification of proof of registration. No. Public-registry data are generally public, and extracts are issued upon payment of a fee, but no explicit national rule was located granting prompt, free-of-charge access to beneficial ownership information held in a central register. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1)-(2); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
The entity in charge of the central register is empowered to, whether directly or by application to another authority, including judicial authorities, apply effective, proportionate and dissuasive measures or impose such pecuniary sanctions for failures, including of a repeated nature, to provide the central register with accurate, adequate and up-to-date information about their beneficial ownership. No. No explicit national rule was located granting competent authorities unrestricted and free-of-charge access to beneficial ownership information held in a central register. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1)-(2); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
Competent authorities have immediate, unfiltered, direct and free access to the information held in the interconnected central registers without alerting the legal entity or legal arrangement concerned. These competent authorities include: self-regulatory bodies in the performance of supervisory functions of AML rules; tax authorities; national authorities with designated responsibilities for the implementation of Union restrictive measures; AMLA for the purposes of joint analyses; EPPO; OLAF; Europol and Eurojust when providing operational support to the competent authorities of Member States. No. Georgia's registry rules allow extracts to be issued upon payment of a fee, but no explicit national rule was located on obliged-entity access to beneficial ownership information held in a central register. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1)-(2); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
Beneficial ownership information held in central registers may be made available to obliged entities upon payment of a fee, which shall be limited to what is strictly necessary to cover the costs of ensuring the quality of the information held in the central registers and of making the information available. Those fees shall be established in such a way as not to undermine effective access to the information held in the central registers. No. The Public Registry is generally open to any person, but no explicit legitimate-interest regime or BO-specific access right matching the indicator was located. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1)-(2); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
Any natural or legal person that can demonstrate a legitimate interest in the prevention and combating of money laundering, its predicate offences and terrorist financing has access to the following information on beneficial owners of legal entities and legal arrangements held in the interconnected central registers, without alerting the legal entity or legal arrangement concerned: the name of the beneficial owner; the month and year of birth of the beneficial owner; the country of residence and nationality or nationalities of the beneficial owner; for beneficial owners of legal entities, the nature and extent of the beneficial interest held; for beneficial owners of express trusts or similar legal arrangements, the nature of the beneficial interest. No. Journalists are not expressly deemed to have a legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information under a BO-specific access regime. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: persons acting for the purpose of journalism, reporting or any other form of expression in the media, that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; No. Civil society organisations and academia are not expressly deemed to have a legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information under a BO-specific access regime. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations and academia, that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; No. Natural or legal persons contemplating a transaction are not expressly deemed to have a legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information under a BO-specific access regime. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: natural or legal persons likely to enter into a transaction with a legal entity or legal arrangement and who wish to prevent any link between such a transaction and money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; No. Public authorities in public procurement are not expressly deemed to have a legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information under a BO-specific access regime. (Law of Georgia on Entrepreneurs (2021), art. 13(1); Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6(1))
The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: Member States’ public authorities in the context of public procurement procedures, in respect of the tenderers and operators being awarded the contract under the public procurement procedure; No. Absent from legal framework
Member States shall ensure that the information provided by central registers does not lead to the identification of any person consulting the register where such persons are: persons acting for the purpose of journalism, reporting or any other form of expression in the media, that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; No. Absent from legal framework
Member States shall ensure that the information provided by central registers does not lead to the identification of any person consulting the register where such persons are: civil society organisations that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing. No. Absent from legal framework
Where entities in charge of central registers decide to grant access to beneficial ownership information, they shall issue a certificate granting access for 3 years. Entities in charge of central registers shall respond to any subsequent request to access beneficial ownership information by the same person within 7 working days. No. Absent from legal framework
Member States shall ensure that entities in charge of central registers shall only refuse a request to access beneficial ownership information on one of the following grounds: the applicant has not provided the necessary information or documents pursuant to paragraph 1; a legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information has not been demonstrated; where on the basis of information in its possession, the entity in charge of the central register has a reasonable concern that the information will not be used for the purposes for which it was requested or that the information will be used for purposes that are not connected to the prevention of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; one or more of the situations referred to in Article 15 applies; the legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information granted by the central register of another Member State does not extend to the purposes for which the information is sought; where the applicant is in a third country and responding to the request to access information would not comply with the provisions of Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Yes. The Public Registry law contains operative grounds to refuse access or require completion of a request, including where the request is unclear, the information cannot be identified, or supporting documents/information are missing. One operative ground is enough for this indicator. (Law of Georgia on Public Registry (2008), art. 6ą(1), 6ą(7))
In exceptional circumstances to be laid down in national law, where the access to beneficial ownership information would expose the beneficial owner to disproportionate risk of fraud, kidnapping, blackmail, extortion, harassment, violence or intimidation, or where the beneficial owner is a minor or otherwise legally incapable, Member States shall provide for an exemption from such access to all or part of the personal information on the beneficial owner. Member States shall ensure that such exemptions are granted on a case-by-case basis upon a detailed evaluation of the exceptional nature of the circumstances and confirmation that those disproportionate risks exist. The right to an administrative review of the decision granting an exemption and the right to an effective judicial remedy shall be guaranteed. No. Absent from legal framework

Supervision of obliged entities

Each Member State shall ensure that all obliged entities established in its territory are subject to adequate and effective supervision. To that end, each Member State shall appoint one or more supervisors to monitor effectively, and to take the measures necessary to ensure compliance by the obliged entities with Regulations (EU) 2024/1624 and (EU) 2023/1113. No. Georgia designates several sectoral AML/CFT supervisors and grants them supervisory and sanctioning powers, but no clear explicit national rule in force on 30 April 2026 was located ensuring adequate and effective supervision across all obliged entities in the terms of the indicator. (Organic Law of Georgia on the National Bank of Georgia (2009), art. 48(4ą)(b)-(c); Law of Georgia on Insurance (1997), arts. 21(c) and 271)

Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs)

Each Member State shall establish an FIU in order to prevent, detect and effectively combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Yes. Georgia has a Financial Monitoring Service established as a legal entity under public law with the objective of facilitating the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. (Regulation of Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia – Legal Entity of Public Law (Ordinance of the Government of Georgia No. 658 of 26 December 2019), arts. 1-2)
The FIU as the central national unit shall be responsible for receiving and analysing suspicious transaction reports and other information relevant to money laundering, associated predicate offences or terrorist financing. Yes. The Financial Monitoring Service is legally tasked with receiving, systematising and analysing information for AML/CFT purposes. (Regulation of Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia – Legal Entity of Public Law (Ordinance of the Government of Georgia No. 658 of 26 December 2019), art. 3)
The FIU shall be responsible for disseminating the results of its analyses and any additional relevant information to the competent authorities where there are grounds to suspect money laundering, associated predicate offences or terrorist financing. Yes. The Financial Monitoring Service is legally empowered to forward relevant information and case materials to competent authorities when analysis gives rise to reasonable suspicion of money laundering, terrorist financing or another offence. (Regulation of Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia – Legal Entity of Public Law (Ordinance of the Government of Georgia No. 658 of 26 December 2019), art. 3; MONEYVAL/FATF follow-up report (2022))
The FIU shall be operationally independent and autonomous, which means that the FIU shall have the authority and capacity to carry out its functions freely, including the ability to take autonomous decisions to analyse, request and disseminate specific information. It shall be free from any undue political, government or industry influence or interference. Yes. The Financial Monitoring Service is established as an independent legal person of public law with its own legal personality, balance sheet and treasury account, and the law prohibits attempts to influence or require it to undertake actions. Functionally, that is sufficient to treat the FIU as independent. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (as of 03.06.2024), art. 31(1)-(5); Regulation of Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia, art. 1)
The FIU, regardless of their organisational status, is authorised to have access to the information that they require to fulfil their tasks, including financial, administrative and law enforcement information. Yes. The Financial Monitoring Service may request and obtain information from monitoring entities and from state and local bodies and other persons exercising public authority, for the performance of its functions. (Regulation of Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia – Legal Entity of Public Law (Ordinance of the Government of Georgia No. 658 of 26 December 2019), art. 3)
FIUs are empowered to take urgent action, directly or indirectly, where there is a suspicion that a transaction is related to money laundering or terrorist financing, to suspend or withhold consent to that transaction. No. The Service may apply to a court to seize property or suspend a transaction where there are reasonable grounds to believe it may be used for terrorist financing, but no clear explicit national rule was located empowering the FIU directly or indirectly to suspend transactions for both money laundering and terrorist financing in the terms of the indicator. (Regulation of Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia – Legal Entity of Public Law (Ordinance of the Government of Georgia No. 658 of 26 December 2019), art. 3)

Mutual legal assistance (MLA) and International Cooperation

Member States shall ensure that the FIU to whom the request is made is legally required to use the whole range of its available powers which it would normally use domestically for receiving and analysing information when it replies to a request for information from another FIU. Yes. Georgia’s legal framework substantively enables the FIU to exchange information with foreign counterparts on request. The 2024 AML law empowers the FIU to request information necessary for analysis from competent agencies of foreign jurisdictions, which is sufficient under the methodology. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (as of 03.06.2024), arts. 34 and 39(1); MONEYVAL follow-up report (2022))
Member States shall ensure that FIUs are legally required to exchange, spontaneously or upon request, any information that may be relevant for the processing or analysis of information by the FIU related to money laundering, its predicate offences, or terrorist financing, and the natural or legal person involved, regardless of the type of predicate offences that may be involved, and even if the type of predicate offences that may be involved is not identified at the time of the exchange. Yes. Georgia’s legal framework substantively enables the FIU to share information spontaneously as part of international cooperation. The FIU’s statutory international role and the broad information-exchange mandate are sufficient even though the provision does not mechanically repeat the indicator wording. (Law of Georgia on Facilitating the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism (as of 03.06.2024), arts. 31, 34 and 39(1); MONEYVAL follow-up report (2022))

Legislation

Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2015missing file:
Election Code, 2001, amended 2015missing file:
Criminal Code, 1999, amended 2016missing file:

*Last update: 2017

Asset Recovery

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Asset Offices0
Confiscation89
International cooperation25

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Asset Offices

Each Member State shall legally designate at least one asset recovery office to facilitate cross-border cooperation in relation to asset-tracing investigations and to conduct asset recovery functions in both criminal matters and civil or administrative matters. No. Georgia had not yet formally established a dedicated Asset Recovery Office in the sense of the EU framework, although the Prosecutor’s Office (Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, Chapter on international cooperation (no explicit ARO designation).)
Each Member State shall legally designate at least one competent authority to function as an asset management office for the purpose of the management of frozen and confiscated property until the disposal of that property further to a final confiscation order. No. Confiscated property is transferred to the State, but no separate asset management office is expressly designated by law; (Criminal Code of Georgia, Article 52(5) (confiscated property transferred to the State); Law of Georgia on State Property (general rules).)

Confiscation

Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the freezing of property necessary to ensure a possible confiscation of that property. The freezing measures shall consist of freezing orders and immediate action. (Freezing measures) Yes. Georgian (Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, Articles on seizure and attachment of property (including Articles 151–154).)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the confiscation, either wholly or in part, of instrumentalities and proceeds stemming from a criminal offence subject to a final conviction, which may also result from proceedings in absentia. (Conviction based confiscation) Yes. Confiscation of property is provided as an additional punishment and covers the object of the crime, the weapon, (Criminal Code of Georgia, Article 52(1)-(2).)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the confiscation of property the value of which corresponds to instrumentalities or proceeds stemming from a criminal offence subject to a final conviction, which may also result from proceedings in absentia. (Confiscation of equivalent value) Yes. The court shall order confiscation of criminally obtained property or of property that is equivalent in value, (Criminal Code of Georgia, Article 52(4).)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the confiscation of proceeds, or other property the value of which corresponds to proceeds, which, directly or indirectly, were transferred by a suspected or accused person to third parties, or which were acquired by third parties from a suspected or accused person. (Third-party confiscation) Yes. If proceeds obtained through crime are converted or transformed into other property, or intermingled with property from lawful sources, (Criminal Code of Georgia, Article 52(4¹)–(4²).)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the confiscation, either wholly or in part, of property belonging to a person convicted of a criminal offence where the offence committed is liable to give rise, directly or indirectly, to economic benefit, and where a national court is satisfied that the property is derived from criminal conduct. (Extended confiscation) Yes. Criminally obtained property, including property equivalent in value and income from such property, is subject to confiscation for all intentional crimes, (Criminal Code of Georgia, Article 52(3)-(4).)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the confiscation of instrumentalities, proceeds or property, or proceeds or property transferred to third parties, where criminal proceedings have been initiated but could not be continued because of illness, absconding, or death of the accused or the limitation period of the offence is below 15 years and has expired. (Non-conviction based confiscation) Yes. Civil proceedings allow confiscation and transfer to the State of property derived from racketeering and certain serious offences, (Civil Procedure Code of Georgia, Article 21ą (claim for confiscation and transfer to the State of property derived from racketeering and other serious crimes).)
Confiscation without a prior conviction shall be limited to cases where, in the absence of the circumstances above, it would have been possible for the relevant criminal proceedings to lead to a criminal conviction for, at least, offences liable to give rise, directly or indirectly, to substantial economic benefit, and where the national court is satisfied that the instrumentalities, proceeds or property to be confiscated are derived from, or directly or indirectly linked to, the criminal offence in question. (Non-conviction based confiscation) Yes. Civil confiscation claims target property derived from racketeering and other serious criminal activities, including property held by family members and related persons, (Civil Procedure Code of Georgia, Article 21ą(2)-(4) (confiscation claims against racketeering groups, racketeers and related persons).)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to enable the confiscation of property identified in the context of an investigation in relation to a criminal offence, provided that a national court is satisfied that the identified property is (i) derived from criminal conduct committed within the framework of a criminal organisation and (ii) that conduct is liable to give rise, directly or indirectly, to substantial economic benefit. A ‘criminal offence’ in this case is punishable by deprivation of liberty of a maximum of at least four years. (Confiscation of unexplained wealth) Yes. The civil confiscation mechanism allows confiscation of undocumented and illegal property where the person’s lawful income is manifestly insufficient to justify the value of the property, (Civil Procedure Code of Georgia, Article 21ą; Criminal Code of Georgia, Article 52 (definition of criminally obtained property).)
Member States are legally required to adopt a national strategy on asset recovery and update it at regular intervals of no longer than five years. (Deadline of 24 May 2027) No. No provision in Georgian law establishes a dedicated national asset recovery strategy with a mandatory five‑year update cycle by 31.12.2024. (No explicit asset recovery strategy article identified in the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code or Civil Procedure Code.)

International cooperation

To facilitate cross-border cooperation, Member States shall legally require measures to enable the swift tracing and identification of instrumentalities and proceeds, or of property which is, or might become, the object of a freezing or confiscation order in the course of proceedings in criminal matters. Yes. The Criminal Procedure Code regulates international cooperation for seizure and confiscation, and the Prosecutor General’s Office (Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, Chapter on international cooperation; Criminal Code of Georgia, Article 52(6) (reference to property subject to confiscation under the Civil Procedure Code).)
Member States shall legally require the necessary measures to ensure that their asset recovery offices provide, upon request from an asset recovery office in another Member State, any information that those asset recovery offices have access to, and that is necessary for the performance of the tasks of the asset recovery office requesting that information No. International cooperation on confiscation is handled by the Prosecutor General’s Office and central judicial authorities, but no separate Asset Recovery Office with a specific legal mandate to exchange information with foreign AROs (Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, provisions on mutual legal assistance (no explicit ARO provision).)
Member States may legally allow for cost-sharing agreements with other Member States on the execution of freezing and confiscation orders. No. Georgian legislation on confiscation and mutual legal assistance does not contain an explicit rule on cost‑sharing (No explicit cost‑sharing provision identified in the Criminal Procedure Code)
Countries should be able to share confiscated property with other countries, in particular when confiscation is directly or indirectly a result of co-ordinated law enforcement actions No. While Georgia cooperates on seizure and confiscation under international conventions, (No explicit asset-sharing provision identified in Georgian)

Legislation

Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens, 1997, amended 2015missing file:
Election Code, 2001, amended 2015missing file:
Criminal Code, 1999, amended 2016missing file:

*Last update: 2017