Staff 
Amendment 1
Prosecutor’s General Order N 43
on the 29th of June, 2007
Charter of the "Staff of the Prosecutor’s Office the Republic of Armenia" state
administrative institution
I. General Provisions
1. “Staff of the Prosecutor’s Office” of the Republic of Armenia (further- staff) is a state administrative institution, which has not a statue of juridical person, supplies the full and effective implementation of the authorities of the Prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Armenia, prescribed by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, international agreements, laws and other legal acts and its participation in civil legal relationships.
2. The Staff is established by the Republic of Armenia, by the Prosecutor General (further- Prosecutor General).
The Staff is reorganized and eliminates its activity by the order of the Prosecutor General.
3. The legal status and the procedure of activities shall be defined by the laws of the Republic of Armenia, by this charter, by the acts adopted by the Prosecutor General and other legal acts.
4. The Staff has its own balance, property and within its authorities represents the Republic of Armenia in property relationships and individual non-property rights, can have responsibilities, can be claimant and respondent at the court.
5. The Staff has no right of commercial activity.
6. For the duties of the staff is responsible the Republic of Armenia.
7. The Staff with the procedure prescribed by the legislation of the RA and by this charter, according to its tasks and the purpose of his property, uses, possesses and manages his property (property rights).
8. The Staff has a round seal with the emblem of RA and his Armenian, Russian and English names. The Staff has standard blanks, an emblem and other means of individualization.
9. The full name of the Staff is in English “Staff of the Prosecutor’s office the Republic of Armenia” state administrative institution.
10. The address of the Staff is: Republic of Armenia, 0010, Yerevan, Vazgen Sargsyan,5.
II. Main tasks and functions
11. The main task of the Staff is to supply the full and effective implementation of the authorities stipulated to the Prosecutor’s office, the presentation of the Prosecutor’s office in civil legal relationships.
12. According to his tasks by his subdivisions and officials the Staff:
1) Performs functions of supplementing the implementation of authorities of the Prosecutor General, his deputies, the subdivisions of the Prosecutor’s office, stipulated by the Constitution and laws of RA.
2) Performs functions of the financial-budgetary and technical maintenance of the Prosecutor’s office of RA and the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office, of organization, of technical staff, internal audit, state property administration, public servants’ staff policy, the state property acquisition, and other functions aimed at the effective functioning of the Prosecutor’s office and the supplementation of the staff.
3) Organizes and maintains the Prosecutor’s board, consultations, meetings of comities and councils.
4) Provides representational protocols of the Prosecutor’s office.
5) Organizes cooperation of the Prosecutor’s office of RA with the international organizations and their representatives, with foreign Prosecutor’s offices and their officials, external affairs of the Prosecutor’s office, prescribed by the international agreements.
6) Organizes the media and public relations of the Prosecutor’s office, prepare press-conferences, interviews.
7) Supplies the conduct of the data base of the laws and other legal acts prepare the chronological samples of certain legal acts, enlist the acts adopted by the Prosecutor General and the Head of Staff.
8) Organizes integrated archive of the Prosecutor’s office.
9) Provides the insert and exploitation of the modern technical means of administration, of computer programs, of electronic means of communication, internal network, international communication systems.
10) Provides the integrity of the correspondence, electronic circulation of documentation, the electronic correspondence, the organization and preservation of electronic archive.
11) Provides the exploitation, the current construction and regulation of the administrative buildings belonging to the staff.
12) Can implement other authorities stipulated to the Staff by legal acts.
III. Structure of the Staff
13. The structure of the Staff consists of:
• The central body of the Staff,
• The territorial subdivisions of the Staff.
14. The subdivisions of the staff can be established for performing other functions of the Staff, stipulated by law.
15. The structure of the Staff is established by the Prosecutor General.
16. The central body of the staff consists of the structural subdivisions of the Staff. The residence of the Staff is the General Prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Armenia.
17. The territorial subdivisions of the Staff are organized according to the procedure stipulated by the p. 8 of the RA law “On Prosecutor’s office”, excluding the General Prosecutor’s office.
18. The central body and the territorial subdivisions of the Staff are financed by the state budget under one line as the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Armenia.
19. The financing of the expenses of the preservation of the Prosecutor’s office of RA and of the budget of the Staff is implemented by the central body of the Staff by centralized system.
IV. Administration and heading of the Staff
20. The Staff is governed by the Prosecutor General. The Staff is liable and accountable to the Prosecutor General.
21. The Prosecutor General:
1) Adopts the passports of positions of public servants.
2) Adopts and changes the list and number of positions.
3) Presents the mediation to the President of the RA for rank of highest councilors to the public servants of the Staff.
4) Maintains:
a) The procedure of forming examination comities and conducting the examination for the vacancies in the Staff.
b) The procedure of conducting of close competitions for the vacancies.
c) The procedure of forming and conducting open competition tests for the vacancies.
d) The procedure of conducting open competition interviews and evaluation of the candidates.
e) The procedure and standards of evaluation of activity of public servants of the Prosecutor’s office and forms of their description.
f) The procedure of training the public servants.
g) The procedure of activities of the subdivisions of the staff.
h) The procedure of conducting ID of the public servants.
5) When expires the term of public servants’ service, by the presentation of the Head of Staff prolongs it up to five-year term.
6) According to the tasks of the Staff, adopts the main directions and functions of Staff activities.
7) Adopts and changes the charter and the structure.
8) Appoints and release the Head of Staff, the deputy Head of Staff, the heads of the central body and the territorial subdivisions of the Staff.
9) By the procedure defined by the legislation of RA, implements encouragement and disciplinary punishment of the public servants appointed by him.
10) Suspend or recognize the loss of force of the acts of law of the Head of Staff, which contradict with other legal acts.
11) Distributes the property delivered to the Staff between the central body and the subdivisions of the Staff.
12) Supervise the preservation of the state property delivered to the Staff.
13) Research the reports on activities of the Staff, discusses the results of the evaluation of activities.
14) Has other authorities stipulated by laws of RA, this charter, and by other legal acts.
22. The direct leading of the Staff is carried out by the Head of Staff. The authorities of the Head of Staff are defined by the laws of RA, this charter, and other legal acts.
23. The Head of Staff is an official vested with the authorities of organization, systematization, supervision of activities of public servants of subdivisions of the Staff and employees of technical service and other, which perform their activities according to the agreement or other bases.
24. The Head of Staff is liable and accountable to Prosecutor General.
25. The Head of Staff is a public official, which is appointed by the Prosecutor General for 5 years term.
26. The Head of Staff:
1) Supplies the organization of public service in the Staff.
2) Presents suggestions to the Prosecutor General, related to the main course of works of the Staff according to the sphere of activities, aims, tasks of it.
3) Provides the regular activity of the Staff, regularly analyses the activity of the Staff, supervise the process of work of the Staff.
4) Set urgent tasks, evaluates the opinions and according to them formulates certain suggestions, make orders, makes obligatory instructions, supervises and evaluates their carrying out.
5) Without mandate within his authorities, represents the Republic of Armenia and the Prosecutor’s office of RA, represents their interests in affairs with the organizations and citizens, signs contracts and agreements.
6) Controls the state property delivered to the Staff, including the financial means with the procedure defined by law, other legal acts, the charters of the establisher and the staff.
7) Gives power of attorney to represent the Prosecutor office of RA, including the power of attorney with right of further powering.
8) Discusses the results of checking the use and preservation of the material means entrusted to the legitimate public officials of the Staff.
9) Demands and receive necessary information related to his legitimacy from the public institutions and officials.
10) Controls the information on the Staff activities, organizes its target disposal.
11) Supervise the performance of functions of archive, defined by law and other acts.
12) According the procedure, defined by law, appoints and releases the state officials of the Staff and employees of the technical staff, implements the encouragement and disciplinary punishment, excluding the cases prescribed by the subpoint 8 of the point 20 of this charter.
13) Grants the class ranks of the public servants, excluding the ranks of highest councilors.
14) Presents for affirmation of the Prosecutor General the job description, list and number of positions.
15) Makes a decision about conducting open competitions for the vacancies in the Staff, announce close competitions.
16) Gives applications about the vacant positions in the Staff on accordance of officials to the acts of law.
17) By the procedure defined by law, receiving the description of public servants on the ground of characterization and individual opinion, make a decision on the evaluation of the public servants, particularly on the implementation of encouragement and disciplinary punishment, and presents the descriptions to the Prosecutor General.
18) After the affirmation of the nominal list of positions of public servants, during a month period, affirms (changes) the list of positions of the central body and territorial subdivisions of the Staff.
19) Suggests the list of public servants of the Staff for encouragement and disciplinary punishment to the Prosecutor General.
20) Presents the candidates, which are to be appointed by the Prosecutor General.
21) Organizes the training of the public servants of the Staff according to the procedure defined by law.
22) Provides the communication of the Staff with the state governing and local self-governing bodies of RA.
23) Is the chief manager of finances of the Prosecutor’s office of RA.
24) Regulates the relations and problems with property raised in the process of activity of the Staff.
25) Provides the target use of the financial assignations of the budgetary year, prepare the documents of payments, participate in bank operations, makes financial reports.
26) Take measures for the effective use of the financial means delivered to Staff.
27) Projects the budgetary application and the program of the expenses for the next year.
28) Analyzes the budgetary execution, prepares the applications of financing according to the reports and analyses.
29) Provides the preparation of the project of the proportional distribution of the budgetary means assigned to the Staff.
30) Provides the financial-budgetary discipline, controls the accounting of the Staff.
31) Adopts the reports of financial, budgetary, tax, statistical, obligatory payments of the Staff.
32) Provides and control the account of the financial and material means and further inventory of their movements according to the defined procedure.
33) Adopts the brief estimate of preservation expenses of the staff.
34) Provides the professional financial–economical research of the documents, prepared for the signing of the Prosecutor General, deputies of the Prosecutor General.
35) Organizes the preparation of estimate of the preservation of the structure, of applications of the budgetary financing.
36) Provides the existence of system of internal audit and administration of financial currency in the Staff and non - commercial organizations of the structure.
37) Provides the evaluation of the fulfillment of the demands of the adopted acts on the financial issues and finding out of discrepancy in accounting, exacts them in the Staff and other state non-commercial organizations of the structure.
38) Provides the existence of the purchase system, according to the law “On purchase”.
39) In a case of impossibility to exclude the overfulfilment of expenses, provides the preparation of reports related to it for the presentation to the prosecutor general.
40) Provides the accounting registration of the financial functions of the Staff.
41) Provides the preparation of financial reports and by the defined procedure presents to National Assembly of RA, to the President of RA, to the Government of RA, Supervisory chamber of RA.
42) Provides the presentation of the reports of financial activities of the Prosecutor’s office, Staff and state non-commercial organizations of the structure.
43) Affirms the monthly reports on the incomes and expenses of the Staff by the economical and functional classification of budgetary expenses.
44) Adopts and affirms the prevision of incomes and expenses for the rest of the current financial year.
45) Analyzes and compares the current reports with the reports received from all subdivisions of the Staff and state non-commercial and other state organizations with the defined procedure.
46) Provides the conclusion reports on the implementation of the events and programs carried out by the Prosecutor’s office.
47) Provides the account of the material and financial means, confiscated in Prosecutor’s office bodies.
48) By the procedure defined by law, controls the existing sums on deposit accounts of Prosecutor’s office.
49) Organizes an annual inventory in the Prosecutor’s office of RA and in non-commercial organizations of the structure, controls the target use of inventory, the time-limit of their use, as well as carries out the redistribution, the draw down and organization the auction of inventory and other means.
50) Organizes the security of the employees of the structure of Prosecutor’s office, organizes the pass regime, the use and preservation of buildings.
51) Organizes the creation of united network of computers and other means of communication, the effective and uninterruptible use of transportation.
52) Is responsible for the financial duties, the effective control of main means, as well as the prevention of non-target use and non- foreseen expenses.
53) Is responsible, according to the budgetary classification, for providing the budgetary assignments and control over the target use of the means.
27. Head of staff has a deputy, directly subordinate to Head and carries out the organization and systematization of the sphere entrusted to him.
28. The deputy of Head of Staff is a public servant, appointed by the Prosecutor General after a nomination of Head of Staff.
29. The authorities of deputy of Head of Staff are defined by this charter, by the passport of position, and other legal acts.
30. The deputy Head of Staff, in a case of absence of the Head of Staff carries out his authorities.
31. While in absence of both the Head of Staff and his deputy, their duties van carry out other public servants.
V. Chief adviser of Prosecutor General, First assistant to Prosecutor General, the assistants to Prosecutor General and assistants to Deputies Prosecutor General, the Press-secretary of the Prosecutor General
32. The positions of the advisers of the Prosecutor General, of First assistant to Prosecutor General, assistants to Prosecutor General and assistants to Deputies Prosecutor General are contemplative positions. The positions are included in the list of positions of the Staff, and the relations related to them are regulated by the Labor Code of RA, this charter and other legal acts.
33. The advisers, the First assistant to Prosecutor General, the assistant to Prosecutor General, assistants to Deputies Prosecutor General, the Press-secretary of Prosecutor General are appointed and released by the Prosecutor General:
Assistants to Deputies Prosecutor General are appointed and released by the Prosecutor General after presentation of the Deputies Prosecutor General.
34. The advisers to Prosecutor General.
1) Regularly presents reports and analytical materials on the situation and trends of development of events related to the sphere assigned to him to Prosecutor General, and also presents suggestions to Prosecutor General on solution of problems.
2) By the assignment of Prosecutor General can participate in discussions on activities of the Prosecutor’s office I state and local self-government bodies, and organizations.
3) By the assignment of Prosecutor General can organize consultations on solution of problems related to the sphere assigned to him by Prosecutor General.
4) By the assignment of the Prosecutor General presents suggestions on international agreements, laws of RA and other legal acts.
5) Implements orders of the Prosecutor General.
35. The number and the directions of activities of the advisers of Prosecutor General are defined by the Prosecutor General.
36. The First assistant to Prosecutor General:
1) Coordinating with Prosecutor General organizes the current relations and prospective programs of Prosecutor General and presents them for the affirmation of Prosecutor General.
2) Organizes the preparation of Prosecutor’s General meetings, consultations, visits, cooperating with certain organizations officials and other persons.
3) According to the assignment of the Prosecutor General can organize and conduct meetings and consultations.
4) Supplies the records of proceedings of the meetings, consultations and negotiations of the Prosecutor General, organizes the visits and travels of the Prosecutor General.
5) Works with mail and other documents of the Prosecutor General.
6) Conducts the individual archive of Prosecutor General.
7) Carries out the assignments of Prosecutor General.
37. Assistants to the Prosecutor General and the assistants to Deputies Prosecutor General.
1) Carry out technical, organizational, informational assistance to their direct officials.
2) Organizes the reception of citizens.
3) Carry out orders of their direct officials.
38. The Press-secretary of the Prosecutor General:
1) Represents the official opinion of the Prosecutor General to Armenian and foreign media.
2) Conducts briefings and press-conferences.
3) Presents suggestions to Prosecutor General and the Head of Staff on the expression of united position of the bodies of Prosecutor’s office of RA.
4) Represents suggestions and analyses to the Prosecutor General on projecting and implementation of his activities.
5) Conducts the interviews, press-conferences and meetings of Prosecutor General with the representatives of the media.
6) Represents suggestions to Prosecutor General on his public speeches, while organizing them coordinating with Deputies Prosecutor General, assistants, Staff and other employees.
7) By the order of Prosecutor General performs the statements, explanations, refutations.
8) Implements orders of Prosecutor General.
39. The number of assistants to Prosecutor General, assistants to Deputies Prosecutor General is defined by the Prosecutor General.
VI. Central body of the Staff
40. Central body of the Staff:
1) According to the application of the competent officials of the Prosecutor’s office gives references on:
a) the precedent of the European court of justice,
b) the decisions on the cases investigated earlier by the Court of Appeal,
c) the existing interpretations of the European convention of human rights and basic freedoms,
d) on the theoretical approaches and new developments within given sphere of law,
e) on the new directions of the developments of law,
f) on the decisions of the Constitutional court.
2) Implements integrated process of budgetary policy of the Prosecutor’s office.
3) Leads the official site of the Prosecutor’s office of RA.
4) Conducts the integrated archive.
5) Supports the preparation and organization of the board of the Prosecutor’s office, of comities, and councils of Prosecutor’s office of RA.
6) Organizes the foreign visits of the Prosecutor’s office’s representatives.
7) Supplies the protocol events and makes translations.
8) Realizes the gathering, research and analyze of the information on the legal processes in foreign states.
9) Gives necessary information on foreign visits of the Prosecutor’s office’s representatives, public servants of the Staff, on the meetings with the representatives of international organizations and foreign officials.
10) Projects, organizes the use of modern technical means, electronic means of communication, local internal network, electronic circulation of documents and mails, access to the international information systems.
11) Organizes and preserves the archive of the electronic documents and other electronic means while carrying out the electronic correspondence.
12) Organizes the technical supplementation of protocol and other events with the presence of the officials of the prosecutor’s office and the Staff.
13) Receives the applications of the competition announced for the vacancies in the Staff, formulates the conclusion on the fulfillment of the applicant to the demands defined by legal acts.
14) Provides everyday observation of press, including foreign media, as well as research of the materials of foreign newspapers and agencies, and everyday observation of them.
15) Supply the mail and courier services.
16) Supplies the permanence of reception of citizens.
17) Supplies the stylistic and linguistic integrity of documents, which are prepared for signing by the Prosecutor General and his Deputies.
18) Supplies the implementation of policy of archive, defined by the law “On archive” of RA.
19) Has other functions prescribed by law and other legal acts.
VII. Territorial subdivisions of Staff
41. The territorial subdivisions of the staff of the Prosecutor’s Office of RA (further- territorial subdivisions) supplies the full and effective implementation of the authorities of the Prosecutor’s offices of Yerevan city, of Yerevan city communities, of regions, of central military prosecutor’s office, of military garrisons prosecutor’s offices, prescribed by the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, international agreements, laws and other legal acts.
42. The territorial subdivisions have a right of such activities, which are directed on full and effective implementation of the authorities of the Prosecutor’s offices of Yerevan city, of Yerevan city communities, of regions, of central military prosecutor’s office, of military garrisons’ prosecutor’s offices.
43. The territorial subdivisions are situated in Yerevan city, in Yerevan city communities, regions, central military and garrisons’ military prosecutor’s offices.
44. The territorial subdivisions have standard blanks and other means of individualization, assigned by the Prosecutor General.
VIII. Public servants and technical Staff
45. The public servants and the technical employees perform their functions according to the legislation of RA, this charter, passport of position and other legal acts.
46. The service relations of servants are regulated by the legislation of RA, the disciplinary rules assigned by the Prosecutor General, this charter.
47. The persons on contemplative positions, the technical staff and persons, who perform their service on the basis of agreements, are not public servants.
48. The employees of technical service are employees of the Staff, their positions are included in the list of positions, and their relations are regulated by the Labor Code of RA, this charter, and other legal acts.
49. The persons, who are not public servants, are appointed and released by the Head of Staff, according to the procedure defined by the labor legislation of RA.
50. The employees, who are not public servants, technical staff is accountable according to superiority of administration and activates according to their passport of position or other authorities.
IX. The procedure of appointment and release of the public servants
51. The appointment and release of public servants is carried out according to the procedure of appointment and release of judicial servants defined by the law “On Prosecutor’s office” of RA, excluding the cases prescribed by this law.
52. The persons occupying the position in the Staff are appointed for 6 month of probation by the procedure defined by the law of the legislation of RA.
X. The legal status and the social guarantees.
53. The provisions on social guarantees and judicial servants of the law “On judicial service” of RA are applied to the public servants of the Staff.
54. The main salary of the public servants is accounted according to the rate of pay of the subgroup of the public service, the length of service of the general, professional and public service.
55. The procedure of social and pension guarantees of the public servants are defined by the legislation of RA.
56. The public service of public servants is reflected in their ID.
XI. Encouragement and disciplinary punishment of public servants in the Staff of Prosecutor’s office
57. The encouragement and the disciplinary punishment of the public servants are carried out according to the Labor Code of RA and the law “On Prosecutor’s office” of RA.
XII. Length of service in the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office
58. The length of service in the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office includes the whole period of the public service in Prosecutor’s office, as well as the service in the positions correspondent to public service in the Prosecutor’s office, the work experience in state governing and local self-governance bodies during the whole period before the law “On Prosecutor’s office” of RA came into force.
59. The public service in the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office is accounted in the general, professional, length of public service in the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office by the way defined by law.
60. The arguments on the implementation of the legislation on public service in the Staff are solved by the means defined by the legislation on public service, and at the court.
XIII. Property of the Staff
61. The property of the Staff is formed according to the procedure defined by the legal acts.
62. The Staff has a right with the procedure prescribed by legal acts, according to the tasks and the target of the property, to use, rule and control the property (property rights) delivered to him.
63. The expenses of Staff preservation is fully financed by the state budget. The Staff can be financed by the sources, which are not forbidden by law.
64. The Staff makes purchases for performance of his functions and financial needs.
65. The purchases for the needs of the Staff are made according to the law “On Purchase” of RA.
XIV. Reorganization and termination of the activities of the Staff
66. The staff is reorganized and terminates its activities according to the procedure defined by law.
Amendment 2
Prosecutor’s General Order
N 43 on the 29th of June, 2007
II. The structure.
Of the “Staff of the Prosecutor’s office”
state administrative institution
I. Central body of the Staff
Departments
1. Financial – economic department.
a) Economic provision and service division,
b) Accounting division.
2. Prosecutors maintenance department.
3. External affairs and protocol department.
Divisions.
1. Information and program provision division.
2. Special division.
3. Secretary.
4. Archive.
II. Territorial subdivisions of the Staff.
1. The territorial department of the central body of military prosecutor’s office of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of RA.
2. The territorial department of Yerevan city’s prosecutor’s office of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of RA.
3. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of the of Erebuni and Nubarashen district of Yerevan city.
4. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Yerevan city’s Kentron and Norq- Marash district.
5. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Yerevan city’s Ajapnyak and Davidashen district.
6. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Yerevan city’s Avan and Nor Nork district.
7. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Yerevan city’s Arabkir and Kanaker - Zeytun district.
8. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Yerevan city’s Shengavit district.
9. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Yerevan city’s Malatia-Sebastia district.
10.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Kotayq region.
11.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Ararat region.
12.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Armavir region.
13.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Aragatsotn region.
14.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Shirak region.
15.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Lori region.
16.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Tavush region.
17.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Gegharquniq region.
18.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Vayots Dzor region.
19.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Syuniq region.
20.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Yerevan city’s military garrison prosecutor’s office.
21.The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Zangezur military garrison prosecutor’s office.
22. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Gugark military garrison prosecutor’s office.
23. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Sevani military garrison prosecutor’s office.
24. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Shirak military garrison prosecutor’s office.
25. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of Eghegnadzor military garrison prosecutor’s office.
26. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of N 1 military garrison prosecutor’s office.
27. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of N 2 military garrison prosecutor’s office.
28. The territorial division of the Staff of the Prosecutor’s office of N 3 military garrison prosecutor’s office.