The Information Technology Center at the Communications and High Technologies Ministry reports that the figure reached 22,845 as of September 1. Of the total number of issued EDS some 14,490 units were given to government agencies, 2,956 were issued to legal entities and 5,399 to citizens.
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The information was presented at a meeting of experts of the State Labor Inspectorate Service under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and employers of the Absheron region and Binagadi district of Baku, the ministry said Sept. 4.
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The draft bill has been prepared and submitted to the government in accordance with paragraph 2.2 of the decree of the president of Azerbaijan dated February 5, 2013 "On approval of the "e-government" portal and measures of extension of electronic services", according to the report.
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The report notes that the following services are available:
- Underwriting services of documents and requests in connection with the registration of a notifications of holding real property that is the subject of the mortgage;
- Underwriting services of documents and requests in connection with the liquidation of the notifications of holding real property that is the subject of the mortgage
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Internet connection is more and more accessible in Azerbaijan due to large scale improvement in this segment.
The penetration rate of broadband internet was 50 percent till June current year, the report said.