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Basis of territorial arrangement

1. The following shall fall within the exclusive competence of the supreme state authorities of Georgia:

a) legislation on human rights, Georgian citizenship, migration, entry into and exit from the country, and the temporary or
permanent stay of aliens and stateless persons in Georgia;

b) criminal, penitentiary, civil, intellectual property, administrative, labour and procedural legislation; legislation pertaining to
land, minerals, and other natural resources; pharmaceutical legislation; legislation on obtaining the status of educational
institution, and on accreditation, and academic degrees; and legislation on the National Academy of Sciences;

c) foreign policy and international relations; foreign trade, customs and tariff regimes;

d) state defence, military industry and arms trade; issues relating to war and truce; determining and introducing the legal regime of
a state of emergency and martial law; the armed forces; courts and prosecution; state security; criminal police and investigation;
the status, regime and protection of the state border; and a cordon sanitaire on the border;

e) state finances and state loans; the printing and emission of money; and legislation on banking, credit, insurance, tax and trade of
national significance;

f) railways and motor roads of national significance; the integrated energy system and regime; communications; the status and
protection of territorial waters, airspace, the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone; aviation; the merchant fleet;
ensigns; harbours of national significance; fishing in oceans and high seas; meteorology; environmental monitoring systems;
standards and models; geodesy and cartography; determining the precise time; and state statistics.

2. The powers of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, and procedures for exercising
such powers shall be determined by the constitutional laws of Georgia that are an integral part of the Constitution of Georgia.

3. The state territorial arrangement of Georgia shall be revised by a constitutional law of Georgia on the basis of the principle of
the separation of powers after the complete restoration of the jurisdiction of Georgia over the entire territory of the country.

4. The citizens of Georgia shall regulate affairs of local importance through local self-government in accordance with the
legislation of Georgia. The separation of the powers of state authority and self-governing units is based on the principle of
subsidiarity. The State ensures that the financial resources of self-governing units correspond with their powers as determined by
the organic law.

5. An exclusive economic zone shall be established in Anaklia on the basis of the organic law, where a special legal regime shall
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apply. Other exclusive economic zones with special legal regimes may also be established on the basis of the organic law.

Constitutional Law of Georgia No 1324 of 13 October 2017 – website, 19.10.2017

Constitutional Law of Georgia No 2071 of 23 March 2018 – website, 2.4.2018