Great opportunities have been created by the government for free entrepreneurs, physical individuals and legal entities represented in all kinds of business structures and the legal framework has been established in order to protect their rights in various sectors of the economy. Thus, impermissibility of abuse of entrepreneurship by government employees misusing their official authorities, as well as the factors hindering the development of market relations and inappropriate interventions is reflected in the Presidential Decree on the "Prevention of interventions that hinder the development of entrepreneurship," dated 28 September 2002, as well as the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on the "Regulation of business inspections and the protection of the interests of entrepreneurs” dated July 2, 2013 and in other relevant legal documents. However, we ought to express regret that in recent years, some fraudsters who introduced themselves as employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations deceived individual entrepreneurs and put pressure on them under the name of inspection by giving way to the illegal actions impeding the normal process of the business. Doing all counted during their alleged inspections and interventions they don’t even hesitate to threat entrepreneurs by closing their facilities and asking money instead. Reports of such evidences are still being received. Relevant measures are taken to discover such cases in time and do necessary against these persons in accordance with the law.

Taking into consideration above mentioned facts, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Prosecutor General's Office address to all individuals and legal entities awaking them to ask persons have come for inspection to submit the relevant documents identifying their instances and rights for control operations by issued (permit) licenses. Once you dought if they really work for the Ministry and have the right to carry inspections please check it and clarify with the following numbers:

- MES, State Fire Control Service – (12) 512-26-02; (50) 240-90-37;
- MES, State Agency for Construction Safety Control – (12) 512-21-83;
- MES, State Agency for Safe Working in Industry and Mountain-Mine Control – (12) 512-15-02; (55) 512-12-01;
- MES, State Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activity – (12) 512-46-26 / 512-46-37 / 512-46-34;
- MES, State Directorate for Small Capacity Vessels – (12) 512-17-12 / 512-17-37.

Physical and legal persons are requested to give information to the "112" hotline call center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations or "161" of the Head Department for Combating Corruption under the Prosecutor General if they face any case of the breach of the law.