DECREE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE GEORGIAN SSR on Evaluation of a Number of the USSR Laws, Based on Article 77 of the Georgian SSR

Being guided by the necessity of protection of Sovereignty of the Georgia SSR and by the objective of restoration of state sovereignty of Georgia, pursuant to Article 77 of the Georgian SSR, the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR decrees:

1. The existing USSR laws on the rules and procedure of secession of the Union Republics from the USSR, separation of competences between the subjects of Federation and the USSR, basics of economic relations, property regulations and income laws run counter to the vital interest of the Georgian SSR.

2. The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR and the Council of Ministers of the Georgian SSR shall follow this decree.

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR G. Gumbaridze

Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR V. Kvaratskhelia

20 June 1990

(Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR, 1990, # 6, p. 21)