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Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Date of text: 08 December 1992 (30 April 2023)

Policies

Presidential Decree No. PP-250 validating the Water Resources Management Program and the development of the irrigation sector for the period of 2025-2028.
Date of text: 15 August 2025
Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of the Republic of Uzbekistan (NDC 3.0).
Date of text: 2025
Presidential Decree No. ЗА-36 “On additional measures to ensure food security in the country validating Strategy for ensuring food security of the Republic Uzbekistan and healthy nutrition until 2030."
Date of text: 16 February 2024
Presidential Decree No. UP-158 validating Strategy “Uzbekistan-2030.”
Date of text: 11 September 2023
Decree No. 362 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the procedure for development and effective implementation of the National Action Plan to combat the risk of climate change and natural disasters.
Date of text: 11 August 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. ZRU-766 “On organic production.”
Date of text: 25 April 2022
Law No. 600-I on agricultural cooperative (shirkat).
Date of text: 30 April 1998
Governmental Decree No. 641 validating some legislative acts on seed production of agricultural crops.
Date of text: 12 October 2021
Presidential Decree No. UP-5995 “On additional measures for ensuring the compliance of quality and safety indicators of agricultural products with international standards.”
Date of text: 18 May 2020
Presidential Decree No. UP-5199 “On measures to radically improve the system for protecting the rights and legitimate interests of farmers, dehkan farms and smallholders, and efficient use of agricultural land areas under crops”.
Date of text: 09 October 2017

Climate change

Presidential Decree No. UP-110 On measures for participation in the international carbon units market.
Date of text: 07 July 2025
Decree No. 50 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for monitoring, evaluating and developing reporting forms for combating land degradation and publishing their results.
Date of text: 02 February 2023

Cultivated plants

Law No. ZRU-877 “On plant protection.”
Date of text: 09 November 2023
Law No. ZRU-521 “On seed growing”.
Date of text: 16 February 2019
Law on quarantine of plants.
Date of text: 31 August 1995 (09 July 2018)
Law No. 483-I on the quality and safety of foodstuffs.
Date of text: 30 August 1997 (10 January 2019)
Governmental Decree No. 641 validating some legislative acts on seed production of agricultural crops.
Date of text: 12 October 2021

Disaster risk management

Law No. ZRU-790 “On protection of the population and the territory against emergency situations of natural and technogenic type”.
Date of text: 17 August 2022
Constitutional Law No. ZRU-737 “On the state of emergency.”
Date of text: 15 December 2021
Presidential Decree PF-5066 “On measures for radical improvement of the efficiency of early warning system for the prevention of emergency situations and liquidation of the consequences thereof”.
Date of text: 01 June 2017
Presidential Decree No. PP-357 “On increasing the effectiveness of measures to prevent emergencies involving chemicals with a high degree of fire and explosion hazard.”
Date of text: 06 November 2023
Decree No. 171 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On measures to effectively organize the activities of the state system to prevent emergency situations and act in such situations in the Republic of Uzbekistan”.
Date of text: 29 April 2023

Environment

Law No.754 – XII on nature protection.
Date of text: 09 December 1992 (29 August 2024)
Law No. ZRU-790 “On protection of the population and the territory against emergency situations of natural and technogenic type”.
Date of text: 17 August 2022
Law No. ZRU-363 “On environmental audit.”
Date of text: 27 December 2013
Law No. 362-II on waste.
Date of text: 05 April 2002
Law No. 353-I on the protection of atmospheric air.
Date of text: 27 December 1996 (06 February 2024)

Fisheries and aquaculture

Law No. 935-XII “On veterinary medicine”.
Date of text: 03 September 1993 (29 December 2015)
Law No. ZRU-408 “On protection and management of wild fauna (revised version)”.
Date of text: 19 September 2016 (19 September 2016)
Presidential Decree No. PP-281 “On measures to improve the use of reservoirs for the needs of fishfarms, as well as the development of fishing facilities and coastal tourism.”
Date of text: 18 August 2023
Presidential Decree No. PP-141 “On measures to improve the management of the Aidar-Arnasay system of lakes.”
Date of text: 22 February 2022
Presidential Decree No. PP-83 “On additional measures for the further development of the fishing industry.”
Date of text: 13 January 2022

Food and nutrition

Law No. 483-I on the quality and safety of foodstuffs.
Date of text: 30 August 1997 (10 January 2019)
Law on protection of consumers’ rights (1996).
Date of text: 26 April 1996
Law No. ZRU-800 “On standardization”.
Date of text: 03 November 2022
Law No. ZRU-784 “On potable water supply and effluent wastewater discharge”.
Date of text: 22 July 2022
Law No. ZRU-766 “On organic production.”
Date of text: 25 April 2022

Forestry

Law No. 770-1 on forest.
Date of text: 15 April 1999 (29 August 2019)
Presidential Decree No. UP-5041 “On setting up the State Committee on Forestry”.
Date of text: 11 May 2017 (08 February 2018)
Law No. ZRU-278 amending some legislative acts.
Date of text: 04 January 2011
Law No. ZRU-226 “On fire safety”.
Date of text: 30 September 2009
Presidential Decree No. UP-2536 on re-organization of the State Forestry Committee.
Date of text: 07 February 2000

Gender

Family Code.
Date of text: 30 April 1998 (04 December 2020)
Law No. No. ZRU-562 “On guarantees of equal rights and opportunities for women and men”.
Date of text: 02 September 2019
Law No. ZRU-561 “On the protection of women from mistreatment and violence”.
Date of text: 02 September 2019

Land and soil

Land Use Planning Code.
Date of text: 04 April 2002 (30 April 2004)
Land Code.
Date of text: 30 April 1998
Law No. 770-1 on forest.
Date of text: 15 April 1999 (29 August 2019)
Urban Planning Code.
Date of text: 22 February 2021 (07 February 2025)
Law No. ZRU-871 “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the improvement of land legislation.”
Date of text: 23 October 2023

Livestock

Law No. ZRU-538 “On pastures”.
Date of text: 20 May 2019
Law No. 165-I on pedigree stockbreeding.
Date of text: 21 December 1995 (25 April 2003)
Law No. 935-XII “On veterinary medicine”.
Date of text: 03 September 1993 (29 December 2015)
Law No. ZRU-1079 “On identification, registration and traceability of animals”.
Date of text: 06 August 2025
Presidential Decree No. UP-5067 “Om measures for cardinal improvement of the management system of the State Veterinary Service”.
Date of text: 01 June 2017 (08 February 2018)

Mineral resources and energy

Law on the Rational Use of Energy.
Date of text: 1997
Law on subsoil.
Date of text: 23 September 1994 (13 December 2002)
Law No. ZRU-565 “On the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes”.
Date of text: 09 September 2019
Law No. ZRU-539 “On use of renewable energy sources”.
Date of text: 21 May 2019
Presidential Decree No. UP-5044 “On setting up Joint-Stock Company “Uzbekhydroenergo”.
Date of text: 18 May 2017

Sea

Decree No. 686 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On measures for the implementation of the project “Conservation and management of lakes, wetlands and coastal territories as a basis supporting sustainable life on degraded land of the Aral Sea water landscape” with the participation of the United Nations Development Program and Global Ecological Fund.
Date of text: 30 November 2022
Decree No. 132 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On measures for acceleration of planting of protective forests “Yashil Koplamlar” in the dry areas of the Aral Sea basin.
Date of text: 15 February 2019

Social protection

Family Code.
Date of text: 30 April 1998 (04 December 2020)
Law No. ZRU-327 “On Family Entrepreneurship”.
Date of text: 26 April 2012
Presidential Decree No. UP-5969 “On immediate measures to mitigate the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic and global economic crisis.”
Date of text: 19 March 2020
Resolution No. 566 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On additional measures to further improve the procedure for compensation of the costs of purchase of land for persons with disabilities.”
Date of text: 27 October 2023
Presidential Decree No. UP-5975 “On measures to radically update state policy in the field of economic development and poverty reduction.”
Date of text: 26 March 2020

Water

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Water and Water Use of 6 March 1993.
Date of text: 06 March 1993 (11 May 2019)
Water Code.
Date of text: 30 July 2025
Law No. ZRU-784 “On potable water supply and effluent wastewater discharge”.
Date of text: 22 July 2022
Law No. ZRU-706 “On transport”.
Date of text: 09 August 2021
Presidential Decree No. UP-5241 “On measures for cardinal improvement of payment of water charges”.
Date of text: 16 November 2017

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. ZRU-627 “On hunting and hunting management.”
Date of text: 08 July 2020
Law No. ZRU-408 “On protection and management of wild fauna (revised version)”.
Date of text: 19 September 2016 (19 September 2016)
Law No. ZRU-409 “On protection and use of flora”.
Date of text: 26 December 1997 (21 September 2016)
Law No. 871-XII on especially protected natural territories.
Date of text: 07 May 1993
Law No.754 – XII on nature protection.
Date of text: 09 December 1992 (29 August 2024)

Miscellaneous

Law No. ZRU-701 “On licensing, authorization and notification procedures”.
Date of text: 14 July 2021
Law No. ZRU-642 “On employment of the population”.
Date of text: 20 October 2020
Law No. ZRU-598 “On investments and investment activities”.
Date of text: 25 December 2019 (22 February 2024)
Law No. ZRU-419 “On combating corruption.”
Date of text: 03 January 2017
Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Date of text: 1995 (18 February 2025)

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the mutual application of electronic systems for certification of the origin of goods.
Date of text: 08 February 2024
Agreement between the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus and the Committee for the Development of Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cooperation in the field of competition development, consumer protection and regulation of the advertising market.
Date of text: 08 February 2024
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on further strengthening cooperation in the field of energy.
Date of text: 22 August 2023

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