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Uzbekistan - Country Profiles

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

Policies

Presidential Decree No. PP-436 validating the Program on the transition to a “green” economy and ensuring “green” growth in the Republic of Uzbekistan until 2030.
Date of text: 02 December 2022
Presidential Decree No. UP-175 validating the Strategy of social protection of the population.
Date of text: 25 July 2022
Updated Nationally Determined Contribution.
Date of text: 01 June 2022
Presidential Decree validating Development Strategy of the New Uzbekistan for the period of 2022-2026.
Date of text: 28 January 2022
National Action Plan of the Republic of Uzbekistan to meet the requirements of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants for 2022-2024.
Date of text: 2022

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

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
Presidential Decree No. UP-5134 “On measures to radically improve activities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources”.
Date of text: 04 August 2017

Climate change

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
Decree No. 95 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating General Technical Regulation on ecological security.
Date of text: 18 February 2020

Cultivated plants

Law No. ZRU-521 “On seed growing”.
Date of text: 16 February 2019
Law on quarantine of plants.
Date of original text: 31 August 1995 (09 July 2018)
Law No. 483-I on the quality and safety of foodstuffs.
Date of original 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
Presidential Decree No. UP-5174 "On the establishment of State Inspection on Plant Quarantine under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.
Date of text: 30 August 2017

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
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
Presidential Decree No. PP-426 “On measures to protect the population and territories from emergency situations associated with dangerous hydrometeorological phenomena and geological processes”.
Date of text: 18 November 2022

Environment

Law No.754 – XII on nature protection.
Date of original text: 09 December 1992 (31 August 2000)
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. 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
Law No. ZRU-713 “On ensuring seismic safety of the population and territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.
Date of text: 13 September 2021

Fisheries

Law No. 935-XII “On veterinary medicine”.
Date of original text: 03 September 1993 (29 December 2015)
Law No.545-I of 1997 On the protection and usage of the animal world.
Date of text: 26 December 1997
Presidential Decree No. PP-83 “On additional measures for the further development of the fishing industry.”
Date of text: 13 January 2022
Decree No. 434 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on allocation of subsidies to stockbreeding, poultry breeding and fishfarming enterprises for grown and sold products thereof.
Date of text: 12 July 2021
Order No. 54 of the Minister of Agriculture validating the Regulation on rates and technologies for fish stocking of natural waterbodies for increase of productivity thereof.
Date of text: 16 November 2018

Food and nutrition

Law No. 483-I on the quality and safety of foodstuffs.
Date of original text: 30 August 1997 (10 January 2019)
Law on protection of consumers’ rights (1996).
Date of text: 26 April 1996
Law No. ZRU-784 “On potable water supply and effluent wastewater discharge”.
Date of text: 22 July 2022
Law No. ZRU-800 “On standardization”.
Date of text: 03 November 2022
Law No. ZRU-757 “On Geographical Indications.”
Date of text: 03 March 2022

Forestry

Law No. 770-1 on forest.
Date of original text: 15 April 1999 (29 August 2019)
Presidential Decree No. UP-5041 “On setting up the State Committee on Forestry”.
Date of original 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 original text: 30 April 1998 (04 December 2020)

Land and soil

Land Use Planning Code.
Date of original text: 04 April 2002 (30 April 2004)
Land Code.
Date of text: 30 April 1998
Law No. 770-1 on forest.
Date of original text: 15 April 1999 (29 August 2019)
Law No. ZRU-781 “On the procedure for the expropriation of land plots for public needs with compensation”.
Date of text: 29 June 2022
Law No. ZRU-728 “On privatization of non-agricultural land.”
Date of text: 15 November 2021

Livestock

Law No. ZRU-538 “On pastures”.
Date of text: 20 May 2019
Law No. 165-I on pedigree stockbreeding.
Date of original text: 21 December 1995 (25 April 2003)
Law No. 935-XII “On veterinary medicine”.
Date of original text: 03 September 1993 (29 December 2015)
Presidential Decree No. UP-5067 “Om measures for cardinal improvement of the management system of the State Veterinary Service”.
Date of original text: 01 June 2017 (08 February 2018)
Presidential Decree No. PP-2637 validating the Statute of Intellectual Property Agency.
Date of text: 20 October 2016

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 original text: 30 April 1998 (04 December 2020)
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
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
Presidential Decree No. PP-4700 “On additional measures to ensure food security, sustainable use of available resources and state support for agriculture during coronavirus pandemic.”
Date of text: 01 May 2020

Water

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Water and Water Use of 6 March 1993.
Date of original text: 06 March 1993 (11 May 2019)
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
Presidential Decree No. UP-5134 “On measures to radically improve activities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources”.
Date of text: 04 August 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”.
Date of text: 19 September 2016
Law No.545-I of 1997 On the protection and usage of the animal world.
Date of text: 26 December 1997
Law No. 871-XII on especially protected natural territories.
Date of text: 07 May 1993
Law No.754 – XII on nature protection.
Date of original text: 09 December 1992 (31 August 2000)

Miscellaneous

Law on the Rational Use of Energy.
Date of text: 1997
Law on subsoil.
Date of original text: 23 September 1994 (13 December 2002)
Law No. ZRU-701 “On licensing, authorization and notification procedures”.
Date of text: 14 July 2021
Law No. ZRU-537 “On public-private partnership”.
Date of text: 10 May 2019
Law No. ZRU-419 “On combating corruption.”
Date of text: 03 January 2017

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic on joint management of water resources of the Andijan (Kempirabad) reservoir.
Date of text: 03 November 2022
Agreement between the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Water Resources Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Kyrgyz Republic on cooperation on water management issues.
Date of text: 03 November 2022
Agreement between the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the management, protection and rational use of water resources of the Amudarya River.
Date of text: 14 July 2022