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Digital technologies will be introduced into the processes of applying financial penalties

📝 According to the Resolution, starting from January 1, 2027, an electronic register of financial penalties imposed on entrepreneurs will be introduced within the “Unified State Control” information system maintained by the Authorized Person for the Protection of the Rights and Legitimate Interests of Business Entities. In this case:

🔸 decisions of authorized bodies on the imposition of financial penalties shall, within 3 working days from the date of their adoption, be mandatorily entered into this electronic register with confirmation by an electronic digital signature, and where such processes are fully digitized, such decisions shall be entered automatically through integrated information systems;

🔸 decisions not entered into the electronic register and not confirmed by an electronic digital signature shall be deemed invalid, and no financial penalties shall be collected on their basis;

🔸 the electronic register shall maintain a database on the recurrence of offenses committed by entrepreneurs, which shall be analyzed using a risk management system.

📜 By April 1, 2027, it will be possible to file complaints online to a court against decisions of authorized bodies on the imposition of financial penalties through the taxpayer–entrepreneur’s personal account.

✔️ In this case, courts shall automatically notify relevant ministries and agencies about the suspension of enforcement of decisions for complaints accepted for proceedings.

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The procedure for applying financial penalties will be further liberalized

A Presidential Resolution titled “On additional measures to further liberalize the procedure for applying financial penalties and to enhance the effectiveness of judicial oversight” (No. RP-138, dated April 15, 2026) has been adopted.

⌛️ According to the Resolution, starting from October 1, 2026:

✅ a decision of an authorized body on the imposition of a financial penalty may, at the discretion of the entrepreneur, be voluntarily executed in one of the following forms:

🔹 payment of 50 percent of the fine within 1 month from the date of delivery of the decision, with exemption from payment of the remaining amount of the fine;

🔹 payment of the imposed financial penalty in equal installments over a period of 6 months;

✅ if the decision of the authorized body on the imposition of a financial penalty is cancelled or declared invalid by a court, the recovered amounts, including the financial penalty and penalty charges, shall be refunded proportionally within 15 days at the expense of the sources to which they were directed;

✅ for any amount not refunded within the specified period, interest shall be paid for each calendar day of delay at a rate equal to one three-hundredth of the Central Bank’s base rate.

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📜 In order to ensure the safety of children, in preschool educational institutions, in areas where telephones are available, as well as on notice boards visible to all staff, the telephone numbers of the following services shall be displayed:

▫️ fire safety services;
▫️ emergency services;
▫️ emergency medical services;
▫️ internal affairs bodies.

🚫 While children are present in a preschool educational institution, leaving them alone or unattended is prohibited.

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Procedure for recognition of documents on academic degrees obtained in foreign countries has been established

By a Government Resolution (No. 161, dated April 9, 2026), the administrative regulation for the provision of the public service on recognition of documents on academic degrees obtained in foreign countries has been approved.

🔰 Documents on academic degrees issued to applicants by foreign attestation bodies or relevant higher education institutions in accordance with the legislation of foreign states shall be recognised and nostrified by the authorized body, either after expert examination or directly without scientific examination.

📝 To use the public service, the applicant shall apply to public service centers and register on the Single Interactive State Services Portal (my.gov.uz).

📚 The following documents shall be attached to the application:

▪️ a notarized copy of the document on the academic degree;
▪️ a copy of the dissertation.

💸 A fee in the amount of 1 base calculation amount shall be charged for the provision of the public service.

⏳ After confirmation of the authenticity of the document, it shall undergo scientific examination within 20 days.

📁 Based on the results, a certificate of nostrification shall be issued in case of a positive conclusion, or a negative conclusion shall be provided.

✅ Certificates generated as a result of the public service shall be stored in the electronic document repository.

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Competitions in the field of intellectual activity will be organized

By a Government Resolution (No. 160, dated April 9, 2026), the Regulation “On the procedure for conducting competitions in the field of intellectual activity” has been approved.

🔰 This Regulation defines the procedure for organizing and conducting competitions in the field of intellectual activity, evaluating participants, and awarding winners.

🖼 According to the Regulation, the competition shall be held in the following nominations:

▫️ “Best invention”;
▫️ “Best utility model”;
▫️ “Best industrial design”;
▫️ “Best computer program and database”;
▫️ “Best breeding achievement”.

🔵 The competition shall be held in 2 stages:

➖ Stage 1 – at the level of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions, and the city of Tashkent;
➖ Stage 2 – at the national level.

📝 The organizer shall, annually by May 1, approve the competition conditions and evaluation criteria, and announce the competition on its official website and social media pages.

💰 Winners and prize-winners of Stage 2 of the competition shall be awarded monetary prizes in the following amounts of the base calculation amount:

▫️ 1st place – 150 times;
▫️ 2nd place – 125 times;
▫️ 3rd place – 100 times.

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Benefits and guarantees will be provided to conscripted military personnel and young people who have completed military service

A Presidential Resolution titled “On further measures to enhance the prestige and attractiveness of completing compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan” (No. RP-134, dated April 7, 2026) has been adopted.

🔰 According to the Resolution, the following benefits and guarantees are provided to citizens called up for compulsory military service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

⌛️ Starting from the 2026/2027 academic year:

🔹 conscripted soldiers shall be allowed, during their service, to register as applicants for distance (part-time) bachelor’s programs of higher education institutions, participate in entrance examinations, and, based on the results, be admitted to study. In this case, soldiers admitted on a tuition-fee (contract) basis shall be granted preferential educational loans in accordance with the established procedure;

🔹 soldiers admitted to higher education institutions during their service shall be equated to students studying at military training centers of higher education institutions, and upon graduation, they shall be awarded the military rank of “lieutenant in the reserve” in accordance with the established procedure;

🔹 among soldiers who have exemplary completed compulsory military service and have won 1st place in republican and international sports competitions or academic olympiads, 100 individuals shall be selected on a competitive basis and admitted directly to higher military and higher militarized educational institutions within the established annual quota without entrance tests or individual final interviews, based on the results of preliminary selection and special professional selection;

🔹 soldiers who, during their service, win 1st place in republican or international competitions in sports included in the programs of the Olympic and Asian Games shall be admitted to the Uzbekistan State University of Physical Education and Sport (in relevant fields) on a state grant basis without entrance examinations.

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The “Spiritual Shield” republican reading competition will be held within the Armed Forces system

A Presidential Resolution titled “On measures for organizing a republican reading competition within the Armed Forces system” (No. RP-128, dated April 7, 2026) has been adopted.

🔰 According to the Resolution, starting from 2026, the “Spiritual Shield” republican reading competition will be held annually in four stages, separately among:

▫️ conscripted military personnel;
▫️ contract-based military personnel;
▫️ cadets of higher military and higher militarized educational institutions;
▫️ students of military-academic lyceums.

📝 At the republican stage of the competition, among conscripted and contract-based military personnel, cadets, and students of ministries and agencies:

🚘 each of the 4 winners who take 1st place will be awarded the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s grand prize — an electric vehicle and a diploma;

💰 each of the 4 prize-winners who take 2nd place will be awarded a one-time monetary reward in the amount of 100 times the base calculation amount (BHM) and a diploma;

💸 each of the 4 prize-winners who take 3rd place will be awarded a one-time monetary reward in the amount of 70 times the base calculation amount (BHM) and a diploma.

⏳ The term of service of conscripted military personnel who take 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places at the republican stage will be reduced by 1 month as an incentive.

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Subsidies will be allocated to entrepreneurs for importing beef and mutton

A Presidential Resolution titled “On additional measures to support the provision of the population with basic types of food products” (No. RP-130, dated April 7, 2026) has been adopted.

💸 According to the Resolution, temporary subsidies from the republican budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan are allocated in the following areas aimed at ensuring price stability of meat products:

🔹 From April 1 to August 1, 2026 — for entrepreneurs importing beef and mutton, 50 percent of air transportation costs shall be covered, but not exceeding USD 0.8 per kilogram of meat;

🔹 From April 1 to December 31, 2026 — 10 percent of the cost of pedigree cattle imported by air transport from foreign countries, but not exceeding 4 million soums per head.

💰 In accordance with this Resolution, subsidies shall be financed by the Payments Agency in the agricultural sector.

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Qualified personnel will be trained in the field of protection from emergency situations

A Presidential Resolution “On measures to fundamentally reform the system of training qualified personnel in the field of protection from emergency situations” (No. RP-123, dated April 3, 2026) has been adopted.

For information: based on Decree No. DP-5706, the Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (the Academy) was established.

🏛 According to the Resolution, the Institute of Civil Protection and the Center for Initial Training and Advanced Training of the Ministry of Emergency Situations shall be reorganized into the Institute of Civil Protection and the Advanced Training Center under the Academy.

✅ The following shall be established within the unified educational campus of the Academy:

🔹 Technical school for training rescuers under the Academy;
🔹 Faculty for training foreign personnel.

📋 The Academy shall introduce a two-tier higher education system for training highly qualified professional personnel in the following forms:

🔸 training of bachelors on the basis of state grants in full-time education for military fields, and on a fee-based contract basis in full-time, evening, and distance education forms for civilian fields;

🔸 training of masters on a fee-based contract basis in full-time, evening, and distance education forms in military and civilian specialties for ministries and agencies included in the state emergency system.

⏭️ Starting from the 2027/2028 academic year, a new system for training bachelors under the “2+2” education model will be introduced on a pilot basis at the Academy.

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💵 According to the legislation, when calculating maternity (pregnancy and childbirth) benefits, a length-of-service coefficient is applied to the average monthly wage of the insured person, proportionate to their insurance record:

▫️ from 10 to 24 months of service — 75%;
▫️ from 25 to 60 months of service — 85%;
▫️ 61 months and more of service — 100%.

🚫 In the event of the death of the mother and (or) the child before the end of the period specified in the certificate of temporary incapacity for work related to pregnancy and childbirth, the paid maternity benefit shall not be recovered.

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The Tashkent International Financial Center will be established

The Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On the establishment of the Tashkent International Financial Center” (DP–48, March 30, 2026) has been adopted.

🏛 In accordance with the Decree, the Tashkent International Financial Center, as well as the Tashkent International Commercial Court within its structure, will be established.

✅ The following types of activities shall be permitted within the territory of the Center:

▫️ financial, investment and banking activities;
▫️ insurance and digital (crypto) assets;
▫️ securities;
▫️ payment systems and services;
▫️ Islamic and green finance;
▫️ provision of services and execution of transactions related to financial technologies;
▫️ provision of auditing, consulting and legal services.

📑 A special legal regime established by a constitutional law shall be introduced within the territory of the Center.

✔️ The governing bodies of the Center shall be granted the right to adopt normative legal acts applicable within the territory of the Center regulating civil, corporate, commercial, financial, banking, tax, public procurement, labour law, as well as personal data protection.

⏭️ The common law of England and Wales, as well as the principles of equity, shall be directly applied within the territory of the Center.

📙 The Tashkent International Commercial Court shall consist of a court of first instance and a court of appeal.

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Artificial intelligence technologies will be widely used in ensuring the execution of court documents

The Presidential Decree “On additional measures to digitalize and improve the efficiency of the system for execution of court documents and documents of other bodies” (DP–50, dated 30 March 2026) has been adopted.

🔰 According to the Decree, from 1 January 2027:

🔹 at least 70 percent of decisions adopted by state executors shall be automated through the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies and improvement of information systems;

🔹 workflow processes related to ensuring the execution of court documents and documents of other bodies shall be conducted in electronic form using modern information and communication technologies;

🔹 processes for distribution of monetary funds recovered during enforcement actions shall be digitalized.

⏭️ From 1 July 2026, motor vehicles and immovable property subject to transfer to state revenue based on court documents and documents of other bodies shall be directly transferred to the management of the State Assets Management Agency on the basis of a decision of the state executor.

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Youth in penal institutions will be trained in modern professions

The Resolution of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On measures for training youth in penal institutions in modern professions” (RP–117, dated March 27, 2026) has been adopted.

📝 According to the Resolution, the national social rehabilitation project “Second Chance” aimed at training young persons serving sentences in modern professions shall be implemented.

✅ Within the framework of the project, starting from June 1, 2026, a system for training youth in penal institutions in modern digital professions will be introduced in Tashkent, Navoi and Kashkadarya regions, and from March 1, 2027 — in other regions of the republic. In particular:

🔸 training courses will be organized in penal institutions based on 8–12 month intensive training programs;

🔸 young persons serving sentences for crimes that do not pose great social danger, less serious and serious crimes will be involved in the training courses;

🔸 participants of the training courses will also be trained in foreign languages (English, Russian, Chinese and others) based on unified intensive programs;

🔸 upon completion of the training courses, young persons who have mastered the relevant programs will be awarded electronic certificates.

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The procedure for organizing a legal experiment has been regulated

The Law “On legal experiment” (LRU–1127, dated March 27, 2026) has been adopted.

🔎 According to the Law, a body or official authorized to adopt normative-legal acts shall be considered a competent authority.

⌛️ The duration of a legal experiment shall be established from 6 months to 3 years.

🗒 The unified register of legal experiments shall include information on the organization, conduct, and the work carried out based on the results of legal experiments.

✅ A legal experiment shall be conducted within a defined period, limited to a specific territory and (or) a certain category of persons.

📑 Based on the results of a legal experiment, the competent authority, on the basis of a report on its outcomes, shall adopt one of the following decisions:

🔹 on the expediency of adopting a normative-legal act or experimental legal norms introduced under the legal experiment without limitation by time, specific territory, and (or) category of persons;

🔹 on the inexpediency of adopting a normative-legal act or experimental legal norms introduced under the legal experiment without limitation by time, specific territory, and (or) category of persons;

🔹 on extending the duration of the legal experiment.

📍 The Law shall enter into force three months after the date of its official publication.

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Legal foundations for the implementation of Islamic banking activities have been established

By the Law (LRU–1126, dated March 27, 2026), amendments and additions were introduced to certain legislative acts.

🔰 This Law introduces amendments and additions to certain legislative acts defining the legal framework for the implementation of Islamic banking activities.

✔️ According to it, Islamic financial operations of banks include:

🔹 financing a client or attracting funds into investment deposits based on a profit-sharing arrangement;

🔹 providing funds or attracting them into investment deposits through an agency agreement;

🔹 financing a client through the sale of goods on deferred payment terms;

🔹 financing a client through advance payment for goods;

🔹 financing a client through participation in joint activities (partnership) or participation in the authorized capital of legal entities;

🔹 leasing property under Islamic leasing (with the right to purchase).

📑 In Uzbekistan, only legal entities established in accordance with the procedure defined by this Law and holding the relevant license issued by the Central Bank are entitled to carry out banking activities.

⛔️ This license is granted without limitation of its validity period, and the transfer of licenses or rights related to them to other persons is prohibited.

📍 The Law shall enter into force three months after the date of its official publication.

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Relations in the field of physical culture and sports have been regulated

The Law “On physical culture and sports” (LRU–1123, dated 24 March 2026) has been adopted.

🔰 The purpose of this Law is to regulate relations in the field of physical culture and sports.

🏛 The Ministry of Sports is the authorized state body in the field of physical culture and sports.

✅ According to the Law, citizens have the right to engage in amateur sports, as well as professional sports as athletes, coaches and sports referees.

🔎 A sports club is established for the purpose of carrying out sports activities, developing and promoting sports, as well as preparing athletes for competitions.

📜 An athlete’s passport is a unified standard document confirming the athlete’s affiliation with a physical culture and sports organization, as well as his/her sports qualification.

✔️ A sports referee is an individual authorized to ensure compliance with the rules of a sport and the regulation (regulations) of a sports competition.

💸 The state may provide support measures to athletes and coaches in the form of one-time and monthly payments (stipends, allowances and others).

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⏳ According to the legislation, the working time regime of state medical institutions shall be transferred to a 5-day work week.

✅ In this case, in order to ensure the continuity of the activities of medical institutions, work on holidays and days off shall be organized on a duty basis.

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💰 According to the legislation, entrepreneurs who organize international conferences and events and attract at least 100 foreign tourists to them shall be refunded 50 percent of the value added tax (VAT) paid by them.

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📝 According to the legislation, if educators are dissatisfied with the attestation results, they can submit a written application (appeal) to the appeals commission within 10 days from the date the results are announced.

⏳ The application (appeal) shall be reviewed within 10 days from the date of registration, or, if additional study is required, before the qualification category certificates are formed.

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Efficiency of the system for comprehensive examination of pre-project and procurement documents to be improved

The Presidential Resolution “On measures to improve the efficiency of the system for comprehensive examination of pre-project and procurement documents” (RP-104, March 13, 2026) was adopted.

🏛 According to the Resolution, the State Unitary Enterprise “Center for Comprehensive Expertise of Projects and Import Contracts” will be reorganized into the State Unitary Enterprise “Center for Improving the Efficiency of Projects and Procurement” (Center).

✅ The practice of conducting comprehensive examination of the following documents by the Center is abolished, including:

🔹 from April 1, 2026 – technical assignments for the development of pre-project documentation. In this case, they will be developed using a standard template placed on the Center’s electronic information platform (Platform);

🔹 from April 15, 2026 – pre-project documentation of the following projects with a value of less than USD 15 million equivalent:

▪️ financed from the budgets of the budget system, state targeted funds, other funds established in accordance with the established procedure, and the Fund for Reconstruction and Development;

▪️ implemented by corporate customers;

🔹 from September 1, 2026 – the list of goods imported with the application of customs payment benefits. In this case, this function will be transferred to “Uzbekexpertiza” JSC.

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