On the Creation of Free Economic Zones "Urgut", "Gijduvan", "Kokand" and "Khazarasp"

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[ OKON: 1. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones] [ TSZ: 1. Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / Foreign Investments. Concession Agreements. External Borrowing. Free Economic Zones] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Decree Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element On the Creation of Free Economic Zones "Urgut", "Gijduvan", "Kokand" and "Khazarasp" Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element In order to create favorable conditions for attracting foreign and domestic investments in the creation of modern production facilities for the deep processing of mineral-raw and agricultural resources, ensuring the release of competitive products with high added value in demand in external markets, as well as the comprehensive and efficient use of the production and resource potential of the Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Khorezm regions, the organization of new jobs on this basis and increasing the income of the population: [ OKON: 1. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element

1. Accept the proposal of the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the hokimiyats (local administrations) of the Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Khorezm regions on the creation of free economic zones: "Urgut" - in the Urgut district of the Samarkand region, "Gijduvan" - in the Gijduvan district of the Bukhara region, "Kokand" - in the city of Kokand of the Fergana region, "Khazarasp" - in the Khazarasp district of the Khorezm region (hereinafter referred to as FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp"). [ OKON:

10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones; 2. 11.00.00.00 Natural Environment and Natural Resources / 11.03.00.00 Use and Protection of Land / 11.03.06.00 Land Management. Land Management Process. Establishment of Boundaries of Land Plots] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 2. The hokimiyats of the Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Khorezm regions, together with the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and State Cadastre, and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Architecture and Construction, shall determine the boundaries and ensure the allocation of land plots in the established order for inclusion in the composition of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp" within one month. [ OKON: 1. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 3. Determine the main tasks and directions of activity of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp": Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element attracting direct investments of foreign and domestic investors for the creation of modern production facilities for the release of products in demand in external markets and import-substituting products with high added value; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element ensuring the comprehensive and efficient use of the production and resource potentials of the Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Khorezm regions; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element creation of new modern production facilities in the field of deep processing, storage and packaging of fruit and vegetable and agricultural products, textile, carpet weaving, footwear and leather goods, environmentally safe chemical, pharmaceutical, food, electrical engineering industries, machinery and automotive engineering, production of building materials and in other directions; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element deepening the processes of localization of production of high-tech products based on local raw materials and materials on the basis of establishing close cooperative ties and developing industrial cooperation between enterprises of free economic zones and throughout the republic; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element creation of scientific and production centers for standardization, certification and labeling of produced products in accordance with international standards and with the adoption of measures to ensure international recognition of their decisions. [ OKON: 1. 07.00.00.00 Legislation on Finance and Credit. Banking Activity / 07.09.00.00 Tax Legislation / 07.09.02.00 Management in the Field of Taxation; 2. 07.00.00.00 Legislation on Finance and Credit. Banking Activity / 07.27.00.00 Currency Regulation and Currency Control / 07.27.10.00 Reporting on Currency Operations; 3. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones; 4. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.06.00.00 Customs Affairs / 10.06.03.00 Customs Regimes / 10.06.03.01 Release for Free Circulation] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 4. Establish that: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element the term of operation of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp" is 30 years with the possibility of its subsequent extension; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element during the term of operation on the territories of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp", special tax, customs and currency regimes apply. See previous edition. (point 5 lost force Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of January 18, 2018 No. UP-5305 — National Legislative Database, 19.01.2018, No. 06/18/5305/0592) [ OKON: 1. 07.00.00.00 Legislation on Finance and Credit. Banking Activity / 07.09.00.00 Tax Legislation / 07.09.05.00 Tax and Fee Benefits and Preferences; 2. 07.00.00.00 Legislation on Finance and Credit. Banking Activity / 07.18.00.00 State Duty / 07.18.03.00 State Duty Benefits; 3. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 6. Extend to the participants of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp" the provisions of paragraphs 3 , 4 and 5 of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 26, 2016 No. UP-4853 "On Additional Measures to Activate and Expand the Activities of Free Economic Zones". Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade, the Ministry of Economy, the State Customs Committee and the State Tax Committee, together with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall within one month submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan for approval a simplified procedure for applying benefits on customs duties, taxes and mandatory payments provided for in paragraphs 3 , 4 and 5 of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 26, 2016 No. UP-4853. [ OKON: 1. 09.00.00.00 Entrepreneurship and Economic Activity / 09.05.00.00 Exchange Activity / 09.05.03.00 Procedure for Conducting Exchange (Auction) Trading and Deal Formalization; 2. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 7. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall, within one month, create directorates of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp" and adopt a resolution on the organization of their activities, with the approval of the charters of the directorates of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp" and a single Regulation on Free Economic Zones. See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element It is determined that the directorates of free economic zones place investment projects of investors who became winners of electronic online auction trading, approved on the basis of approved master plans of free economic zones, and organize the provision to participants of free economic zones of all permits necessary for connection to engineering and communication infrastructure networks on a "one-stop-shop" principle. (second paragraph of point 7 in the edition of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 12, 2022 No. UP-233 — National Legislative Database, 13.10.2022, No. 06/22/233/0915) [ OKON: 1. 10.00.00.00 Foreign Economic Activity. Customs Affairs / 10.01.00.00 General Provisions in the Field of Foreign Economic Activity / 10.01.07.00 Special Economic Zones] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 8. Exempt the directorates of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp" from payment of taxes and mandatory contributions to state target funds for the entire period of operation of the free economic zones. See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 9. Establish the procedure according to which the Ministry of Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Uzbekistan, JSC "Uzbekenergo", JSC "Uztransgaz", the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Automobile Roads and suppliers of engineering and communication services of republican and territorial levels ensure the guaranteed connection of economic entities — participants of free economic zones to communications with their timely delivery to production sites. (point 9 in the edition of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of June 27, 2017 No. UP–5097 — Collection of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2017, No. 28, Art. 636) Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 10. The Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Finance and the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Architecture and Construction, together with the Ministry of Development of Information Technologies and Communications, the Agency "Uzkommunxizmat", JSC "Uzbekenergo", JSC "Uztransgaz", GAK "Uzavtoyo'l", JSC "Uzbekiston Temir Yullari", and the hokimiyats of the Samarkand, Bukhara, Fergana and Khorezm regions shall, within three months, submit for approval to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan a program for the advanced development of transport, production and engineering and communication infrastructure on the territories of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp". See previous edition. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element The Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall annually, when forming the Investment Programs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, provide in their parameters limits of capital investments and allocation of necessary centralized investments for the development of transport, production and engineering and communication infrastructure of free economic zones, based on their developed master plans. (second paragraph of point 10 in the edition of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of September 27, 2020 No. UP-6075 — National Legislative Database, 28.09.2020, No. 06/20/6075/1330) Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 11. Agree with the proposal of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Architecture and Construction to designate JUP "UzshaharsozlikLITI" as the general design organization for the development of master plans for FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp". Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element JUP "UzshaharsozlikLITI" shall, within three months, develop and, in agreement with the Administrative Council of Free Economic Zones, submit for approval the master plans of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand" and FEZ "Khazarasp" in the order established by legislation. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 12. JSC "Uzbekiston Temir Yullari", the Uzbek Agency for Automobile and River Transport, and the State Customs Committee shall, within one month, submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan proposals on the creation of logistics centers and customs posts on the territories of FEZ "Urgut", FEZ "Gijduvan", FEZ "Kokand", FEZ "Khazarasp" and FEZ "Jizzakh". Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 13. Recommend the National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other commercial banks to allocate loans from their own and foreign credit lines attracted without providing a state guarantee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, for co-financing investment projects proposed for implementation on the territories of the created free economic zones. [ OKON: 1. 21.00.00.00 Comprehensive Documents on Amendments and Additions / 21.02.00.00 Decrees and Resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan] Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 14. Recognize as having lost force the first paragraph of paragraph 6 of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 26, 2016 No. UP-4853 "On Additional Measures to Activate and Expand the Activities of Free Economic Zones" and the appendix to it. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Make amendments and additions to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 26, 2016 No. UP-4853 "On Additional Measures to Activate and Expand the Activities of Free Economic Zones" in accordance with Appendix No. 2 . Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 15. The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade, together with the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other interested ministries and departments, shall, within two months, submit to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan proposals on amendments and additions to legislation arising from this Decree. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element 16. Control over the implementation of this Decree shall be entrusted to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A.N. Aripov. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. MIRZIYOYEV Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element c. Tashkent, Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element January 12, 2017, Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element No. UP-4931 See previous edition. (Appendix No. 1 lost force Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of May 3, 2017 No. UP-5032 — Collection of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2017, No. 19, Art. 331) Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element APPENDIX No. 2 to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of January 12, 2017 No. UP-4931 Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Amendments and additions introduced into the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 26, 2016 No. UP-4853 "On Additional Measures to Activate and Expand the Activities of Free Economic Zones" Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element

1. In paragraph 3 : Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element the third paragraph rephrase as two paragraphs as follows: Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element "customs duties (except for fees for customs clearance) for equipment, raw materials, materials and components imported for own production needs; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element customs duties (except for fees for customs clearance) for construction materials not produced in the republic and imported within the framework of the implementation of projects, according to lists approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan."; Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element the fourth paragraph considered as the fifth paragraph. Send suggestions for the document Listen to audio Get a link from the document element
2. In the second paragraph of paragraph 5, replace the word "naправlennoy" (directed) with the word "napravlyaemoy" (being directed). (Collection of Legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2017, No. 3, Art. 40, No. 19, Art. 331, No. 28, Art. 636; National Legislative Database, 19.01.2018, No. 06/18/5305/0592; 28.09.2020, No. 06/20/6075/1330; 13.10.2022, No. 06/22/233/0915)