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Scientific research and development of solar energy in the modern world and the Republic of Uzbekistan. Monograph
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4. The Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement to ensure in 2019 the allocation of JSC "Regional Electric Networks" on a gratuitous basis of funds from the Development Fund of the Bureau of Compulsory Enforcement in the amount of 500 billion soums, not subject to taxation, for parallel financing of the purchase of electric energy metering devices and related equipment based on the selection of the best offers of domestic manufacturers.

(the first paragraph of paragraph 4 as amended by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated June 18, 2020 No. UP-6010 – National Database of Legislation, 06/18/2020, No. 06/20/6010/0776)

See the previous edition.

Exempt domestic manufacturers of electric energy metering devices for a period up to January 1, 2022 from paying customs duties (with the exception of customs clearance fees) for the import of components, raw materials and materials used for the production of electric energy metering devices and related equipment supplied under contracts concluded with JSC "Regional Electric Networks" within the framework of this resolution, as well as value-added tax on the sale of these electric energy metering devices and related equipment.

(the second paragraph of paragraph 4 as amended by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated June 18, 2020 No. UP-6010 – National Database of Legislation, 06/18/2020, No.06/20/6010/0776)

5. To approve the Plan of Practical measures for reforming the electric power industry in accordance with Appendix No. 2.

6. To form a Commission for the Reform of the Electric Power Industry (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) in accordance with Annex No. 3, assigning it jointly with the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank Group:

a) development by May 1, 2019 of a long-term investment program for the expansion, modernization and diversification of generating capacities for the period up to 2030, bringing generating capacities to 20 thousand. MW;

b) development by March 1, 2019 of a modern scheme for the organization of production, transportation, distribution and sale of electric energy, while providing for the broad attraction of private, including foreign, direct investments in enterprises for the production and distribution (sale) of electric energy, including on the terms of public-private partnership, while maintaining full state control for the transportation of electricity, as well as the gradual formation of a modern wholesale electricity market based on competitive purchases of products directly from generating enterprises;

c) preparation and approval by April 1, 2019 of a methodology for calculating electricity tariffs based on covering current and capital expenditures, stimulating the involvement of the private sector in the electric power industry, while providing for the creation of an interdepartmental tariff commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

d) ensuring the introduction in 2019 of modern forms and methods of corporate governance, international financial reporting standards in electric power industry enterprises, as well as the issuance and placement of corporate bonds of industry enterprises on international markets;

e) approval by December 1, 2018 of the roadmap for the development of the regulatory framework, procedures and regulations of public-private partnership in the electric power industry;

f) elaboration with potential investors of new investment projects in the field of electric power industry on the terms of public-private partnership, based on the available resource base, modern technological trends and the use of alternative sources of electricity.

7. The Commission (A. N. Aripov) should submit a draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the formation of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan by December 15, 2018, entrusting it with the whole range of issues of organization and regulation of the activities of the fuel and energy complex of the republic.

See the previous edition.

8. The Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade, together with the Ministry of Energy and the Agency for the Development of Public-Private Partnership under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, should ensure the beginning of 2019:

(paragraph one of paragraph 8 as amended by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated June 18, 2020 No. UP-6010 – National Database of Legislation, 06/18/2020, no.06/20/6010/0776)

jointly with the International Finance Corporation to implement a pilot project for the construction of a solar photovoltaic plant with a capacity of 100 MW in Navoi region on the basis of a competitive selection;

together with international financial institutions, the implementation of pilot projects for the construction of a combined-cycle gas plant at one of the country's thermal power plants, as well as the modernization of electricity distribution networks in the cities of Andijan, Namangan, Ferghana on the terms of public-private partnership;

together with international financial institutions to develop the main parameters of the feasibility study for the project "Long-term lease of distribution networks in Tashkent".

See the previous edition.

9. To establish that payment for electric energy produced by hydroelectric power plants as part of Uzbekhydroenergo JSC is made taking into account value added tax by a body that, by the nature of its activity, is authorized by the state to carry out the function (powers) for guaranteed purchase of electric energy, from:

hydroelectric power plants operating on watercourses – at tariffs formed in the amount of 70 percent of the tariff established for consumers of the II tariff group;

regulating hydroelectric power plants connected with the regime of the electric power system regulated by the dispatcher – at tariffs formed in the amount of 100 percent of the tariff established for consumers of the II tariff group;

pumped storage power plants – at tariffs formed in the amount of 150 percent of the tariff established for consumers of the II tariff group.

(paragraph 9 as amended by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated September 9, 2022 No. UP-220 – National Database of Legislation, 10.09.2022, No. 06/22/220/0812)

10. Agree with the proposals of the Ministry of Finance, the Fund for Reconstruction and Development, the National Bank for Foreign Economic Activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan, JSCB "Uzpromstroybank", JSC "Uzbekenergo" and JSC "Uzbekhydroenergo" about:

prolongation for a period of 3 years of loans from the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued for co-financing projects of Uzbekenergo JSC, with a corresponding extension of the terms of final payments and restructuring of obligations of refinancing banks according to Appendix No. 4;

The reissue of a previously issued loan from Uzbekenergo JSC to Uzbekhydroenergo JSC to finance the investment project "Modernization of Charvak hydroelectric power plant hydro generators with replacement of impellers".

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan should make changes to the previously issued state guarantees for the obligations of Uzbekenergo JSC arising from this resolution.

11. The Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, JSC "Uzbekenergo" and JSC "Uzbekhydroenergo", within two months, submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers on the establishment of a branch of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "National Research University "MEI" (Russian Federation) in the republic.

12. To the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

take measures to attract organizations that are professionally engaged in recruitment to hire highly qualified managers in the energy industry;

Together with the Prosecutor General's Office, within a month, to submit to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan a draft law providing, inter alia, for improving the procedures for connecting alternative electricity producers to the unified energy system and implementing projects on the terms of public-private partnership.

13. JSC "Uzbekenergo" together with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other interested departments:

by April 1, 2019, to develop and submit for approval to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan regulations for connection to the unified energy system of business entities producing electric energy, including from alternative energy sources;

Within two months, submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on amendments and additions to the legislation arising from this resolution.

14. Control over the implementation of this resolution shall be entrusted to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. N. Aripov, Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Uzbekistan Z. Sh. Nizomiddinov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. S. Sultanov.

    President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. Mirziyoyev

1.3. Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan «On approval of the strategy of modernization, accelerated and innovative development of the construction industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2021—2025» under the number UP-6119 dated 11/27/2020

In order to further improve the construction industry, to form mechanisms for the consistent development of architecture and construction bodies and institutions, to ensure the effectiveness of the public administration system, progressive introduction into the field of digital technologies:

1. To determine the main directions of modernization, accelerated and innovative development of the construction industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

urban development of territories and ensuring effective public participation in this process;

improving the quality and safety of urban development activities;

ensuring the efficiency, rationality and transparency of administrative procedures in the field of urban development, as well as improving the efficiency of organizations in the construction industry;

digitalization of urban planning activities, introduction of modern information and communication technologies into the industry;

improvement of the system of training, retraining and advanced training of personnel, development of scientific potential in the field of urban planning.

2. Approve:

Strategy of modernization, accelerated and innovative development of the construction industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan 2021-2025 (hereinafter referred to as the Strategy) according to Appendix No. 1;

The Roadmap for the implementation in 2021-2025 of the Strategy for Modernization, accelerated and innovative Development of the construction industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with Appendix No. 2.

3. Set targets for the implementation of the Strategy of Modernization, accelerated and innovative development of the construction industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2021-2025 in accordance with Annex No. 3, providing:

improving the position of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the international index "Doing Business" (Doing Business Index) in the direction of "obtaining construction permits" (Dealing with Construction Permits) from the current 61.7 points to 78.2 points by the end of 2025;

achieving by 2025 the harmonization of national urban planning norms and rules with international norms and standards at a level of at least 50 percent, taking into account geological, climatic, seismological and other features of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

achieving coverage of all cities and 25 percent of urban settlements with master plans by 2025;

ensuring by 2025 the creation of an additional four electronic platforms within the framework of the National Information System "Transparent Construction", as well as their integration with interdepartmental information systems and databases;

achieving by 2025 the share of the introduction of the "volumetric" method of development of design and estimate documentation up to 50 percent of the total number of construction projects in the republic;

By 2025, one of the higher educational institutions in the field of architecture and construction will be included in the list of the best higher educational institutions in Asia (top 1000) in the ratings of internationally recognized organizations.

4. Establish the procedure according to which, from January 1, 2021, in order to ensure public control over construction:

a) general plans of settlements are approved taking into account the results of public discussion. At the same time , public discussion of the general plans of settlements is carried out in the following order:

Stage I – familiarization of citizens with the terms, place and procedure of public discussion;

Stage II – conducting public discussion (discussions, social surveys, collecting opinions of residents, land users and owners of real estate and other methods) on the draft general plan of the settlement;

Stage III – analysis of public opinion based on fixed results of public discussion;

Stage IV – informing the public about the results of public discussion in the media, including on the Internet;

b) the possibility of carrying out a public examination of the master plans of settlements for compliance with the rights and legitimate interests of legal entities and individuals, the interests of society and the state is being introduced;

c) a mechanism is being introduced for developing an alternative general plan of a settlement or making changes (adjustments) to it at the initiative of subjects of public control who do not agree with the proposed general plan of a settlement;

d) the organization of public discussion of the draft general plans of settlements is entrusted to the local public authorities.

5. Establish that from March 1, 2021:

a) the construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures, including individual residential buildings, with a number of floors of more than two floors (excluding the ground floor), a height of more than 12 meters from the ground surface and (or) a total area of more than 500 square meters are carried out with the mandatory examination of the project documentation of the object and the establishment of state construction control of the object by territorial inspections on control in the field of construction under the Ministry of Construction;

b) it is prohibited:

developers – individuals and legal entities, with the exception of organizations engaged in construction and installation work as the main activity, independently (by economic means), without concluding a construction contract with a construction organization, to carry out the construction and reconstruction of buildings and structures with more than two floors (excluding the ground floor), a height of more than 12 meters from the surface of the earth and (or) a total area of more than 500 square meters;

implementation of the construction of multi-storey apartment buildings on land plots located in the functional zones of the territories of settlements not intended for this type of construction;

increase in the number of storeys (superstructure) of existing buildings and structures, including individual housing, without examination of project documentation;

increase in the number of storeys of buildings and structures under construction (by changing the project documentation) without carrying out an examination of the modified project documentation;

c) a positive expert opinion on project documentation is recognized as valid if it is entered by an expert organization in the "Unified Register of Expert Opinions" of the National Information System "Transparent Construction", with the exception of expert opinions on project documentation containing information constituting a state secret.

6. To allow the Ministry of Construction to carry out public procurement of works (goods, services) for the development and processing of national regulatory documents in the field of technical regulation, state standards, as well as the adaptation of foreign regulatory documents in the field of urban development under direct contracts, followed by posting information about them on a special information portal of public procurement no later than three days from the date conclusions.

7. The Ministry of Construction (B. I. Zakirov), together with interested ministries and departments, should ensure:

within two months, the submission to the Cabinet of Ministers of a draft regulatory act providing for the improvement of the mechanism of legal regulation in the field of individual housing construction, paying special attention to ensuring seismic and fire safety in this area;

by December 1, 2020, submitting for approval to the Cabinet of Ministers a draft Temporary Regulation on the procedure for conducting electronic public procurement in the field of construction;

until June 1, 2021, the development of a Unified administrative building regulations providing for the regulation of all construction processes, from primary permits, the development of design estimates, its expertise to the commissioning of facilities;

By June 1, 2021, proposals will be submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers on the phased implementation of insurance principles in design, survey and construction activities based on the study of international best practices;

by August 1, 2021, the implementation of the anti—corruption compliance system of the Ministry of Construction, and by January 1, 2022 – obtaining a certificate of compliance with the international standard ISO:37001 (Anti-Corruption Management System);

until September 1, 2021, the creation of an electronic system "Attentive Citizen", which allows citizens to independently receive information about objects under construction, identify illegal construction, record (in the form of photo and video materials) detected violations at construction sites and send them to the authorized bodies for control in the field of construction;

Until March 1, 2022, the development of the "Zero Injuries on Construction Sites" Program based on the implementation of the Concept of the International Social Security Association (ISSA);

until July 1, 2022, the development and implementation of a territorial "design code" taking into account the intended purpose of elements of the urban environment, traditional architecture and culture, as well as natural and climatic conditions of the area;

starting from 2022, every year until December 1, the development and submission to the Cabinet of Ministers of a draft regulatory act on the approval of the Program of Measures for the implementation of this Strategy next year with an in-depth analysis of the implementation of the tasks of the current year.

8. The Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations (N. B. Khusanov) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (A. H. Kamilov), together with interested ministries and departments, to study the expediency of the Republic of Uzbekistan's accession to the International Labor Organization Convention No. 167 on Occupational Safety and Health in Construction (Geneva, June 20, 1988 year) and submit reasonable proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers based on the results.

9. The Ministry of Finance (T. A. Ishmetov), the Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (I. I. Norkulov) annually, when forming the parameters of the State Budget, provide for the allocation of the necessary funds in the areas of implementation of the measures specified in the «Roadmap» for the implementation of the Strategy.

10. Transfer the Main Department of Construction of the city of Tashkent and the departments of construction of districts of the city of Tashkent to the Ministry of Construction.

The Ministry of Construction (B. I. Zakirov) within two months to review the tasks, functions and organizational structures of the Main Department of Construction of the city of Tashkent and the departments of construction of districts of the city of Tashkent and make proposals to the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

11. Recommend to the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

establishment of parliamentary control over the timely and effective implementation of the Strategy;

quarterly hearing at the meetings of the Senate and the Legislative Chamber of reports on the work done by ministries and departments, as well as the khokims of the regions and the city of Tashkent within the framework of the Strategy.

12. To amend some acts of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in accordance with Appendix No. 4.

13. To the Ministry of Construction (B. I. Zakirov), together with other interested ministries and departments, within two months to submit proposals to the Cabinet of Ministers on amendments and additions to legislation arising from this Decree.

14. In order to effectively organize the execution of this Decree, the Deputy Prime Ministers (A. J. Ramatov, D. A. Kuchkarov, S. U. Umurzakov):

determine the priority tasks of the responsible ministries and departments to ensure the full and timely achievement of the indicators provided for by this Decree and coordinate their activities;

ensure timely allocation, targeted spending and full development of the necessary funds;

to hear monthly reports of responsible persons on the work done;

to make proposals on the application of measures of influence against officials who have not ensured the full and timely fulfillment of the tasks assigned to them, up to their dismissal from office;

To the Minister of Construction B. I. Zakirov: