The construction market in Uzbekistan is a dynamically developing sector of the economy, especially in recent years. It is well known that the construction of industrial facilities is a complex process which should be control by government authorities at various levels. Intervention of state bodies in the regulation of construction is necessary for protection of public interests and the development of certain sectors of the economy. Government bodies exercises control over the construction sector in its own powers, which can create difficulties in understanding their functions. The regulatory system may create difficulties for foreign investors to understand. For this reason, we decided to describe briefly the functions of government bodies in construction sector in order to form a comprehensive view of government bodies in the construction process.

2. The system of government bodies in construction sector in Uzbekistan

Today a three-stage management system for the construction sector has been formed, which consists of:

Ministries regulating construction in their areas
1. Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
2. Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
3. Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
4. Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
State committees regulating areas related to construction (environmental protection, registration of rights to real estate, the use and protection of subsoil and ensuring the safety of industrial facilities)
1. State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and State Cadastre;
2. State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Geology and Mineral Resources;
3. State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environmental Protection;
4. State Committee for Industrial Safety of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
State inspections under the abovementioned ministries, which carry out direct control functions, issuance of permits, etc.

The general scheme of these state authorities with control functions in the construction sector is given in Appendix 1.

In the field of construction, a system of state control was elaborated the following forms of control:

Regulation of the technical sector (organization of a system of quality and safety standards);
Issuance of permits for the construction of facilities;
Organization of examination (verification of project documentation, verification of the environmental sphere);
Regulation of price formation and preparation of estimate documentation for construction.

In the following paragraphs the main functions of the ministries and inspectorates subordinate to these ministries, and state committees will be highlighted.

3. General construction control in the Republic of Uzbekistan

3.1. The Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities of the Republic of Uzbekistan

A special authorized government body that implements a unified state policy in the field of architecture and construction in the Republic of Uzbekistan if the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred as “Ministry of Construction”). Ministry of Construction was established in 2022 and operates in accordance with the Regulation on the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers (“RCM”) dated April 17, 2024 No. 214). The Ministry of Construction is. According to the Regulation on the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, it performs the following functions:

introduces into construction activities energy-efficient and energy-saving innovative projects, solutions, building materials, modern building technologies and innovative projects;

coordinates the activities of contractors and monitors their activities;

establishes, jointly with the ministries concerned, during the construction of facilities financed from centralized capital investments, constant control over the formation of prices, preventing their artificial overstatement;

introduces advanced technologies in the field of construction, ensuring a reduction in construction costs and rational use of resources;

creates new concepts in the field of design and construction;

coordinates project design and construction activities;

organize the development of individual, standard, reusable and experimental projects and project solutions;

conducts, within its competence, monitoring, inspections, summarizes their results, and also develops and takes measures aimed at improving the activities of leading design and survey organizations;

analyzes work plans and business plans of leading project organizations and takes measures to improve the planning of their activities;

monitors compliance with licensing requirements and conditions within its competence;

based on the results of the study, gives written instructions to eliminate the identified deficiencies;

ensures the development of measures to enhance the role and responsibility of designer supervision in the implementation of urban planning documentation;

conducts an examination of urban planning documentation;

creates a centralized database, updated with information on compliance by licensees with license requirements and conditions;

carries out accreditation of legal entities involved in the examination of construction projects;

studies problems in the system of rationing and the introduction of innovative technologies in construction;

ensures the harmonization of national regulatory documents with international norms, rules and standards in construction based on their study and analysis;

ensures the development and approval of urban planing provisions and rules in the field of urban development and urban development activities, and also acts as a customer for their development in the prescribed manner;

forms a database of organizations in the construction industry and other participants in investment activities, as well as an data base of information about building materials, structures and products;

carries out state regulation in the field of conformity assessment in the urban planning system, as well as in the import, production and sale of building materials in the manner prescribed by law.

As can be seen from the functions performed by the Ministry of Construction, it is the central regulator in the construction sector in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Ministry of Construction also includes the Construction Control Inspection.

3.2. Inspection for Control in the Construction and Housing and Communal services under the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Compliance with regulatory requirements for technical regulation in the field of construction, production of building materials, products, and structures, as well as urban planning norms and rules in the Republic of Uzbekistan, is monitored by the Inspection for Control in the Field of Construction and Housing and Utilities under the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the “Inspection for Control in the Construction and Housing and Communal services”), which, since May 1, 2025, has been an independent republican executive authority subordinate to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in accordance with DP-66 of April 14, 2025). It exercises unified state control over compliance with urban planning standards, technical regulation rules, and the quality of construction and installation works, including the operation of facilities (except for motor roads).

According to RP-4586 dated February 5, 2020 “On measures to radically improve the quality of construction and installation works and improvement of construction control system”, it has the right to:

to suspend construction and installation works and require dismantling work in cases of revealing construction violations that affect the seismic resistance of buildings and construction, as well as pose a threat to human life and health;

issue binding instructions to legal entities and individuals for the elimination of detected offenses with the establishment of proportionate terms for their execution, required to eliminate offenses at the facility, but no more than 60 days;

send submissions to the relevant authorities and organizations to resolve the issue of suspension, termination and cancellation of licenses and permits for the implementation of activities in the field of design and construction;

send submissions to the relevant authorities and organizations on the suspension of the release, sale and use of building materials and products in cases of detection of poor-quality building materials and products at the sites that affect the seismic resistance of buildings and constructions, as well as pose a threat to human life and health.

As can be seen from the above functions, the Inspection for Control in the field of Construction and Housing and Communal services controls over compliance with construction standards and can intervene in construction and installation works in case of violations are detected.

3.3. New areas of state control in construction (in accordance with DP-66 dated April 14, 2025)

In accordance with the reform of the control system provided for by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan DP-66 dated April 14, 2025, a private construction control system will be introduced on July 1, 2025, under which supervision of individual residential buildings and small-scale facilities will be carried out by design organizations on a contractual basis. The results of the control are mandatorily recorded in the National Information System “Transparent Construction”, integrated with the platform “State Control in Construction”.

By September 1, 2025, the UZKAD information systems of the Cadastre Agency and Uzsvvtaminot are to be integrated with the national platform, ensuring full digitalization of control and the possibility of online monitoring of construction projects through territorial inspection centers. In addition, QR passports for facilities, mobile video cameras (body cameras) and tablets for inspectors, as well as a video monitoring system for construction sites are being introduced to increase transparency and prevent violations.

These measures are aimed at creating a modern and transparent construction supervision system, preventing illegal construction, and minimizing corruption factors.

4. Control of construction in the energy sector in the Republic of Uzbekistan

4.1. The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The state body which controls over the construction of facilities in the fuel and energy industry is The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the “Ministry of Energy”). Ministry of Energy plays an important role in the implementation of a unified energy policy aimed at ensuring the country’s energy security and meeting the growing needs of the country’s economic sectors and population for energy resources. According to the Regulation on the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (RCM dated February 9, 2019 No. 108), the Ministry of Energy has the following functions:

supervises the activities of the inspection in the field of control over the use of oil products and gas, ensures compliance with technological requirements during the installation and operation of production facilities (installations), processing, transportation, storage of oil, gas and gas condensate, as well as production, transportation and consumption of electricity, coal mining;

monitors compliance with licensing requirements and conditions within its competence;

in the manner prescribed by law, issues licenses for certain types of activities in the energy sector;

in the prescribed manner takes measures to suspend, terminate, cancel and revoke issued licenses;

participates within its competence in the development of programs for the socio-economic development of the Republic;

ensures the development and implementation of investment projects with the participation of foreign capital in the fields of oil, gas, electricity, the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes and the coal industry;

realizes the rights to own, use and dispose of property owned by the Ministry and its subordinate organizations, manages shares (shares in statutory funds) of joint-stock companies owned by the Republic of Uzbekistan and transferred to the Ministry’s management, appoints state representatives in the governing bodies of these legal entities and provides control over their activities;

coordinates the construction of renewable energy facilities.

The structure of the Ministry of Energy also includes the Inspection for oil products and gas usage control, The inspection for control in electric power industry and Agency for the Development of Nuclear Energy.

4.2. The Inspection for Electricity, Oil Products, and Gas Usage Control under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The Inspectorate for Control over the Use of Electricity, Oil Products, and Gas under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as “Uzenergoinspektsiya”) is the authorized body responsible for supervising the economical and rational use of energy, improving energy efficiency, and ensuring compliance with requirements for the use of energy-saving technologies and materials in the design, construction, and operation of facilities. The Inspectorate also participates in the development of regulatory acts in the field of energy conservation and applies financial sanctions for violations of established norms.

It should be noted that the Inspection for Control over the Use of Petroleum Products and Gas (Uzneftegazinspektsiya) and the Inspection for Control in the Electric Power Industry (Uzenergoinspektsiya) under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan have been reorganized in accordance with Presidential Decrees DP 118 and UP-269. On their basis, a unified Inspectorate for Control over the Use of Electricity, Petroleum Products, and Gas under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (in short: “Uzenergoinspektia”) has been created.

According to the Law “On Energy Saving, Its Rational Use and Energy Efficiency Improvement” of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ZRU-940 dated July 7, 2024), the Uzbek Oil and Gas Inspection has the following functions:

exercises state supervision in the field of energy saving, its rational use and energy efficiency improvement;

participates in the development of draft regulatory and legal acts in the field of energy saving, its rational use and energy efficiency improvement;

verifies compliance with urban planning norms and rules in the design, construction, reconstruction, repair, and commissioning of buildings and structures, including apartment buildings, and the use of energy-saving and energy-efficient technologies in them;

monitors compliance with requirements for the use of heat-saving building materials and structures, as well as the mandatory installation of alternative energy sources and energy-saving devices in the design, construction, reconstruction, and repair of buildings and structures, including apartment buildings, with the exception of the construction of individual houses;

exercises state supervision over compliance with energy efficiency and energy saving standards for goods (works, services), buildings and structures, as well as the rational use of energy and its quality indicators;

takes measures to apply financial sanctions against legal entities in cases established by this Law.

4.3. The inspection for Control in Electric Power Industry under the Ministry of Energy

The nuclear industry is new to the energy sector of the Republic of Uzbekistan. For this reason, the Agency for Atomic Energy under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the Uzatom Agency) was only established in 2018 with the adoption of the Regulations on the Agency for the Development of Atomic Energy under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Decree No. 709 of October 28, 2024). According to these Regulations, the main functions of the Uzatom Agency in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy are:

• implementation of a unified state policy in the field of atomic energy use;

• coordination of activities of state bodies in this field;

• development and implementation of state and other programs for the use of atomic energy;

• ensuring radiation, nuclear, and environmental safety;

• organizing the design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear power facilities;

• developing regulatory acts, norms, and rules in the field of nuclear energy;

• ensuring the physical protection and fire safety of nuclear power facilities;

• preventing the proliferation of nuclear and radioactive materials;

• training, retraining, and professional development of personnel in the field of nuclear energy;

• development of research and innovation projects in the field of nuclear energy;

• participation in international cooperation and fulfillment of the international obligations of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy.

The Uzatom Agency has the right to organize and control the design, construction, and operation of nuclear power facilities, approve design and engineering solutions, develop and implement safety measures, coordinate the activities of government agencies, and participate in international projects related to the construction of nuclear facilities.

It can be concluded that the Ministry of Energy and its subordinate inspectorates and agencies exercise state regulation in the sphere of production, transmission, distribution, and consumption of electrical and thermal energy, as well as in the sphere of extraction, processing, transportation, distribution, sale, and use of oil, gas, coal, and products of their processing. These bodies also play a key role in increasing the investment attractiveness of the fuel and energy complex, developing public-private partnerships, and improving tariff policy aimed at creating a competitive and sustainable business environment in the energy market.

5. Construction control over road infrastructure facilities in the Republic of Uzbekistan

5.1. The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan

A government body that ensures the development and implementation of a unified state policy and legal regulation in the development of road, rail, air, river and electric transport, the subway, and road facilities is the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the “Ministry of transport“). The Ministry of transport carries out its activities on the basis of the Regulations on the Ministry of transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan (PCM dated April 19, 2019 No. 336). According to this Regulation, the Ministry of transport:

develops proposals for the implementation and development of public-private partnerships;

forms Investment programs for the development of transport and road facilities for the medium and short term, with the definition of priority directions for the development of the industry, and also monitors the progress of their implementation;

develops proposals for increasing the investment attractiveness and competitiveness of transport and road facilities;

develops proposals and elaborates issues on attracting investments, including direct investments, for the implementation of Investment programs in transport and road facilities.

In term of a unified technical policy in the field of highways, providing a comprehensive solution to issues of financing, design, construction, repair and operation of highways, airdromes and airports, stations, railway and other transport infrastructure facilities, taking into account the interests of users:

carries out a unified technical policy in the field of transport and road facilities, aimed at creating an infrastructure that meets modern requirements;

coordinates works to ensure environmental safety in the field of transport and road facilities;

monitors compliance with the requirements of regulatory documents of technical regulation in the field of transport and road facilities;

conducts research, design and development works in the field of technical development of transport and road facilities, ensuring transportation safety.

The structure of the Ministry of transport also includes the Committee for roads under the Ministry of transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Inspection for quality control of road building works under the Ministry of transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

5.2. The Committee for Roads under the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The Committee on Motorways under the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan plays an important role in the state control system in the field of construction. This body is a specialized state body that manages and controls the design, construction, reconstruction, repair, and operation of public motorways.

The legal status of the Committee is enshrined in Resolution No. 295 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 19, 2020, which approved the Regulations on the Committee on Motorways. According to this document, the Committee acts as a single state customer for works related to the development of road infrastructure, and also ensures compliance with regulatory requirements in the process of construction and operation of motorways.
The main tasks of the Committee are to implement a unified technical policy in the road sector, develop and implement state programs for the development of motorways, and organize comprehensive financing and planning of road construction. The Committee is also responsible for the introduction of modern technologies and standards in the design and construction of roads.

One of the Committee’s key areas of activity is quality control of construction and repair work on motorways. Within the scope of its powers, it conducts technical supervision, monitors compliance with construction norms and standards, and ensures the safety and proper condition of the road network.

In addition, the Committee has the right to interact with other government agencies and organizations, request necessary information, make mandatory recommendations on the elimination of identified violations, and participate in the development of regulatory and legal acts in the field of road construction.

Thus, the Committee on Motor Roads is one of the key government bodies ensuring state control over the construction of transport infrastructure facilities, as well as supervising the quality and safety of motor roads in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

6. Control over the construction of water facilities in the Republic of Uzbekistan

6.1. Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan

A government body that implements a unified policy in the field of water resources management, as well as coordination of the activities of government bodies, economic management bodies and other organizations in the field of rational use and protection of water resources, prevention and elimination of the harmful effects of water is Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred as to “Ministry of Water Resources”). The Ministry of Water Resources carries out its activities on the basis of the Regulations on the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan (RCM dated October 10, 2024 No. 645), according to which the Ministry of Water Resources:

considers and approves in the established manner projects of construction, reconstruction, repair and restoration of enterprises, structures and other objects that affect the state of waters and water bodies;

ensures the conduct of design and survey and research works, as well as departmental examination of design and estimate documentation for the construction, reconstruction, repair and restoration of water facilities;

organizes and ensures the timely and high-quality implementation of projects for the construction, reconstruction, repair and restoration of water facilities, high-quality commissioning of capacities, as well as the acceptance of completed works in the prescribed manner;

coordinates the activities of design and survey, contracting, industrial and other enterprises and organizations within the system of the Ministry of Water Resources;

ensures reliable operation of irrigation and drainage systems, large hydraulic constructions and reservoirs, pumping stations, as well as other state water facilities;

provides comprehensive support and assistance in the development of research, design and survey and design work in the field of water management;

determines the main directions of research, design, survey and design work in the field of water management, and also organizes their implementation on a contractual basis.

Moreover, the structure of the Ministry of Water Resources includes the Inspectorate for Control over the Safety of Water Facilities and Water Use under the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

6.2. Inspection for Control over the Safety of Water Management Facilities and Water Use under the Ministry of Water Management of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The Inspectorate for Control over the Safety of Water Management Facilities and Water Use under the Ministry of Water Management of the Republic of Uzbekistan (abbreviated as the Inspectorate “Vodkhozadzor”) is a state body established within the Ministry of Water Resources to exercise state control in the field of safety of hydraulic structures and rational water use (RCM 500 of 27.09.2023).

The main tasks of the Inspectorate for Control over the Safety of Water Management Facilities and Water Use under the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan are to control the safety of particularly important hydraulic structures, ensure their reliable and uninterrupted operation, as well as supervise the rational use of water resources and compliance with established rules for water use and consumption in surface water bodies. The Inspectorate is engaged in the prevention and elimination of violations in the field of water use, identifies the causes and conditions contributing to their occurrence, and takes measures to eliminate them. In addition, it participates in the development of standards and rules aimed at ensuring the safety of hydraulic structures, and also monitors the operation of irrigation systems, canals, reservoirs, pumping stations, and collector-drainage networks.

Inspection functions:

• Checks the technical condition and safety of hydraulic structures.

• Develops and approves safety rules and criteria for such structures.

• Participates in the design, construction, reconstruction, conservation, and liquidation of hydraulic structures.

• Maintains the state cadastre of hydraulic structures.

• Controls the use and consumption of water within established limits.

• Conducts inspections and administrative proceedings in cases of violations of water legislation.

• Interacts with other ministries and organizations on issues related to the safety of water management facilities.

• Participates in international cooperation in the field of hydraulic structure safety and rational use of water resources.

• Considers administrative cases and imposes fines for violations of water use rules.

• Prevents accidents and incidents at water management facilities.

Thus, the Water Management Inspectorate provides state supervision of the technical condition of hydraulic structures and the proper use of water resources, contributing to their safe and efficient operation.

7. Other government bodies exercising control functions in the construction sector

During the construction of industrial facilities, it is important to comply with the requirements of the cadastral service, the use and protection of mineral resources, environmental protection, and industrial safety. These functions are carried out by the bodies listed below.

7.1. Cadastre Agency under the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The Cadastre Agency under the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a republican state body that implements a unified state policy in the field of state registration of rights to real estate, geodesy, cartography, and maintenance of state cadastres. The Agency is responsible for the formation, maintenance, and updating of cadastral data, as well as for ensuring its reliability, transparency, and accessibility. It reports to the State Tax Committee and works in cooperation with other state and local authorities, organizations, and institutions (RCM 66 of 12.02.2021).

The main objective of the Agency is to create an effective system for recording and controlling real estate and land resources, ensuring legality in the sphere of ownership, use, and disposal thereof, as well as developing geoinformation and cartographic technologies.

The functions of the Cadastre Agency include:

• maintaining state registration of rights to real estate and transactions with it;

• forming and maintaining a unified system of state cadastres;

• ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and relevance of cadastral data throughout the country;

• maintaining land, water, forest, geological, urban planning, and other types of cadastres;

• carrying out geodetic and cartographic work, including aerospace surveying and the creation of topographic maps;

• organizing and maintaining the state cartographic and geodetic fund;

• ensuring interdepartmental exchange of cadastral and geographic information;

• exercising state control over the use of land plots and preventing their unauthorized seizure;

• participating in the development and implementation of regulatory and legal acts in the field of cadastre, geodesy, and cartography;

• introducing modern geoinformation technologies and developing a national geoinformation system;

• organizing training, retraining, and professional development for specialists in the field of cadastre, geodesy, and cartography;

• ensuring international cooperation in the field of cadastral, geodetic, and cartographic activities.

7.2. Inspection for control in the field of mining and geology

When constructing facilities related to subsoil use (mining enterprises, quarries, mines, mineral processing facilities), it is necessary to comply with special industrial safety requirements and obtain separate approvals and permits.

The Inspection for Control in the Mining Industry and Geology under the Ministry of Mining Industry and Geology of the Republic of Uzbekistan plays a key role in this area.

According to DP-79 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 24, 2024, the Inspectorate is a republican executive body that exercises state supervision and control in the field of subsoil use and protection. Its activities are also organized in accordance with Presidential Decree No.187 dated May 24, 2024.

The Inspectorate monitors compliance with industrial safety requirements in the mining industry, geology, and subsoil use, including geological exploration, hydrocarbon production, solid mineral processing, blasting operations, and the rational use of groundwater.

The main functions of the Inspectorate include:

• state control over compliance with legislation in the field of subsoil use and protection;

• ensuring industrial safety during mining and blasting operations;

• conducting inspections with the right of unhindered access to controlled facilities;

• suspending work that violates safety requirements or poses a threat of accidents;

• bringing organizations and officials to administrative responsibility for violations of regulatory requirements.

In addition, the implementation of construction projects in the field of subsoil use is subject to special permitting procedures. In some cases, it is necessary to obtain permits issued by the Inspectorate.

In particular, the law provides for the receipt of conclusions and approvals for the operation, conservation, or liquidation of oil and gas wells, as well as for the transfer of mines (quarries) from one category to another.

It is also mandatory to obtain approval for mining development plans. Legal entities engaged in mineral extraction must submit annual mining plans and graphic materials in order to obtain the relevant permit.

A separate type of permit is a permit for mining operations, which requires confirmation of the availability of technical resources and qualified engineering and technical personnel.

Thus, when constructing subsoil use facilities, it is necessary to take into account not only urban planning standards, but also special industrial safety requirements and licensing procedures, which makes the Inspectorate one of the key state control bodies in the mining and geological industry.

These requirements are enshrined, among other things, in Resolution No. 86 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 22, 2022, which approved the passports of permits in this area.

7.3. The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environment Protection

A government body in the field of ecology, environmental protection, rational use and reproduction of natural resources is the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environment Protection (hereinafter referred as to “Committee for Ecology”). Committee for Ecology operates on the basis of the Regulations on the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Ecology and Environmental Protection (RCM dated January 15, 2019 No. 29).

The State Committee of Ecology performs the following functions:

carries out state environmental control over the fulfillment by legal entities and individuals of the legislation requirements in the field of environmental protection and rational use of natural resources, including:

established environmental standards for emissions of pollutants into the environment, generation and disposal of waste, as well as coordinated measures to reduce these emissions, discharges and waste to the established standards;

environmental safety requirements for the location, design, construction and commissioning of new and reconstructed enterprises and other facilities.

The State Committee for Ecology also conducts a state ecological examination of projects of state programs, concepts, schemes for the location and development of productive forces, sectors of the economy and the social sphere; materials for choosing land plots for all types of construction; pre-project and project documentation; draft technical regulations, environmental standards regulating economic and other activities related to the use of natural resources; documentation for the creation of new types of equipment, technologies, materials, substances, products; operating enterprises and other facilities that have a negative impact on the environment and health of citizens; materials on a comprehensive survey of territories in order to subsequently give them the status of protected natural areas, zones of an ecological emergency and ecological disaster; all types of urban planning documentation; objects with a special legal regime.

The State Committee of Ecology also issues in the prescribed manner and keeps records of:

permissive documents in the field of nature management and environmental protection;

licenses for the right to use subsoil for the construction and operation of underground facilities for the storage and disposal of waste;

conclusions of the state ecological expertise;

conclusions on the transit of dangerous goods within their powers;

conclusions for cutting trees and shrubs outside the state forest fund;

certificates of state registration of zoological collections.

Briefly, the State Committee of Ecology is a state body that ensures the absence or minimum degree of damage to the environment.

7.4. Committee for Industrial, Radiation, and Nuclear Safety under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The authorized state administration body responsible for implementing unified state policy and exercising state control in the field of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety is the Committee on Industrial, Radiation, and Nuclear Safety under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The Committee operates on the basis of the Regulations on the Committee on Industrial, Radiation, and Nuclear Safety under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, approved by Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 633 of October 4, 2024, and performs the following main functions:

• exercises state supervision and conducts inspections to ensure compliance with legislation in the field of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety, as well as safety requirements for elevators and amusement rides;

• implements and coordinates a unified state policy in the field of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety, including nuclear power facilities and nuclear technologies;

• organizes the identification, state registration, and maintenance of the state register of hazardous production facilities and the register of amusement rides;

• licenses activities in the field of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety, and monitors licensees’ compliance with licensing requirements and conditions;

• conducts industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety assessments, including assessments of the safety of facilities and activities in the field of nuclear energy use;

• maintains a state register of areas with increased man-made hazards and ensures control over its updating;

• registers and keeps records of technical devices used at hazardous production facilities (including boilers, pressure vessels, steam and hot water pipelines, lifting structures, etc.);

• develops and approves, in accordance with established procedures, regulatory acts and technical regulations in the field of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety;

• participates in the investigation of accidents, group accidents, and fatal accidents at hazardous production facilities and in organizations that use atomic energy;

• organizes training, retraining, and certification of specialists in the field of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety;

• carries out international cooperation on issues of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety and the fulfillment of the international obligations of the Republic of Uzbekistan in this area.

The Committee is an independent republican executive body subordinate to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and is responsible for implementing state policy in the field of industrial, radiation, and nuclear safety throughout the country.

8. Conclusion

The regulation of construction projects is carried out at various levels of government. The Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities, the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with their subordinate organizations, directly supervise the construction process in various fields. Meanwhile, state committees perform auxiliary functions in ensuring the safety of industrial facilities, compliance with environmental protection standards, the use and protection of mineral resources, and state cadastres.

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