February 10, 2026
Types of Constructions Activities that Require Licensing
- Design, construction, maintenance and repair of bridges and tunnels
(licensor: Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
- Design, construction, maintenance and repair of defense facilities
(licensor: Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
Decree of the President No. DP-6044 dated 24.08.2020 revoked licenses for the design, construction, maintenance and repair of bridges and tunnels and for the design, construction, maintenance and repair of defense facilities.
- Design, construction, operation and repair of gas pipelines, oil pipelines and oil product pipelines
(licensor: Uzgosneftegazinspektsiya)
- Design, construction, operation and provision of telecommunications network services
(licensor: Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
- Licensing of activities for examination of construction projects is canceled in accordance with the Decree of the President No DP-5445 (item 2). Instead of licensing, accreditation will be introduced for entities carrying out expertise of construction projects.
- Legislation:
Order of the Minister of Construction and Housing and Utilities of the Republic of Uzbekistan, registered on September 30, 2024, registration number 3557
Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DP-157 dated September 8, 2025
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan, dated 28.09.2006 No. ZRU-57
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, dated 10.12.2008 No. 271
2. Types of construction projects and licensing authority:
The types of construction projects and the authorized licensing authority in the field of licensing are provided in Regulation 1 to the Law №-701.
| № | Types of licensed construction projects for activities related to… | Subtypes of activity | Authorized bodies in the field of licensing |
| 1 |
design, construction, and repair of bridges and tunnels |
• designing bridges and tunnels; • building bridges and tunnels; • repairing bridges and tunnels. |
Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| 2 |
design, construction, and operation of high-risk facilities and potentially hazardous industries |
• designing high-risk facilities and potentially hazardous production facilities; • constructing high-risk facilities and potentially hazardous production facilities; • operating high-risk facilities and potentially hazardous production facilities. |
Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| 3 |
development of architectural and urban planning documentation |
• development of documentation on the planning of the development of the territory and parts of the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan; • development of documentation on the planning of the development of the territories of the regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan; • development of documentation on the development of populated areas; • development of documentation on the construction of populated areas; • performance of engineering and technical (except for engineering and geodetic) surveys for construction projects; • development of design and estimate documentation for facilities and complexes for housing and economic construction, including the design of their engineering networks and systems; • development of design estimates for facilities and complexes for industrial construction, including the design of their engineering networks and systems; • development of design and estimate documentation for the construction, reconstruction and repair of public roads; |
Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| 4 |
repair, construction, and installation work at heights using industrial climbing techniques |
• carrying out repair work at heights using industrial mountaineering methods; • production of construction and installation works at heights using industrial mountaineering methods. |
Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan |
| 5 |
design, construction, operation, and repair of main gas pipelines, oil pipelines, and petroleum product pipelines |
• design of main gas pipelines; • design of oil pipelines; • design of oil product pipelines; • construction of main gas pipelines; • construction of oil pipelines; • construction of oil product pipelines; • operation of main gas pipelines; • operation of oil pipelines; • operation of oil product pipelines; • repair of main gas pipelines; • repair of oil pipelines; • repair of oil product pipelines. |
Inspectorate for the Control of the Use of Petroleum Products and Gas under the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan: |
| 6 |
design, construction, operation, and provision of telecommunications network services |
• Design of local, long-distance and international telecommunication networks; • Construction of local, long-distance and international telecommunication networks; • Operation of local and long-distance telecommunications networks; • provision of services for local and long-distance telecommunications networks; • Operation of international telecommunication networks; • provision of services for international telecommunications networks; |
Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan: |
Licensing and regulation of high-risk facilities, potentially dangerous industries and HPF
The Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. ZRU-701 “On Licensing, Licensing and Notification Procedures” explicitly mentions “design, construction and operation of high-risk facilities and potentially dangerous industries” among the licensed areas of activity. In this context, the legislator uses two key terms: high-risk facilities (HRF) and potentially hazardous industries (PHI).
High-risk facilities have a clear regulatory framework and their list was approved by Order of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services, registered by the Ministry of Justice under No. 3557 dated September 30, 2024. This list includes, in particular, nuclear and nuclear facilities, power plants, oil and gas industry facilities, mines, as well as large energy and grid facilities.
Additionally, it should be noted that a license for the design, construction and operation of high-risk facilities, as well as potentially hazardous industries, can be issued by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Uzbekistan on an expedited basis within 10 days, as stipulated by Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. DP-157 dated September 8, 2025.
However, uncertainty remains at the legislative level regarding the term “potentially hazardous industries”, since separate acts that detail this concept are not currently provided for.
There is an independent and widely used concept of “hazardous production facilities” in the special Law “On Industrial Safety of Hazardous Production Facilities”.Although this term is not directly used in Law No. ZRU-701, in its content it is closely related to high-risk facilities and potentially dangerous industries.
According to article 4 of the said Law, hazardous production facilities include enterprises, their workshops, sites, sites and other production facilities where explosive and toxic substances are used or stored, high-pressure equipment is used, lifting mechanisms are used, metal melts are produced, and mining and underground work is carried out.
In addition, Resolution No. 271 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 10, 2008 established the classification of acute respiratory viral infections according to the degree of danger into three types.
– The first type of facilities includes the most dangerous facilities where dangerous substances are present in quantities equal to or exceeding the limits set out in Tables 1 and 2 of Appendix No. 2 (for example, ammonia – 500 tons, chlorine – 25 tons, hydrogen sulfide – 50 tons).
– The second type includes facilities where dangerous substances are available in smaller quantities.
– The third type includes objects that pose a danger for other reasons (pressure equipment, lifting mechanisms, mining, etc.), even without storing large volumes of chemicals.
Thus, the operation of an HPF requires a license only in cases where the relevant activity is included in the established list (for example, the extraction and processing of oil and gas). In all other cases, the operation is carried out in compliance with the requirements of industrial safety, identification and state control, but without mandatory licensing.