The Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan has approved a law that introduces amendments and additions to a number of legislative acts. The goal of these changes is to strengthen guarantees for the freedom of entrepreneurial activity and improve mechanisms for supporting enterprises.
The new legislation expands entrepreneurs' rights to participate in the development of regulatory legal acts and also improves state assistance systems for businesses. This was reported by the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan.
In particular, the Law 'On Guarantees of Entrepreneurial Freedom' has been supplemented with a provision that guarantees the participation of entrepreneurs in the process of drafting regulatory legal acts. According to this provision, draft documents and reports on regulatory impact assessment that introduce new requirements, obligations, prohibitions, liability measures, or other restrictions for companies must be discussed directly with entrepreneurs and their associations.
Furthermore, the law optimizes the legal framework for providing subsidies intended for the development of areas such as tourism, education, healthcare, social entrepreneurship, and green technologies. Procedures for supporting connection to engineering and utility networks, as well as mechanisms for financing socially significant, innovative, and economically important projects through state grants, have also been clarified.
Senators noted that the adopted law is aimed at further improving the business climate, expanding guarantees for entrepreneurial freedom, and strengthening the legal basis for state support of business. This law was approved by the senators after careful consideration.
The Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan approved a law that introduces amendments and additions to a number of legislative acts. These changes are aimed at increasing the efficiency of the activities of statistical bodies.
The new legislation expands the powers of the Council for Statistics and establishes additional rules for working with official statistical data. This was reported by the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan.
In particular, the law increases the capabilities of the Council for Statistics, including assisting in the creation of a system for organizing statistical work and coordinating the activities of producers of official statistics. Furthermore, it mandates that draft regulatory legal acts that may affect statistical data produced by official sources or the process of preparing this data must be coordinated with the authorized state body.
Other provisions of the law define procedures for correcting discrepancies found in published official statistics; corrected data must be made publicly available.
During the discussion, it was noted that the establishment of the National Committee for Statistics is important for strengthening the independence and expanding the rights of statistical bodies in implementing state policy in the field of official statistics, as well as for coordinating efforts to develop official statistics within the national statistical system.
Senators emphasized that this legislation is designed to improve the work of statistical departments within the framework of administrative reforms and create more favorable conditions for users of information obtained from official statistics. The law was approved by the senators after careful consideration.
The Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan, during its eighteenth plenary session, approved a law that introduces amendments and additions to a number of legislative acts. These changes are aimed at further improving the state assistance system for socially vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities.
The new legislation provides for additional social and tax support measures for both people with disabilities and families in need of social protection. This was reported by the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan.
The introduced amendments establish liability for violating the equal rights of people with disabilities and create more favorable conditions for their access to justice. Furthermore, the law grants tax benefits to people with disabilities without the need to submit an application.
Tax advantages will also be available to enterprises that employ people with disabilities or provide them with social services. The law also defines procedures for granting tax benefits and deductions from state payments for families in difficult life situations.
Other provisions concern the change of the name of the Register to reflect its new designation. The legislation also exempts from state duties requirements submitted by authorized state bodies to civil courts for the recovery of unduly paid or excessively paid benefits.
Senators noted that the goal of this law is to improve support measures for those in need and raise the standard of living for people with disabilities by creating equal and favorable conditions for realizing their potential. The law was approved by the senators after comprehensive review.
The legislative chamber of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan adopted in the first reading a draft law aimed at expanding the commercial application of intellectual property, improving the quality of related public services, and increasing the powers of patent attorneys.
This document provides for clearer regulation of legal relations concerning the termination of ownership rights to intellectual property, and also establishes mechanisms for reducing its valuation when used as collateral.
Furthermore, the bill proposes granting patent attorneys the ability to represent clients' interests in intellectual property litigation on a contractual basis.
Another initiative included in the bill allows applications for intellectual property registration to be submitted through public service centers. Developers note that this will simplify the registration procedure and make it more accessible for both citizens and commercial entities.
During the discussion, deputies submitted proposals and comments regarding specific provisions of the document. Representatives of the bill sponsors provided clarifications on the raised issues. After consideration, the Legislative Chamber approved the draft law in the first reading.
