Article 16. State accounting of animal world objects and records of volumes of their use; state cadastre of animal world objects

For the purpose of ensuring protection and rational use of the animal world, state accounting of animal world objects and records of the volumes of their use shall be carried out.

Legal entities and individuals that manage protected natural areas and hunting and/or fishing farms shall annually carry out accounting of the number of wild animals and of the volumes of their use and shall submit the resulting data to the state statistics bodies.

Ministries, agencies and organizations that maintain state accounting of animal world objects and records of the volumes of their use shall provide, free of charge, to the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan the information necessary for the state cadastre of animal world objects. The types, volumes and deadlines for submitting the information necessary for the state cadastre of animal world objects shall be determined by the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

For the purpose of ensuring protection and rational use of the animal world, the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall maintain the state cadastre of animal world objects.

State accounting of animal world objects and records of the volumes of their use, as well as maintenance of the state cadastre of animal world objects, shall be financed from the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other sources not prohibited by legislation.

The procedure for state accounting of animal world objects and records of the volumes of their use, and for maintaining the state cadastre of animal world objects, shall be approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.