Article 239. Competence of the economic courts of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cases with participation of foreign persons

The economic courts of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall consider cases on economic disputes arising in economic sphere with participation of foreign organizations, international organizations, foreign citizens, stateless persons (herein after — foreign persons) if:

1) respondent remains or resides in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, or his property is in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

2) branch or representative office of the foreign person is located in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

3) dispute has arisen from a contract under which execution must take place or have taken place in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

4) demand has arisen from damage caused to the property by a foreign person or another circumstance, which have taken place in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, or upon occurrence of the damage in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

5) dispute has arisen from unjustified enrichment which had place in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

6) plaintiff on the case on protection of business reputation remains in the Republic of Uzbekistan;

7) dispute has arisen from the relations connected with circulation of securities, emission of which took place in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

8) complainant on the case on establishment of the fact having legal meaning indicates to the presence of this fact in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

9) dispute has arisen from the relations connected to the state registration of names and other objects and rendering services in the international information networks of Internet in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

10) there is an agreement on this between a legal person or a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a foreign person, concluded according to the rules established by article 241 of this Code.

Economic courts of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall consider cases on disputes arising in economic sphere with participation of foreign persons and in other cases at the presence of a connection of the disputable legal relationship with the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Economic courts of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall also consider other cases arising in economic sphere with participation of foreign persons and referred according to article 240 of this Code to their exclusive competence.