On state duty (LRU-600-son)

06.01.2020

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Passed by the Legislative Chamber on December 9, 2019 Approved by the Senate on December 14, 2019

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Purpose of this Law

The purpose of this Law is to regulate relations in the field of establishing, collecting, refunding the state duty and exemption from its payment.

Article 2. Legislation on state duty

The legislation on state duty consists of the present Law and other legislative acts.

If an international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes other rules than those provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan, then the rules of the international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be applied.

Article 3. Types of state duty

A state duty is a compulsory payment collected for the commission of legally significant actions and (or) the issuance of documents by authorized institutions and (or) officials.

The types of state duty shall also include:

consular fee paid for consular actions by consular institutions of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

patent fee paid for the performance of legally significant actions related to the provision of legal protection to inventions, utility models, industrial designs, breeding achievements, trademarks, service marks, geographical indications, appellations of origin of goods, topologies of integrated circuits.

Article 4. Payers of state duty

Payers of the state duty shall be individuals and legal entities who apply to authorized institutions and (or) officials, and in respect of which a legally significant action and (or) issuance of documents are performed.

Article 5. Objects of collection

The state duty shall be collected:

1) for statements of claim, applications (complaints) against decisions, actions (inaction) of state administration bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, self-government bodies of citizens and their officials, for statements for cases of special proceedings, appeals, cassation complaints and applications in the manner of supervision over decisions of courts in civil cases, on rulings to terminate proceedings in a case, to leave a claim without consideration, to impose court fines, for applications for challenging decisions of an arbitration tribunal, applications for the issuance of an execution writ for the compulsory execution of the arbitral tribunalʼs decisions, for appeals, cassation complaints and applications in the procedure of supervision over the rulings of the civil court in cases of challenging the decisions of the arbitration tribunal, on the issuance of an execution writ for the compulsory execution of decisions of the arbitration court, for applications for recognition and enforcement of the judgment of a foreign court and a foreign arbitration court (arbitration), for appeal, cassation and supervisory complaints against rulings of a civil court in cases of recognition and enforcement of a decision of a foreign court and a foreign arbitration court (arbitration), as well as for issuance of duplicates and copies of documents by civil courts;

2) for claims filed with economic courts, for applications for declaring organizations and citizens bankrupt, for applications to join the case as a third party, making independent claims on the subject of the dispute, for applications to establish facts relevant to the emergence, change or the termination of the rights of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the economic sphere, for appeals, cassation and supervisory complaints against decisions of the economic court, on rulings for termination of proceedings in case, leaving a claim without consideration, imposing court fines, for applications to challenge decisions of an arbitration court, on the issuance of an execution writ for the compulsory execution of the arbitral tribunalʼs decisions, for appeals, cassation and supervisory complaints against the rulings of the economic court in cases of challenging the decisions of the arbitration court, on the issuance of an execution writ for the compulsory execution of the arbitration tribunalʼs decisions, for applications for recognition and in execution of a decision of a foreign court (arbitration), for appeals, cassation and supervisory complaints against court rulings in cases of recognition and enforcement of a foreign court (arbitration) decision, as well as for issuance of duplicates and copies of documents by economic courts;

3) for applications submitted to administrative courts on challenging departmental regulations, applications (complaints) on challenging decisions, actions (inaction) of government bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, self-government bodies of citizens and their officials, on challenging the actions (decisions) of election commissions, on challenging the refusal to perform a notarial act, registration of civil status records or actions (inaction) of a notary or an official of a civil registration authority, on appeal against refusal of state registration or evasion of state registration decisions within the established time limit, appeals, cassation and supervisory complaints against decisions of administrative courts, on rulings for termination of proceedings in case, leaving a claim without consideration, imposing court fines, as well as for issuance of duplicates and copies of documents by administrative courts;

4) for commission of notarial acts by notaries and consuls of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

5) for registration of acts of civil status, as well as for issuing to citizens a repeated certificate of registration of civil status acts and a certificate in connection with change, addition, correction and restoration of the record of civil status acts;

6) for issuing an identification ID card of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a biometric passport of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan for traveling abroad, as well as a travel document of a stateless person, for issuing documents for the right to enter the Republic of Uzbekistan from abroad, for an invitation to the Republic of Uzbekistan, for issuing an identification ID card to a foreign citizen or person stateless persons, as well as for consideration of applications for admission, restoration and renunciation of citizenship of the Republic of Uzbekistan and applications for recognition as a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, for registration at the place of permanent residence and temporary stay of citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as for registration at the place of permanent residence of foreign citizens and stateless persons;

7) for state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs;

8) for issuing a hunting license;

9) for granting legal protection to inventions, utility models, industrial designs, breeding achievements, trademarks, service marks, geographical indications, names of places of origin of goods, integrated circuit topologies, programs for electronic computers and databases;

10) for registration of exhibition goods from foreign legal entities, sale of cargo customs declaration forms to foreign legal entities;

11) for registration of international public organizations, accreditation of employees of non-governmental non-profit organizations, including religious organizations, representative offices and branches of international and foreign non-governmental non-profit organizations who are foreign citizens, as well as members of their families who are dependent on them, certification of property alienation contracts subject to special registration, certification of other contracts subject to assessment, marriages registration of citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan with foreign citizens, as well as marriages of foreign citizens among themselves, registration of divorce of citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan with foreign citizens, with persons recognized in the established manner as missing or disabled, due to mental illness or dementia, or with persons convicted of crimes to imprisonment for at least three years;

12) for issuing and extending the validity period of an exit or entry-exit visa for foreign citizens and stateless persons, issuing a multiple entry-exit visa for foreign citizens and stateless persons, registering at the place of temporary stay of foreign citizens and stateless persons for the validity period of an entry visa and for extending the registration period at the place of temporary stay stay for the period of visa extension, registration at the place of temporary stay of citizens of the CIS member states, as well as persons arriving from the states — CIS members with passports of the former USSR, in which there are no marks of citizenship, consideration and registration of documents of a foreign citizen, including a citizen of a CIS member state, or a stateless person, for permanent residence in the Republic of Uzbekistan, issuance of certificates to a foreign citizen or a stateless person about the loss of a passport or a document replacing it;

13) for accreditation of representative offices of foreign commercial organizations;

14) for issuance of licenses and permits for certain types of activities.

Article 6. Amount of state duty rates

The amount of state duty rates shall be established in accordance with the appendix* to this Law.

* The appendix is given in the text inUzbek and Russian languages.

Chapter 2. Exemption from payment of state duty

Article 7. Exemption from payment of state duty

An exhaustive list of individuals and legal entities exempt from paying state duty shall be provided for by this Law.

The exemption from the payment of state duties, provided for by other acts of legislation adopted before January 1, 2020, and not provided for by this Law, shall remain in force until the expiration of their validity period.

Article 8. Exemption from payment of state duty in civil courts

The following shall be exempted from paying the state duty in civil courts:

1) plaintiffs on claims for the recovery of wages and other claims arising from employment relations;

2) plaintiffs on claims for the recovery of alimony;

3) plaintiffs on claims for compensation for harm caused by labor injury or other damage to health, as well as the death of the breadwinner;

4) plaintiffs on disputes related to compensation for damage caused to a natural person by unlawful conviction, criminal prosecution, imposition of an administrative penalty;

5) plaintiffs on claims for compensation for material damage caused by a crime;

51) plaintiffs — in claims for compensation for material damage and compensation for moral harm to women who have suffered from harassment and violence;

6) legal entities and individuals for issuance of documents to them in connection with civil cases for recovery of alimony;

7) legal entities and individuals who, in cases stipulated by law, have applied to the court with an application in defense of the rights and interests of other persons protected by law;

8) legal and natural persons on complaints about actions (inaction) of the state executive;

9) business entities when applying to court for decisions of state and other bodies, actions (inaction) of their officials on violation of their rights and legitimate interests related to the implementation of entrepreneurial activities;

10) consumers on claims related to violation of their rights and legitimate interests;

11) state bodies exercising control over the safety and quality of goods (works, services), and public associations of consumers on claims brought in the interests of consumers (an indefinite circle of consumers);

12) plaintiffs on cases of recovering damage caused to the forest fund by unauthorized logging and other violations of the order and conditions of forest use, security and protection of forests;

13) state bodies on claims for demolition of an unauthorized building, as well as in cases of seizure of property belonging to the state from individuals, which has historical, scientific, artistic or other cultural value, in cases of mismanagement of individuals with this property;

14) the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial offices on claims in the interests of members of the chamber, as well as on complaints against decisions of state and economic management bodies, local government bodies, actions (inaction) of their officials;

15) non-state non-profit organizations when appealing to the court for unlawful decisions of state bodies, actions (inaction) of their officials that violate their rights and legitimate interests;

16) the Republican Council for the Coordination of the Activities of Citizens' Self-Government Bodies and Territorial Councils for the Coordination of the Activities of Citizens' Self-Government Bodies of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent - on claims in the interests of citizens' self-government bodies, as well as appealing to the court for decisions, actions (inaction) of state bodies management, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, their officials violating the rights and legitimate interests of citizens' self-government bodies;

17) public associations of persons with disabilities, as well as their institutions, educational and production enterprises and associations - on all claims;

18) territorial subdivisions of the off-budget Pension Fund under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on claims related to the collection of excessive (illegally) paid amounts of pensions and benefits from pensioners (recipients of benefits);

19) the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its local authorities, on claims brought against displaced persons who did not leave for the place of resettlement or who left the specified place without permission, for reimbursement of expenses related to resettlement;

20) The State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Ecology and Environmental Protection and its local bodies — compensation for damage to natural objects and complexes due to environmental pollution, unauthorized use of nature and other violations of the procedure and conditions of their protection on claims for recovery of debts on mandatory payments for solid waste collection and disposal services;

21) the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and its local authorities, on claims for the recovery of funds to the state income in compensation for damage caused to the state by violation of water legislation;

22) body for regulation and supervision of insurance activities, on cases related to operations on compulsory insurance;

23) bodies of the state tax service, financial and customs authorities, for all cases and documents, as well as for filing applications to the court in cases of special proceedings;

24) internal affairs bodies, on cases of collecting expenses for the search for persons evading the payment of alimony and other payments;

25) prosecution bodies, on claims and applications filed in the interests of the state, legal entities and individuals;

26) bodies of justice, on claims and applications filed in the interests of the state, legal entities and individuals;

27) a recoverer or a state executor, in cases of reimbursement by a debtor of expenses for his search or his property search in the case provided for by law;

28) the Council of Farmers, Dekhkan Farms and Owners of Household Lands of Uzbekistan, the councils of farmers, dekhkan farms and owners of household lands of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and districts, on claims in the interests of farmers, dehkan farms and owners of household lands, as well as on complaints in the interests of farmers, dehkan farms and owners of household lands on decisions, actions (inaction) of government bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, self-government bodies of citizens, their officials, violating their rights and legitimate interests;

29) the Antimonopoly Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies, on claims submitted to the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them;

30) The Agency for the Management of State Assets of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies, the Center for the Organization of the Effective Use of Empty Facilities under the Agency for the Management of State Assets of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies - on claims and applications submitted to the courts in accordance with the powers vested in them;

31) the Agency for the Development of the Capital Market of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies, on claims submitted for consideration by the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them;

32) owners, in cases of appealing against the decisions of state and other bodies, local authorities, actions (inaction) of their officials for violation of their legitimate rights and interests related to the implementation of the right to private property;

33) a legal entity, which in accordance with the legislation is entrusted with the functions of a customer in the construction of individual housing under an agreement with an individual developer in rural areas according to standard projects, on claims to resolve disputes with individual developers regarding the construction of individual housing according to standard projects in rural areas terrain;

34) commercial banks, which in accordance with the law are entrusted with issuing preferential loans for construction of individual housing in rural areas according to standard projects, on claims for collection of accounts payable of borrowers on preferential mortgage loans issued for construction of individual housing according to standard projects in rural areas;

35) joint stock companies with foreign investments, on claims of violation of their rights and legitimate interests;

36) business entities when submitting an application for issuance of an execution writ for the compulsory execution of arbitration court decisions;

37) Cadastre Agency under the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, its local bodies — on claims related to violation of land legislation;

38) the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its regional offices, on claims and applications in the interests of protection and reasonable use of the material cultural heritage objects;

39) the Inspectorate for Control over the Agroindustrial Complex under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its local bodies, on claims and applications filed in the interests of the state, legal entities and individuals for violations of legislation in the field of agriculture and water management;

40) the Commissioner under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of business entities, on claims, applications and complaints filed in the interests of business entities.

41) the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, its local bodies — on claims related to violation of land legislation;

42) Accounts Chamber of the Republic of Uzbekistan — on claims, applications and complaints filed in order to protect the economic interests of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In the event of a complete or partial refusal to satisfy the claims of the persons specified in clauses 8 — 10 , 14 , 32 — 36 of the first part of this article, the state duty shall be collected from these persons in proportion to the size of the claims, which were refused.

Article 9. Exemption from payment of state duty in economic courts

The following shall be exempt from payment of the state duty in economic courts:

1) plaintiffs, in cases of recovering damage caused to the forest fund by unauthorized felling of forests and other violations of the order and conditions of forest use, protection and protection of forests, on the recovery of amounts of forest income (including losses and penalties for violation of the rules for the release of standing timber, as well as fines for unauthorized felling of forests, haymaking and grazing);

2) the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial departments, on claims in the interests of members of the chamber;

3) the Republican Council for Coordination of the Activities of Citizens' Self-Government Bodies and the Territorial Councils for Coordination of the Activities of Citizens' Self-Government Bodies of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent, on claims in the interests of citizens' self-government bodies;

4) public associations of individuals with disabilities, as well as their institutions, educational and production enterprises and associations, on all claims;

5) territorial subdivisions of the off-budget Pension Fund under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on claims, including recourse ones, to recover funds from organizations for the payment of pensions in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On state pension provision of citizens";

6) body for regulation and supervision of insurance activities, in all cases related to compulsory insurance operations;

7) the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its local authorities, on claims for recovery of funds to the state revenue in compensation for damage caused to the state by violation of water legislation;

8) the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Ecology and Environmental Protection and its local authorities, on claims for compensation for damage caused to natural objects and complexes by environmental pollution, unauthorized use of natural resources and other violations of the order and conditions of use and protection of natural resources;

9) the Antimonopoly Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies, on claims submitted to the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them;

10) The Agency for the Management of State Assets of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies, the Center for the Organization of the Effective Use of Empty Facilities under the Agency for the Management of State Assets of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies - on claims and applications submitted to the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them;

11) the Agency for the Development of the Capital Market of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies, on claims submitted to the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them;

12) bodies of the state tax service, financial and customs authorities, for all cases and documents, as well as for filing applications to the court in cases of special proceedings;

13) prosecution bodies, on claims and applications filed in the interests of the state, legal entities and individuals;

14) bodies of justice, on claims and applications filed in the interests of the state, legal entities and individuals;

141) state bodies — on claims for demolition of arbitrarily constructed buildings;

15) a recoverer or a state executor, on claims for reimbursement by the debtor of expenses for his search or his property search in the case provided for by law;

16) government bodies and organizations acting as the main borrowers for loans from international and foreign government financial organizations provided under intergovernmental agreements, for claims to collect the resulting debt from sub-borrowers;

17) state bodies and organizations acting as buyers under contracts for supply of goods (works, services) for state needs, for claims related to non-fulfillment of contractual obligations by suppliers (contractors);

18) the Council of Farmers, Dekhkan Farms and Owners of Household Lands of Uzbekistan, the Councils of farmers, dekhkan farms and owners of household lands of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and districts, on claims in the interests of farmers, dekhkan farms and owned household land owners;

19) applicant and defendant, in cases of application of legal measures;

20) joint stock companies with foreign investments, on claims for violation of their rights and legitimate interests;

21) business entities, when submitting an application for issuance of an execution writ for compulsory execution of arbitration court decisions;

22) Cadastre Agency under the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan, its local bodies — on claims related to violation of land legislation;

23) the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its regional departments, on claims and applications in the interests of protection and reasonable use of the material cultural heritage objects;

24) the Inspection for control over the agro-industrial complex under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its local authorities, on claims and applications filed in interests of the state, legal entities and individuals for violations of legislation in the field of agriculture and water management;

25) the Commissioner under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for protection of rights and legitimate interests of business entities, on claims, applications and complaints filed in interests of business entities.

26) the Accounts Chamber of the Republic of Uzbekistan — on claims, applications and complaints filed in order to protect the economic interests of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

27) The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, its local bodies — on claims related to violation of land legislation.

In the event of a complete or partial refusal to satisfy the claims of the persons specified in clauses 2, 20 and 21 of the first part of this article, the state duty shall be collected from these persons in proportion to the size of the claims which were refused.

Article 10. Exemption from payment of state duty in administrative courts

The following shall be exempted from payment of the state duty in administrative courts:

1) business entities when applying to the court for decisions, actions (inaction) of government bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, self-government bodies of citizens, their officials violating their rights and legitimate interests related to the implementation of entrepreneurial activity;

2) the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial departments, on applications in interests of the members of the chamber for decisions, actions (inaction) of government bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, self-government bodies of citizens, their officials;

3) non-governmental non-profit organizations - when appealing to the court unlawful decisions of state bodies, actions (inaction) of their officials that violate their rights and legitimate interests;

4) the Republican Council for the Coordination of the Activities of Citizens 'Self-Government Bodies and the Territorial Councils for the Coordination of the Activities of Citizens' Self-Government Bodies of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and the city of Tashkent when appealing decisions, actions (inaction) of public administration bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities in court, self-government bodies of citizens, their officials violating the rights and legal interests of self-government bodies of citizens;

5) public associations of persons with disabilities, as well as their institutions, educational and production enterprises and associations when appealing against unlawful decisions, actions (inaction) of government bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, citizens' self-government bodies, their officials violating their rights and legitimate interests;

6) bodies of the state tax service, financial and customs authorities, for all cases and documents;

7) prosecution bodies, on applications filed in the interests of the state, legal entities and individuals;

8) procuracy authorities, on applications submitted in the interests of the state, legal entities and individuals;

9) legal entities and individuals, on applications (complaints) for actions (inaction) of the state executive;

10) the Council of Farmers, Dehkan Farms and Owners of Household Lands of Uzbekistan, the Councils of farmers, dekhkan farms and owners of household lands of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions and districts, on applications (complaints) in the interests of farmers, dehkan farms and owners of private land on decisions, actions (inaction) of government bodies, other bodies authorized to carry out administrative and legal activities, self-government bodies of citizens, their officials violating their rights and legitimate interests;

101) The Antimonopoly Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies — on applications submitted for consideration by the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them;

102) The Agency for the Management of State Assets of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies, the Center for the Organization of the Effective Use of Empty Facilities under the Agency for the Management of State Assets of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies — on claims and applications submitted for consideration by the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them ;

103) The Agency for the Development of the Capital Market of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial bodies — on applications submitted for consideration by the courts in accordance with the powers assigned to them;

11) owners in cases of appealing to the court decisions of state and other bodies, self-government bodies of citizens, actions (inaction) of their officials on violation of their rights and legitimate interests related to the exercise of the right of private property;

12) joint stock companies with foreign investments, on applications (complaints) about violation of their rights and legitimate interests;

13) parties, in cases of placing a person with no fixed abode in a rehabilitation center;

14) the Department of Cultural Affairs under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its regional departments, for the protection and reasonable use of the material cultural heritage objects;

15) the Commissioner under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for protection of rights and legitimate interests of business entities, on applications (complaints) in the interests of business entities.

16) Accounts Chamber of the Republic of Uzbekistan — on applications (complaints) submitted for the protection of economic interests of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In the event of a complete or partial refusal to satisfy the claims of the persons specified in clauses 1, 2, 9, 11 and 12 of the first part of this article, the state duty shall be collected from these persons in proportion to the size of the claims which were refused.

Article 11. Exemption from payment of state duty when performing notarial acts

The following shall be exempted from paying the state duty when performing notarial acts:

1) individuals, for attesting the fidelity of documents copies necessary for receiving state pensions and benefits, as well as in matters of guardianship and adoption (adoption of a girl);

2) individuals, for certification of their wills and contracts of donation of property for benefit of the state, as well as for benefit of legal entities;

3) bodies of the state tax service and financial authorities, for issuance of certificates (duplicate certificates) on the state's right to inheritance, as well as for all documents required to obtain these certificates (duplicate certificates);

4) public associations of individuals with disabilities, their institutions, educational and production enterprises and associations, for all notarial acts;

5) individuals, for the issuance of a certificate of the right to inheritance of:

the property of individuals who died in the defense of the Motherland, in connection with the fulfillment of other state or public duties or in connection with the fulfillment of a civic duty to save human life, protect state property and public order;

a residential house (apartment) or a share in a housing and construction cooperative, if they lived together, were registered at the place of permanent residence on the day of the testator's death and continue to live in this house (apartment) after the testator's death;

deposits in banks, for sums insured under contracts of personal and property insurance, government bonds, wages;

property rights of the author of a scientific work, literature and art, invention, selection achievement, utility model, industrial design, topology of integrated microcircuits, as well as to the property rights of the performer for performance;

amount of remuneration for creation and use of a scientific work, literature and art, invention, selection achievement, utility model, industrial design, topology of integrated microcircuits, as well as for creation and use of performances;

6) individuals, for certifying a power of attorney for receiving pensions and benefits;

7) mothers, for attesting the documents copies fidelity in cases of rewarding them with orders and medals for having many children;

8) boarding schools, for making executive orders to collect debt from parents for presence of their children in a boarding school;

9) financial authorities, for making executive notes on collecting debt from parents for the presence of their children in specialized schools of the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

10) heirs of individuals who were insured at the expense of enterprises and organizations in the event of death and death from an industrial accident, for issuance of a certificate confirming the right to inherit the insurance benefit;

11) individuals suffering from a chronic mental illness, over whom guardianship has been established in accordance with the procedure established by law, for obtaining a certificate of inheritance of property;

12) the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its local authorities, for certifying labor contracts concluded in the order of an organized recruitment of workers;

13) invalids of the war of 1941 — 1945, individuals wounded on the fronts of the war 1941-1945, and family members of individuals who were killed or missing on the fronts of the war 1941 — 1945, participants in the war of 1941 — 1945 and individuals wounded during protection of the Motherland and performance of official duties in the Soviet Army, individuals performing their international duty in the Republic of Afghanistan, as well as individuals who took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant within the exclusion zone in 1986-1987, and individuals evacuated (including of those who left voluntarily) in 1986 from the exclusion zone in connection with the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and in the event of their death, members of their families — for testifying the fidelity of documents copies necessary for the provision of benefits;

14) individuals, for issuance of a certificate of the right to inherit the insurance amounts for compulsory insurance of passengers and insurance compensation for compulsory insurance of property owned by citizens;

15) heirs who continue their activities in the farm, for issuing a certificate of the right to inherit the property of the farm;

16) heirs who continue their activities in the dekhkan farm, created with and without the formation of a legal entity, for issuing a certificate of the right to inherit the property of the dekhkan farm;

17) partnerships of private homeowners, utilities and operating organizations, for making executive notes on the collection of arrears on payment of mandatory contributions and payment of utilities.

18) Individuals affected by natural and man-made emergencies in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan or foreign countries, including domestic disasters (fires, collapses, burning of vehicles in residential or non-residential areas) — duplicates of documents, copies, for the issuance of extracts from the register of notarial acts.

Article 12. Exemption from payment of state duties for registration of civil status acts

The following shall be exempted from paying the state duty for registration of civil status acts:

1) bodies of public education, interdepartmental commissions on minors' affairs, for issuance of repeated birth certificates for sending orphans and children left without parental care to children's institutions and educational institutions;

2) individuals, for registration of birth, death, for the issuance of certificates to them when changing, supplementing and correcting records of birth certificates in cases of adoption (adoption of a girl), establishing paternity, changing sex, as well as in connection with mistakes made during registration of acts civil status;

3) natural persons, for issuing them, on the basis of a court decision, certificates of divorce with individuals recognized in the established manner as missing or incapacitated due to mental disorder (mental illness or dementia), or with individuals convicted of a crime to imprisonment for a period of at least three years;

4) individuals, for issuance of repeated or replacement of the previously issued death certificates of rehabilitated relatives;

5) Individuals who have suffered as a result of natural and man-made emergencies in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan or foreign countries, including domestic disasters (fires, collapses, burning of vehicles in residential or non-residential areas) — for the issuance of duplicate certificates.

Article 13. Exemption from payment of the state fee for registration and issuance of documents in the field of migration and registration of citizenship

Citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan are exempt from paying the state duty:

1) for the issuance of a diplomatic passport of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

2) for issuing a biometric passport of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan for traveling abroad, in the case of:

death of close relatives or visits to their burial sites;

summoning them to foreign courts in accordance with agreements (agreements) on the provision of legal assistance in civil, family and criminal cases as a party, witnesses and experts in civil and criminal cases;

provision of specialized medical care or surgical operation in a foreign country to a minor, as well as to an accompanying person;

participation of a minor in an international event or competition in one of the fields of science, education, sports and culture;

provision of specialized medical care or surgical operation in a foreign country to a person included in the Unified Register of Social Protection, as well as to his accompanying person;

3) for issuing an identification ID card to an orphan child or a child left without parental care;

4) for issuing an identification ID card of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan and a biometric passport of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan for traveling abroad to a person who is on full state support.

Citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan are also exempt from paying the state fee in case of making any changes to the documents specified in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of part one of this Article.

Individuals who have suffered as a result of natural and man-made emergencies, including domestic disasters (fires, collapses of residential or non-residential premises, vehicle fires) on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan or foreign states, are exempt from paying the state fee for issuing an ID card in exchange for lost or unusable ones (biometric passport) of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, an identification ID card (residence permit) of a foreign citizen or a stateless person, permanent residents in the Republic of Uzbekistan, a biometric passport of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan for traveling abroad, a travel document of a stateless person permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan for traveling abroad, as well as a certificate of loss of a passport or a document replacing it to a foreign citizen or a stateless person temporarily staying in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and a document about the invitation to the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 14. Exemption from payment of consular fees

The following shall be exempt from paying the consular fee:

1) foreign citizens in the presence of an international agreement of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the refusal to collect consular fees;

2) citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan and stateless persons when preparing documents for repatriation;

3) foreign citizens for visa of foreign diplomatic passports on the basis of reciprocity;

4) citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, foreign citizens and stateless persons upon requesting and legalizing documents on work experience, social security and on the recovery of alimony;

5) employees (members of their families) of permanent missions of foreign states, representative offices of international intergovernmental organizations and governmental organizations of foreign states, representative offices and branches of international and foreign non-governmental non-profit organizations accredited or registered in the prescribed manner;

6) representatives of the press (members of their families) accredited in the prescribed manner;

7) foreign citizens accompanying humanitarian aid;

8) children under sixteen years old;

9) foreign citizens traveling to the Republic of Uzbekistan at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as budgetary organizations, if, under the terms of the contract, the costs associated with obtaining visas are borne by the receiving party;

91) Individuals affected by natural and man-made emergencies in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan or foreign countries, including domestic disasters (fires, collapses, fires of residential or non-residential premises), their lost documents or legislation, when recovering invalid documents confirming a certain fact, as well as upon request by diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Uzbekistan copies, duplicates of these documents and certificates of their existence;

10) in the cases provided for in Articles 11, 12 and 13 of this Law.

Article 15. Exemption from payment of the state duty of certain categories of individuals

The following persons are exempt from paying the state fee for registration at the place of permanent residence and temporary stay:

elderly and disabled people living in nursing homes for the elderly and disabled;

students of boarding schools, academic lyceums and vocational colleges who are fully supported by the state and live in hostels.

The state duty for state registration of dekhkan farms, joint stock companies created on the basis of state enterprises, separate subdivisions of non-state non-profit organizations (representative offices and branches) registered in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as associations of private homeowners shall not be collected.

Participants in the war 1941 —1945 are exempted from paying the state duty (patent fee) provided for in subparagraphs "a" — "d" of paragraphs 10 and 11, subparagraphs "a" and "b" of paragraphs 12, 13 and 15 of the Appendix to this Law, or individuals equated to them, as well as individuals with disabilities of group I who are the sole authors of inventions, utility models, industrial designs, selection achievements, topologies of integrated microcircuits, programs for electronic computers and databases and who are requesting a title of protection in their own name.

The following shall be exempted from payment of the state duty for issuing a license for the right to carry out concert and entertainment activities:

1) individuals with disabilities of I and II groups;

2) performers assigned to the IV rating group, studying in educational institutions and receiving the right to carry out concert and entertainment activities for the first time, shall not pay the state duty during the period of study in this educational institution, but no more than one year from the date of obtaining the right to perform concert entertainment activities (subject to the availability of an appropriate supporting document).

Pensioners — payers of the state duty for issuance of a license for the right to carry out concert and entertainment activities shall pay the state duty for the right to carry out concert and entertainment activities in the amount of 50 percent of the established amount.

A notary of a public notary office who has expressed a desire to engage in private practice is exempt from paying the state fee for issuing a license for the right to engage in private notarial activity.

Chapter 3. Procedure for accounting of payment, receipts and refund of the state duty

Article 16. Accounting of payment and receipts of state duty

Payment orders for non-cash transfer of the state duty, bills for the receipt of money in payment of the state duty shall be attached to the relevant materials remaining in the files of state bodies and organizations that collect the state duty.

In the register for notarial actions, the amount of the paid state duty, the date and number of the document on the payment of the state duty shall be indicated.

In cases where payers are exempted from paying the state duty, a mark shall be made in the relevant documents (registers, books, etc.) with the attachment of copies of supporting documents, except for the cases of certification of powers of attorney for receiving pensions and benefits.

Accounting for receipts of state duties shall be carried out by state bodies and organizations that collect state duties in the manner established by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the State Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The report on the receipts of the state duty shall be submitted by the state bodies and organizations collecting the state duty to the bodies of the state tax service at the location on a quarterly basis no later than the 10th day of the month following the reporting quarter.

Article 17. Procedure for payment and crediting of the state duty

The state duty shall be paid before the performance of legally significant actions for which it is collected, and (or) before issuance of documents by authorized institutions (officials), unless otherwise provided by this Law, in cash or without cash.

The fact of payment of the state duty by the payer in a non-cash form shall be confirmed by a payment document in paper or electronic form.

The fact of payment of the state duty by the payer in cash shall be confirmed either by a receipt of the established form issued to the payer by the bank, or by a receipt issued to the payer by an official or the cash office of the state body and organization, which made the payment, in the form established by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the State Tax Committee of the Republic Uzbekistan.

The specifics of paying the state duty depending on the type of legally significant actions performed, the category of payers or other circumstances shall be established in accordance with Articles 19 — 24 of this Law.

The state duty, with the exception of the part left at the disposal of the state body, for the services of which the state duty is collected, shall be credited to the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the basis of payment documents.

If a part of the state duty is left at the disposal of the state body, the state duty shall be paid to a single account with the subsequent distribution of funds between the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the state body in accordance with the legislation.

The amount of the state duty left at the disposal of the state body shall be determined by law.

When filing a claim in court for a property dispute, as well as when notarizing a contract of sale, donation, exchange of property, registration of inheritance rights, in cases where the price of the claim, the amount of the contract or the inheritance mass shall be determined in foreign currency, the volume of the state duties shall be established and collected in national currency at the rate established by the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the date of the actions for which it is collected.

Article 18. Procedure for the return of state duty

The state duty shall be refundable in whole or in part in the following cases:

1) payment of a state duty in a larger amount than required by law;

2) the return or refusal to accept the statement of claim (statement, complaint) by the court, as well as the refusal of the notary to perform notarial actions;

3) return or refusal to accept the appeal, cassation and supervisory complaint;

4) non-constant captivity to the court a statement of claim (application, complaint) or appeal, cassation and supervisory complaints, paid state duty;

5) termination of proceedings on the case, if it is not within the jurisdiction of the court;

6) leaving the application without consideration, if it is submitted by an incapacitated person;

7) leaving the application without consideration, if in the proceedings of the court or the arbitration court there is a case on a dispute between the same parties, on the same subject and on the same grounds;

8) leaving the application without consideration, if an arbitration agreement has been concluded between the parties on the transfer of this dispute to the arbitration court;

9) leaving the application without consideration if a mediation agreement is concluded between the parties;

10) death of the individual who participated in the case, if the disputed legal relationship does not allow for succession;

11) non-compliance by the plaintiff with the pre-trial (claim) procedure for resolving the dispute, when it is provided for by law for this category of disputes or by the agreement of the parties and the possibility of such settlement is lost;

12) payment of state duty for registration of a divorce made by mutual agreement of spouses who have no minor children, if the divorce was not carried out due to the reconciliation of the spouses or the failure of one of them to appear;

13) if the legal entity participating in the case has been liquidated;

14) refusal to accept an application for a court order;

15) refusal to issue a document for the right to travel abroad to citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The refund of the amount of the state duty shall be made upon a written application of the payer or on the basis of judicial acts. To return the amount of the state duty, the applicant has to apply to the appropriate state body or organization that collected the state duty. When the head of the state body or organization that collected the state duty confirms the legality of the return, the state body or organization and its other recipients within five days from the date of receipt of the written application of the payer or, on the basis of judicial acts, shall return, respectively, the parts of the amount from the state duty previously credited to their accounts. In turn, the state body or organization shall send a written notification to the corresponding body of the state tax service about the return of a part of the amount from the state duty subject to return, previously credited to the revenues of the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The decision to return the state duty accrued to the revenues of the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be made by the state tax service body within ten days from the date of receipt of the corresponding notification from the state body or organization. When making a decision on the return of the state duty, the state tax service body shall send an appropriate order for the return of the state duty to the Treasury of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the return to the payer.

Chapter 4. Specific aspects of collecting the state duty

Article 19. Specific aspects of collection of state duties in courts

Duties on claims filed with the courts, on applications with regard to cases under special proceedings, on appeals arising from administrative and legal relations filed with courts, as well as on appeals with regard to the rulings of the cassation and supervisory complaints issued at courts, as well as for the issuance of copies of documents by the courtsare charged in the following order:

statements of claims on recognizing contracts as invalid, on termination of contracts or on their amendment and on amendment of their conditions are paid at the rates established for statements on pre-contractual disputes, regardless of whether the contract is contested as a whole or only in some part;

on counterclaims, as well as on applications for the entry into the case of third parties with independent claims, the state duty is collected on a general basis.

When the court replaces the original plaintiff with another one based on the person's consent, this person must pay a state fee on a general basis.

In the event of the initial claimant's withdrawal from the case and his replacement by the legal successor, the state duty shall be collected from the legal successor proportionately to the amount of the satisfied claims, in case it was not paid by the initial claimant.

If a judge separates one or more of the combined claims into separate proceedings, the state duty paid upon filing a claim shall not be recalculated or refunded. The state duty is not paid for the second time on the separate production.

For re-submitted applications that were previously left without consideration, the state duty shall be paid again on a general basis. If, in connection with the abandonment of the application without consideration, the state duty was subject to return, but was not returned, an initial document on the payment of the state duty may be attached to the re-submitted application, if the limitation period has not expired in accordance with civil law from the day it was credited to the budget.

The price of the claim, on which the state duty is calculated, shall be determined by the plaintiff, and in established cases — by the court in accordance with the civil procedural and economic procedural legislation.

If, at the time of preparation of the case for consideration, the plaintiff filed an application for the termination of the case for the recovery of alimony, in these cases the state duty is not collected from the defendant.

When the plaintiff reduces the value specified in the claim, the state duty paid shall not be subject to recalculation.

When the value of the claim is increased, the relevant amount of the state duty shall be paid in accordance with the increased value of the claim.

In case if the plaintiff is exempted from paying the state duty upon satisfying the claim, the state duty shall be collected from the defendant and credited to the state budget (as long as he is not exempted from paying the state duty) in accordance with the specified amount for the claim.

When a claim is filed jointly by several plaintiffs against one or more defendants, the state duty shall be calculated based on the total amount of the claim and paid by the plaintiffs in proportion to the share of their claims.

Based on the total amount of the claim, the state duty shall also be charged in the following cases:

when claim is filed by one plaintiff against several defendants;

unification by the judge accepting the statements of claims into one production of several similar claims.

In case of full or partial satisfaction of a claim brought against several defendants by one or more plaintiffs exempted from paying state fees, the collection of the state fee shall be made by a court decision separately from each defendant based on the amount of debt awarded. If such a claim is brought by several plaintiffs against one defendant, the state fee shall be collected from the defendant and credited to the budget based on the total amount of the debt awarded.

In the case when the court attracts another person as the second defendant and orders part of the amount of the claim from one defendant, and the rest from the second defendant, and if the plaintiff is exempted from paying the state fee, it shall be calculated from the total granted amount of the claim and credited to the budget from each defendant proportionately to the amount of the claim ordered from him.

In cases where the plaintiff, who is exempted from paying the state fee, does not support his claims due to the voluntary and full or partial satisfaction of the amount claimed by the defendant after filing a claim, the amount of the state fee is subject to collection from the defendant and shall be credited to the budget by the court decision.

In cases where the plaintiff does not indicate the amount of the claim in the statement, the judge, when accepting the statement of claim, preliminarily sets the amount of the state duty to be paid based on the estimated price of the claim. If, upon decision of the court the total amount of the claim increases, the state fee shall be calculated based on the increased amount of the claim. In this case, the resulting difference is subject to be credited to the budget upon charging the plaintiff or, if the claim is fully granted, from the defendant. The state duty is calculated in the same manner when the court, in the cases established by law, depending on the circumstances of the case, goes beyond the requirements stated by the plaintiff. In such cases, upon partial satisfaction of the claim, the state duty shall be collected from the defendant proportionately to the granted part, and the rest of the state duty is subject to collection from the plaintiff.

When the court makes a decision on the right to inherit property, the state duty shall be calculated by the court based on the total value of the property and shall collected from each heir proportionately to his share.

The statements of claims on ownership of the property, on the recovery of the property, on the recognition of the right to have the share in the property, the allocation of the share of the common property and for the recovery of the share of property by heirs, who those belong to, are subject to payment of state duties based on the value of the property or its share.

The state duties for claims that have simultaneously property and non-property nature are paid separately for each claim at the rates established for statements of claim of a material (property) nature, and at the rates established for claims of a non-property nature.

Claims of a non-property nature include claims that are not subject to valuation (for vacating premises occupied in unauthorized manner, for providing premises in kind, disputes related to compulsion to accept a transfer balance, etc).

From statements of claim for divorce with a simultaneous division of property, the state duty shall be charged for both the divorce and division of property.

To the statements of claim (statements, complaints) submitted repeatedly after the elimination of the conditions that served as the basis for the return of the statement of claim (statements, complaints), in order to avoid repeated payment of the state duty, the initial document on the payment of the state duty shall be attached.

In cases where the applicant is exempted from paying the state fee, upon satisfaction (granting) of the claim, the state fee shall be collected from the defendant proportionately to the amount of the granted claims, unless he is exempted from paying it.

In case of refusal to satisfy or partial satisfaction of claims declared by state bodies and other persons exempted from payment of the state duty in the interests of legal entities and individuals, the state duty shall be collected from the persons whose interests were declared in the claim, and shall represent the proportion of the declared claims, granting of which was denied.

In cases where a state duty has been transferred via one payment order for several cases subject to consideration in this court, the order is attached to one of the cases. In other cases, a note shall be made on the amount of the state fee paid for this particular case, as well as the details of the case in which the payment order is located.

If the court order shall be abolished, the state fee paid by the claimant shall not be refunded. When a claimant files a claim against the debtor in the course of action proceedings, it shall be set off against the state duty payable.

To legal entities and individuals engaged in entrepreneurial activity, according to the court's decision, a deferral may be granted for the payment of the state duty in the absence of funds, upon receipt of confirmation from the servicing bank. The bank confirmation must be dated not earlier than three days before the date of appeal to the court.

When shareholders apply to an economic court with a claim of violation of their rights and legitimate interests in disputes arising from the activities of a joint stock company, the shareholders are granted a deferral to pay the state duty with the condition of subsequent collection of fees from the guilty party.

Article 20. Specifics of collecting state fees for the performance of notarial acts

The state duty for the performance of notarial acts is collected by notaries when they are performed, and for the issuance of duplicates of documents contained in the notary's files, copies of documents, extracts from the register of notarial acts — when they are issued.

The state duty on transactions in which one party is exempted from paying the state duty shall be paid in full by the other party.

In cases where the sums of money for acceptance on the deposit of a notary are received by mail or from a bank, the amounts due of the state duty are withheld from the received money, and their remainder is accepted for deposit. The withheld amounts of the state fee are credited to the budget at the next time the notary submits the deposit amounts to the bank against the bank receipt, which is kept in the files of the notary office.

For notarial actions performed outside the premises of a notary office, the state fee is charged in double amount, with the exception of notarial actions performed in the premises of citizens' self-government bodies during visiting receptions of notaries, as well as notarization of powers of attorney of persons in prison or in custody.

In cases where there are several heirs (including heirs by law, by will and entitled to an obligatory share in the inheritance), the state duty shall be calculated from the share of the inheritance due to each heir.

If there are minor heirs (including those who are not children of the heirs), the state duty is levied only from adult heirs proportionately to their share in the inheritance.

If, at the request of the heirs, a certificate of the right to inheritance is issued for a part of the inherited property, the state duty is calculated at the rate established for that part of the property, which is indicated in the issued certificate. Upon the subsequent presentation of a certificate for the remainder of the property, the state duty is levied in proportion with the deduction of the part paid for the issuance of the previous (previous) certificate (s).

In cases where a part of the inherited property is transferred to the heirs by will in the presence of other heirs by law at the same time, the state duty on the part of the property under the will shall be calculated separately, and for the rest of the property it shall be calculated according to the general procedure.

In cases where a compulsory share of the inheritance is allocated from the property inherited by law and by will, the state duty shall be calculated on all property both for the part related to the right of inheritance under the law, and the compulsory share.

For repeated certificates of the right to inheritance, issued on the basis of court decisions on the nullity of previous certificates, the state fee shall be collected on a general basis. At the same time, the amount of the state duty paid for the primary certificate of approval shall be subject to refund or, at the request of the taxpayer, it shall be credited against the amount due for the issuance of a new certificate, unless the statute of limitations provided for by civil law has expired from the date the amount was credited to the budget. Re-certification of any contract declared invalid by the court shall be resolved in the same order.

When recording repeated certificates and contracts in the register of a notary, the corresponding column indicates when and in what amount the state fee was collected and where there is a record of its collection. At the same time, a court decision on invalidating the relevant certificates and contracts must be attached to the main documents remaining in the affairs of the notary office.

For the issuance of a certificate for the right to inheritance and letters of credit issued by credit institutions, the state fee shall be charged on a general basis.

For the issuance of a certificate of the right to inherit property acquired during the life of the spouses and remaining after the death of one of the spouses, the state duty shall be levied on that part of the property that shall actually be inherited.

When performing notarial acts, for which the state fee shall be levied proportionally, it is calculated from the amount shown by the parties, in compliance with the rules established by this article.

For the certification of agreements on the alienation of residential buildings, apartments, summer country houses, garages, other buildings, premises and structures belonging to individuals and legal entities, the amount of the state duty shall be calculated based on their total area.

When certifying contracts that specify the minimum and maximum amount, the state fee shall be calculated and collected based on the maximum amount.

Under barter (exchange) agreements, the state duty shall be calculated on the property, the value of which is higher.

When certifying a property lease agreement, wherein the terms of payment take into account the cost of buildings and other structures being built by the tenant, as well the cost of equipping the premises, major repairs made by the tenant, etc., the amount from which the state duty shall be calculated and collected is determined based on all those costs to be incurred.

As for the executive notes, the amount of the state duty due for producing the notes, in the event that the claimant is released from its payment, shall be levied on the debtor.

When one power of attorney is certified on behalf of two or more persons, or in the name of two or more persons, the state fee is charged for one action.

When certifying the authenticity of the signatures of two or more persons in one statement (obligation), the state fee is levied in respect of one action.

Article 21. Peculiarities of collection of consular fees

The consular fee shall be paid prior to consular actions. Consular fees shall be credited to the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Upon payment consular fees shall not be refunded.

The procedure for calculating, collecting and crediting to the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan amounts of consular fees, as well as fees paid abroad to be transferred to the special bank accounts of the diplomatic missions and consular offices of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall be established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan in agreement with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The amount of consular fees shall be established by the decision of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 22. Particular aspects of collection of the state duty by other state bodies and organizations

For the registration of acts of civil status, the state fee shall be paid upon registration of acts, and the payment of fees for repeated certificates shall be made upon their issue.

The state fee for issuing an identification ID card of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a biometric passport for traveling abroad of a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, a travel document of a stateless person, as well as for issuing an identification ID card to foreign citizens or stateless persons, for registration at the place of permanent residence and temporary stay, is paid before receiving the relevant documents, and from applications on citizenship issues — before submitting such applications.

For issuing documents for the right to enter from abroad and travel abroad, for issuing an ID card of a foreign citizen or a stateless person, for considering applications for admission, restoration and renunciation of citizenship of the Republic of Uzbekistan and applications for recognition as a citizen of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as documents for the right to travel abroad to citizens sent enterprises, institutions and organizations abroad on official business trips, the state fee is paid by these enterprises, institutions and organizations in accordance with the established procedure.

When spouses and children travel together with employees seconded for a mission abroad for the entire duration of their term, the state duty shall be levied in the same manner and amount as from the seconded persons themselves. In the case of a usual trip of family members to visit such seconded persons abroad, the state duty shall be collected on a general basis.

For the issuance of visas to foreign citizens to leave the Republic of Uzbekistan, a state duty shall be charged from each person who has reached the age of sixteen, regardless of whether a separate visa shall be issued for each person or a general visa for several persons.

For the issuance of hunting permits to citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the state fee is paid when issuing the document.

Article 221. Specifics of collecting state fees when applying for public services through the Single portal of interactive public services of the Republic of Uzbekistan

When self-applying through the Single portal of interactive public services of the Republic of Uzbekistan for obtaining any public service, including obtaining a license, permit, state registration and other services, state duty, fees and other payments are levied in the amount of 90 percent of the amount paid when applying through the Public Service Centers or directly to the bodies providing services.

Article 23. Specifics of collecting state fees for the legal protection of intellectual property

The state fee (patent fee) is paid by the payer of the state fee before granting legal protection to inventions, utility models, industrial designs, breeding achievements, registration of trademarks, service marks, geographical indications, names of places of origin of goods, topologies of integrated circuits, programs for electronic computers or databases and agreements on the transfer of property rights to the use of programs for electronic computers and databases.

The fact of payment of the state duty (patent duty) by the payer of the state duty shall be confirmed by a payment document in paper or electronic form.

The payment document confirming the payment of the state fee (patent fee) must contain the registration number of the application or patent, the certificate and the description of the action for which the patent fee and duties were paid, as well as the taxpayer identification number.

If the state duty (patent fee) for the state examination paid shall be less than the amount specified for examination of a group of inventions, utility models, the industrial design, the state examination shall be conducted with respect to those inventions, utility models, industrial samples, which are selected by the payer of the state duty, or in the absence of such a choice, what is indicated first in the claims, utility model or in the description of the industrial design.

If the state fee (patent fee) for filing an application and conducting a state examination of a trademark and service mark is paid in an amount less than the established amount for filing an application and conducting a state examination of a trademark and service mark, the examination is carried out in relation to those classes of the International Classification of Goods and services selected by the payer of the state fee.

The payer of the state duty has the right to pay the required amount within three months from the date of receipt of the notification from the authorized body about the addition of the missing part (difference) of the state duty (patent duty).

In case of non-payment of the missing part of the state fee (patent fee) within three months from the date of receipt of the notification of the authorized body on the additional payment of the missing part of the state fee (patent fee), provision of legal protection for inventions, utility models, industrial designs, breeding achievements, registration of trademarks, service marks, geographical indications, appellations of origin of goods, topologies integrated circuits, programs for electronic computers or databases and agreements on the transfer of property rights to use programs for electronic computers and databases are not carried out. At the same time, the incomplete amount of the state fee (patent fee) paid earlier is not subject to refund.

Article 24. Specifics of collecting state fees for issuing a license to carry out certain types of activities

Individuals who receive a license for the right to carry out concert and entertainment activities shall pay a state fee in differentiated amounts depending on the rating group assigned to them.

Legal entities receiving a license to carry out concert and entertainment activities shall pay the state fee for each performer in differentiated amounts depending on the rating group assigned to him.

Chapter 5. Final Provisions

Article 25. Control over the correct collection of state fees

Control over accuracy of calculation, completeness of collection and timeliness of transfer of the state duty to the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be carried out by the state tax service bodies in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the State Tax Service"

Article 26. Settlement of disputes

Disputes related to the regulation of relations in the field of establishing, collection, exemption and refund of state fees shall be resolved in the manner prescribed by law.

Article 27. Responsibility for violation of legislation on state fees

Persons guilty of violating the legislation in the field of establishing, collection, exemption and return of state duties shall be liable in the prescribed manner.

Article 28. Amendments to some legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan

1. Part one of the article 15 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 19, 1991 No. 425-XII "On denationalization and privatization" (Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1992, No. 1, art. 43; 1993, No. 5, Art. 236; 1994, No. 11-12, Art. 285; Vedomosti of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1995, No. 9, Art. 193; 1998, No. 3, Art. 38; 1999, No. 1, Article 20; 2003, No. 1, Article 8; Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2006, No. 4, Article 153; 2010, No. 9, Article 337; 2011 , No. 4, Art. 97; 2012, No. 12, Art. 336; 2014, No. 1, Art. 2; 2016, No. 12, Art. 383; 2017, No. 6, Art. 300; 2018, No. 1, Article 1, No. 4, Article 224; 2019, No. 2, Article 47, No. 8, Article 470) shall be stated in the following edition:

“When transferring property to a new owner, the manager of public property objects shall issue an order to him in the form established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, to certify ownership. The size of the state impact duty and the procedure for its payment are established by law."

2. Part eight of the article 9 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 6, 1994 No. 1060-XII "On the legal protection of programs for electronic computers and databases" (Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1994, No. 5, article 136; Vedomosti Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2002, No. 4-5, Art. 74, No. 9, Art. 165; Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan , 2011, No. 12/2, Art. 364) shall be stated in the following edition:

“To perform legally significant actions related to the registration of electronic computing machine programs or databases and the registration of agreements on the transfer of property rights to use computer programs and databases, a state duty shall be charged. The size of the state fee for registration and the terms of its payment, the grounds for exemption from payment, reduction of the size of the state fee or its return, as well as the procedure for using the amount of the state fee for registration are established by law."

3. To introduce into Article 34 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 6, 1994 No. 1062-XII "On inventions, utility models and industrial designs" (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 29 , 2002 No. 397-II) (Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic Uzbekistan, 2002, No. 9, Art. 158; Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2008, No. 7, Art. 355; 2011, No. 12/2 Art. 364; 2017, No. 6, Art. 300, No. 9, Art. 510) the following changes:

1) the second sentence of the first part shall be deleted;

2) in the second part the words “by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan” shall be replaced by the word “law”.

4. Part five of the article 20 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated April 25, 1996 No. 216-I "On banks and banking activities" (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated November 5, 2019 No. ЗРУ-580) shall be edited as follows:

"For the issuance of a license, a state fee is levied in the amount established by law."

5. Introduce into the Article 29 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 30, 1996 No. 270-I "On breeding achievements" (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 29, 2002 No. 395-II) (Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2002. , No. 9, Article 156; Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2011, No. 12/2, Article 364; 2017, No. 9, Article 510; 2018, No. 7, Article 431; 2019, No. 1 , Art. 1, No. 11, Art. 791) the following changes:

1) the second sentence of the first part shall be deleted;

2) in the second part the words "Cabinet of Ministers" shall be replaced by the word "law."

6. In the paragraph six of the second part of Article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 26, 1996 No. 337-I "On political parties" (Vedomosti of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1997, No. 2, Article 36; 1999, No. 9 , p. 229; 2004, No. 1-2, p. 18, No. 5, p. 90; 2005, No. 1, p. 18; Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2007, No. 4, Art. 163; 2008 , No. 12, Articles 637, 640; 2014, No. 1, Art. 2; 2018, No. 4, Art. 224; 2019, No. 2, Art. 47, No. 10, Article 674) the word "legislation" shall be replaced by the word "law".

7. Part two of the article 202 of the Family Code, approved by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan from April 30, 1998 № 607-I (Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1998, supplement to № 5-6; 2003, number 1, article 8; 2004, No. 1-2, article 18; Vedomosti palat of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2007, No. 4, article 157; 2008, No. 4, article 189; 2009 , No. 9, Article 328; 2010, No. 9, Articles 334, 335; 2011, No. 9, Article 252, No. 12/2, Article 363; 2013, No. 4, Article 98; 2014, No. 1, Article 2; 2016, No. 9, Article 276; 2017, No. 9, Article 510, No. 10, Article 605; 2018, No. 1 , Art . 1, 4, No. 4, Art. 224, No. 8, Art. 469), shall be edited as follows:

"When issuing a stamped certificate, the civil registry authorities shall collect a state duty in the manner and amount established by law, and a stamp fess in the manner and amount established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan."

9. To introduce into the Article 17 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated May 12, 2001 No. 218-II "On the legal protection of topologies of integrated microcircuits" (Vedomosti of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan , 2001, No. 5, Art. 87; 2002, No. 9, Article 165; Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2011, No. 12/2, Article 364) the following changes:

1) The second sentence of the part one shall be deleted;

2) in part two the words "by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan" shall be replaced by the word "law".

10. To add to the article 33 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated August 30, 2001 No. 267-II "On trademarks, service marks and appellations of origin of goods" (Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2001, No. 9-10, art. 178 ; 2002, No. 9, Article 165; Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2007, No. 9, Article 418; 2011, No. 12/2, Article 364; 2012, No. 12, Art. 336; 2017, No. 4, Art. 138, No. 9, Art. 510) the following changes:

1) the second sentence of the first part shall be deleted;

2) in part two the words "by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan" shall be replaced by the word "law".

11. From the paragraph 6 of the first article 21 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated December 3, 2004 No. 712-II "On the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (as amended by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated July 9, 20 18, No. ZRU-483) (Bulletin of the chambers Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018, No. 7, Art. 428; 2019, No. 11, Art. 791) the words "and also in their own interests" shall be deleted.

12. In part 5 of the article 8 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated October 4, 2011 № LRU-301 "On exchange of credit information" (Bulletin of chambers of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2011, № 10, Article 271;. 2013, number 4, Art. 98; 2015, No. 8, Art. 312; 2019, No. 3, Art. 166) of the words "The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan" shall be replaced by the word "law".

13. In part three of the Article 40 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 8, 2018 No. ЗРУ-457 "On Administrative Procedures" (Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018, No. 1, Art. 2), replace the word "legislation" with the word "Law".

14. In the article 128 of the Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, approved by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 22, 2018 No. ZRU-460 (Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018, Appendix 1 to No. 1, No. 10, Art. 672; 2019 g., no. 3, art. 166, no. 5, art. 261, no. 9, art. 592, no. 10, art. 671, no. 11, art. 791), the word “legislation” shall be replaced by the word “law”.

15. In the article 113 of the Economic Procedure Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, approved by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 24, 2018 No. ЗРУ-461 (Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018, Appendix 2 to No. 1, No. 7, Art. 433, No. 10, art. 672; 2019, No. 3, art. 166, No. 5, art. 261, 266, No. 9, art. 592, No. 10, art. 671, No. 11, art. 791), the word "legislation" shall be replaced by the word "law".

16. In the article 111of the Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan on administrative proceedings, approved by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated January 25, 2018 No. ЗРУ-462 (Bulletin of the Chambers of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018, Appendix 3 to No. 1, No. 10, Art. 672; 2019, No. 5, Art. 261, No. 9, Art. 592, No. 11, Art. 791), replace the word "legislation" with the word "law".

Article 29. Ensuring the enforcement, communication, clarification of the essence and meaning of this Law

The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other interested organizations shall ensure the enforcement, communication to the performers and explanation among the population of the essence and significance of this Law.

Article 30. Bringing legislation into conformity with this Law

To the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan:

based on the results of studying the issue of the distribution of the state duty to the extrabudgetary funds of budget-financed organizations, by June 1, 2020, to submit to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan proposals for further improvement of the distribution of the state duty;

bring government decisions in line with this Law;

ensure the revision and cancellation by the state administration bodies of their normative legal acts that contradict this Law.

Article 31. Entry into force of this Law

This Law comes into force from the day of its official publication.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Sh. MIRZIYOYEV

Tashkent city,

January 6, 2020

No. LRU-600