Article 4. Purposes Which Shall be Deemed Basis for the Withdrawal of Land Plots for Public Needs With Compensation

The withdrawal of land plots with compensation for the following purposes shall be recognized as public needs:

provision of land for the needs of defense and state security, protected natural areas, creation and operation of free economic zones, free trade zones;

fulfillment of obligations arising from international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

exploration and development of mineral deposits (with the exception of deposits of common minerals);

construction (reconstruction) of roads and railways of republican and local significance, airports, airfields, air navigation facilities and aviation technical centers, railway transport facilities, bridges, subways, tunnels, engineering facilities and lines of the energy and communications system, space activities facilities, main pipelines, engineering — communication networks, irrigation and melioration systems;

execution of approved master plans for settlements in terms of the construction of facilities at the expense of the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

implementation of projects providing for the construction at the expense of centralized investments of buildings and structures of state institutions of education, healthcare, culture and medical and social services specified in state investment programs.

Interpretation of the withdrawal of land plots for any other purposes as a withdrawal for public needs shall be prohibited.