Article 40. Basic requirements for legal entities engaged in activities involving the use of vehicles

Legal entities engaged in activities involving the use of vehicles shall:

organize driversʼ work in accordance with requirements that ensure road traffic safety;

ensure compliance with the statutory regime of driversʼ work and rest;

create conditions necessary for improving driversʼ qualifications;

ensure vehicles are in good working order and properly preserved, and not allow use of vehicles with technical faults that threaten road traffic safety;

analyze the causes of road-traffic accidents and Road Traffic Rules violations involving their vehicles and take measures to eliminate them;

with the involvement of medical personnel, organize medical examinations of drivers and conduct activities to improve driversʼ skills in providing initial emergency assistance at the accident scene to victims before medical personnel arrive;

insure, in the manner established by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On compulsory insurance of civil liability of vehicle owners” their civil liability for compensation of harm to the life or health of an employee who, in connection with the performance of his/her labor duties, suffered an occupational injury, an occupational disease, or other health damage.

Legal entities may bear other obligations under the law.

Legal entities engaged in carriage of passengers, baggage, and freight by motor transport or urban surface electric transport may, taking into account the specifics of transportation, impose additional requirements on drivers to ensure road traffic safety, in accordance with road traffic legislation.

Depending on the number of vehicles, legal entities shall establish road traffic safety services or introduce relevant positions. Norms for determining the staffing of such services shall be established by law.

Measures ensuring road traffic safety conducted by legal entities shall be financed from their own funds and other sources not prohibited by law.