On road traffic (LRU-900-son)

19.01.2024

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Adopted by the Legislative Chamber on 31 January 2023 Approved by the Senate on 27 October 2023

Chapter 1. General Provisions

Article 1. Purpose of this Law

The purpose of this Law is to regulate relations in the field of road traffic.

Article 2. Legislation on road traffic

The legislation on road traffic consists of this Law and other legislative acts.

If an international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes rules other than those provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan on road traffic, the rules of the international treaty shall apply.

Article 3. Concept of a road

A road is a land plot and the space above it allocated for the placement of a set of road facilities designed, equipped, and adapted for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, and intended to ensure traffic safety.

Roads are classified as public roads (hereinafter referred to as “public roads”), streets of districts (cities), townships, villages and rural settlements, industrial roads, urban electric transport roads, bicycle and pedestrian paths.

Roads passing through rural areas and connecting farms are inter-farm rural roads.

Article 4. Basic concepts

For the purposes of this Law, the following basic concepts shall apply:

road facilities — structural elements of a road, including artificial structures (bridges, overpasses, suspension bridges, culverts, tunnels, and other engineering structures), protective structures (devices protecting roads from snowdrifts, landslides, subsidence, and other hazards), as well as road equipment elements (parking areas, passenger shelters, rest areas, parking lots, and others);

road owner — an enterprise, institution, organization, or individual in whose possession the road is;

road traffic — a set of social relations arising in the process of movement of vehicles and other participants within the road network;

participant in road traffic — a person directly involved in the process of road traffic as a driver, passenger, or pedestrian;

road traffic monitoring — the collection, systematization, processing, and analysis of information on key indicators of traffic management and on the condition of technical means used for traffic organization;

organization of road traffic — a set of organizational-legal, organizational-technical measures and management actions aimed at traffic regulation and ensuring road safety;

road traffic project audit — verification (independent of the design organization) of compliance of road design, construction, reconstruction, repair and operation results with the applicable normative and technical requirements for traffic organization;

technical means of road traffic organization — devices and installations intended for traffic regulation (road signs, lane markings, traffic lights, flashing beacons, road markings, posts, barriers, speed-limiting devices, gates, safety islands, automated traffic management systems, and other devices and structures);

road traffic safety — the state of road traffic reflecting the degree of protection of road users against traffic accidents and their consequences;

road capacity — the maximum traffic intensity indicator for vehicles moving in one direction on a specific section of the road;

road traffic accident — an event occurring during the movement of a vehicle on a road or involving a vehicle, which results in the death or injury of people, damage to vehicles, structures, cargo, or other material losses;

railway crossing — a place where a road and railway intersect at the same level;

vehicle — a device designed for the movement of passengers, luggage, goods, postal or courier consignments, or equipment for performing special work along roads;

parking area (parking lot) — a section of the road, building, structure (or part thereof), or special open area intended for temporary or permanent storage of vehicles;

driver — a person operating a vehicle. When a vehicle is being driven for instructional purposes, the instructor is considered the driver.

Article 5. Basic principles of activity in the field of road traffic

The main principles in the field of road traffic are as follows:

legality;

systematic approach;

scientific basis;

openness and transparency;

priority of protection of human life and health;

priority of environmental safety and environmental protection;

consideration of the opinions of local residents and road users.

Chapter 2. Regulation of the Road Traffic Sphere

Article 6. State administration in the field of road traffic

State administration in the field of road traffic is carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, local public authorities, and the specially authorized state bodies in the field of road traffic.

The following are considered specially authorized state bodies in this field (hereinafter, the “State Road Traffic Safety Service” unless otherwise specified): the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its subordinate organizations; the Road Traffic Safety Service of the Public Security Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan; the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Karakalpakstan; the Main Departments of Internal Affairs of the city of Tashkent and Tashkent region; the regional departments of internal affairsʼ public security services (road traffic safety departments); and the district (city) internal affairs divisions (departments for coordination of activities of internal affairs bodies) — road traffic safety units; as well as the State Security Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Customs Committee under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 7. Powers of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of road traffic

The Cabinet of Ministers:

approves state programs in the field of road traffic and ensures their implementation;

drafts and adopts, within its powers, regulatory legal acts in the field of road traffic;

coordinate the activities of republican executive authorities and local executive authorities in the field of road traffic;

determines the list of specialties, occupations and positions related to the road traffic sphere, as well as the qualification requirements for them;

approves the procedure for forming, accounting for and using key indicators of traffic organization;

sets unified requirements for the technical condition of vehicles and roads and for road safety on roads and railway crossings;

sets general requirements for training drivers of vehicles and for teaching the population the Rules of the Road;

approves a unified system for the registration of drivers, vehicles, violations of the Rules of the Road, road traffic accidents, and other data in the road traffic sphere.

The Cabinet of Ministers may exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.

Article 8. Powers of local public authorities in the field of road traffic

Representative bodies of local state authority shall approve territorial programmes in the field of road traffic and exercise oversight over their implementation.

Local executive authorities shall:

participate in the implementation of state programs in this field;

develop territorial programmes in the field of road traffic, submit them to the representative bodies of local state authority for approval, and ensure their implementation;

organize and carry out traffic monitoring on inter-farm rural roads and on the streets of districts (cities), townships, villages and auls;

maintain a register of parking areas, including paid parking, located on such roads and streets;

by agreement with the State Road Traffic Safety Service, install, replace, remove, and service the technical means of traffic organization on such roads and streets;

maintain siting records of the technical means of traffic organization and supervise their compliance with siting requirements and their technical condition;

introduce information and communication technologies into the road traffic sphere;

establish and develop service infrastructure facilities in areas adjacent to roads;

organize medical support for road safety and the provision of medical assistance to victims of road traffic accidents;

ensure that inter-farm rural roads, the streets of districts (cities), townships, villages and auls, urban electric transport lines, and the technical means of traffic organization are equipped and kept in working order;

take preventive measures against road traffic accidents and conduct public awareness on compliance with the Rules of the Road.

Local public authorities may exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.

Article 9. Powers of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its subordinate organizations

The Ministry of Transport and its subordinate organizations:

participate in the development and implementation of state programs in this field;

draft, within their powers, regulatory legal acts and normative documents in this field;

exercise state control within their powers in this field;

develop and implement measures in this field and approve methodological guidelines for their implementation;

organize and carry out traffic monitoring on public roads;

by agreement with the State Road Traffic Safety Service, prepare projects for installing technical means of traffic organization on public roads, and carry out their installation, replacement, removal, and maintenance;

maintain siting records of such technical means and exercise state control over their compliance with siting requirements and their technical condition;

identify hazardous road sections and take measures to improve traffic organization on them;

conduct audits of traffic organization projects;

introduce information and communication technologies in traffic organization, road use, and logistics/services for road users;

organize training, retraining, and advanced training of specialists employed in this sphere;

maintain a register of parking areas, including paid parking, located along public roads;

determine routes for vehicles carrying heavy, oversize, dangerous, and special cargoes and coordinate the placement of roadside service facilities;

review and agree, with respect to the traffic-organization portion, projects for the construction, reconstruction, and capital repair of roads, railway crossings, filling stations, and other roadside service facilities;

participate in the work of commissions that accept completed road facilities and railway crossings for operation after construction (reconstruction) and capital repairs;

establish the procedure for the use, opening, and closing of railway crossings;

in order to preserve the technical condition of roads and road engineering structures under extreme climatic conditions, including high air temperatures, restrict, in the prescribed manner and at certain times of day, the movement of N2, N3 and M3 category vehicles.

The Ministry of Transport and its subordinate organizations may exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.

Article 10. Powers of the State Road Traffic Safety Service in the field of road traffic

The State Road Traffic Safety Service:

participates in the development and implementation of state programs in this field;

drafts, within its powers, regulatory legal acts and normative documents in this field;

exercises, within its powers, state control over compliance with road traffic legislation;

participates in determining routes for vehicles carrying heavy, oversize, dangerous, and special cargoes;

reviews and agrees, with respect to the traffic-organization portion, projects for the construction, reconstruction, and capital repair of roads, railway crossings, filling stations, and other facilities located along roads and in roadside areas;

participates in the work of commissions that accept completed road facilities and railway crossings for operation after construction (reconstruction) and capital repairs;

supervises the technical condition of vehicles in use and conducts mandatory technical inspection of vehicles (except M1-category vehicles owned by individuals);

organizes and conducts traffic monitoring;

supervises the technical condition of the technical means of traffic organization and the maintenance, equipping and regulation of roads and railway crossings;

in the prescribed manner, prohibits the use of roads and railway crossings that do not meet the requirements of normative documents in this sphere;

carries out activities on traffic organization;

issues instructions to road owners regarding the installation or removal of technical means of traffic organization and supervises the deadlines and quality of compliance;

restricts or prohibits, in accordance with Article 23 of this Law, vehicle movement on a road (or section thereof);

introduces information and communication technologies into the road traffic sphere;

considers coordinated proposals with relevant organizations on performing works on roads and in roadside areas;

within its powers, submits mandatory written proposals (prescriptions) to state bodies and other organizations, and their officials, to eliminate shortcomings in installing and using technical means of traffic organization, and, where a situation arises on any road section that threatens traffic safety or allows violations of the Rules of the Road; if such prescriptions are not complied with, applies administrative penalties;

organizes the design, installation (mounting), replacement, and removal of technical means of traffic organization and supervises the performance of these works;

installs (mounts), replaces, removes, and services technical means of traffic organization on the streets of Tashkent and Nukus cities and of regional and district (city) centers;

maintains siting records of such technical means in those locations and exercises state control over their compliance with siting requirements and their technical condition;

keeps records and registers vehicles, violations of the Rules of the Road, and road traffic accidents;

issues national driverʼs licenses, certificates of registration of motor vehicles, and state registration plates for motor vehicles and their trailers (semi-trailers);

considers cases on administrative offenses within its powers.

The State Road Traffic Safety Service may exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.

Article 11. Powers of the State Security Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of road traffic

The State Security Service of the President:

submits proposals to specially authorized state bodies on measures for organizing traffic around facilities where protected persons are present and along their routes (permanent, regular, and reserve), and supervises their implementation;

reviews proposals on carrying out any planned works around such facilities and along such routes;

reviews and agrees projects to repair, construct, or reconstruct underground utility networks, railway crossings, filling stations, and road facilities located around such facilities and along such routes;

agree, after review by the State Road Traffic Safety Service, on proposals submitted by local executive authorities regarding the opening or closure of separate roads leading to planned construction sites located at facilities where protected persons are present and along their travel routes (permanent, regular and reserve);

reviews proposals to install (mount), replace, and remove technical means of traffic organization around such facilities and along such routes;

gives instructions to specially authorized state bodies to organize traffic and conduct extraordinary supervision of traffic along such routes and around such facilities.

The State Security Service of the President may exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.

Article 12. Powers of the Customs Committee under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of road traffic

The Customs Committee:

organizes traffic on the territories of customs posts;

equips the territories of customs posts with technical means of traffic organization;

ensures the collection, from drivers (or other persons) leaving the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan in vehicles registered in foreign states that violated the Rules of the Road in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, of fines imposed for such violations.

The Customs Committee may exercise other powers in accordance with legislation.

Article 13. Participation of self-governing citizensʼ bodies, non-governmental non-profit organizations, and citizens in implementing road traffic measures

Self-governing citizensʼ bodies, non-governmental non-profit organizations, and citizens shall:

take part in implementing measures on organizing road traffic and in preventing road traffic accidents;

submit proposals to improve road traffic legislation and normative documents in the road traffic sphere;

exercise public oversight over the execution of road traffic legislation;

participate, in accordance with the procedure established by legislation, in the development of decisions in the field of road traffic by state authorities and republican executive authorities.

They may also participate in other measures in accordance with legislation.

Article 14. Participation of enterprises, institutions, and organizations in implementing road traffic measures

Measures in the field of road traffic may be carried out by local executive authorities and specially authorised state bodies with the involvement of enterprises, institutions and organisations, including business entities.

Enterprises, institutions, and organizations, including business entities, shall participate in implementing such measures in the manner prescribed by law.

Article 15. Rights and obligations of the road owner

The road owner has the right to:

participate in agreeing and approving projects for the construction, repair, and reconstruction of roads, as well as in organizing repair works;

submit proposals to the State Road Traffic Safety Service to restrict, at certain times of day, the movement of N2, N3, and M3 category vehicles in order to maintain the technical condition of roads and road engineering structures under extreme climatic conditions, in particular when air temperatures are elevated.

The road owner may have other rights in accordance with legislation.

The road owner shall:

ensure the installation (mounting), replacement, removal, maintenance, and timely repair of the technical means of traffic organization on roads;

ensure removal from the carriageway of perennial trees and shrubs, their branches, bushes, unlawful structures, as well as materials and waste that pose a hazard to traffic organization (tree and shrub cutting is carried out in agreement with the nature resources authorities);

by agreement with the State Road Traffic Safety Service, install warning and guiding technical means of traffic organization at places where a traffic accident has occurred or where there is a danger to road users;

in the cases provided for in part one of Article 23 of this Law, take measures to restrict or prohibit vehicle movement on roads (road sections);

ensure the safety of road users and create conditions for public transport passengers to board and alight;

introduce information and communication technologies into the road traffic sphere;

notify road users of changes in traffic organization via mass media and using the Internet global information network at least twenty-four hours in advance;

provide the State Road Traffic Safety Service with information on the condition of roads, their maintenance, closures and openings, and the restrictions and prohibitions in place on roads;

In extreme weather conditions, where ice forms on the carriageway, and in the event of emergencies, the relevant authority shall immediately transmit information concerning changes in traffic management to the specially authorised state bodies and local executive authorities, and shall also inform road users thereof.

The road owner may have other obligations in accordance with legislation.

Chapter 3. Organization and Monitoring of Road Traffic

Article 16. General requirements for organizing road traffic

Organizing road traffic shall be carried out using technical means that meet the requirements set in normative documents in the field of technical regulation.

Throughout the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, road traffic shall be organized on the basis of a unified procedure approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Right-hand traffic of vehicles is established on roads.

The development of measures on organizing road traffic shall be carried out in accordance with legislative requirements.

Article 17. Measures on organizing road traffic

Measures on organizing road traffic include:

managing the distribution of traffic flows by lanes, including grouping traffic flows by vehicle categories, speed, direction, and time of movement;

increasing road capacity, including removing obstacles and conditions that threaten traffic safety, reconstructing intersections, and building interchanges;

system management of traffic signal facilities and optimization of their control cycles;

ensuring interlinkage of traffic signal indications within the boundaries of areas specified in traffic-organization documents;

developing road infrastructure to ensure pedestrian and cyclist movement, including marking, constructing, equipping, and regulating pedestrian crossings and bicycle lanes;

introducing priority for the movement of route (public) transport;

developing off-street parking;

restricting or prohibiting vehicle movement.

When managing distribution of traffic on roads, measures for road construction, reconstruction, capital repair and maintenance, as well as other types of capital construction that affect the key indicators of traffic organization shall be taken into account.

Placement of technical means of traffic organization that do not comply with national standards is not allowed.

Measures relating to the organisation of road traffic shall be implemented by specially authorised state bodies and local executive authorities either directly or with the involvement of enterprises, institutions and organisations, including business entities, in accordance with the procedure established by legislation.

Article 18. Key indicators of traffic organization

The principal indicators of road traffic organisation shall be used by local executive authorities and authorised state bodies in the installation of technical traffic management devices, the monitoring of road traffic, the determination of road capacity, and the restriction or prohibition of the movement of vehicles.

Key indicators of traffic organization include:

indicators describing traffic: road capacity, traffic intensity, composition of the traffic flow, average vehicle speed, average number of vehicles per kilometer of road (traffic density);

transport-operational indicators of the road: provision of the prescribed speed of movement, road capacity, degree of traffic loading, continuity and comfort of movement, throughput by axle load and load-carrying capacity or total load capacity depending on road category;

geometric and physical indicators of the road: width of the carriageway and strengthened shoulder, magnitude of longitudinal grades, radii of vertical and horizontal curves, slopes of embankment side slopes on bends, sight distances, dimensions and load-carrying capacity of bridges, interchanges and other artificial road structures, condition of engineering structures and road elements, width of the carriageway and roadside pavements, strength, variability, adhesion and condition of the embankment, condition and serviceability of the hydro-isolation system;

indicators characterizing time losses (delays) of road users during movement and the number of congestion points;

indicators characterizing road traffic safety: number of road traffic accidents, number of persons injured and killed as a result of accidents, accident hotspots, as well as the number of administrative offenses related to violations of the Rules of the Road.

Article 19. Technical means of traffic organization

Technical means of traffic organization shall be used in accordance with state standards.

Requirements for technical means of traffic organization are determined by normative documents in the field of technical regulation.

Article 20. Outdoor advertising and information objects (structures)

Placement of outdoor advertising and information objects (structures) shall be carried out in the manner provided by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On advertising”.

Placement of outdoor advertising and information objects (structures) that impede the organization of road traffic is not allowed.

Article 21. Organizing traffic at road sections under repair

When works are carried out to reconstruct, overhaul or repair road sections, up to fifty percent of the carriageway of such sections may be restricted for passage or closed.

If it is necessary to close more than fifty percent of the carriageway on a section, a bypass of that road section shall be ensured.

No later than three days before the start of reconstruction, overhaul or repair works on road sections, or before other works are performed on road sections, and during such works, the necessary technical means of traffic organization shall be installed.

Information about carrying out reconstruction, overhaul or repair works, or about performing other works on road sections shall be placed in mass media in advance.

When performing reconstruction, overhaul or repair works on a road section, installation of barriers not provided for in the contract for such works is not permitted.

Article 22. Procedure for organizing traffic at capital construction sites

When organizing traffic at capital construction sites, the requirements ensuring the effectiveness of traffic organization specified in urban planning norms and rules shall be taken into account.

Placement of capital construction objects in violation of traffic-organization requirements is not allowed.

Article 23. Restricting or prohibiting movement of vehicles on roads (road sections)

Restriction or prohibition of vehicle movement on roads (road sections) shall be implemented, based on information from the relevant authorized state bodies, in the following cases:

when there is a threat to road traffic safety, including to the life or health of citizens;

upon receipt, in the prescribed manner, of warnings about extreme weather conditions, natural disasters, accidents, fires, and other natural or technogenic emergencies;

during extreme weather conditions, natural disasters, accidents, fires, and other natural or technogenic emergencies;

when road traffic accidents occur;

when operational-search measures and procedural actions provided by law are being conducted;

when mass events are held (sports and cultural events, film and photo shooting, public festivities, fairs, marches, and other events);

when protected persons are moving on the road.

Restriction or prohibition of vehicle movement on roads (road sections) may also be implemented in other cases provided by law.

Organisations engaged by road owners to carry out road maintenance and repair shall, in the cases provided for in the first paragraph of this Article, as well as where the transport and operational condition of a road (or a section thereof) deteriorates and in other similar circumstances, including during repair and construction works, have the right to restrict or prohibit the movement of vehicles in coordination with the State Road Traffic Safety Service and the subdivisions of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Uzbekistan, provided that they notify the local executive authorities, inform road users through announcements in the mass media, and install the appropriate technical traffic management devices.

Road owners are also entitled to restrict or prohibit movement on roads or on certain sections thereof within a designated area where works are being performed if such works threaten the traffic safety of vehicles and pedestrians.

Restriction or prohibition of movement on roads or on certain sections thereof for the purpose of carrying out works shall be implemented with the consent of the road owners.

In urgent, non-deferrable cases, restriction or prohibition of movement on roads (road sections) for the purpose of carrying out works may be introduced without prior consent, provided that the road owners and the State Road Traffic Safety Service are mandatorily notified thereof.

Article 24. Requirements for parking places

Decisions on the construction of parking facilities within the established boundaries of areas adjacent to multi-apartment residential buildings shall be adopted by local executive authorities in accordance with the approved territorial planning documents. In such cases, construction works shall be carried out in accordance with the procedure established by urban planning norms and regulations.

Placement of parking places shall be carried out with due regard to ensuring environmental safety and reducing adverse effects on the environment and on the health and peace of the population.

The designated purpose and capacity (number of spaces) of parking places shall be determined in accordance with urban planning norms and rules.

To determine the need for parking places, the number of vehicles required to serve users in the area, as well as their future increase, shall be taken into account.

Parking places shall be arranged in quantities that meet the need indicated in the traffic-organization documents.

Registration (inventory) of parking places shall be carried out by the road owner.

Individual spaces adjacent to the entrance to or exit from a parking place shall, in the manner prescribed by law, be mandatorily allocated for vehicles driven by persons with disabilities and for vehicles transporting such persons.

Separate spaces shall be allocated for vehicles powered by electric motors. At such spaces, the possibility of connecting to power sources may be provided.

Installation of barriers and other structures that impede the use of parking places is prohibited.

The arrangement of entry to, exit from, and movement within parking places shall be carried out in accordance with a project agreed with specially authorized state bodies.

Users of parking places must comply with the rules for using parking places established by their owners when placing vehicles. Owners of public parking places must post the rules for using parking places in locations convenient for everyone to read.

Compliance with the rules for using parking places shall be monitored by the owners of such parking places.

Compliance with the requirements relating to parking facilities established by this Article shall be monitored by specially authorised state bodies and local executive authorities.

Article 25. Requirements for paid parking places. Rights and obligations of owners of paid parking places

Owners of paid parking places shall independently set the amount of payment for the use of paid parking places within tariff limits not exceeding the caps determined by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional and Tashkent city khokimiyats in agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Payment for the use of paid parking places shall be made in cash or non-cash form, using payment systems, including automated payment systems.

When establishing paid parking places, the requirements set in Article 24 of this Law shall be fulfilled.

Owners of paid parking places have the right to:

determine the list of users entitled to free or preferential use of paid parking places;

determine the list of vehicles entitled to free or preferential use of paid parking places.

Owners of paid parking places shall:

introduce an automated payment system for the use of paid parking places;

ensure the installation of road signs in the area where paid parking places are established, as well as the installation and uninterrupted operation of video surveillance systems or other technical security means;

ensure that among the spaces adjacent to the entrance to or exit from a parking place, spaces are allocated for vehicles driven by persons with disabilities or transporting them.

Owners of paid parking places may have other rights and other obligations in accordance with legislation.

Article 26. Road traffic monitoring

Road traffic monitoring shall be carried out by specially authorised state bodies and local executive authorities.

For the purpose of implementing road traffic monitoring, separate units may be established within specially authorized state bodies.

Chapter 4. Documents on Organizing Road Traffic

Article 27. General requirements for documents on organizing road traffic

Documents on organizing road traffic must comply with the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Such documents shall be developed with due regard to protecting the life and health of citizens, ensuring environmental safety, and reducing the adverse impact of vehicles on the environment.

Article 28. Comprehensive programs for organizing road traffic

Comprehensive programs for organizing road traffic are developed to define the strategic directions of traffic organization and to make decisions ensuring effective traffic management.

Comprehensive programs are developed at the district (city) level for a period of five years, and on their basis comprehensive programs for the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the regions, and the city of Tashkent are prepared.

Comprehensive programmes for the organisation of road traffic on the streets of districts (cities), urban-type settlements, villages and auls, as well as on farm roads, shall be developed by local executive authorities and submitted to the representative bodies of local state authority for approval.

Comprehensive programs for organizing traffic on roads of general use shall be prepared and approved by the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Comprehensive programs shall provide for:

measures on organizing road traffic;

measures to ensure reduction of the adverse impact of vehicles on the environment;

introduction of automated traffic-management systems;

in cities with a population of more than five hundred thousand — introduction of automated information systems on bypass (ring) roads for transit carriers, on parking locations at city entrances to prevent congestion, and on existing parking places within the city;

measures for designing, constructing, reconstructing, capital repairing and repairing roads and road facilities.

Implementation of the measures specified in the comprehensive programs shall be financed from the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and extra-budgetary funds.

Comprehensive programmes for the organisation of road traffic shall be published in the mass media, including on the official websites of specially authorised state bodies and local executive authorities.

Article 29. Projects for organizing road traffic

Projects for organizing road traffic shall be developed by design organizations to implement the measures set out in comprehensive programs and to determine routes for vehicles transporting heavy-weight, large-dimensional, dangerous, and special cargoes.

On roads of international significance, such projects shall be carried out with due regard to international standardsʼ requirements.

When developing projects for organizing the routes of vehicles transporting heavy-weight, large-dimensional, dangerous, and special cargoes, the following shall be taken into account:

rules for transporting heavy-weight, large-dimensional, dangerous, and special cargoes;

installation of prohibitory road signs;

the procedure for passage of such vehicles across artificial road structures.

The procedure for passage of vehicles transporting heavy-weight, large-dimensional, dangerous, and special cargoes across artificial road structures shall be established by specially authorized state bodies.

Implementation of measures on the basis of unapproved traffic-organization projects is not permitted.

Article 30. Separate (special) traffic-organization projects

Where vehicle movement on roads is restricted or prohibited for more than one day, separate (special) projects for organizing road traffic shall be developed.

For the period of restriction or prohibition of vehicle movement on roads, separate projects shall be developed to set the movement routes of road users in the following cases:

during construction, reconstruction, capital repair or repair of roads;

during the performance of construction and repair works and other works affecting vehicle movement, including construction, reconstruction, capital repair or repair of engineering infrastructure facilities;

during the holding of mass events (sports and cultural events, film and photo shooting, public festivities, fairs, marches, and other events);

when, on roads leading to recreation facilities and zones, traffic intensity exceeds the norm on days off and non-working holidays.

Article 31. Audit of traffic-organization projects

Traffic-organization projects shall undergo an audit for compliance with road traffic safety requirements.

The audit may be carried out by specially authorized state bodies independently or, on a contractual basis, by engaging a business entity entitled to conduct such audits.

The audit is conducted at the following stages:

justification (planning);

preliminary (concept) design;

detailed design;

before commissioning the road;

after the road has been commissioned.

Depending on the stage, the audit is classified as:

safety audit of road construction or reconstruction;

safety audit of an operating road;

safety audit of road facilities intended for specific purposes.

The audit aims to:

minimize, as far as possible, the likelihood of road-traffic accidents during operation of the facility;

apply effective solutions to reduce, as far as possible, the consequences of potential accidents on road sections where risks cannot be entirely eliminated;

reduce costs of correcting deficiencies during operation by identifying and eliminating shortcomings at the design and construction stages.

Recommendations prepared following the audit shall, at the relevant stage, be submitted to the client and the performers (planning organization, design organization, contractor, operating organization) for consideration.

Based on the audit results, a conclusion shall be drawn indicating whether the traffic-organization project complies with or does not comply with legislative requirements.

If non-compliance is identified, the project shall be amended accordingly.

Article 32. Requirements for designing, constructing, reconstructing, repairing, and maintaining roads

Road design, construction, reconstruction, repair, and maintenance must comply with the requirements of normative documents in the road-traffic sphere. Compliance of constructed and reconstructed roads with these requirements shall be determined, in the manner prescribed by law, by the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

At the design stage, responsibility for compliance with normative requirements lies with the developer of the traffic-organization project; at the construction and reconstruction stages, with the performer of the works.

During repair and maintenance, ensuring that road conditions comply with normative requirements is the obligation of road owners.

If road users or vehicles suffer damage as a result of a road ownerʼs failure to fulfill these obligations, the road owner shall compensate the damage in the manner prescribed by law.

Article 33. Establishment of service facilities along roads

Road owners, in accordance with design norms for service facilities, construction plans, and master siting schemes, shall take measures to establish such facilities on roads under their control; organize the operation of service facilities to meet the needs of road users and ensure their safety; and provide information to road users about the availability of such facilities and the locations of the nearest healthcare and communications institutions, as well as information on safe traffic conditions on the relevant road sections.

Chapter 5. Requirements for Ensuring Road Traffic Safety

Article 34. Ensuring road traffic safety

Ensuring road traffic safety is an activity aimed at preventing the causes of road-traffic accidents and mitigating their consequences.

Article 35. Obligations of vehicle owners regarding road traffic safety

A person who possesses a vehicle by right of ownership, by the right of operational management, or on another lawful basis is the vehicle owner. A person who drives a vehicle to perform official or labor duties, including under an employment contract or a civil-law contract with the vehicleʼs owner or another holder, is not considered the vehicle owner.

Vehicle owners shall:

use vehicles that are in good technical condition;

allow vehicles to be driven only by persons who have the appropriate qualifications and have passed a medical examination;

effect compulsory insurance of their civil liability for harm caused to the life, health, and/or property of others in the course of vehicle use, in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On compulsory insurance of civil liability of vehicle owners”;

not allow vehicles to be driven by persons in a state of alcoholic intoxication, under the influence of psychoactive substances, or in a state of extreme fatigue;

comply with road traffic legislation.

Article 36. Requirements for vehicles, their structural components, spare parts, and equipment

Vehicles, their structural components, spare parts, and equipment must meet the technical parameters of the vehicle and the requirements of normative documents in the road-traffic sphere and, in cases provided by law, shall be subject to mandatory certification.

Article 37. Requirements for the technical condition and equipment of vehicles

The technical condition and equipment of vehicles must comply with the requirements of normative documents in the road-traffic sphere. Vehicles in use within the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan and duly registered shall undergo mandatory technical inspection.

The procedure for mandatory technical inspection is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 38. Requirements for vehicle maintenance and repair

Vehicle maintenance and repair must comply with the requirements of normative documents in the road-traffic sphere.

Legal entities and sole proprietors providing maintenance and repair services shall provide such services in compliance with those requirements.

Article 39. Prohibition on the use of vehicles

Use of vehicles is prohibited when technical faults that threaten road traffic safety are present.

The list of technical faults and the conditions under which vehicle use is prohibited in the presence of such faults shall be established in the Road Traffic Rules.

Prohibition on the use of vehicles shall be enforced, in the manner prescribed by law, by authorized officials of the State Road Traffic Safety Service.

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.

Article 41. Training, upskilling, instruction, and knowledge testing of employees of legal entities engaged in activities involving the use of vehicles on road-traffic safety issues

Training, upskilling, instruction, and knowledge testing of employees of legal entities engaged in activities involving the use of vehicles on road-traffic safety issues shall be carried out by the legal entity at its own expense.

For the prevention of road-traffic accidents, the legal entity must ensure the provision of initial, pre-trip, special, seasonal, and additional (unscheduled) briefings on road-traffic safety.

Employees of the road-traffic safety service of legal entities engaged in activities involving the use of vehicles shall, at least once every three years, complete advanced training under special programs approved by the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan and pass a qualification exam.

Article 42. Rights of drivers employed under an employment contract

Drivers employed under an employment contract have the right to:

receive reliable information from the employer about the route, the cargo being transported, existing threats to their life and health, and measures for their protection against harmful and/or hazardous factors during transportation;

be provided with personal protective equipment and special clothing in accordance with established requirements;

participate in consideration of issues related to improving conditions for ensuring road-traffic safety;

refuse to carry out transportation if a situation arises that threatens their life and health, while notifying their immediate supervisor or another representative of the employer;

undergo professional development and retraining in the field of road-traffic safety;

receive compensation for harm caused to their health while performing labor duties;

appeal against unlawful decisions and actions (inaction) of the employer in the road-traffic sphere.

Drivers employed under an employment contract may also have other rights in accordance with the law.

Article 43. Rights and obligations of road-traffic participants

The rights of road-traffic participants to safe conditions of movement on roads are guaranteed by the state.

The exercise of rights by road-traffic participants must not restrict or violate the rights of other road-traffic participants.

Road-traffic participants have the right to:

move freely and without hindrance on roads in accordance with the Road Traffic Rules;

receive explanations from officials of specially authorized state bodies regarding the reasons for any limitation or violation of their rights as provided by law;

receive complete and reliable information on safe conditions of movement, and on the quality of technical means and services related to ensuring road-traffic safety;

receive, in cases of road-traffic accidents, free medical assistance, rescue operations, and other urgent assistance from organizations and officials obliged by law to provide such aid;

obtain compensation, in the manner prescribed by law, for damage in the event of bodily injury, or damage to a vehicle or cargo as a result of a road-traffic accident, as well as compensation for moral harm;

appeal, in the prescribed manner, against unlawful decisions in the road-traffic sphere made by specially authorized state bodies and local government bodies, as well as against unlawful actions (inaction) of their officials;

submit proposals to the relevant bodies regarding changes and installation of road signs, markings, traffic lights, the condition of the road surface, and other issues related to ensuring road-traffic safety.

Road-traffic participants must:

comply with the requirements of road-traffic legislation;

fulfill lawful demands of officials of specially authorized state bodies and local government bodies in the road-traffic sphere.

Road-traffic participants may also have other rights and bear other obligations in accordance with the law.

Article 44. Right to drive vehicles

The right to drive:

motorcycles, motor scooters, and other motor vehicles of the motorcycle category is granted to persons who have reached sixteen years of age;

cars with a permitted maximum mass not exceeding 3,500 kilograms and with no more than eight seats in addition to the driverʼs seat, except taxis, is granted to persons who have reached eighteen years of age;

trucks with a permitted maximum mass exceeding 3,500 kilograms is granted to persons who have reached eighteen years of age;

vehicles used as taxis, as well as vehicles intended for passenger carriage with more than eight seats in addition to the driverʼs seat, trams, and trolleybuses is granted to persons who have reached twenty-one years of age;

vehicle combinations is granted to persons who have the right to drive the vehicles specified in the third, fourth, and fifth indents of this paragraph and have at least twelve months of driving experience.

The right to drive vehicles is confirmed by a certificate of the prescribed form issued to persons who have undergone a medical examination and passed qualification exams.

The procedure for taking qualification exams and issuing certificates granting the right to drive vehicles shall be determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

National and international driving licenses that meet established requirements apply within the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 45. Requirements for driver training

Persons admitted to take qualification exams to obtain the right to drive vehicles must have completed appropriate training in the volume provided for by the curricula and programs for driver training of the relevant category.

Unified programs for training drivers of the relevant categories shall be approved in the manner determined by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 46. Revocation of the right to drive vehicles

The right to drive vehicles shall be revoked in the following cases:

when a medical opinion confirms that the driverʼs health has deteriorated to an extent that prevents safe driving;

when the driver is deprived of the right to drive for a committed offense.

The types of offenses that entail deprivation of the right to drive as a measure of liability shall be established by law.

Deprivation of the right to drive vehicles shall be imposed by a court.

Chapter 6. Medical Support for Road Traffic Safety

Article 47. Fundamentals of medical support for road traffic safety

Medical support for road traffic safety shall be ensured through mandatory initial and periodic medical examinations of drivers, including pre-trip medical checkups, as well as by providing medical assistance to persons injured in road traffic accidents.

It shall also be implemented by periodically training road users, officials of internal affairs bodies and other specialized units, and the population in methods of providing first aid to persons injured in road traffic accidents at the scene of the incident before the arrival of medical personnel.

Medical assistance to persons injured in road traffic accidents shall include providing first aid at the scene of the incident before the arrival of medical personnel, as well as qualified medical assistance at the scene, during transportation to a medical facility, and in the medical facility.

The procedure for conducting medical examinations and for organizing medical assistance to persons injured in road traffic accidents, as well as the list of necessary medical supplies required to be present in the vehicle cabin for providing first aid before the arrival of medical personnel, shall be established by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 48. Medical examination to establish the absence of medical contraindications for driving vehicles

Persons who have reached the age specified in Article 44 of this Law shall, before submitting documents to educational institutions for training and retraining of drivers of motor vehicles and urban electric transport, undergo a mandatory medical examination in medical institutions in order to establish the absence of medical contraindications for driving vehicles.

The medical examination shall be conducted on a paid basis for the purpose of determining the absence of medical contraindications listed in the annex to this Law.

The list of medical institutions authorized to conduct medical examinations, the rates of fees for such examinations, and the form of the medical conclusion shall be established by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 49. Procedure for undergoing a medical examination to establish the absence of medical contraindications for driving vehicles

A medical examination shall be conducted by an authorized medical institution after the person undergoing the examination presents an identity document (identification ID card, passport, or other identity document).

A special medical commission shall be established by the medical institution to conduct the examination. The composition of the medical commission shall be approved by the administration of the medical institution.

The medical commission shall maintain outpatient cards for persons undergoing medical examination, in which information related to the examination process shall be recorded.

The outpatient card shall contain medical conclusions issued by all doctors and specialists participating in the examination regarding the person being examined.

Based on the results of the medical examination, the medical institution shall prepare the conclusion of the medical commission on the presence (or absence) of medical contraindications for driving vehicles in electronic form and, ensuring the confidentiality of information, shall send the conclusion through the information system to the State Road Traffic Safety Service within one working day from the time of the examination.

A copy of the medical commissionʼs conclusion shall be issued to the person who underwent the examination.

If medical contraindications listed in the annex to this Law are detected in a person who has applied to a medical institution for medical assistance, such information, ensuring its confidentiality, shall be transmitted by the medical institution to the State Road Traffic Safety Service through the information system.

The medical commissionʼs conclusion on the presence of medical contraindications for driving vehicles, as well as information on detected diseases listed in the annex to this Law, shall serve as grounds for refusal to accept documents of candidates for training and retraining as drivers of motor vehicles and urban electric transport, and for courts to deprive drivers of the right to operate vehicles.

The procedure for operation of the information system for recording, storing, and managing data on conclusions (information) of medical commissions regarding the presence (or absence) of medical contraindications for driving vehicles shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Chapter 7. Final Provisions

Article 50. Use of scientific achievements in the field of road traffic

To improve the efficiency of traffic management, enhance road capacity, and create favorable conditions for road users, structures engaged in scientific research in the field of road traffic may be established within the system of specially authorized state bodies.

Scientific achievements and the results of scientific research in the field of road traffic management shall be used by specially authorized state bodies when organizing road traffic, including for improving information systems and technical means of traffic management.

Article 51. State control in the field of road traffic

State control in the field of road traffic shall be carried out in order to study the implementation of submissions to eliminate violations of road traffic legislation requirements and to rectify shortcomings identified in the organization of road traffic.

State control in the field of road traffic shall be exercised by the relevant state bodies and organizations in cases and in the manner established by legislation.

Article 52. Financial and logistical support for activities in the field of road traffic

Financial support for activities in the field of road traffic shall be provided from the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other sources not prohibited by legislation.

The procedure for logistical support of activities in the field of road traffic shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Article 53. Settlement of disputes

Disputes arising in the field of road traffic shall be settled in accordance with the procedure established by legislation.

Article 54. Liability for violations of road traffic legislation

Persons found guilty of violating road traffic legislation shall be held liable in the manner prescribed by law.

Article 55. Amendments to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and recognition of certain legislative acts as no longer in force

In the Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Administrative Liability, approved by the Law of September 22, 1994, No. 2015-XII (with subsequent amendments and supplements as cited), Article 147 shall be amended as follows:

in the title, after the words “violation of the Rules” add the words “failure to comply with the requirements for the organization of road traffic”;

in part two, after the words “failure to take measures” add the words “as well as failure to comply with the requirements for the organization of road traffic”.

The following shall be recognized as no longer in force:

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of August 19, 1999, No. 818-I “On road traffic safety”;

Resolution of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan of August 19, 1999, No. 819-I “On putting into effect the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On road traffic safety””;

Article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of April 6, 2006, No. LRU-31 “On amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the simplification of procedures for certification of products and services”;

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of April 5, 2007, No. LRU-82 “On amendments to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On road traffic safety””;

Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of April 10, 2013, No. LRU-348 “On amendments and additions to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On road traffic safety””;

Article 18 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of December 29, 2015, No. LRU-396 “On amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan”;

Article 108 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of April 21, 2021, No. LRU-683 “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan”;

Article 15 of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of October 12, 2021, No. LRU-721 “On amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the adoption of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On licensing, lermitting and notification procedures””.

Article 56. Ensuring implementation, dissemination, and public explanation of the Law

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Transport, and other interested organizations shall ensure the implementation of this Law, its delivery to executors, and the explanation of its substance and significance among the population.

Article 57. Bringing legislation into conformity with this Law

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall:

develop and approve the General Technical Regulation on the Safety of Outdoor Advertising and Information Objects (Structures), taking into account the requirements of part two of Article 20 of this Law;

bring government resolutions into conformity with this Law;

ensure that republican executive bodies review and repeal their departmental regulatory legal acts that conflict with this Law.

Article 58. Entry into force of this Law

This Law shall enter into force six months after the date of its official publication.

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan SH. MIRZIYOYEV

Tashkent,

January 19, 2024,

No. LRU-900

ANNEX to the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan “On road traffic”

LIST

of medical contraindications to driving vehicles