Article 13. Licensing and permissive procedures in the field of telecommunications

Certain types of activities of legal entities in the field of telecommunications shall be carried out on the basis of licenses or documents of a permissive nature.

The list of types of activities in the field of telecommunications carried out on the basis of licenses or documents of a permissive nature shall be determined by law.

A license is not required for the following activities:

provision of data transmission network services by public access points, including public access points of small business entities in rural areas;

provision of local, long-distance, and international telecommunication network services by small business entities in rural areas.

A license is not required for the use of data transmission networks and/orthe provision of their services when data transmission networks are used in the production and technological process and/orfor the purpose of signal delivery to provide services of a bank, payment system, payment organization, as well as an electronic commerce platform.

Licenses for certain types of activities in the field of telecommunications may be issued on a competitive (tender) basis. The procedure for holding contests (tenders) shall be determined by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Control over compliance with license and permissive requirements and conditions by operators and providers shall be carried out in accordance with legislation.