Article​​​​​​​ 67. Registration of a water use agreement

Water use agreements are registered in a special information system in electronic form:

agreements concluded with certain organizations that use water from large and especially important water management objects, as well as those of inter-regional and transboundary significance — by the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

agreements concluded with user organizations that are part of the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the basin administration of irrigation systems — by the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the basin administrations of irrigation systems, respectively;

agreements concluded by water supply organizations with farms and dehkan farms, bodies of citizensʼ self-government, and other water users in the serviced area — by the district agricultural departments (the Kuvasay city department).

Agreements on water use concluded in the prescribed manner enter into force from the moment of their registration.

The list of water use agreements that must be registered with the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the basin administrations of irrigation systems, and the district agricultural departments (the Kuvasay city department) is approved by the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The register of water use agreements is provided to the Water Management Objects Safety and Water Use Control Inspection under the Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial divisions (for water use from artificial water objects), as well as to the relevant bodies of the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan (for water use from natural water objects) in the prescribed manner to ensure control.