Article 5. Territory of Operation of the Special Legal Regime

The special legal regime shall operate within the territory of the Center, within the boundaries established by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

In cases where participants of the Center have a need to implement their projects outside the Center, the special legal regime may also operate within such territory, provided that the territory on which the said projects are implemented has been recognised as a production territory.

The recognition of a territory outside the Center as a production territory shall be permitted where it is used for the following purposes:

for use within the framework of the “Regulatory Sandbox”;

for the placement of research centers, data storage and processing centers (data centers), and production facilities within the framework of projects implemented within the territory of the Center;

for the establishment of educational institutions within the framework of projects implemented within the territory of the Center;

for the creation of other infrastructure facilities determined by a resolution of the Governing Council.

The recognition of a particular territory as a production territory, including the establishment and revocation of the criteria for such recognition and the establishment and amendment of the boundaries of the production territory, shall be carried out on the basis of a decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

On the basis of the resolutions of the Center, the creation of virtual offices and the engagement of participants of the Center to take part in a remote format shall be permitted, and the special legal regime shall also operate within the framework of such offices.