RESOLUTION OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of May 1, 2003 No. 199

About enhancement of payment system for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan

1. Accept the offer of the State committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on conservation approved with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Uzbekistan about introduction since May 1, 2003 of compensation payments for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

2. Approve:

Regulations on procedure for application of compensation payments for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan according to appendix No. 5.

3. Determine that compensation payments for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan are levied by bodies of the State committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for ecology and environmental protection and are distributed as follows:

50 percent - in Fund of ecology, environmental protection and address with waste;

50 percent - in the republican budget.

4. To the state committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on ecology and environmental protection in coordination with the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan to bring, as required, in the Cabinet of Ministers of the offer on indexation of the amount of compensation payments for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste.

5. To the state committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on ecology and environmental protection:

provide package of measures for further enhancement of payment system for special environmental management;

together with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, other ministries and departments in twenty-day time to make offers in the Cabinet of Ministers on the changes and amendments in the current legislation following from this resolution.

6. To impose control over the implementation of this resolution on the Deputy prime minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Yusupov N. S.

Appendix No. 5

to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of May 1, 2003 No. 199

Regulations on procedure for application of compensation payments for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan

2. Payers of compensation payments for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan are legal entities who perform emissions, dumpings of pollutants into the environment and place waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and also the legal entities and physical persons which are engaged in business activity without formation of legal entity and performing above-standard dumpings of pollutants into municipal sewer networks of the cities and other settlements.

The companies and the organizations financed only from means of the government budget are not payers of compensation payments for pollution of the surrounding environment and placement of waste in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan. At the same time on other sources of the income data of the company and organization pay compensation payments in the procedure established by the legislation.

3. Object of compensation payments is lot of normative and above-standard (superlimit), and also emergency and volley emissions, dumpings of pollutants including:

lot of emissions of pollutants in atmospheric air from stationary and portable sources;

lot of dumpings of pollutants into water objects and on land relief;

lot of the toxic and non-toxical waste placed in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

lot of above-standard dumpings of pollutants into municipal sewer networks from all legal entities and physical persons which are engaged in business activity without formation of legal entity.

4. For the normative and above-standard (superlimit) production waste which is not subject to further conversion and placed on specially equipped stores of various type, compensation payment is made according to this Provision.

5. In cases of leakage of pollutants from tailings dams or stores in water objects or on land relief compensation payment for the mass of pollutants is made as for emergency dumping into water objects and on land relief.

6. The dumps of normative and above-standard (superlimit) overburden (empty) breeds placed temporarily on the allocated platforms outside pits are non-toxical waste of mining industry, and for their placement compensation payment is made according to this Provision.

7. Objects of compensation payments are not:

a) the off-balance ores which are relating to the category of raw material resources, being on special storage and placed on specially equipped stores of various type;

b) the production wastes placed temporarily (up to six months) on specially allotted platforms and then used as secondary raw materials;

c) the purified sewage used in coordination with bodies of ecology and environmental protection for irrigation of commercial crops and forest plantings;

d) the dumps of overburden breeds placed in pits without preliminary placement outside pits;

e) lot of normative (limit) emissions, dumpings of pollutants into the surrounding environment and the placed waste on which the amount of compensation payments estimated in year constitutes less than 50 percent of the minimum size of the salary;

e) the waste of the mining industry which is subject to further conversion and placed on specially equipped tailings dams as raw material resources of minerals;

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