PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of July 21, 2023 No. UP-111

About measures for the effective organization of public administration in the field of investments, the industry and trade within administrative reforms

For the purpose of ensuring execution of the Presidential decree of the Republic of Uzbekistan of January 25, 2023 No. UP-14 "About First-priority Organizational Measures for Effective Establishing Activities of Republican Executive Bodies":

1. Determine the main objectives and activities of the Ministry of investments, the industry and trade:

realization of single state investment policy, improvement of the investment circle, development of investment potential of industries and regions, investment attraction acceleration, including direct foreign investments, in industries and spheres of economy, ensuring efficiency of investment projects;

cooperation increase with the international economic and financial institutions, foreign government financial institutions, forming and coordination of single state policy in the field of attraction to the republic of means of external non-paid assistance (grants, technical assistance);

realization of the state industrial policy, diversification of the industry and increase in its competitiveness, participation in forming of material balances of production and use of main types of products, raw materials and materials, building-up of industrial capacity of regions, development of activities of special economic and industrial zones, expansion of production cooperation;

realization of the state industrial policy in industries of the chemical, mechanical, automobile building, electrotechnical, pharmaceutical, textile, shelkovodchesky, tanning and shoe, jewelry, food industry, in the field of production and realization of construction materials, alcoholic and tobacco products, and also coordination of works on implementation to these spheres of international standards, licensing of types of productive activity;

realization of single state policy in the field of trade, monitoring and the analysis of condition of the markets, implementation in production processes of the technical regulations conforming to the international requirements, coordination of regulation of foreign trade;

development of the foreign trade infrastructure, including increase in export routes, export support, carrying out marketing researches in the internal and external markets;

expansion and strengthening of commercial ties with the foreign states, promotion of the external economic interests of the country, coordination of processes of the accession to the World Trade Organization and cooperation with other economic organizations, coordination of activities of permanent representatives of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the international and foreign financial and economic institutions, and also the employees dealing with issues of foreign economic activity in foreign organizations of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

2. Establish procedure according to which:

a) in the direction of investments:

the "investment managers" accompanying investors at all stages are fixed in the Ministry of investments, industry and trade for each investor, up to project startup, in particular, the resolving issues of receipt of the earth, connection to infrastructures, registrations of permissions. At the same time according to the status "investment managers" are equated to the head of department of the Ministry of investments, the industry and trade;

"investment managers" work directly with deputy managers of the ministries, departments, economic associations and public authorities on places on which tasks concerning investments, the industry and trade are assigned;

the minister of investments, the industry and trade the system of efficiency evaluation of activities (KPI) of "investment managers", applications of encouragement measures to them on the basis of the reached indicators takes root;

the new projects developed by project teams are provided to domestic and foreign investors on a grant basis;

in system of the Agency on attraction of foreign investments the Center of investors performing activities for the principle "single window" including in the online mode is created;

The center of investors meets investors in case of entry into the country, renders them assistance in receipt of visas, including investment, and also creates necessary conditions for negotiations;

Power of entering into state bodies and public authorities on places of instructions, obligatory to execution, on elimination of the revealed shortcomings is conferred to the ministry of investments, industry and trade;

Power is conferred to the ministry of investments, industry and trade to meet and see off investors in "VIP" - the hall of the international airports by its extrabudgetary funds;

b) in the direction of the industry:

under Fund of reconstruction and developments the Fund of development of the industry is created;

under the Ministry of investments, industry and trade the Center of the analysis of the industry and foreign markets without the status of the legal entity is created;

till December 1, 2023 based on the Electronic cooperation portal the National industrial portal of Uzbekistan is created (further - the Industrial portal). At the same time integration of the Industrial portal into databases of the Tax Committee and Agency of statistics, and also the Electronic Government system is performed;

heads of industry associations are allowed to perform at the same time labor activity in system of the Ministry of investments, the industry and trade;

c) in the direction of trade:

in structure of the Agency of promotion of export the Center of exporters without the status of the legal entity performing activities for the principle "single window" including in the online mode is created;

since December 1, 2023 the information system "E-sertifikat" integrated into the customs information system "Single Window" giving opportunity of receipt of information on application of privileges of the GSP+ system, the free choice of test laboratories (including in spheres of veterinary science, quarantine of plants, sanitation and epidemiology), electronic execution of test reports is started;

exclusive function of the State company "Center of Bar Coding and Information Technologies" for maintaining the State register of barcodes of the goods made in the Republic of Uzbekistan is abolished.

3. Determine that since August 1, 2023 in the ministries and departments specified in appendix No. 1:

Project offices of development and implementation of new investment projects are created;

reports on negotiations on the external economic questions with foreign partners are submitted in the Ministry of investments, industry and trade within 3 days.

4. Approve:

The program of reorganization of organizations in system of the Ministry of investments, the industry and trade, according to appendix No. 2;

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