PRESIDENTIAL DECREE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of September 12, 2025 No. UP-172

About additional measures for ensuring process production of products on lands of agricultural purpose and to increase in efficiency of land use

For the purpose of rational, effective and continuous use of land resources in agricultural industry, the organization of timely accounting and realization of the free parcels of land, I decide simplifications of procedure for provision in sublease of land:

I. Purposes and tasks

1. Determine main objectives of adoption of this Decree:

(a) complete accounting and realization of the free parcels of land which are under authority of khokimiyats of areas (cities);

(b) enhancement of system of provision in sublease of lands of agricultural purpose;

(c) carrying out complete state registration of the rights to lands agricultural purpose.

2. Specify first-priority priority tasks for lessees (owners, users) of the parcels of land, lessors, state bodies and the organizations as a part of agro-industrial complex provision in lease of free land of agricultural purpose in short terms, landing on farmlands of all types of the corresponding cultures irrespective of economic condition of the companies, cultivation of products is not lower than normative productivity and harvesting without loss.

II. Accounting of free lands

3. Assign on hokim of all areas and the cities the personal responsibility for:

(a) ensuring accounting in the ten-day time of the free parcels of land of all types located in the respective areas (cities) in the state land cadastre as the free parcel of land based on the decision;

(b) providing in each case of cancellation of the rights to the parcel of land of accounting of this earth in ten-day time as the free parcel of land based on the decision;

(c) taking measures to exposure of the free parcels of land to electronic online biddings in ten-day time, since day of their accounting in the state land cadastre;

(d) specifying in the decision on land which is not subject to immediate realization in connection with the planned change of category of land fund, selection of the best offer for implementation of the large investment project, the reasonable reasons on accounting of this parcel of land;

(e) non-admission of unauthorized capture of the free parcels of land, their allocations with violation of procedure for providing lands, ownerless use of lands by other persons or their reductions in unsuitable condition;

(g) official announcement of decisions on accounting of the free parcels of land.

4. Determine that the means which came to the budget of the area (city) from realization by means of electronic online auction of the right of lease to the parcels of land of agricultural purpose are additional sources of the budget of the area (city). At the same time these funds in strict procedure are allocated based on decisions district (city) by Kengasha of People's Deputies for financing of actions for development of infrastructure of agricultural and water economy in the respective area (city) according to territorial development programs of investment and social infrastructure, including improvement of irrigating systems, implementation of water saving technologies of irrigation, new development and repeated introduction into circulation of land, implementation of the last scientific innovations and the innovation approaches in the field of agricultural industry.

III. Partial provision in sublease of the parcels of land

5. Grant to lessees of lands of agricultural purpose the right to transfer (provision in sublease) to other person of the rights and agreement obligations of lease concerning part of the parcels of land provided to them in lease, at the same time:

(a) land area, left at the lessee and transferred to sublease to the employer, shall be at least the sizes established in Article 46-1 of the Land code;

(b) by partial provision in sublease of the parcels of land their distribution between the lessee and the employer receiving in sublease is performed by means of redistribution of separate contours with preserving integrity of contours on the agricultural card and the operating irrigation system;

(c) by partial transfer to sublease of the parcels of land of the party use the state service in separation of the parcel of land of agricultural purpose and determination of its new borders.

IV. Recognition of exclusive right of lease concerning the parcels of land of agricultural purpose

6. Take into consideration that according to Article 46 of the Land code allocation of lands of agricultural purpose is performed only on the basis of the lease right.

7. Determine that the right to all types of lands of agricultural purpose, except the lease right, is not recognized any form and is not subject to the state registration. At the same time this provision is not applied in the relation:

(a) lands of agricultural purpose of the state bodies, organizations and companies which underwent the state registration on the right of other type than the lease right, and also farmlands as a part of other categories of land fund;

(b) the lands allocated till August 1, 2021 for maintaining Dehkan economy and home economy with the right of construction of individual housing and also to gardening and vinogradarsky partnerships.

8. Determine that the Chairman of the board of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, hokima of areas and the city of Tashkent have the right to provision in coordination with the Cabinet of Ministers for social needs of lands of agricultural purpose for permanent activities of military units, military educational institutions, companies, organizations and organizations of Armed Forces, border troops, troops of internal affairs and other troops. At the same time accounting of these lands is performed as a part of the lands intended for needs of defense, respectively, as farmlands, including irrigated lands in former condition. The construction on these lands of capital construction projects without change of category of land fund is not allowed.

9. Provide to owners and users of lands of agricultural purpose for a period of up to January 1, 2027 possibility of change of right of possession and use of own parcels of land on the lease right based on the decision district (city) Kengasha of People's Deputies.

10. In case of transfer of right of possession and use of lands of agricultural purpose in the right of lease to establish lease term from the date of creation of the lease agreement:

(a) 30 years - for citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan and legal entities under their establishment;

(b) 25 years - for the companies with participation of foreign investments.

V. Organization, providing and control of execution of the Decree

11. To provide to Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, khokimiyats of areas and the city of Tashkent:

(a) the direction in ten-day time khokimiyats of areas (cities) of decisions on accounting of free lands of agricultural purpose in Chamber of the state inventories of the Agency according to the inventory for accounting;

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