With a view to further improve the efficiency of preparation and implementation of projects with the participation of international financial institutions and foreign governmental financial organizations:

2. Establish that:

Heads of ministries and agencies, who have signed financial agreements, on-lending agreements, project agreements, subsidiary agreements, agreements on delegation of rights and claims, letters-agreements, and other agreements (hereinafter - agreements on projects) shall be authorized to sign on behalf of the Republic of Uzbekistan or the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan changes, additions, and amendments to project agreements according to the procedure, established by this Resolution;

Legal opinions on signed agreements on projects for which provision of legal opinions is a condition for entry into force, as well as on state guarantees shall be issued by the Ministry of Justice in the form acceptable to international financial institutions and foreign governmental financial organizations (hereinafter - IFIs/FGFOs) within one week after submission of agreements and guarantees to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

Payment of compensation in case of allocation of land plots, demolition of houses, other structures, constructions, or plantings within the framework of the implementation of projects with participation of IFIs/FGFOs - if it is stipulated by agreements on projects - shall be carried out by authorized bodies in accordance with requirements of IFIs/FGFOs;

Within the framework of implementation of projects with participation of IFIs/FGFOs - effective July 1, 2021 - goods (works, services) and vehicles purchased shall be exempted from payment of customs duties (except for customs fees) according to the list composed in the prescribed manner, value added tax, fees to the state trust funds, non-resident legal entities of the Republic of Uzbekistan — from paying corporate income tax - from payment of corporate income tax; and non-resident individuals of the Republic of Uzbekistan — from payment of personal income tax;

Should IFIs provide paid consulting services, they shall be single providers of these services, with which direct contracts shall be concluded, to be registered in a special information portal.

3. Resolve that:

Issuance of entry visas for foreign specialists participating in the implementation of projects with the participation of IFIs/FGFOs shall be carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the request of project initiators or implementing agencies without charging consular and other fees;

Issuance and renewal of multiple-entry visas and registration at the place of temporary residence of foreign specialists involved in the implementation of projects with the participation of IFIs/FGFOs shall be carried out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan at the request of project initiators or implementing agencies without payment of state duty.

4. Working Commission on Coordination of Drafting the Tax Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan in a new edition and the abolition of inefficient tax and customs benefits and preferences (B. Mavlonov) shall provide for the following:

a) Exemption of the following for the period of implementation of projects with participation of IFIs/FGFOs and warranty period:

Goods (works, services) and vehicles purchased at the expense of IFIs/FGFOs - from payment of customs duties (except for customs fees), value added tax, as well as fees to the state trust funds;

Non-resident legal entities of the Republic of Uzbekistan — from paying corporate income tax;

Non-resident individuals of the Republic of Uzbekistan — from paying personal income tax;

b) Extension of the benefits provided for in subparagraph "a" of this paragraph, for goods (works, services) and vehicles purchased at the expense of the State Budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan, own funds of project initiators and implementing agencies in the implementation of projects with the participation of IFIs/FGFOs.

Determine that the amount of funds released as a result of benefits shall be the contribution of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the implementation of projects with the participation of IFIs/FGFOs.

5. The State Investment Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall submit jointly with the Ministry of Justice within a month to the Cabinet of Ministers proposals on amendments and additions to the legislation arising from this Resolution.

6. Control over the execution of this Resolution shall be assigned on the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan A.N. Aripov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan - Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan Investments S.R. Kholmuradov.