Doing legal business in Uzbekistan

Stay up to date on how to practise in Uzbekistan as an English or Welsh solicitor or set up a law firm branch.

The Republic of Uzbekistan is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It has a civil law system.

The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan was accepted on 8 December 1992 and is the most important element of legislation of independent Republic of Uzbekistan.

The primary sources of Uzbekistan law are:

  • the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan
  • constitutional laws
  • ordinary laws
  • decrees of the president
  • decrees of the cabinet of ministers
  • normative acts

Uzbekistan applied for World Trade Organisation membership in 1994 but its accession process has been inactive since 2005.

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