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Title in national language: 
Закон Республики Узбекистан от 21.05.2019 № ЗРУ-539 "Об использовании возобновляемых источников энергии"
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2019
Effective Start Year: 
2019
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Law
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Wind
Issued by: 
Parliament of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Notes: 
No English translation available
Overall Summary: 
The Law No. ZRU-539 of 2019 on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources is to regulate relations in the field of renewable energy sources.
Renewable Energy
RE action plans: 
In order to create favorable conditions for producers of energy from renewable energy sources, producers of renewable energy sources, as well as carrying out investment, research activities in the field of renewable energy sources, the following state support is provided: establishment of tax, customs and other benefits and preferences in the use of renewable energy sources; promoting the development and application of innovative technologies in the field of renewable energy; ensuring guaranteed connection to the unified electric power system of renewable energy sources; granting the right to the enterprises of territorial electric networks in coordination with the uniform purchaser of electric energy and public authorities on places to sign contracts for purchase of electric energy from producers of energy from renewable energy sources.
RE reductions in taxes: 
Legal entities and individuals may be granted tax and customs duty exemptions when importing renewable energy installations, the use of which significantly increases the efficiency of the use of renewable energy sources. --- Renewable energy producers are exempt from property tax for renewable energy installations and land tax on the sites occupied by these installations (with a nominal capacity of 0.1 MW or more) for a period of ten years from the date of their commissioning. Producers of renewable energy installations are exempt from all types of taxes for a period of five years from the date of their state registration. Personal property tax is not levied on property owned by persons using renewable energy sources in residential premises with complete disconnection from existing energy networks, for a period of three years starting from the month of use of renewable energy sources. Persons using renewable energy sources in residential premises with complete disconnection from existing energy networks are exempt from the land tax for a period of three years starting from the month of use of renewable energy sources.
Mandatory connection: 
In order to create favorable conditions for producers of energy from renewable energy sources, producers of renewable energy sources, as well as carrying out investment, research activities in the field of renewable energy sources, the following state support is provided: [...] ensuring guaranteed connection to the unified electric power system of renewable energy sources;