State supervision
In Uzbekistan, the state supervision has been maintained to ensure subsoil protection. The state supervision over subsoil protection is governed by the Regulation on State Supervision over the Use and Protection of Subsoil and over Geological Research of Subsoil and Rational Use of Mineral Resources as approved by Decree No. 19 issued by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan on 13 January 1997 (the Regulation).
The state supervision contemplates conducting control and inspection by the competent state authorities of Uzbekistan of observance by all subsoil users of mandatory rules and norms of environmental law. These rules and norms govern, mainly,...