The Law Firm LEGATE in collaboration with the international law firm Simmons & Simmons accompanied the signing of an agreement between the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Stone City Energy (Netherlands) on the construction of a combined-cycle gas turbine power plant with a capacity of 1,500 – 1,600 MW in the Surkhandarya region worth $ 1.2 billion.
The investment agreement and the power purchase agreement, concluded within the framework of the project, were approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated July, 24 2021. No.PP-5193
The commercial operation of the power plant is expected to occur by the end of 2024. The project provides for the introduction of new technologies and equipment.
We are pleased to be a part of this project and look forward to its successful implementation.
The amendments to Uzbekistan's legislation, which introduced the concept of "Abuse of Law" into the Tax Code, are currently causing many questions and ambiguous interpretations. In accordance with Article 14 of the Tax Code of Uzbekistan: if a taxpayer performs operations or a series of operations, the sole or primary purpose of which is to obtain an unjustified tax benefit in the form of non-payment or reduction of taxes owed, such actions are considered an abuse of rights for the purposes of this Code.
"Never say that you know a person if you have not divided an inheritance with them" (Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss writer, poet, and philosopher). Time has accelerated its pace: years pass by like days, and days fly by so quickly that you hardly notice them. Everything around us is changing rapidly, but the human desire to live in happiness and prosperity has remained unchanged throughout the centuries. Confidence in the future, the belief that what has been earned and accumulated will “serve” children, and possibly grandchildren, is also an understandable human desire. What opportunities does the law provide for the realization of all of the above? Naturally, we are talking about inheritance law. In Uzbekistan, expressing one's will by leaving orders regarding one's property in case of death is not as popular as, for example, in European countries. Perhaps, the reason lies in the traditional patriarchal way of life, habitual for the people, where the word of a man - the head of the family - has supreme power and does not require legal formalization.