Legislative framework for water use of the Republic of Uzbekistan and international agreements and obligations. Before gaining independence, the independence of Uzbekistan in the development of national water law, like other republics of Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) and Kazakhstan, was possible within the framework of the relevant legislation of the USSR. Thus, according to the “Fundamentals of Water Legislation of the USSR and Union Republics” (1971), the latest Laws of the Soviet republics of Central Asia in the field of water relations were adopted: • Water Code of the Kazakh SSR (1972); • Water Code of the Kirghiz SSR (1972); • Water Code of the Turkmen SSR (1973); • Water Code of the Tajik SSR (1974); • Water Code of the Uzbek SSR (1972). Legal regulation of interrepublican and international water relations was carried out in accordance with the Water Codes of the republics and other legislation of the USSR. The resolution of disputes and conflicts between the Union republics and between the Union republics and far-abroad countries was carried out: • On water use between the Union republics – the Ministries of Land Reclamation and Water Resources (MMWR) or the Governments of the Union republics, if it was impossible to resolve the issue at the inter-republican level – the MIWR or the Government of the USSR; • On transboundary water use between union republics and far abroad countries – by the Government of the USSR. The positions of the water legislation of the union republics of the region were very close before the start of their sovereign development, since the “Fundamentals…” defined a strict framework within which the republics’ lawmaking in the field of water relations was allowed. Developed in the early 1970s. The Water Codes (Kazakh SSR, Kyrgyz SSR, Tajik SSR, Turkmen SSR, Uzbek SSR) were practically identical in format and content of the norms and were valid to the extent that they did not contradict the legislation of the new independent republics of Central Asia, before they adopted national legislative acts in the field of water relations. The declaration of independence by the countries of Central Asia (the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan) necessitated the need to rework the legal framework for regulating water relations at the national and interstate levels. More details can be downloaded here