Decree No. 8 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulations on water relations between agricultural enterprises. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2002 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Water abstraction Water supply Water users' associations Waterworks Drainage/land reclamation Contract/agreement Geographical area Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia Abstract This Decree establishes terms and conditions for regulation of water relations between agricultural enterprises, including water uses, water supply, water distribution and control over rational use of water resources. It also regulates relations between water users associations set up in accordance with hydrographical principle so as to ensure rational management and use of water resources. All the waterworks and reclamative engineering equipment shall be allocated to water users associations in accordance with constituent agreement. Water abstraction shall be authorized exclusively in delimited registered areas with the presence of waterworks, equipped with water regulation and control devices, on contractual basis. Model form of contract shall be validated by the bodies of local self-government and water management in accordance with the established modalities. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz