Order No. 26 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Institution 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 Order establishes that the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources shall be governmental body subordinated to the Cabinet of Ministers. The State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources shall carry out the following tasks: (a) implementation of the state policy in the sphere of geological exploration, management and protection of subsoil; (b) elaboration and validation of geological programmes; and (c) carrying out within its competence of state control over exploration, management and protection of subsoil, and also realization of geological exploration work. The State Committee shall carry out the following functions: (a) introduction of new technologies and new methods and geological exploration and mining activity; (b) coordination and monitoring of geological study and exploration; (c) state registration of the plots of subsoil conceded for subsoil management; (d) mapping of subsoil; and (e) keeping state geological fund. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz References - Legislation Repeals Ministerial Decree No. 139 validating the Regulation on the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2004 Keyword: Institution, Exploration, Mining, Minerals Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Ministerial Decree No. 165 validating the Regulation on the State Committee on Geology and Mineral Resources. Legislation | Uzbekistan | 2011 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX