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Presidential Decree No. PP-157 “On measures to improve records of production, processing and trade of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons”.

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy, Mineral resources
Keyword
Oil Natural gas Registration Data collection/reporting Access-to-information 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
Entry into force notes
This Presidential Decree enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The President, in order to ensure accurate accounting of natural gas volumes and the amount of liquid hydrocarbons, improve the settlement procedure in the oil and gas industry, digitalize the gas supply sector, uninterrupted supply of energy resources to consumers, as well as timely receipts to the State budget, authorizes installation of electronic online metering devices at all natural gas receiving and transmission points, introduction of a unified automated system for the movement of natural gas by integrating these online metering devices with information systems of tax authorities in order to maintain accurate accounting of natural gas volumes. This Presidential Decree establishes that from October 1, 2023, the installation of chromatographs and electronic metering devices included in the state register at the points of reception and transmission of natural gas, by enterprises providing services for the transportation (transit) of natural gas through pipes through the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and their integration with information systems of tax authorities is mandatory. Starting from October 1, 2023: (a) enterprises engaged in the purchase and sale of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons enter the necessary information on contracts for the sale of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons into the information system of the Tax Committee; at the same time, information necessary for the calculation and payment of taxes is entered into the information system of contracts for the sale of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons, including information about the type, number, date of the contract, type (brand), size and price of goods, unit of measure, form of calculation and deadlines for execution; (b) electronic invoices for contracts for the sale of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons are formed on the basis of information entered into the information system of the Tax Committee for these contracts.

Full text
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Website
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