On May 16, 2022, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
signed the Law “On amendments and additions to certain
legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with
the adoption of the Law “On International Commercial
Arbitration”” No. ЗРУ-769 (the
“Law No. ЗРУ-769”).
In accordance with the Law No. ЗРУ-769, cases
related to arbitration proceedings are considered by economic
courts. In turn, the list of cases related to the arbitration
legislation is included in the Economic Procedural Code of the
Republic of Uzbekistan.
Moreover, the Economic Procedural Code of the Republic of
Uzbekistan has been supplemented with a new chapter 291,
which regulates the general rules for consideration by economic
courts of cases related to the provision of assistance to
arbitration proceedings, establishes the procedure for appealing an
arbitral award in an economic court, the procedure and grounds for
the annulment of an arbitral award by an economic court.
