1. INCREASING INTEREST BY FOREIGN BUSINESSES IN UZBEKISTAN HAS ESTABLISHED A NEED FOR INFORMATION ON THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN UZBEKISTAN. "AVIABROK CONSAUD," A PRIVATE LEGAL INFORMATION COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1993 AND IT PROVIDES A DATABASE ON LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN UZBEKISTAN. THE COMPANY'S MAIN PRODUCT IS A DATABASES ON LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN, CALLED "PRAVO." THE MAIN INFORMATION IN THIS DATABASE WAS DEVELOPED BY THE SPECIALISTS OF THE COMPANY, AND IT INCLUDES NEARLY ALL LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS STARTING FROM 1991.
2. THE COMPANY ESTABLISHED VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH AMERICAN COMPANIES AND JOINT VENTURES OPERATING IN UZBEKISTAN SUCH AS ARTHUR ANDERSON, DELOITTE & TOUCHE, MAYOR BROWN & PLATT, NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY, ETC. EVERY TEN DAYS THE COMPANY UPGRADES THE INFORMATION IN THE DATABASE, WHILE THE SUPPORT PROGRAMS ARE UPGRADED EVERY THREE-FOUR MONTHS. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL SPECIALIZED DATABASES WHICH CAN BE PURCHASED FROM "AVIABROK CONSAUD." TO DATE THE COMPANY HAS AROUND 1,000 CLIENTS, FROM WHICH AROUND 220 ARE THE COMPANIES WITH FOREIGN EQUITIES IN UZBEKISTAN.
3. "ECONOMIC LEGISLATION OF UZBEKISTAN" - THIS DATABASE INCLUDE ALL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ECONOMY OF UZBEKISTAN THE DATABASE HAS ABOUT 20,000 PAGES CONTAINING ALL LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS, WHICH ARE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE TOPICS SUCH AS BANKS, SECURITIES AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE, ACCOUNTING, AND AUDITING, FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, FINANCE, TAXATION, ETC. AN UPGRADED VERSION OF THIS DATABASE COMES OUT EVERY TEN DAYS.
THIS DATABASE COSTS USD 180.00 AND ADDITIONAL UPGRADES COST USD 15.00. SUBSCRIPTION IS AVAILABLE UP TO SIX MONTHS FOR THE FIXED RATE FROM THE SUBSCRIPTION DATE. THIS DATABASE IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH E-MAIL NETWORK RELCOM, WHICH UPGRADES "PRAVO" THROUGH THE CONFERENCE IN THIS NETWORK CALLED UZ.LAWS.
ALTHOUGH THE DATABASE ITSELF IS AVAILABLE IN TWO LANGUAGES, RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH, THE ENGLISH VERSION CONTAINS ONLY ABOUT 20-22 PERCENT OF THE DOCUMENTS FOUND IN THE RUSSIAN VERSION, IN ACCEPTABLE TRANSLATION QUALITY. MAINLY THESE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN. UPGRATED ENGLISH VERSIONS COST APPROXIMATELY USD 25.00 PER MONTH.
4. "INTERNATIONAL LAW" - THIS DATABASE INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS CONVENTIONS, INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS, REGULATIONS, ETC. IT ALSO CONSISTS OF EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS AND WORDS WIDELY USED IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM. THIS DATABASE COSTS USD 65.00, WITH MONTHLY UPGRADES PRICED AT USD 6.00, AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
5. "CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW" - THIS DATABASE INCLUDES LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS OF CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION. IT COSTS USD 165.00, AND THE ADDITIONAL UPGRADED VERSIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR A COST OF USD 15.00 QUARTERLY, AVAILABLE ONLY IN RUSSIAN.
6. ABOVE MENTIONED UPGRADES FOR DATABASES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AS STATED IN PARA. 3 THROUGH THE E-MAIL NETWORK "RELCOM." ALTHOUGH A SUBSCRIBER CAN UPGRADE THE DATABASE THROUGH THE "UZ.LAWS" E-MAIL CONFERENCE, IT HAS BOTH ADVANTAGES SUCH AS RAPID RECEIVING OF INFORMATION, AND DISADVANTAGES SUCH AS LIMITATION OF THE DATABASE SYSTEM'S SEARCH FUNCTIONS.
THE DATABASE SYSTEM HAS SEVERAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS MULTIPLE ENTRY SEARCH, SEARCH WITHIN A GIVEN TIME PERIOD, KEY-WORD SEARCH, AND TOPIC SEARCH. CREATING REFERENCE LISTINGS OF UP TO TWENTY LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS FUNCTION LEAVES SEVERAL DOCUME NTS ACTIVE ON THE SCREEN SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH CAN BE SWITCHED BETWEEN FOR RESEARCH OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
7. "PRAVO" IS ABOUT TO START UP PUBLICATION OF A NEW BULLETIN WITH A LIST AND SHORT DESCRIPTION OF EACH LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENT ISSUED EACH MONTH, CALLED "PRAVO- INFORM." THIS PUBLICATION WILL BE AVAILABLE IN RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
8. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INTERESTED U.S. BUSINESSES SHOULD CONTACT "AVIABROK CONSAUD" DIRECTLY. CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE COMPANY IS AS FOLLOWS:
MR. VYACHESLAV CONOREV
DIRECTOR, AVIABROK-CONSAUD CO. LTD.
73B NUKUS STREET
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN 700060
TEL: (011-7-3712) 54-88-47
FAX: (011-7-3712) 54-77-18