ABOUT TAJIKISTAN
The Republic of Tajikistan situated on the North-East part of Central Asia.
Area - 143,100 sq km.
Population - 7,029,000
Capital – Dushanbe
Currency - somoni (introduced in October 2000)
Climate - continental. Average temperature in June - July from 30 to 35 degree above zero.
State borders - length - 700 km from the West to the East, 350 km from the North to the South. On the
West and the North Tajikistan shares border with Uzbekistan (910 km) and Kyrgyzstan (630 km), on the
South with Afghanistan (1030 km), on the East with China (430 km). Modern Tajikistan is a mountainous
country with the altitudes vary from 300 to 7,495 meters above the sea level. 93% of the territory are
mountain ranges relating to Pamirs, Hissar-Alay and Tien-Shan mountain systems. The mentioned
ranges are divided by rich and fertile lands of Ferghana, Zerafshan, Vakhsh and Hissar valleys.
Complicated relief and big amplitude of mountain system's high caused exceptional diversity of flora
and fauna. Tajikistan - country of high peaks, strong glaciers, swift rapid rivers, unrepeatable in terms of
beauty lakes, unique flora and rare animals. Mountainous, floor landscape determines originality and
peculiarity of Tajikistan's nature, riches of its forms called for life by diversity of climatic zones. In the
republic it is possible during the one and half hour fly from heat of Vakhsh valley get arctic cold of
everlasting snows of Pamirs.
History - The history of the Tajik people went away by its roots in ancient days to the beginning of
human civilization. Ancient findings, uncovered on the territory of modern Tajikistan are evidence of
this. Mountains and valleys of Tajikistan, peoples lived on its territory, mentioned in ancient sources of
authors as Pliny and Ptolemy. The Venetian traveler Marco Polo wrote about his travel to Pamirs. At the
beginning of IX century tendencies to national self-determination became apparent and the first state
formations of Tajiks appeared, the biggest of which was the State of Samanids with capital in Bukhara, a
founder was Ismail Samani from Samanid's dynasty. Tajiks brought significant contribution to spiritual
treasury of civilization, gave to the World eminent and splendid scientists, philosophers, writers, poets
and architects, transactions of whom became an integral part of scientific and cultural baggage,
accumulated by the world civilization. Examples for this are lyric poetry of Persian-Tajik literature
founder A.Rudaki , immortal poem "Shahname" of A.Firdousi and "The Canon of Medical Science" of
Avicenna, tractate which for many centuries served as main guide on medicine in educational
institutions of Europe. Stars of world poetry Khayyam, Rumi, Saadi, Hafiz, Jami, masters of artistic work
Barbad, Mani, Behzad, were famous far beyond ancient Soghd, Khorasan and Movaraunnahr - main
territory of modern Central Asia. Territory of Tajikistan from the ancient times lays on important
historical ways of the Silk Road connecting the East and the West. It took importance place in
international trade and cultural exchange. Today in ancient cities of Tajikistan - Khujand, Istaravshan,
Penjikent and Kulyab, look of which significantly changed during these years, ancient historical, cultural
and handicraft traditions carefully saved.
Business climate - Favorable conditions of Republic of Tajikistan were created for attracting the foreign
investments, supporting the market structures and the developing the commerce financing and bank
systems. Also the favorable conditions were created for registration of common enterprisers and others
different patterns of ownership enterprisers. Thus according to a new law, enterprisers by supporting
foreign investment are exemption from tax per benefit on period from 2 until 5 years depending on
working capital. The priority directions of investing in the economy of the country are the following:
hydro energy, extraction and treatment of precious metals and stones, polymetallic ore, development of
telecommunications, chemical industry, processing of agricultural products, cotton, etc. Today, the most
important investors into Tajik economy are companies from China, Russia, Canada, USA, Great Britain,
Korea, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Hungary, Russia. Among such companies are Nelson Gold
Corporation (development of gold and silver fields), Gulf International Minerals (development of gold
deposits), Kabool Textiles and Adjind International (textile production). Such large enterprises with
common capital as "Zeravshan", "Darvaz", "Aprelevka", "Djavoni", "Kabool-Tajik-Textiles", "Rishta",
"Hujand pekidjing", "Marmar", "Obi Zulol" and others are successfully operating in the Republic. The
registration order of joint enterprises and of other forms of ownership was simplified. About 200
enterprises are functioning under support of foreign investors. The Laws "On state protection of support
for private business undertakings in the Republic of Tajikistan", "On foreign investments in the Republic
of Tajikistan", "On foreign economic activity", "On joint-stock companies", "On leasing", "On
concessions" provide the protection of rights, interests and property of foreign investors, create stable
legal base for integration of the economy of the republic to world community, stimulate the
participation of investors in privatization of objects of national economy.
A share of goods production in GDP for the past period is - 43, 9%, production of services - 44, 1%,
taxation - 12%. Tajikistan has had foreign trade relations with 94 countries of the world, 11 countries of
which are the CIS countries and 83 are the far-abroad countries.
44, 6 % fall for the CIS countries in foreign trade turnover
55, 4 % fall for the far-abroad countries
Capital - Dushanbe - is a capital of the Republic of Tajikistan. As political and administrative center was
placed on the world map in the beginning of XX century. Situated in the center of the Hisor Valley, 800
meters above the sea level. From the North to the South river Varzob and from the East to the West
river Kofarnihon cross Dushanbe. Dushanbe is a beautiful city, went through happy and sorrowful days,
which are going to the past. Today sincere wish for revival of former fame of hospitable capital to which
inquisitive tourists and business people always strived, awake. The big village with wattle and daub
houses, in which were more than 500 homesteads and where lived 6-8 thousand people (mainly
farmers, craftsmen, money-lenders, and small quantity of slaves, servants and carriers), was instead
modern blooming city. Dushanbe is comfortable city, with low architecture. Attractions of Dushanbe
mainly situated on Rudaki avenue, the longest and many face street of the city. Exactly here famous lane
of planes situated, on which population of Dushanbe like walking. The symbol of Tajik statehood,
bearing the idea of civil accord, national reconciliation and unity, embodied on memorial of Ismail
Samani. In Dushanbe forums, symposiums and summits are conducting. Concerts and festivals take
place, everywhere music plays. All this inspires and gives big impetus to people living in Dushanbe,
where all this dear to heart. Golden scattering of stars, blinding shining of daybreak, evergreen
Dushanbe allegedly created for poetry.
ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT SECTORS
NATURAL RESOURCES
The depths of Tajikistan contain almost all elements of the periodic table and are the unique store of
minerals. Today Tajikistan has discovered, prospected and prepared for development 400 ore and other
minerals deposits.
Tajikistan is referred to the category of countries having considerable deposits of precious metals.
There are a few gold and ore deposits in Zaravshan Valley (Chore, Shahbas, Kum-manor), which are
aimed to ensure a long-term operation of gold-mining enterprises. According to the data provided by
the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan, today there are 28 deposits of gold on the
territory of Tajikistan with a general capacity amounting to about 429,3 tons.
Bolshoy Konimansur, which is the second largest deposit of silver in the world, is located in the north of
the country, on the territory of Sugd region. If Tajikistan produces up to 50 tons of silver annually, the
silver reserves shall be still sufficient for more than 150 years.
Tajikistan holds the first place amongst the CIS countries for its reserves of antimony. The largest
deposit of antimony is “Skalnoye” (over 50% of the CIS reserves of antimony). Apart from antimony and
mercury reserves, there are 214 deposits of other natural resources in Sugd region, such as: lead and
zinc (16 deposits), copper and bismuth (3), molybdenum and wolframite (1), strontium (2), iron (3), gold
(15), silver (7), tin (1), coal (11), oil and gas (11), fluorspar (5), rock-salt (1) and etc. The mining area
Uchkado is unique for its content of gold, silver, lead, zinc and antimony. According to preliminary
calculations, the estimate value of the hidden ores of metals exceeds 10 billion US dollars. There is no
other deposit of that kind elsewhere in the world.
In the north of Tajikistan there are inexhaustible deposits of minerals used as construction and
decoration materials: marble, granite, volcanic tuff, limestone, mineral springs. Out of non-ore natural
resources the most perspective and valuable are Kshut-Zauranskoye and Fan-Yagnobskoye coal-mining
areas. This coal can be used to produce the cheapest liquid and gaseous fuel. The coal reserves in here
are sufficient for about 200 years.
In Central Tajikistan, 95 km away from Dushanbe, there is a wolframite mining area called “Maikhura”. It
is possible to establish a profitable enterprise with a production capacity of up to 150 thousand tons of
ore per year.
Four deposits of very rare metal strontium have been prospected in Khatlon oblast. The salts of
strontium are widely used in metallurgy, atomic, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The aggregate
reserves of ores, which contain strontium, at the deposits Chaltash, Daudir, Chilkutan may allow to
establish a large mining enterprise with a mining capacity totaling 180 thousand tons of ore per year.
This region is also known for its large deposits of lead and zinc. The largest deposit, Baldjuvan, is
reported to have aggregate reserves of lead and zinc totaling 1,2 million tons each.
The essential reserves of rock-salt are concentrated in the south of the country. The mining capacity of
Khodja-Mumin, Khodja-Sartez, Tanabchi and Samanchi deposits amounts to tens billions tons.
Mauntainous Badakhshan (MBAR) is a mountainous area with severe climatic and natural conditions.
The deposits of gold, silver, copper, wolframite, mica and gems have been discovered and prospected
here.
ENERGY SECTOR
According to the information provided by a well-known edition, the World Atlas HYDROPOWER & DAMS
(1997), Tajikistan takes the first place in the world for its hydropower resources (specific parameters)
and according to the absolute parameters (300 billion kWt/h per year) – the eighth place. Should they
be used in full volume, the Republic can become the largest electricity exporter in the region,
Despite availability of a considerable amount of energy resources, the country still experiences a
significant energy deficiency (up to 600 million kWt/h per year), basically in winter period.
OIL AND GAS COMPLEX
In 1985 the rate of production for oil totaled 389 thousand tons and for gas – 309 million m3. By 1996
the oil production rate decreased by more than 10 times (26 thousand tons) and gas – by more than 6
times (47 million m3).
However, there are good perspectives for rehabilitation and development of oil and gas complex of the
republic, which has significant reserves of hydrocarbon. By January 1, 1997 the aggregate reserves of
hydrocarbon amounted to 1.033,76 million tons of ideal/conventional fuel. According to expert
prognosis Tajikistan is supposed to have the following reserves amounting to 113,1 million tons of oil,
863 billion m3 of gas and 36 million tons of gas condensate. About 80,8% of all oil and gas reserves are
concentrated in the south-western part of Tajikistan, the rest 19,2% are deposited in the north of the
country.
Today, the following mining areas are considered as the most perspective ones:
• Eastern Suletau area in the north of Tajikistan having prospective reserves of oil amounting to 20,5
million tons and gas - 14,3 billion m3;
• Rengan area in the southwest of Tajikistan having prospective reserves of gas amounting to 50 billion
m3;
• Kashakum area in the southwest of Tajikistan with prospective reserves of oil amounting to 4,9 million
tons;
• Eastern Olimtoy area in the southwest of Tajikistan with prospective reserves of oil amounting to 3,9
million tons;
• Yalgizkak area in the southwest of Tajikistan with prospective reserves of gas amounting to 20 billion
m3;
• Sargazon area in the southwest of Tajikistan having gas reserves amounting to 30 billion m3; Here, the
main problems are deep bedding of raw materials and lack of a strategic investor.
AGRICULTURE
Tajikistan is an agrarian country. The priority agrarian branches are cotton- growing, vegetable-growing,
stock-raising, beekeeping and processing of vegetables, fruit, wool and leather.
While applying modern technologies and using special equipment to process and pack these products
the export capacities of the Republic will increase significantly.
PRIVATIZATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
Privatization of the small and average enterprises in the Republic of Tajikistan basically is finished.
Now with a view of wider attraction in economy of Tajikistan of foreign investments work on restructuring especially large 36 enterprises and objects of natural monopolies proceeds.
BANKING SYSTEM OF TAJIKISTAN
Bank in the Republic of Tajikistan is commercial organization, created for attraction of deposits and
other means with the aim of applying for crediting on term of repayment, paying, urgency, and also for
implementing calculations by the errand of clients.
Bank is a juridical person and conformity and it is responsible for all rules regarding juridical person
provided in the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
It is provided by the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan.
According to the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan there can be created the following types of
bank in Tajikistan:
- state bank –the bank which the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan is the sole owner of statutory
fund:
- in-state bank – the bank , which statutory fund is subject to physical or juridical person. Part of the
share of this bank are subject to the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Ministry of Finance
of the Republic of Tajikistan:
- bank with participation of foreign capital is the bank which part of the share is subject to ownership,
property and management of the following persons:
1) nonresident of the Republic of Tajikistan;
2) juridical person-residents of the Republic of Tajikistan, more than 50 percent of the share
(participants deposit) is subject to ownership, property and management of non resident of the
Republic
of Tajikistan or analogous juridical person – residents of the Republic of Tajikistan;
3) residents of the Republic of Tajikistan, who are the manager of the means (confidential person)
of non residents of the Republic of Tajikistan or juridical person indicated in sub-point “b” of the point;
inter-state bank – the bank created in order, established by the law in force on the base of international
agreement, owner of the fund which is the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and government,
state signed the agreement.
Bank (with the exception of state banks) are created in the form of closed joint-stock company
without right of issue of share to bearer.
Bank transformation into opened joint-stock company is allowed under term of its continues without
loss of functioning during a year from the moment of receiving license of National Bank of the Republic
of Tajikistan for implementing banking operation and maintenance during the year established by the
National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan or other obligatory norms and limits.
Bank shareholder who is its founder, after its transformation into opened joint-stock company can’t
have any additional advantages or take any additional responsibilities in compare with the other
shareholders.
There are 10 banks, one branch of foreign bank, 7 credit societies and 1 non-banking financial institution
in the Republic of Tajikistan as for January 1, 2008. In comparison with October 1, 2007 the number of
operating banks increased for one bank and the number of credit societies decreased for one credit
society due to transforming of CJSC “CS Fonon” into banking group of the name CJSC “Fononbank”
(Resolution of the Board of NBT dd.07.09.2007, No.244). The number of non-banking financial
organizations remained the same.
As for January 1, 2008, 8 micro credit deposit organizations, 24 micro lending organizations and 38
micro lending funds operate in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan as for January 1, 2008. In
compare to October 1, 2007 the number of micro credit deposit organizations was increased to 1 unit
for account of establishment of CSLR MCDO “Muzaffariyat”. The number of micro-lending organizations
and micro-lending remained the same.
As for January 1, 2008 the total number of branches is 149 and departments – 69.
In comparison with October 1, 2007 the number of branches has increased to 3 units for account of
opening of branch of OJSC Tojiksodirotbank in Danghara district (Resolution of Board of the National
Bank of Tajikistan dd. 03.10.2007, No.313), OJSC Oriyonbank in Leningrad urban village of Muminabad
district (Resolution of Board of the National Bank of Tajikistan dd.14.12.2007, No.396) and CJSCS
“Capital+” in Hujand sity (Resolution of Board of the National Bank of Tajikistan dd. 07.12.2007, No.392).
Five banks – CCUB Ayom, CJSC Somon Bank, CJSC East-Credit Bank, CJSC Bank Olymp and CJSC JTBInvestbank – are under liquidation.
As for January 1, 2008, 10 banks, operating in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan by the type of
ownership are divided into:
- 1 state bank
- 8 joint stock banks
- 1 foreign bank
As for January 1, 2008 the authorized capital in total on 10 banks, one branch of foreign bank, 7 credit
societies and 1 non-banking financial organization by the type of ownership was the following:
1. State – owned - 9 036 738 somoni or 2,5%
2. Commercial - 198 643 237 somoni or 54,0%
3. Individuals - 142 781 678 somoni or 38,8%
4. Others - 17 098 592 somoni or 4,7 %
In total the announced authorized capital on banking system is 413 605 420 somoni. For the past period
from October 1, 2007 to January 1, 2008 the amount of the authorized capital was increased to 655 850
somoni for account of increase of announced authorized capital of CJSCS “Vaslat” for 500 000 somoni
and revaluation of foreign currency in authorized capitals of commercial banks.
According to the Paragraph 1 of Chapter I of the Instructions No. 132 “On order of regulation of the
activities of banks” from January 1, 2005 the minimum capital for operating banks is determined in the
amount equivalent to USD 5 million (or 16 500 000 Somoni on the date of this amount was set) and for
credit societies USD 300 000 (or 990 000 somoni on the date of this amount set).
As for January 1, 2008 this standard was followed only by 9 banks and 1 branch of foreign bank
“Tojorat” of IRI in Dushanbe. OJSC Sohibkorbank did not meet the requirements, its regulating capital is
13 254 004 somoni.
As for January 1, 2008 this standard was followed by 5 credit societies from 7 credit societies: CJSCS
“Ganjina”, CJSCS “Capital+”, CJSCS “TRUST”, CJSC “CS “Kafolat” and CJSCS “Vaslat”.
Two credit societies have not followed the requirements of minimum regulating capital by January 1,
2008:
1. CS “Finansirovanie torgovli” LLC - 937 229 somoni
2. CJSCS “Renaissance-Capital ” - 758 978 somoni
Major normative-legal acts are following:
- Law of the RT "On bank and banking activities" dated 1998.
- Instruction of National bank of RT No. 132 "On order of regulating banks activity" dated 29october
2004.
-Decision of the Government of RT No. 248 "On fixing of volume (quotas) of participation of foreign
capital in banking system of RT" dated 11 June 2001.
TAXES SYSTEM
Taxation in Tajikistan is based on the rules and regulations under the Tax Code of the RT (TC) enacted on
January 1, 2007. The document is the only normative and legal act regulating the taxation issues. Only
Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan have the right to make amendments and
additions to the Code and also deal with issues related to interpretation of its regulations in the form of
corresponding resolution on submission of the Government of the RT. Currently the tax system of the
Republic is structured in two directions: by the type of taxation - direct and indirect taxes and by
distribution of tax revenues between the budgets - republican and local tax revenues.
As a total Tax Code envisages paying of 20 taxes, 16 of which are republican and 4 are local taxes. For
each taxpayer it is very important that other compulsory republican and local payments are envisaged in
both republican and local taxes. The order of the mentioned compulsory payments is regulated by the
Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On other payments".
When considering the issue of foreign investment taxation, it should be taken into account that
according to the Law "On foreign investments" can be implemented in any form:
· Traditional - direct investments defined as capital investments aiming at considerable or a complete
control over the activity of investment object;
· Portfolio investments - the investor is a holder of a certain percentage of the total amount of shares
issued by the national enterprise;
· Obtain vested interests - the right to use land or other natural resources, and also other vested
interest;
· The right to conclude any agreements envisaging other forms of foreign investment.
Thus the enterprises with foreign investments can either have a share of foreign participation or 100
percent of foreign capital. However all these enterprises should be registered in tax authorities of the
Republic of Tajikistan as taxpayers in line with the rules and procedures of registration under Articles 45
and 46 of Tax Code. Consequently, the enterprises have to pay all taxes envisaged by the tax legislation
of the Republic.
For the purpose of taxation it is necessary to distinguish enterprises with participatory interest of
foreign investment and foreign legal entities - the companies, firms and any other organizations created
in accordance with legislation of foreign states and operating and creating constant institution-nonresident according to Article 164 of the TC of the RT.
At the same time, if the investment is carried out through participatory interest in the capital of the
resident's enterprise, then these investments go under the regime of the unlimited tax liability. If
separate subdivisions of foreign legal entities are created, then they bear limited tax liability within the
activity carried out within the representation in Tajikistan.
Taxation of profits of the foreign legal entity it is carried out based on Chapters 18-21 of the Tax Code,
but considering the application of international agreements norms on avoiding double taxation with
account of special features of its application mentioned in Chapter 22 of the Tax Code.
The enterprise profit is imposed to profits tax at interest of 25%. The object of taxation is a gross
revenue received from the source in the RT and decreased by the sum of expenditures (deduction)
carried out during the reporting tax period and related to receiving such a profit. Taxable income is
reduced for expenses related to payment of the established taxes with account of limitations envisaged
by the Tax Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, expenses for labor payment, provision of workers with
material and social benefits imposed to profits tax, expenses related to payment for the purchased raw,
materials, energy except for substantial expenses Doubtful debts, scientific researches expenditures,
project developments, development engineering works, depreciation charges on the fixed assets and
others are subject to deduction (with account of certain limitations under the Tax Code of the Republic
of Tajikistan). The deduction is carried out by the taxpayer having properly prepared documents
confirming expenses related to getting the gross revenue. Profits tax of the non-resident is collected
from the source of the profit payment in the Republic of Tajikistan in line with the order under Chapter
20 of the Code. In addition to the profits tax, the permanent institution of the foreign juridical person is
liable to the tax on net profits of this permanent institution with interest rate of 8 percent. The resident
enterprises obtaining a share of foreign investor participation in the capital are liable to all taxes except
for the net profits tax.
In the Republic of Tajikistan there is a unified positive VAT rate - 20 percent for domestic production and
import. The payer of VAT is a person registered or obliged to register as a VAT-payer. Export of goods
except for raw cotton, ginned cotton and primary aluminium, precious metals and precious stones,
jewelry made of precious metals and precious stones, is liable to the value added tax by zero rate.
The excises exist only on six positions of nomenclature of foreign economic activity - spirits, alcoholic
and non-alcoholic drinks; tobacco; oil products; motor cars and other motor transport facilities for
transportation of people, automobile tires; jewelry of gold, platinum or silver.
The order of calculation and payment of the VAT rate and of import excises is regulated by the tax
legislation.
In accordance with Article 247of the Tax Code of the Republic of Tajikistan the Government of the
Republic of Tajikistan has adopted the Resolution № 126 of April 2, 2007 "On the rates of the excise tax
on some goods produced in the Republic of Tajikistan and imported to the Republic of Tajikistan".
In accordance with Article 20 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "On foreign investments in the
Republic of Tajikistan", the customs duties of goods delivered to the address of the enterprise with
foreign investments envisage reduction of payment for the property transported to the Republic of
Tajikistan as a contribution of foreign investor made to the authorized fund of the enterprise under Tax
and Customs Code of the Republic of Tajikistan.
For the purpose of improvement of investment climate, in accordance with Point 6 Article 145 of Tax
Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, the following enterprises are exempted from profits tax: "new
enterprises created in the sphere of goods production in the year of state registration and beginning
from the year following the year of primary state registration when introducing them by the founders
with account of minimal sizes of investments fixed by the legislation to the authorized fund of such
enterprises of the below mentioned volumes for the period of:
- 2 years in case the investment volume is up to US$ 500 thous.;
- 3 years in case the investment volume is over US$ 500 thous. up to US$ 2 million;
- 4 years in case the investment volume ranges from US$ 2 to 5 million;
- 5 years in case the investment volume exceeds US$ 5 million".
In Article 211 of the Tax Code exemption from VAT is established in respect to the fixed assets import
except for excise goods to form or replenish the authorized fund of the enterprise in accordance with its
constituent documents during 3 years from the date of state registration (re-registration by virtue of
authorized fund increasing) of the enterprise the authorized fund of which is registered in accordance
with normative and legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan in 7 million somoni and within 5 years with
regard of an enterprise the authorized fund of which is registered in accordance with normative and
legal acts of the Republic of Tajikistan in over 7 million somoni. Import of the personal property
transported to the Republic of Tajikistan by foreign workers of the enterprises with foreign investments
and intended for their personal usage is also exempted from VAT.
In 2007 there were included some special tax regimes to the Tax Code to attract investors to the two
priority spheres of economy - generation of hydro electric power (Chapter 49) and treatment of ginned
cotton to the end-use product (Chapter 50).
In Chapter 49 it is envisaged that "for the period of construction of the HPS on the territory of Tajikistan,
the Client and the General Contractor of the construction are exempted from the following taxes (since
the beginning of payment date), directly connected with this construction: (1) value added tax; (2) tax
paid by the highways users; (3) profits tax of juridical persons; (4) enterprise minimal income tax; (5)
land tax; (6) tax paid by owners of transport means; (7) immovable property tax; (8) social tax from
persons directly employed in construction of the HPS and being not the citizens of the Republic of
Tajikistan; (9) national duty for registration of the issue prospectus of the non-state securities,
implemented in view of construction of the HPS".
Besides import of goods for construction of HPSs being of special importance for the Republic of
Tajikistan is subject to exemption from the value added tax and customs duties.
Suppliers and subcontractors of the above-mentioned construction are also exempted from the VAT, the
tax paid by the users of highway directly subjected to imputation with regard of construction of the HPS
and from social tax with regard of persons directly employed in construction of the HPS and being not
the citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan for the period of the PS construction.
At the same time Chapter 50 states that "Import of goods directly for the personal needs made by the
newly created enterprises engaged in the full cycle of treating ginned cotton to the end-use product
(from cotton yarn to cotton garments), are exempted from customs duties and the VAT". Export of
goods produced by newly created enterprises is exempted from VAT. In case the newly created
enterprises supply imported goods to the domestic market of the Republic of Tajikistan, these
operations are subject to customs duties, VAT and other taxes.
The newly created enterprises are exposed from profits tax paid by legal entities, minimal income tax of
enterprises, immovable property tax and land tax.
of Taxes of the Republic of Tajikistan
CUSTOMS SYSTEM
Customs system in Tajikistan is based on the rules and regulations under the Customs Code of the RT
(TC) enacted on January 1, 2007. The document is the only normative and legal act regulating the
Customs issues. Only Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan have the right to
make amendments and additions to the Code and also deal with issues related to interpretation of its
regulations in the form of corresponding resolution on submission of the Government of the RT.
Customs regulation establishes the procedures and rules complying of which persons exercise the right
to convey goods and means of transport across the customs border of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The government of the Republic of Tajikistan shall perform the overall administration of customs affairs
in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The authorized body on customs affairs shall ensure direct realization for customs purposes of the
objectives in the area of customs affairs and uniform application of the customs legislation of the
Republic of Tajikistan by all customs bodies within the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
In accordance with demand of Customs code of the republic of Tajikistan Atricl 347 i.1 Customs fees
shall include:
1) customs fees for customs clearance;
2) customs fees for customs escort;
3) customs fees for storage of goods in customs warehouses;
4) customs fees for issue of a qualification certificate of a customs clearance specialist
Definition of customs value of goods imported to the customs zone of the Republic of Tajikistan is
carried out though application of the following methods:
on the imported goods transaction value;
on the identical goods transaction value;
on the uniform goods transaction value;
value subtraction;
value addition;
reserving method
The rates of customs duties for the goods imported to the Republic are established by the Resolution of
the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan "On customs tariff of the Republic of Tajikistan" dated
October 25, 2003, № 450 and ranges in accordance with a type of goods at rates of 0%, 2,5%, 5%, 7%,
10%, 15%.
In accordance with Point 2 of the Resolution of the Republic of Tajikistan "On the customs tariff of the
Republic of Tajikistan" dated October 25, 2003, № 450, the regime of free trade is set up and the zero
rate is applied for imported customs duty for imported goods produced in the states-members of the
Eurasian Economic Association (Russian Federation, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Byelorussia,
Kyrgyz Republic and Republic of Tajikistan).
Besides the zero rate of customs duties is applied for the goods imported to the Republic from the less
developed countries the list of which is established by the Resolution of the Government of the Republic
of Tajikistan "On customs tariff of the Republic of Tajikistan".
In accordance with Article 345 item 3,6 of Customs Code some certain goods are exempted from custom
duties. Customs duties shall not be levied when importing:
· goods as humanitarian aid and goods transferred free of charge to state bodies of the Republic of
Tajikistan;
· goods intended for implementation of target projects approved by the Government of the Republic of
Tajikistan on the expenses (within) of grants and (or) credits (lending) provided by legal or natural
persons, foreign states, governments of foreign states or by international organizations.
JURIDICAL PERSON STATE REGISTRATION ORDER
According to legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan the legal capacity of juridical person comes into
being from the moment of its state registration. Therefore, the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan
provides curtain order for registration of juridical persons.
Juridical person state registration at the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan not depend of character of
organization legally forms is carried out by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan, justice
departments of Autonomous Mountainous Badakhshon region and other regions.
For creation of juridical person state registration in conformity with registration body should be
submitted an application with enclosure of following documents:
- constitutive documents of juridical person (regulations or constitutive agreement, or both);
- decision of founder on creating of juridical person. If the founder of juridical person is several person,
this decision will be accepted in general constituent assembly and the protocol of general constituent
assembly is submitted to registration body, which should include following issues:
a) decision on creating;
b) decision on confirmation of constituent documents;
c) decision on appointment the leader of executive body of juridical person;
- copying from common registration on state registration, if the founder of juridical person is another
juridical person;
- information on physical person, if the founder is physical person;
- documents confirmed juridical address and location, submitted authority state body;
- document on forming regulations fund in cases provided by legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- receipt or copy of charge on state customs payment.
Application and documents indicated in the first and second paragraph is signed by the founder or his
authorized person, if he is physical person, if the founder is juridical person, the indicated documents
will be signed by leader and sealed. The indicated documents are submitted in two copies, one of them
is certified by the conformity registration body after juridical person state registration and will be issued
to claimer together with the certificate on state registration.
The founder should apply to registration body for juridical person state registration during a month from
the moment of constituent documents accepting.
Juridical person state registration is carried out by the registration body for the period not less than 10
days from the moment of submitting indicated in present articles of documents, if other period is not
provided by legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
In 10 days period from the day of juridical person state registration, the registration body notifies
statistic and tax state bodies on juridical person location and about produced actions.
According to documents review results and in the presence of legally control conclusion , the
registration body will issue certification on juridical person state registration to founder or its
representative or refuse it.
The sample of certification on juridical person state registration, and also Clause on order conducting of
legally control of constituent documents of juridical person are approved by the Ministry of Justice of
the Republic of Tajikistan.
The issue of certification on juridical person state registration is not basis for commencement separately
types of activity which is carried out by juridical person legally only after receiving permission (license).
For making the certification on juridical person state registration and other expenses related to juridical
person state registration, the founder will transfer means in the volume of 2 minimal salaries to
registration body account.
For juridical person state registration and the registration their representatives and branches, it is
collected state tax in order, established by the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
For registration of juridical person will be raised following means:
- from commercial organizations not depend on property forms- 30 times minimal salaries;
- from commercial organization with participation of foreign investors – 100 times minimal salaries;
- from noncommercial not depend on property forms – 10 times minimal salaries;
- from noncommercial organization with the participation of foreign subjects, not depend on property
forms – 50 times minimal salaries.
Representative and branches juridical person registration is carried out by conformity registration body.
The following documents are necessary for registration of representative or branches juridical person:
- the application of juridical person on registration its representative or branch;
- certified state notary of copy of constituent documents juridical person created representation or
branch;
- decision of authority body of juridical person should be following:
a) on creating representation or branch
b) on confirmation of enclosure
c) on appointment of leader of representation or branch juridical person;
- enclosure on representation or branch juridical person should include the following documents:
- warrant issued by the leader of representation or branch juridical person;
- document confirming location of representation or branch juridical person;
- recipient or payment order on state tax payment in conformity with legislation of the Republic of
Tajikistan.
Information on representation or branch juridical person will be brought to the common juridical person
state registration. On the result of representation or branch juridical person registration is issued the
copy from registration.
Juridical person state registration and their representation or branches it is collected state tax in order,
established by legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
For registration of branches and representation, not depend on property form, juridical person and
issue of copy from Registration is raised 5 times minimal salaries;
The major normative-legal acts are the following:
- Civil Code of the Republic of Tajikistan dated 1999.
- The Law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On juridical person state registration” dated 2003.
- The Law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On state tax” dated 2004.
COMPETITION AND LIMITATION OF MONOPOLISTIC ACTIVITIES
The legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan supporting the competition, simultaneously prohibits the
carrying out of monopolistic activities of economy subjects.
Competition is summary controversial of economy subjects, when their independent action effectively
limit possibility, each of them can unilateral influence on general condition goods applying in conformity
with goods market.
In conformity with the law of the Republic of Tajikistan, it is prohibited the action of economy subject
(group of person) engaging dominating status at the market, which have or can have their results in
limitation competition and infringement of other economy subjects or physical person interests.
Immobilization of goods from market, the goal or results are creating or supporting of deficit at the
market or increasing of prices;
Fastening to contractor the terms which are not useful for it or not related to agreement subject
(unfounded requirements of transferring of financial means, other property, property rights, labor
power and etc.);
Including in the agreement the discriminating condition, this put contractor in unequal situation in
comparison with other economy subjects;
Consent of making agreement only under condition of including situation regarding to the goods which
contractor is not interested;
Creating of obstacles on access to market (going out from market) other economy subjects;
Violation of established normative acts order of price-formation;
Establish of monopoly high (low) price;
Reducing or stopping of goods productions, which are in great demand or consumers’ orders, in the
presence of without loss possibility of their production;
Unfounded refuse from making agreement with separate customers (clients) in the presence of
possibility production or delivery of conformity goods and etc;
With the aim of carrying out of state policy of the Republic of Tajikistan in the field of limited monopoly,
it was created state antimonopoly body. State monopoly body consists of following tasks: warning,
limitation and crossing of monopolistic activities of unfair competition;
assistance for forming market relationship on the basis of competition development and undertaking;
state control over observance of antimonopoly legislation.
State antimonopoly body has following tasks:
- submit a proposal and remarks to the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan issues related to
improvement of antimonopoly legislation and make conclusion on bill and other normative acts,
regarding market functioning and competition development;
- submit recommendation to state management bodies on conducting arrangement directed to
development assistance on goods market and competition;
- develop and carrying out measures on production demonopolization and treatment;
- control the observance of antimonopoly legislation under creation, reorganization and liquidation of
economic entities;
- control of procured share with the vote in fixed capital of economy subjects which can taken to
dominating situation of economic entity on market or limited competition.
State antimonopoly body has a right to following:
give economy subjects obligatory for executing instructions on censure breaking out of antimonopoly
legislation, on removal their consequence, on restoration of original situation, on cancellation or
alteration of agreements contradicted antimonopoly legislation, unfounded refuse from making
agreements with other economy subjects, on transferring profits to the budget, received at the result of
antimonopoly legislation violation;
give state management bodies, executive authority bodies on places obligatory for executing of
instructions on refuse or changing accepted acts, on stopping of violation, and also on cancellation or
alteration of made contracts, contradicted antimonopoly legislation;
brought to conformity state management bodies, executive authority bodies on places on introduction
or on the refuse of licensing quota, on alteration of customs-tariff and other types of state supporting;
make decision on imposition of a fine to economic entities and administrative penalty on their leaders,
citizen, including individual owners, and also to officially of state management bodies, local executive
authority body for violation of antimonopoly legislation, exceptionally in the cases violation of
prescribed manner of price –formation in conformity with legislation on natural monopolies;
take legal advice to court or economy court with application on violation of antimonopoly legislation,
including on acknowledgement invalid completely or partly of agreements, contradicted antimonopoly
legislation, on unfounded refuse from making agreements with other economy subjects on
reorganization (apportionment or division) of economy subjects;
participate in court or economy court review related to applying and violation of antimonopoly
legislation;
Demand from economy subjects the submitting of trustworthy documents or other information which
are necessary for implementing its legal activity.
Establish the presence of domination status of economy subjects.
Submit explanation on issues related to applying antimonopoly legislation.
Implement other authority provided in the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Un-executive the requirements of the state monopoly body is foundation for acknowledgement of state
registration invalid in judicial order on suit of state antimonopoly body.
State registration of economy subjects and their units, created or reorganized without preliminary
consent of state antimonopoly body, in the cases, if it will lead to violation of requirements of the
legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan, may be acknowledged in judicial order on suit of state
antimonopoly body.
The major normative acts are the following:
-the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On Competition and limitation of monopolistic activities at goods
market dated 2000.
PROTECTION OF CONSUMER RIGHTS
A consumer – an individual or a legal entity intended to order or purchase, or ordering, purchasing or
using goods (works, services) exclusively for personal, family, household or other needs not related to
business activity.
A consumer shall have rights for the following:
- awareness in protection of consumer rights;
- information on goods (works, services) as well as their producers (contractors, sellers);
- goods (works, services) safety;
- free selection of goods (works, services);
- proper quality of goods (works, services);
- compensation of damages in full due to shortage of goods (works, services);
- protection of his/her rights;
- creation of consumer public associations;
- suggestions to producers (sellers) on improvement of quality of goods(works, services);
A consumer who was sold goods of improper quality has a right to demand at his/her discretion the
following if it was not specified by a seller:
- exchange them for similar goods (model, type) or the other brand (model, type) with required
adjustment of a purchase price;
- free fixing of goods defects or compensation of expenses for fixing defects by a consumer or the third
person;
- rescinding of a sales contract;
- proportional reduction of a purchase price.
At the same time, the consumer has a right to also demand full compensation of damages due to sale of
goods of improper quality.
A consumer has a right to exchange technically complex or expensive goods in case of finding essential
goods defects (essential violations of quality specifications). The list of technically complex goods is
approved by the Government of the RT.
The consumer has a right to make demands to a seller or a manufacturer with regard to goods defects if
they were found during a warranty or usability period set by the manufacturer.
As for goods without a warranty or usability period, the consumer has a right to make mentioned
demands if the goods defects were found during 6 months but within 2 years since their handing over to
a consumer if longer periods were not set by the law or an agreement.
In case of finding goods defects which features do not allow to fix them a consumer has a right at
his/her discretion to demand exchanging them to goods of proper quality or proportional reduction of a
purchase price or to rescind an agreement.
The consumer has a right to return goods of improper quality to a manufacturer and demand
reimbursement. Upon reimbursement to a consumer of a paid sum a seller cannot withheld an amount
to which a good price dropped due to full or partial use of goods, loss of a sales condition or other
similar reasons.
Lack of a document confirming goods purchase cannot be a reason for refusal in satisfaction of
consumer demands.
A seller (manufacturer) or organization acting as a seller (manufacturer) should take back goods of
improper quality from a consumer based on an agreement with him/her and in case of necessity to
check the quality of goods.
Upon dispute about reasons of goods defects a seller (manufacturer) or organization acting as a seller
(manufacturer) should make goods examination at its own expense based on an agreement with a
consumer. The consumer should be notified in writing about the place and time of examination. A
consumer has a right to participate in examination of goods quality personally or through his/her
representative. A consumer has a right to contest findings of this examination judicially.
As for goods with a warranty period, a seller (manufacturer) or organization acting as a seller
(manufacturer) is responsible for their defects based on an agreement with a consumer if it will not be
able to prove that these defects emerged after handing over goods to a consumer due to violation of
use rules, storage and transportation of goods, activity of third persons or force-majeure.
Damage caused to consumer’s life, health or property due to mechanical, manufacturing, formula or
other defects of goods (works, services) is subject to complete compensation.
Any complainant has a right to demand indemnification for damages caused due to goods (works,
services) defects regardless of whether he/she had contractual relations with a seller (contractor) or
not.
Damage caused to consumer’s life, health or property is subject to compensation if it was done during a
fixed period of serviceable life of goods (works, services).
If according to legal-regulatory acts of the RT a producer (contractor) should set a period of serviceable
life of goods (works) and it was not done or a consumer who bought goods (works) and was not
informed about necessary actions upon expiration of a period of serviceable life and possible
consequences of failure to carry out the actions mentioned above damage shall be subject to
compensation regardless of time of its infliction.
If in accordance with current Law a producer (contractor) did not set a period of serviceable life of goods
(works) damage should be subject to compensation in case of its infliction during 10 years since the day
of goods handing over to a consumer and if it is not possible to determine the day – since a production
date (completion of works).
Damage caused due to goods defects is subject to compensation by a seller. Damage caused due to
defects (shortcomings) of works or services is subject to compensation by a contractor.
A producer (contractor) is responsible for damage caused to consumer’s life, environment or property
due to use of materials, equipment, tools and other means necessary for production of goods (execution
of works, providing services) regardless of whether the level of scientific and technical knowledge
allowed to reveal their specific characteristics or not.
A producer (contractor, seller) is not responsible if he/she could prove that damage caused due to forcemajeure or violation of fixed use rules, storage and transportation of goods (works, services) by a
consumer.
Moral damage caused to a consumer due to violation by a producer (contractor, seller) of consumer
rights provided for by the legislation shall be compensated by a person who caused damage in case of
his/her fault.
Moral damage shall be compensated regardless of material damage subject to compensation. Moral
damage shall be compensated in cash. Moral damage shall be determined by the court.
Basic legal-regulatory acts:
- Civil Code of the RT (part 1), 1999.
- Law of the RT “On consumer rights”, 2004.
PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE
According to the Civil Code Republic of Tajikistan the following are categorized as immovable things
(immovable property, a mortgage): buildings, structures, perennial plantings i.e., objects whose
movement is impossible without disproportionate harm to their use. Immovable things also include the
following, if subject to state registration: airships and ocean-going vessels, inland waterway vessels,
outer space objects. Other property may be categorized as immovable things by a statute.
Things that are not categorized as immovable, including money, commercial paper, are movable
property. The registration of rights to movable things is not required except for cases indicated by a
statute
The Constitution Republic of Tajikistan declares that “the earth, its resources, water, the atmosphere,
flora, fauna, and other natural resources are the exclusive property of the state, and the government
guarantees their effective utilization in the interests of the people.”
The basis of the ownership right on immovable things is the state registration of these rights. In the Civil
Code Republic of Tajikistan is stated that “the right of ownership and other rights in things to immovable
things, limitations of these rights, their origin, transfer, and termination are subject to state registration
in the single state register by the institutions of justice.” The following are subject to registration: the
right of ownership, the right of economic management, the right of operative administration, the right
of lifetime inheritable possession, the right of permanent use, mortgage, servitudes, and also other
rights in cases provided by the present Code or other statutes of RT.
In cases provided by a statute, special registration or recording of individual types of immovable
property may be conducted along with state registration.
An agency conducting state registration of rights to mortgage and transactions with them must, on
request of the right holder, certify a registration that has been made by issuance of a document on the
registered right or transaction or by making a notation on a document presented for registration.
An agency conducting state registration of rights to mortgage and transactions with them is obligated to
provide information on registration made and registered rights to any person.
The information shall be provided in any agency conducting registration of mortgage regardless of the
place of making registration.
A refusal of state registration of a right to mortgage or of a transaction with it or the refusal of the
respective agency to register may be appealed to court.
The procedure for state registration and the bases of refusal of registration shall be established in
accordance with the laws RT.
The registration of rights to mortgage is not required except for the cases mentioned in laws.
Also in respect to movable things in the Republic of Tajikistan the Law “on the Pledge of Movables” is
active, that is aimed to regulate the issue on the pledge of movables and its particulars.
Basic regulatory legal acts:
- Constitution Republic of Tajikistan adopted on 1994
- Civil Code Republic of Tajikistan (part 1) adopted on 1999
- Law Republic of Tajikistan “on the Pledge of Movables” dated on 2007
ISSUES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Constitution Republic of Tajikistan states that “Each person has the right freely to participate in the
cultural life of society, as well as in artistic, scientific, and technical creation and make use of their
achievements. Cultural and spiritual valuables are protected by the government. Intellectual property is
under the protection of the law.” (Article 40)
THE DEFINITION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ITS SUBJECTS
According to the Civil Code Republic of Tajikistan the intellectual property implies property rights and/or
personal non-property rights with regard to the outcomes of intellectual activity, means of identification
of a civil turnover participants, product identification, implemented works or services (means of
identification), and other equated objects.
Legal objects of intellectual property include:
1) Outcomes of the intellectual creative activity:
- Works of science, art, and literature, including electronic software and data-bases;
- Performances, phonograms, programs of air and cable broadcast organizations;
- Inventions, useful models, industrial designs;
- Selection achievements;
- Topologies of microelectronic integrated circuits;
- Information of official or commercial secrecy.
2) Means of identification of a civil turnover participants, goods, works, or services:
- Trade names;
- Trademarks and service marks;
- Places of origin of a commodity and indications of origin;
3) Other outcomes of intellectual creative activity and equated means of
identification protected in accordance with the laws and international treaties of the
Republic of Tajikistan.
COPYRIGHT LAW
The Law “on Copyright and Neighboring rights” governs the relations arising from the creation and
exploitation of scientific, literary and artistic works (copyright) and of phonograms, performances and
the programs of broadcasting or cable distribution organizations (neighboring rights).
Copyright extends to scientific, literary and artistic works that are the product of creative work,
regardless of the purpose, the merit and the manner of expression thereof. Copyright protects disclosed
works and also undisclosed works that exist in an objective form, namely:
1) written form (manuscript, typewritten text, musical score, etc.);
2) oral form (public recitation, public performance, etc.);
3) sound or visual recording (mechanical, magnetic, digital, optical, etc.);
4) figurative form (drawing, sketch, painting, plan, industrial design, still picture from a cinematographic
or television or video film, photograph, etc.);
5) three-dimensional form (sculpture, model, mock-up, structure, etc.);
6) any other form.
Ideas, methods, processes, systems, means, concepts, principles, discoveries and facts may not be
protected by copyright. The copyright in a work is independent of the ownership of the material object
in which the work is expressed. The transfer of the ownership of the material object or of the right of
possession of the material object shall not in itself constitute transfer of any copyright in the work
embodied in that subject.
THE RIGHTS OF THE PERFORMER SHALL BE RECOGNIZED IF:
1) the performer is a national of the Republic of Tajikistan;
2) the performer is not a national of the Republic of Tajikistan but:
a) the first performance occurred on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan;
b) the performance has been recorded on a phonogram protected under the provisions of this Law;
c) the performance has not been recorded on a phonogram but is included in a program broadcast
or transmitted by cable that is protected under the provisions of this Law.
The law «On Neighboring Rights» is also applied if:
1) the phonogram producer is a national of the Republic of Tajikistan or a legal entity with headquarters
located on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan;
2) the phonogram producer is not a national of the Republic of Tajikistan or a legal entity with
headquarters
located on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan but the first publication of the phonogram occurred
on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan or occurred on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan
within 30 days from its first publication in the other state.
STATE AUTHORITIES ON COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBORING RIGHTS
The Agency on Copyright and Neighboring rights is functioning under the Ministry of Culture. The main
tasks of the Agency on Copyright and Neighboring rights are, for example, to provide adherence and
protection of rights and interests of Tajik and foreign authors and their legal representatives during the
usage of scientific, literary and artistic works on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan; as well as of
authors and their legal representatives, who live on the territory of Tajikistan during the usage of their
production in the Republic and outside of it; to assist in creation facilities, moral and material
suppositions, aimed to protect the rights of authors of scientific, literary and artistic works; to assist to
acquaintance of different nations with the best scientific, literary and artistic works of the authors from
the Republic of Tajikistan; to develop international cooperation in the field of culture and copyright; etc.
INVENTIONS
Law Republic of Tajikistan “On Inventions” governs the issue on inventions; it regulates property and is
connected to it personal non-property relations, appeared due to legal and copyright protection of
inventions on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan. The Law regulates the issues on patentability of
inventions, determines the rights of subjects for invention, determines the procedure of application for
the issuance of document of title and its period of validity, determines the priority of invention,
determines the procedure of application examinations and provides the legal protection, regulates the
relations on exclusive right to use the invention.
STATE AUTHORITY ON INVENTION ISSUES
State Authority on protection of the industrial property subjects (Patent Authority), provides the
implementation of the united governmental strategy in the field of the legal protection of industrial
property subjects, takes the applications on industrial property subjects, conducts the examination on
them, implements the state registration and official advertisements about the subjects of the industrial
property, issues the documents of title and also implements any other functions which are mentioned in
constituent documents of the Patent Authority. There is the Appeal Council of the patent Authority,
which is the compulsory primary agency for the settlement of vexed questions in relation to legal
protection of industrial property subjects. The Appeal Council exercises its activities on the base of
legislation of Republic of Tajikistan and Decree about Appeal Council. The Patent Authority is financed
by state budget, procedural fee and also means earned through the patent and information services
delivery.
CONDITIONS FOR OBTAINING A PATENT
AND ITS VALIDITY PERIOD FOR AN INVENTION
According to the law and in order to recognize an author’s rights the application should be submitted to
the competent state authority. Therefore the invention should meet the conditions of patentability of
invention, e.g. the invention shall be recognized as novelty and provided b legal protection according to
the legislation. The engineering solution would be recognized as the invention and provided by the legal
protection, if it’s novelty and, has the inventive step and industrial applicability. Such conditions were
set in order the invention to be new, if it’s not the part of state of the art. The state of art includes any
information open to general use in the world before the date of invention priority. The invention has the
industrial applicability if it can be used in industry, agriculture, health and other parts of human activity.
The right for invention is protected by state and certified by patent or petty patent for the invention
(then document of title). The patent for invention is granted upon the conduction of examination and
valid during the period of twenty years, starting from the date when the application for invention has
been submitted to the Patent Authority. The petty patent is granted upon the conduction of the
preliminary examination requested by application for the issuance of petty patent. The petty patent is
valid during the ten years from the date when the application for invention has been submitted to the
Patent Authority. The document of title certifies the priority, copyright and exclusive right to use the
invention
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
According to the Law Republic of Tajikistan “About the industrial designs” the industrial designs are the
art-engineering solution of the production, which is determining its appearance. At that the production
can be hand-made and factory-made. The industrial design would be provided by legal protection if it is
new and original. The industrial design would be recognized as new if the complex of its essential
principles, presented on the appearance of the production and mentioned in the list of essential
characters, is not famous from the information which is open to general use before the date of
industrial design priority. During the procedure of novelty’s ascertainment all industrial designs
patented in Republic of Tajikistan including the applications submitted for the industrial designs (for the
exception of withdrawn applications) from other persons on the assumption of their earlier priority are
being taken into account. The industrial design would be recognized as original if its essential characters
describe the creative nature of production’s aesthetic features. The character, which determines the
aesthetical and/ or human factors of the production’s appearance, its shapes and configuration of the
ornamental pattern and colors combinations belong to the essential characters of the industrial design.
If the author or any other person who has received the information directly from the author will make
the public disclosure of information regarding the industrial design and the data on the essence of
industrial design will be open to public use, but the application was submitted to the patent authority six
months before the date of information disclosure, it will not be recognized as the circumstance which
has the impact on the patentability of the industrial design. At that time the claimer is responsible to
prove this circumstance. The following solutions are not recognized as the industrial designs:
- specified by technical function of the production only;
- the subjects of architecture (for the exception of small architectural forms), industrial, hydro technical
and fixed constructions;
- printed output as such;
- the subjects with unstable form made of liquid, gaseous and discrete matters and similar to them
matters;
- the production which contradicts to public interests, principals of humanity and moral.
THE STATE AUTHORITY ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS ISSUES
The State Authority on protection of industrial property subjects (then patent authority) provides the
implementation of united state strategy in field of legal protection of industrial property subjects, in
particular the industrial designs, takes the applications for the industrial designs, conducts their
examination, implements the state registration and official advertisement of data regarding the
industrial designs, grants the patents for the industrial designs and also implements other
responsibilities. There is the Appeal Council of the patent Authority, which is the compulsory primary
administrative agency for the settlement of vexed questions in relation to legal protection of industrial
property subjects. The Appeal Council exercises its activities on the base of legislation of Republic of
Tajikistan and Decree about Appeal Council, ratified by the head of Patent Authority.
CONDITIONS FOR OBTAINING A PATENT
AND ITS VALIDITY PERIOD FOR THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
According to the current law the right to use the industrial design is protected by law and certified by
patent. The patent for industrial design (them patent) certifies the priority, copyright and exclusive right
to use the industrial design. The volume of legal protection provided by the patent is determined by
complex of the industrial design essential characters, presented on the appearance of the production
(model, picture). The specification of the industrial design is used for the interpretation of the
characters. The patent is valid for the period of ten years starting from the date of submission to the
competent state authority state authority on the protection of industrial property subjects.
MAIN LEGAL REGULATIONS
- Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- Civil Code of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan
- «About inventions»;
- «About the industrial designs»;
- «About the trademarks and service marks»;
- «About copyright and neighboring rights»;
- «About publishing right»
- «About protection of consumers»
- «About print and mass media»
- «About publicity»
- «About cinema»
- «About television and broadcasting»
3. By-law:
- Decree «About the minimal sizes of author’s fee for art and graphical work and photographical work
for the publishing.»
- Decree «About the minimal sizes of author’s fee for public performance of the work of art and literary,
musical compositions in sound (mechanical) transfer, dissemination of sound transfer copies and
audiovisual compositions, reproduction of fine arts works and industrial duplication of the arts and
crafts works.
- Decree «About the minimal sizes of author’s fee for the edition of scientific works, literary, art and
execution of order for the creation of dramatics, musical, musical and dramatics and literary works for
public performance or for right to perform it first.
- The regulations on preparation, submission and consideration of the applications for the issuance of
patent and petty patent for invention.
- The regulations on preparation, submission and consideration of the applications for the issuance of
patent and petty patent for the trademarks and service mark
- The model regulation on rationalization activity
- The temporary provision about the registration of appellation of origin and granting the right to use it.
- The program of information security provision the Republic of Tajikistan
STANDARTIZATION
Standardization is an activity on setting up regulations, rules and characteristics (further – requirements)
to provide the following:
- safety of production, works and services for life, health and property, environment protection;
- requirements on compatibility and interchangeability of production;
- quality of production, works and services to its functionality in accordance with development level of
science, technologies, competitiveness on a world market;
- protection of consumer interests and rights;
- defense capacity and mobilization preparedness of the state.
STANDARDIZATION SUBJECTS ARE PRODUCTION, PROCESS
AND SERVICES HAVING PROSPECTS OF MULTIPLE REPRODUCTION AND USE
The following normative documents on standardization of the following categories are in force in the
RT:
- international (regional) standards;
- interstate standards – GOST (all-Union State Standard);
- national standards of the RT – ST RT;
- branch standards – OST;
- enterprise standards – STP;
- technical terms and conditions of the RT – TU RT.
Classifiers of technical-economic information, rules, regulations, standardization recommendations are
also regarded as regulatory framework on standardization. Procedure of development and application
of standardization rules, regulations and recommendations is set up by the authorized body of the
Government of the RT, and of classifiers of technical-economic information – by the State Statistics
Agency under the Government of the RT. International (regional) standards and national standards of
foreign countries as well as international rules, regulations and recommendations are applied in
accordance with agreements of the RT.
Production and sale (supply) of production without regulatory framework is not allowed.
Requirements set up by regulatory framework shall be based on modern achievements of science and
technologies, take into account terms and conditions of production use, execution of works, providing
services, conditions and regimes of labor providing its protection and should not violate regulations set
up by the legislation of the RT.
Standardization regulatory framework on production and services subject to mandatory certification
should contain requirements based on which mandatory certification, inspection methods on
conformance to these requirements, production and services marking rules, requirements to
information on certification included into accompanying documentation are carried out.
Standards are not subjects of copyright.
Interstate standards are directly applicable on the territory of the RT without their re-registration into
national standards of the RT.
National standards, branch standards and technical terms and conditions are developed for production,
works and services and should not contradict to legislation of the RT. These documents should contain
the following:
- requirements to production, works and services on their safety for environment, life, health and
property, requirements of safety measures and industrial sanitation;
- requirements on technical and information compatibility and interchangeability;
- basic consumer (operating) characteristics of production, inspection methods, requirements to
packing, marking, transportation, storing, use and utilization of production;
- regulations providing technical uniformity upon development, manufacture and operation (use) of
production and providing services;
- technical documentation preparation rules, clearance and interference, general rules of providing
quality of production, conservation and rational use of all types of resources, terminology, definitions,
metrological and other general technical rules and regulations.
Preliminary requirements for future prospects surpassing capabilities of traditional technologies are set
up in well-founded cases in national and branch standards to provide protection of interests of the RT
and competitiveness of domestic production (services).
Content of requirements of national and branch standards, technical terms and conditions, area of their
distribution, area of their action and date of their introduction are determined by the state bodies and
economic activity entities who adopt them.
Requirements set up in national and branch standards and technical terms and conditions for providing
safety of production, works and services, life and health, property and environment protection,
technical and information compatibility and interchangeability of production, uniformity of
methodology of their inspection and packing are mandatory for economic activity entities.
Other requirements of regulatory framework to production, works and services are subject to
mandatory observance by economic activity entities due to an agreement or in case if there is an
indication about it in technical documentation of manufacturer (provider) of production, a contractor of
works and services.
Conformity of production and services to requirements of regulatory framework can be confirmed
through marking of production and services with a conformity mark. Procedure of marking and issuance
of rights for marking is set up by the authorized body of the Government of the RT.
Classifiers of technical-economic information are approved and run by the State Statistics Agency under
the Government of the RT.
Standards of enterprises can be independently developed and approved by the economic activity
entities based on necessity of their application to meet requirements mentioned in art. 1 of this Law.
National and branch standards and technical terms and conditions of the RT are subject to state
registration in the authorized body of the Government of the RT.
Standards of enterprises and technical terms and conditions are developed in order to improve and
manage production. Standards of enterprises and technical terms and conditions are approved by their
managers.
Procedure of development , approval, registration, change and cancellation of standards by enterprises
are set up independently.
Normative documents for standardization should be applied by the state management bodies, the
subjects of economy activity are on development stage, arrangement of production, output, realization,
and exploitation, transportation, storage and utilization under work completion, service rendering,
development of technical documentation (construction, technological, designing,).
Employer and executor are obliged to include the condition of production conformity, completed work
and rendered services of obligatory requirements of enactments in the agreement.
The necessary applying of normative documents for standardization in the term of production (service),
produced in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan with the aim of export is defined by the contract in
exceptional case, established legislation.
Production export and service on Republic Tajikistan customs territory, and also confirmation their
corresponding obligatory requirement of normative documents in prescribed manner, established by
the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The official information on developed and confirmed of branch standard, classifiers of techniqueeconomy information, and also these documents should be accessible for consumers, including for
foreign countries, which they don’t constitute state secret.
The authority body of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan forms the fund of normative
documents and carries out following:
- state storage of standards and branch standards, recorded state registration;
- purchase and storage of interstate, international (regional) standards, rules, norms and
recommendations on standardization and meteorology, national standards of foreign countries;
- information provision.
State management body, accepted normative documents on standardization, the subjects of economy
activity, affirmed normative documents on standardization within its competence, forms and lead
information fund of these documents, and also provide consumers with the information about
documents on agreement basis.
Exceptionally right of official publication of normative documents is belonged to state management
bodies accepted these documents.
Exceptionally right of official publication of information maintained in the Republican register
production and service, marked sign in compliance with normative documents is belonged to authority
body of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
State control and inspection over observe of subjects of economy activity normative documents’
obligatory requirement on standardization with the aim of production certificate, production and
service, and also improving their quality are carried out by the authority body of the Government of the
Republic of Tajikistan and other authority state management body within their competence.
Normative-legal act are following:
- The Law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On standardization” dated 1996.
CERTIFICATION
Production certificate (further certification) is the activity on confirmation in compliance with
established requirements.
Certification is carried out for following goals:
- consumers’ defense interests in issues regarding production safety for life, health and property,
environment protection, information compatibility and production interchangeability;
- creating condition for undertaking , institution, organizations and enterprise activities at single
- goods market of the Republic of Tajikistan, and also for participation in international economic,
scientific – technical collaboration and international trade;
- consumers assistance to production choice components;
- production quality index confirmation, declared manufacturer(seller).
Certification can have following obligatory and voluntary character.
Organization structure’s system shall form:
- state (national) body on certification, central, regional bodies on certification, bodies on production
and quality system, testing laboratories (centers) , enterprises, institutions and organizations,
irrespective of property form, and also public organizations.
There can be several similar production corticated systems in certification system.
Certification systems are subject to state registration in prescribed manner.
The function of state (national) body on certification of the Republic of Tajikistan is entrusted to
authority body of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in conformity with present Law should
carry out following tasks:
- forms and realizes the state policy in the field of certification holding at the territory of the Republic of
Tajikistan and officially informs about them;
-publishes official information on certification systems and compliance mark in force in the
Republic of Tajikistan and submit it in prescribed manner to international (regional)
organizations on certification;
- conduct state registration of certification system and compliance mark, bodies on certification, testing
laboratories (centers);
- prepare the proposal on joining to international (regional) certification system and also to make
contract with international organizations on mutual acknowledgement results of certification;
- submit proposals to international (regional) organization on certification issues in prescribed manner
of the Republic of Tajikistan;
- inform international (regional) organization on certification the certification systems, bodies on
certification in force in the country.
Organization and conducting activity on certification obligatory is entrusted to authority body of the
Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, in case of provided legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan
with respect to the certain type of production can entrusted to other state management bodies.
The participants of obligatory certification are authorized body of the Government of the Republic of
Tajikistan, other state management bodies of Republic of Tajikistan, these authorized will conduct
activities on obligatory certification, laboratory testing (centers), production manufacturer (sellers,
executors) and also central bodies certification system, determined in necessary cases for organization
and coordination activity in the similar production certificate systems.
Registered noncommercial units and organization any form of property are allowed to participate in
conducting activity on obligatory certification under condition their accreditation in conformity with
management body.
The authority body of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and other state management
bodies, which legislation acts of the Republic of Tajikistan entrusts them to organize and conduct activity
on certificate obligatory have following tasks within their competence:
- form the similar production certificate systems and establish rule procedures and management for
conducting certification in these systems;
- carry out the choice of way of confirmation conformity production normative documents requirements
(certification form);
- define central body of certification system;
- accredit the bodies on certification and laboratory testing (centers) and give them permission to the
right of conducting curtain types of activities;
- conduct state registration of participants and certificate objects;
- establish acknowledgement order of foreign certificates, compliance mark and testing results;
- establish accreditation order and issue of license for conducting activity on certificate;
- carry out state control and inspection and establish inspection control order over observe certification
rule and for certification production;
- review appeal on certificate issues;
- issue of certificates and license for applying of compliance mark.
Production manufacturer (sellers and executors), subjected certification obligatory are responsible for
carrying out following activities:
- realize the production only in the presence of certificate given or acknowledged by authorized body;
- provide compliance normative document production requirements, which was certificated and
- compliance marking;
- point out the information on certificate in the good delivery documentation and provide this
information up to consumers;
- stop realization of certificated production, if it is not meting normative documents, by the expiration
effect of certificate conformity or in the case, if certificate effect has been stopped or cancelled by the
decision of body on certificate;
- provide without difficulty executing their authorities officials and bodies, carrying out obligatory
certification production and control over certificated production;
- inform bodies on certificate about changes included in technical documentations or in technical
process of certificated production.
In contracts (agreement) terms, made on supply of production to the Republic of Tajikistan, subjected
certificate obligatory should be provided the presence of certificate and compliance mark, confirming it
conformity with established requirements.
These certificates should be issued or acknowledged by the authority bodies of the Republic of
Tajikistan.
Certificates or documents and their acknowledgement are submitted to the customs bodies together
with cargo custom declaration and they are necessary documents for receiving permission to production
export from the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Under absence of document, confirmed safety production import, custom’s control bodies will prohibit
its import up to the decision this issue on conducting certification or acknowledgement foreign
certificate and inform authority body of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
On production, not subjected in conformity with legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan on certificate
obligatory, by the initiative of juridical person and citizen will be lead voluntary certificate on terms
between claimer and body on certificate.
Voluntary certificate can be carried out by any juridical person who taken function of bodies on
voluntary certificate and registered certification in authorized body of the Government of the Republic
of Tajikistan in established order.
Under observance of indicated term, voluntary certificate will be lead by bodies on certificate
obligatory.
Under making agreement on conducting of voluntary certificate, the claimer has right to receive
necessary information on rules of production certificate from body on certificate and determine the
form of certificate.
Major normative-legal acts are the following:
-The Law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On certification of products and services”
RULES FOR ENTRANCE, EXIT AND STAY OF FOREIGN CITIZENS
IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN
Registrations and issue of visas for entrance/departure to the Republic of Tajikistan is carried out by
Consular management Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RT and consular establishments of RT abroad as it
should be provided following standard legal certificates of the Republic of Tajikistan:
1. Law of the Republic of Tajikistan «On a legal status of foreign citizens» on February 1, 1996 № 230;
2. Law of the Republic of Tajikistan «On a State Tax» on February 28, 2004 № 19;
3. Law of the Republic of Tajikistan «On other obligatory payments in the budget" on July 20, 2006, №
226;
4. The statement of the Republic of Tajikistan "Rules about types, an order of registration and the
Republic of Tajikistan issue of visas» on January 26, 2008 № 27;
5. The statement of the Republic of Tajikistan «On measures on maintenance of the simplified order of
registration and issue of visas of the Republic of Tajikistan to citizens of some foreign countries» on April
3, 2006 № 134;
6. The statement of the Republic of Tajikistan "On rates of duties and payments for fulfillment of legally
significant actions, and also receptions of the rights and permissions to using natural and other
resources" on November 2, 2007 № 546
For foreign citizens for entrance and departure and stay in the Republic of Tajikistan, consular
management of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and consular establishments
of the Republic of Tajikistan following types of visas abroad stand out:
a) Diplomatic Visa
b) Office Visa
c) Business visa
d) Labor visa
e) Tourist, including group visa
f) Educational visa
g) Private Visa
h) Transit Visa
Visas, depending on the purpose of entrance and stay in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan stand
out to following categories of foreign citizens:
Diplomatic - to employees of foreign bodies of external relations, members of official delegations,
employees of diplomatic representatives and consular establishments, employees and experts of the
international organizations having diplomatic immunities and privileges, to members of their families
and other foreign citizens behind whom the Republic of Tajikistan the diplomatic status admits, having
diplomatic passports;
Office - to foreign citizens from among attendants of diplomatic representatives of the foreign states
and official state delegations of foreign countries, to employees of the international organizations,
representatives of foreign mass media, employees of the international banking establishments and the
financial institutions, arriving to the Republic of Tajikistan under the invitation of the foreign diplomatic
representatives accredited in the Republic of Tajikistan, the international organization having the state
registration or under the invitation of the ministries and departments of the Republic of Tajikistan in the
office purposes, having office passports;
Business - to the foreign citizens arriving to the Republic of Tajikistan with the business purposes (for
participation in negotiations, forums etc.), to investors, heads and representatives of an administrative
link of the foreign companies working in the Republic of Tajikistan or having plans on realization
business of projects in the Republic of Tajikistan;
Labor - to foreign citizens from among the personnel of the companies, firms, joint ventures and other
organizations irrespective of the patterns of ownership arriving to the Republic of Tajikistan for
realization of labor activity;
Tourist, including group - to the foreign citizen driving to the Republic of Tajikistan as the tourist or
group of foreign citizens, arriving to the Republic of Tajikistan with a view of tourism by the organized
tourist group (not less than 5 persons, but no more than 50). Indispensable conditions of the group
tourist visa are: simultaneous arrival of all members of group in point of crossing of border at entrance
and departure to the Republic of Tajikistan, stay in any point and movement on the territory Republic of
Tajikistan only as a part of group; educational - to the foreign citizens arriving to the Republic of
Tajikistan for study, for passage of training, scientific practice;
Private - to the foreign citizens arriving to the Republic of Tajikistan on private affairs; transit - to the
foreign citizen with a view of transit journey through territory of the Republic of Tajikistan or with a view
of evacuation of the foreign citizen who has arrived to the Republic of Tajikistan as it should be not
demanding reception of the visa (to citizens of the countries with whom the Republic of Tajikistan has
agreements on visa-free entrance);
State Tax and consular fees
According to item 4 of the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan «On the State Tax» next sizes of the State
Tax are provided:
- For the statement it is invited for delivery to the foreign citizen or the person without the citizenship,
constantly living in the Republic of Tajikistan, visas to departure for limits of the Republic of Tajikistan or
for prolongation of period of validity of visas - at a rate of unitary minimum wages (visa support) foreign
citizens and persons without citizenship in the Republic of Tajikistan;
- For delivery or prolongation to the foreign citizen or the person without the citizenship, temporarily
staying in the Republic of Tajikistan, visa period of validity to the foreign passport or the document
replacing it for: departure from the Republic of Tajikistan - at a rate of unitary minimum wages;
Departure from the Republic of Tajikistan and the subsequent entrance to the Republic of Tajikistan - at
a rate of unitary minimum wages;
- For delivery of the multi-visa of the Republic of Tajikistan - at a rate of double minimum wages;
- For delivery of documents for the invitation of foreign citizens in the Republic of Tajikistan - at a rate of
unitary minimum wages for everyone invited.
According to the Appendix 6 to the Governmental order of the Republic of Tajikistan on November 2,
2007 № 546 "On the statement of rates of duties and payments for fulfilment of legally significant
actions, and also receptions of the rights and permissions to using natural and other resources", are
provided next sizes of consular gathering:
1. For the statement of the invitation of foreign citizens and persons without citizenship (from everyone)
US$5
2. By consideration and studies of demands under the invitation statement (visa support) and its
registration quickly the rate of gathering increases by 100 %
For registration and issue of visas:
For delivery Tajik entrance/exit, exit visas/entry visas to citizens and persons without citizenship:
1. For the term up to 3 days US$15
2. For the term up to 7 days US$ 30
3. For the term up to 14 days US$ 40
4. For the term up to one month US$ 50
5. For the term up to two months US$60
6. For the term up to three months US$70
7. For the term up to four months US$ 80
8. For the term up to five months US$90
9. For the term up to six months US$100
10. For the term up to seven months US$120
11. For the term up to eight months US$140
12. For the term up to nine months US$160
13. For the term up to ten months US$180
14. For the term up to eleven months US$200
15. For the term up to one year US$220
The note:
-For registration of additional frequency rate of entrance-departure and departure-entrance in the visa
the rate of consular gathering increases on US$10 ;
For delivery repeated entrance-exit, exit-entry visas:
1. For the term up to one month US$80
2. For the term up to two months US$90
3. For the term up to three months US$100
4. For the term up to four months US$120
5. For the term up to five months US$130
6. For the term up to six months US$140
7. For the term up to seven months US$160
8. For the term up to eight months US$180
9. For the term up to nine months US$200
10. For the term up to ten months US$220
11. For the term up to eleven months US$240
12. For the term up to one year US$260
13. For the term up to two years US$350
14. For the term up to three years US$450
The note: Visas for the term from one year till three years stand out to foreign citizens by granting of the
documents confirming investment activity of foreign citizens in territory of the Republic of Tajikistan,
their participation in work of joint ventures and projects, and also in the presence of long-term contracts
on cooperation in trade and economic sphere with economic subjects of the Republic of Tajikistan.
For delivery of exit visas:
1. For the term up to 3 days US$10
2. For the term up to 7 days US$15
3. For the term up to 14 days US$20
4. For the term up to one month US$25
For delivery of transit visas:
1. For 24 hours US$10
2. For 48 hours US$15
3. For 72 hours US$20
The note: For addition of additional frequency rate of transit journey in the visa the rate of consular
gathering increases on US$10
For delivery of group (tourist) visas:
1. For the term up to 3 days of US$5
2. For the term up to 7 days US$10
3. For the term up to 14 days US$15
4. For the term up to one month US$25
The note:
- The group should consist not less than of 5 persons;
- For the group visa or its prolongation consular gathering is raised from each member of group;
-If the group consists of more than 5 persons, the size of consular gathering for group visas for from 14
days till 1 month is reduced to 25 %, more than 10 persons on 50 %;
For issue of visas to persons without citizenship - to the former citizens of Republic Tajikistan:
1. For the term up to one month of US$ 5
2. For the term up to three months US$10
3. For the term up to six months US$20
4. For the term up to one year US$30
For registration of annual visas нижеуказанным to categories of foreign citizens consular gathering are
raised next sizes if other does not follow from a principle of reciprocity and the signed
intergovernmental Agreements of the Republic of Tajikistan with the foreign states:
1. To the students trained in the Republic of Tajikistan US$ 30
2. To the post-graduate students US$ 40
3. To the doctor’s degree US$50
4. To the other foreign citizens co-operating with scientific and educational institutions RT US$ 60
The note: Consular fees and the state duty are not subject to return.
TARIFFS FOR ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL ENERGY, NATURAL GAS
Tariffs on electric and thermal energy (the PRICE-LIST № 09 - 01-2003), are approved by the statement
of the Republic of Tajikistan № 155 from April, 2nd, 2002.
In further, in execution of the program on strategy in reforms of power sector of the Republic of
Tajikistan approved by the Government № 417 on October 27, 1998, in the PRICE-LIST was changed and
additions were introduced.
The operating PRICE-LIST № 09 - 01-2003 «Tariffs on electric and thermal energy» defines groups of
tariff for electric consumers and thermal energy and interaction the organizations of in providing for
power system for consumers of corresponding groups being in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan
Consumers using electric and energy are divided into following groups:
Group I - the consumers of industrial and equal to them;
Group II - agricultural consumers;
Group III - pumps and pumping stations on water delivery;
Group IV– non-industrial consumers;
Group V - public utilities;
Group VI - the municipal electrified transport;
Group VII - the population and settlements.
Consumers of Thermal energy are divided into following groups:
Group I - the consumers industrial and equal to them;
Group II - baths, dry-cleaners, laundries with the mixed pattern of ownership;
Group III - wholesale consumers - resellers;
Group IV - housing co-operatives;
Group V - -hotbed / thermal energy economy;
Group VI - workshops of creative specialists, system "Housing and communal services" hotels;
Group VII - all other consumers which have not entered into specified groups.
Statement of RТ for № 663 on December 30, 2007 "On modification of operating tariffs on electric and
thermal energy" since February 1st, 2007
ELECTRIC ENERGY Diram per 1 (one) kilowatt hour.
1 For industrial consumers and equal to them 5,3
2 For industrial agricultural and non-industrial consumers
(except budgetary organization, integrated poultry farms and dairy-commodity farms) 9,3
3 For the consumers which activity is financed from the state budget 2,9
4 For pumps and pump stations on water delivery (taking into account seasonal factors in May September) 1,94
5 For consumers of branch of business and commercial structures 9,3
6 For consumers of communal branch 2,9
7 For city electric transport 1,2
8 For the population (taking into account the tax to the added cost) 3,2
9 For electric power use on electro coppers and electro installations, for the purpose of maintenance
with hot water and heating of buildings
- for not budgetary sphere-for budgetary bodies and establishments 18,0 5,3
THERMAL ENERGY Somoni per 1 (one) G/kal
1 For establishments and the controls financed at the expense of budgetary funds 13,0
2 For wholesale buyers who deliver thermal energy to the population 1,7
3 For all other consumers 50
TARIFFS OF NATURAL GAS
Since January 1, 2008 the blanket tariff for realization of imported natural gas for the industrial and
agricultural enterprises, spheres of services, budgetary establishments at a rate of 688 somoni for 1000
cubic meter. is established