The restrictions apply to noise that exceeds permissible levels and disturbs citizens’ peace and normal rest, including noise from household activities in residential premises, construction work, construction machinery, vehicles, and transport.
Permissible noise levels are defined as those that do not cause significant discomfort or serious changes in the functioning of the human body or its noise-sensitive organs. Sanitary rules and regulations set specific criteria.
The Committee for Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health under the Ministry of Health is responsible for protecting the public from noise-related harm, while people affected by noise may seek compensation through the courts, and the law will take effect three months after its official publication.
Uzbekistan’s existing rules also prohibit excessive noise at night in residential areas, including loud singing, playing music, sounding alarms, and using televisions or radios at high volume in homes, hallways, building entrances, or on the street.
Using tape recorders or other sound equipment, carrying out noisy work in or near residential premises without a valid reason, or otherwise violating noise rules may result in administrative penalties.
Citizens may be fined one-third of the base calculation unit (BCU), or UZS 146,000, while officials may face fines ranging from one-third to one-half of the BCU, or UZS 146,000 to UZS 220,000.
Repeat offenses within a year may result in a fine of half a BCU for citizens and between half and one BCU for officials.
