Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – The Strategic Reforms Agency of Uzbekistan has proposed revising current administrative fines to better align them with the nature of the offenses.

The agency’s analysis revealed a lack of clear mechanisms for determining the size of administrative fines, leading to disproportionate penalties. Consequently, state agencies frequently draft bills to revise fine amounts at their discretion.

As a result of its analysis, the agency suggested increasing fines for violations directly related to citizens’ lives and health, as well as conducting a comprehensive anti-corruption review of the Code of Administrative Responsibility norms.

For example, the fine for window tinting without permission is 8.5 million soums (13.6 million soums for repeated offenses within a year). These amounts were set when the cost of a tinting permit was 11-13 million soums. Currently, the permit costs 2.7 million soums, but the fine remains unchanged.

In comparison, the fine for tinting without a permit is 468 thousand soums in Kazakhstan, 60 thousand soums in Russia, and 138 thousand soums in Belarus.

The agency emphasizes that fines for violations affecting the safety of life and health should take priority, especially those concerning traffic regulations.

Fines for violations related to pedestrian safety require review and tightening. Currently, the fine for driving on pedestrian paths and violating pedestrian crossing rules is 170 thousand soums, and for jaywalking, it is 113 thousand soums.

For comparison, the fine for not yielding to a pedestrian is 1.1 million soums in Germany, 1.6 million soums in the UK, 1.85 million soums in France, and 1.7 million soums in the UAE.

In many countries, such as Belarus, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany, and Italy, there is an institution of "warnings" as a separate type of administrative penalty. Warnings are used for offenses that do not harm the health, life, or property of individuals and legal entities, or the environment.

The Code of Administrative Responsibility of Uzbekistan (Article 23) provides for seven types of administrative penalties, but "warning" is not used as a separate type. The agency considers it necessary to introduce the institution of "warnings" as a separate type of administrative penalty.