Publisher's Synopsis
With a mature market economy and political stability, Uzbekistan has developed a strong legal regime that both fosters and protects business activity. Among the CIS countries it is considered to be second only to Russia in its attractiveness to foreign investors. This updated edition of an essential resource for businesses and their counsel presents reliable English texts, in the peerless translations of W.E. Butler, of all the principal enactments affecting business activity in Uzbekistan. All texts are current as of April 2000. The book provides laws and implementing rules covering such areas as the following: joint-stock societies and other corporate vehicles; regulation of enterprises with foreign investments; business incentives; rights of stockholders; registration and liquidation procedures; banking; securities and the stock exchange; taxation; and bankruptcy. This book is of unique value to any executive, lawyer, or academic with an interest in transnational business.
