The first law the deputies approved was the law on introducing changes in the Law on Medicaments and Pharmaceutical Activity. The document was developed with the aim to strengthen fight against sale of falsified, illegal and bad-quality medicines.

According to law enforcement agencies, the amount of falsified medicaments has been increasing in the recent years, with virtually all popular local and foreign medicines being falsified.

Another law envisages introduction of changes in the Law on the Guarantees of the Rights of the Child. It was developed in connection with ratification by Uzbekistan of the ILO convention on the minimum age for hired employment.

The international convention states that the minimum age for hired jobs should not be lower that the age of completion of the obligatory school education, which is 15.

The lower chamber of the parliament also approved in the first reading the changes to the legal acts of Uzbekistan in connection with deepening reforms in agriculture and water management.

The changes proposed are aimed at optimization of the farmer’s land slots, improvement of the water resources use and introduction of the water saving technologies.

The deputies passed the Law on Court Expertise, developed in order to create a single normative act defining the bases of court expertise in the country.

The law on introducing changes in article 6 of the Law on Cabinet of Ministers was developed with the purpose of improvement of the selection and appointment of the managing personnel.

The chamber also ratified the Agreement between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan on transfer of persons sentenced to imprisonment for further serving the one’s sentence, signed on 25 February 2009.