Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — The Committee for the Development of Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights in Uzbekistan is strengthening its oversight of digital platforms.

The agency reminded that a digital platform can be recognized as having a dominant position if the number of its active users exceeds 50,000.

According to Appendix No. 2 of the Cabinet of Ministers’ Resolution No. 256 from May 1, 2024, a regulation has been approved that establishes the procedure for recognizing a digital platform as dominant and possessing superior negotiating power.

According to Paragraph 8 of this document, a company may be classified as a dominant operator if it meets the following criteria:

Its annual revenue is at least 100,000 times the base estimated value (BEV), equivalent to 3.75 billion soums;

The average monthly number of active end users exceeds 50,000, or the number of active business users is at least 3,000.

A key feature of the new requirements is the possibility of recognizing a company as dominant even without a significant market share, as long as it meets the specified parameters.

According to Paragraph 9 of the regulation, companies that meet the criteria for dominant status must notify the Competition Committee within two months.

For submitting the notification, there is a convenient interactive portal, Fair Tech, available at the following link: https://cabinet.fairtech.uz.

It is worth noting that the Committee for the Development of Competition and Protection of Consumer Rights in Uzbekistan has recognized Payme JSC as the operator of a digital platform holding a dominant position in the online payment systems market.