Decree No. 501 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the provision of specialized services in the field of hydrometeorology and environmental pollution monitoring.

This Decree establishes: (a) the procedure for providing general government operational and forecasting information to governmental agencies and organizations on the basis of joint programs for mutual data exchange, to natural and legal persons through the Open Data Portal of the Republic of Uzbekistan or the official website of Uzhydromet; (b) the procedure for providing specialized hydrometeorological information and services to all consumers using hydrometeorological data; and (c) the procedure for providing emergency hydrometeorological information in the form of information and notifications to the relevant government agencies and organizations through telecommunications, the official website of Uzhydromet and social media pages. The following main concepts are used in this Regulation: (a) general purpose data - the hydrometeorological data intended for the general use, provided to state bodies and the organizations, physical persons and legal entities according to these Regulations; (b) specialized data - information on targeted hydrometeorological and environmental pollution, which requires additional work and costs for storage, analysis, processing and presentation at the request of consumers; and (c) emergency (operational) information - information provided immediately on the occurrence of extremely dangerous hydrometeorological events that may endanger life and health of the population and (or) damage the environment and sectors of the economy and economic entities, the causes of their occurrence.