The Cabinet issued the Digitalization of road safety resolution on January 20 banning 50 years or older vehicles on roads and their re-registration from February 1.

50 years old or older vehicles are subject to deregistration or must be reclassified as retro cars (the ANT license plate series will be implemented for these vehicles).

There are over 87,600 vehicles manufactured more than half a century ago are registered as of 2025. The Interior Ministry noted that these vehicles failed to meet safety and environmental standards and emitted 30% more harmful emissions.

Furthermore, the ministry reported that 139 cases of illegal use of license plates on older vehicles had been identified. While, 67 traffic accidents involving vehicles over 50 years old occurred in 2024-2025, resulting in 23 fatalities.

If such vehicles (cars and motorcycles) need to be reclassified as "antique" vehicles, they will be assigned a separate registration number (also implemented in February) and subject to special registration and operation procedures.

Starting next month, separate series of plates will also be implemented for:

• trucks with a gross weight (with cargo) over 44 tonnes (YUK);
• specialized vehicles used in mines, quarries, and open-pit mines (KON);
• taxis owned by legal entities (TTT).

The resolution abolished the requirement to indicate the owner's address on vehicle registration certificate.

A number of registration documents shall be obtained automatically through interdepartmental electronic interaction. These documents include sales contracts, auction protocols, electronic invoices for motor vehicles manufactured by state-owned enterprises, and vehicle owner information.

Uzbekistan plans to gradually restrict the use of vehicles that do not meet Euro-5 standards or higher in the cities of Tashkent, Nukus, and provincial centers by 2030.