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Kazakhstan - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Date of text: 30 August 1995

Policies

Government Resolution No. 313 validating the updated national contribution of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the global response to climate change.
Date of text: 19 April 2023
Nationally Determined Contribution of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the global response to climate change.
Date of text: 19 April 2023
Governmental Decree No. 275 validating Economic Policy for the medium term.
Date of text: 05 April 2023
Government Decree No. 270 validating the Concept for the development of rural areas of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023 – 2027.
Date of original text: 28 March 2023 (01 July 2023)
Governmental Decree No. 247 validating the Concept of state youth policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023 - 2029.
Date of text: 28 March 2023

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 423-V ZRK “On production of organic goods”.
Date of text: 27 November 2015
Law No. 133-II on agricultural cooperatives and their associations (unions).
Date of text: 25 December 2000
Law No. 420-IV amending some legislative acts.
Date of text: 24 March 2011
Law No. 66-3 on state regulation of the development of agro-industrial complex and rural areas.
Date of text: 08 July 2005
Law No. 404-II on rural consumer cooperative of water users.
Date of text: 08 April 2003

Cultivated plants

Law No. 385-II on seed growing.
Date of original text: 08 February 2003 (29 March 2016)
Law No. 331-2 on plant protection.
Date of text: 03 July 2002
Law No. 422-1 on protection of selection achievements.
Date of text: 13 July 1999
Law No.344-I of 1999 on plant quarantine.
Date of original text: 11 February 1999 (18 February 2002)
Law No. 189-IV amending some legislative acts related to phytosanitary security.
Date of text: 17 July 2009

Disaster risk management

Law No. 122-VII ZRK “On biological safety”.
Date of original text: 21 May 2022 (19 April 2023)
Law No. 387 “On the state of emergency.”
Date of original text: 08 February 2003 (03 July 2013)
Law No. 188-V “On civil protection.”
Date of original text: 11 April 2014 (28 December 2022)
Order No. 240 of the acting Minister on Emergency Situations validating classification of natural and man-made emergency situations.
Date of text: 10 May 2023
Ministerial Decree No. 467 validating National Plan of emergency response to nuclear and radiation disasters.
Date of text: 19 August 2016

Environment

Law No. 187-VII “On amendments and addenda to the Civil Code on issues of strengthening administrative responsibility for environmental offenses and manifestations of vandalism.
Date of text: 03 January 2023
Law No. 122-VII ZRK “On biological safety”.
Date of original text: 21 May 2022 (19 April 2023)
Environmental Code (Law No. 400-VI ZRK).
Date of text: 02 January 2021
Order No. 50-P of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating Regulation on environmental impact assessment.
Date of text: 11 March 2001
Law No. 16-VIII ZRK “On the Semipalatinsk nuclear safety zone”.
Date of text: 05 July 2023

Fisheries

Order No. 18-05/928 of the Minister of Agriculture validating the Regulation on stock enhancement (repopulation) of waterbodies and fishery amelioration of waterbodies.
Date of text: 14 October 2015
Order No. 18-4/287 of the Minister of Agriculture validating model form of the development plan for hunting and fishing entities.
Date of original text: 31 March 2015 (10 August 2017)
Order No. 219 of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on subsidies for the reimbursement of part of the costs incurred by a fishery entity when making investments.
Date of text: 14 June 2022
Order No. 180 of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation for subsidizing the increase in productivity and quality of aquaculture products (fishfarming), as well as the development of breeding fishfarming.
Date of text: 24 May 2022
Order No. 344 of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on recreational (sport) fishing, research fishing, fishing for reproductive purposes on waterbodies, which are part of protected natural areas, with the status of a legal entity.
Date of text: 30 December 2020

Food and nutrition

“On health and healthcare” (Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 360-VI).
Date of text: 07 July 2020
Law No. 301-Z on the safety of foodstuffs.
Date of text: 21 July 2007
Law No. 339-2 on veterinary.
Date of text: 10 July 2002
Law No. 128-VII “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on improving legislation in the areas of intellectual property and providing state-guaranteed legal assistance”.
Date of text: 20 June 2022
Presidential Decree No. 286 “On measures for ensuring socio-economic stability.”
Date of text: 16 March 2020

Forestry

Forest Code (No.477-II of 2003)
Date of text: 08 July 2003
Law No. 187-VII “On amendments and addenda to the Civil Code on issues of strengthening administrative responsibility for environmental offenses and manifestations of vandalism.
Date of text: 03 January 2023
Law No. 184-VII “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of flora and protected areas”.
Date of text: 02 January 2023
Order No. 138 of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan validating the Regulation on issuance by the administrative body of permits for import into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, export and (or) re-export from the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of wild flora species, their parts and derivatives falling under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Date of text: 10 June 2020
Order No. 99 of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation for reclamation of disturbed land plots on land of state forest fund and their transfer to the forest owner during uranium mining by in-situ leaching.
Date of text: 28 April 2020

Land and soil

Civil Code.
Date of original text: 27 December 1994 (2014)
Land Code (No.442-II ZRK of 2003).
Date of text: 20 June 2003
Law No. 152-II on land.
Date of original text: 24 January 2001 (10 July 2001)
Presidential Decree No. 2717 of 1995 "On Land".
Date of text: 22 December 1995
Law No. 373-II On investments.
Date of original text: 08 January 2003 (07 November 2014)

Livestock

Law No. 47-VI “On pastoralism”.
Date of text: 20 February 2017
Law No. 339-2 on veterinary.
Date of text: 10 July 2002
Law No. 278-1 on pedigree stockbreeding.
Date of original text: 09 July 1998 (19 April 2023)
Decision No. 1 of the Council of Eurasian Economic Commission validating the Instruction regulating circulation of veterinary medicinal products in the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Date of text: 21 January 2022
Law No. 185-VII “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of conservation and reproduction of Kazakh dog breeds”.
Date of text: 03 January 2023

Sea

Law No.284-II ZRK of 2002 on commercial seafaring.
Date of text: 17 January 2002
Governmental Decree No. 209 “On approval of the Rules for issuing permits for repeated crossing of the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan by Kazakh vessels for conducting commercial activities in territorial water (sea), inland waters and on the continental shelf, the spatial and temporal limits of permits, as well as the Rules for exercising control over these vessels”.
Date of text: 11 March 2014
Governmental Decree No. 19 “On approval of the Rules for issuing permits for access to the territorial waters (sea) and internal waters of the Republic of Kazakhstan of Kazakhstan low-size self-propelled and non-self-propelled (surface and underwater) vessels (vehicles) and vehicles on ice”.
Date of text: 21 January 2014
Governmental Decree No. 50 amending Governmental Decree No. 209 “On approval of the Rules for issuing permits for repeated crossing of the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan by Kazakh vessels for conducting commercial activities in territorial water (sea), inland waters and on the continental shelf, the spatial and temporal limits of permits, as well as the Rules for exercising control over these vessels”.
Date of text: 11 February 2019
Governmental Decree No. 16 amending Governmental Decree No. 19 “On approval of the Rules for issuing permits for access to the territorial waters (sea) and internal waters of the Republic of Kazakhstan of Kazakhstan low-size self-propelled and non-self-propelled (surface and underwater) vessels (vehicles) and vehicles on ice”.
Date of text: 25 January 2019

Social protection

Social Code (Law No. 224-VII ZRK).
Date of original text: 20 April 2023 (04 July 2023)

Water

Water Code (No.481 of 2003).
Date of original text: 09 July 2003 (01 May 2023)
Law No. 181-VII “On the development of agglomerations”.
Date of text: 01 January 2023
Law No. 506-V amending some legislative acts related to migration of the Republic of Kazakhstan towards “green economy”.
Date of text: 28 April 2016
Law No. 222 on amendments and addenda to some legislative acts regarding licensing.
Date of text: 12 January 2007
Law No. 574 on inland water transport.
Date of text: 06 July 2004

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. 175-3 on protected areas.
Date of text: 07 July 2006
Law No. 593 of 2004 on protection, reproduction and management of wildlife.
Date of text: 09 July 2004
Law No. 183-VII “On flora”.
Date of text: 02 January 2023
Law No. 185-VII “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of conservation and reproduction of Kazakh dog breeds”.
Date of text: 03 January 2023
Law No. 184-VII “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of flora and protected areas”.
Date of text: 02 January 2023

Miscellaneous

Code on Subsoil and Subsoil Management (Law No. 125-VI ZRK).
Date of original text: 27 December 2017 (02 April 2019)
Law No. 351-IV ZRK “On state regulation of manufacturing and trade of biofuel”.
Date of text: 15 November 2010
Law No. 274-IV on protection of consumers’ rights.
Date of text: 04 May 2010
Law No. 165-IV on support of the use of renewable energy.
Date of text: 04 July 2009
Law No. 2486 on production cooperatives.
Date of original text: 05 October 1995 (12 July 2001)

International Agreements

Law No. 150-VII “On the ratification of the Agreement between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Kazakh-Turkmen state border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones on the Caspian Sea.”
Date of text: 02 November 2022
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Turkey on cooperation in the field of veterinary services and food safety.
Date of text: 12 October 2022
Agreement between the Government of Republic of Türkiye and the Government of Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in the fields of veterinary services and food safety policy.
Date of text: 12 October 2022

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