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Kazakhstan - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Date of text: 30 August 1995 (17 September 2022)

Policies

Government Resolution No. 1185 validating the Concept of Investment Policy until 2030.
Date of text: 31 December 2025
Government Resolution No. 1201 validating the Concept for managing all types of waste for 2026–2030.
Date of text: 31 December 2025
Government Resolution No. 1206 validating the Concept for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity for 2026–2035.
Date of text: 31 December 2025
Government Resolution No. 1081 validating the Concept of Migration Policy until 2030.
Date of text: 15 December 2025
Government Resolution No. 1013 validating the Concept of Trade Policy until 2030.
Date of text: 27 November 2025

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 89-VIII “On the production and circulation of organic products”.
Date of text: 10 June 2024
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 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 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 text: 21 May 2022 (19 April 2023)
Law No. 188-V “On civil protection.”
Date of text: 11 April 2014 (28 December 2022)
Law No. 387 “On the state of emergency.”
Date of text: 08 February 2003 (03 July 2013)
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

Environmental Code (Law No. 400-VI ZRK).
Date of text: 02 January 2021
Law No. 122-VII ZRK “On biological safety”.
Date of text: 21 May 2022 (19 April 2023)
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
Law No. 17-VIII ZRK “On amendments and addenda to some legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of the Semipalatinsk nuclear safety zone, ecology and electric power industry”.
Date of text: 05 July 2023

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Law No. 193-VIII ZRK “On aquaculture”.
Date of text: 12 June 2025
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 text: 31 March 2015 (10 August 2017)
Order No. 409 of the Ministry of Agriculture validating the Rules for the preparation of biological substantiation for the use of fish resources and other aquatic animals.
Date of text: 31 October 2025
Order of the Acting Minister of Agriculture No. 242 “On approval of the list of fishery waterbodies and (or) areas of international and national importance for the implementation of lake-commodity and (or) cage farming economic activities”.
Date of text: 12 August 2025

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
Standardization Act (No. 433-1 of 1999).
Date of text: 16 July 1999
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

Forestry

Forest Code (No.477-II of 2003)
Date of text: 08 July 2003
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
Order No. 238 of the Minister of Industry and Infrastructural on some issues regulating the issues of export of some types of timber.
Date of text: 27 April 2020

Land and soil

Civil Code.
Date of 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 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 text: 08 January 2003 (07 November 2014)

Livestock

Law No. 97-VII “On responsible treatment of animals.”
Date of text: 30 December 2021
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 text: 09 July 1998 (19 April 2023)
Law No. 303-II ZRK on apiculture.
Date of text: 12 March 2002

Mineral resources and energy

Code on Subsoil and Subsoil Management (Law No. 125-VI ZRK).
Date of 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. 165-IV on support of the use of renewable energy.
Date of text: 04 July 2009
Tax Code (Law No. 214-VIII).
Date of text: 18 July 2025
Law No. 120-VIII ZRK “On heating energy”.
Date of text: 08 July 2024

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 text: 20 April 2023 (04 July 2023)

Water

Water Code (Law No. 178-VIII ZRK).
Date of text: 09 April 2025
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. 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. 183-VII “On flora”.
Date of text: 02 January 2023
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 (12 June 2025)
Law No. 97-VII “On responsible treatment of animals.”
Date of text: 30 December 2021

Miscellaneous

Law No. 106-VIII ZRK “On public procurement”.
Date of text: 01 July 2024 (15 March 2025)
Law No. 396-VI “On technical regulation”.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Law No. 410-V “On combating corruption.”
Date of text: 18 November 2015 (26 November 2019)
Law No. 379-V “On Public-Private Partnership”.
Date of text: 31 October 2015 (11 March 2025)
Law No. 274-IV on protection of consumers’ rights.
Date of text: 04 May 2010

International Agreements

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on strategic partnership in the field of energy.
Date of text: 21 October 2025
Agreement on Strategic Partnership in the Development and Transmission of Green Energy between the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Date of text: 13 November 2024
Agreement on the Establishment of the Turkic Investment Fund.
Date of text: 30 May 2023

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