Legislative News - November-December 2017

This Client Update covers the key amendments to the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan ('RK') and various legal developments introduced in November-December 2017. Most of the novelties introduced in this period deal with adoption of two important Codes in Kazakhstan - the Subsoil Use Code of the RK and the Customs Code of the RK1. The considerable part of the novelties concerns customs, land, ecological and administrative matters.

NOVELTIES IN LEGISLATION

The laws covered by the present Client Update are related to both public and private sectors. Some of them may be of interest to you as they may affect your business in Kazakhstan.

We would like to draw your attention to the following legal acts.

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

International Carriage in the Eurasian Economic Union

On 19 December 2017, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission signed the Resolution No.178 'Regarding Declaration on Completed Transactions with respect to International Transport Vehicles Located Outside the Customs Territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and Defined as Goods Placed Under the Customs Procedure for Temporary Import (Admission)'.

The Resolution introduces a template application form, outlines the procedure for filling in/amending declarations on completed transactions, as well as the procedure for customs transactions.

The Resolution comes into force on 21 January 2018.

Documents Confirming the Status of Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union

On 7 November 2017, the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission signed the Resolution No.139 'On Documents Confirming the Status of Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union".

This Resolution sets the following list of documents confirming the status of goods of the Eurasian Economic Union for placing such goods under the customs procedure for customs transit:

way bill, delivery note, a document confirming conclusion of the shipping contract, invoice, specification, shipping (packaging) leaf or other transport (transportation) documents, business documents labelled 'Goods of the Eurasian Economic Union', certified by a sender or a customs applicant - in case of transportation of goods from one part of the customs area of the Union which is not a territory of the free (special) economic zone to another part of the customs area of the Union through territories of the states which are not members of the Union and (or) the sea; declaration on goods, according to which goods were issued in a member state of the Union according to the customs procedure of release for internal consumption or the customs procedure of reimport, transit declaration confirming commodity importation of the Union on the territory of the free (special) economic zone in accordance with customs procedure of customs transit, other documents used according to the legislation of member states of the Union for confirmation of the status of goods of the Union - in case of transportation of goods from one part of the customs area of the Union which is a free (special) economic zone to another part of the customs area of the Union through territories of the states which are not members of the Union and (or) the sea. The Resolution becomes effective following entry into force of the Customs Code Treaty of the Eurasian Economic Union dated 11 April 2017 on 1 January 2018.

LAWS

Subsoil Use

On 27 December 2017, the President of the RK signed the Law No.126-VI 'On Amendments to the Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Subsoil Use Matters' ('the Law No.126-VI'). The Law No 126-VI envisages amending a number of...

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