Amendments To The Legislation Of RK On Registration Of Legal Entities, Branches And Representative Offices

On January 2013, the Law No. 60-V ZRK 'On Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Issues of State Registration of Legal Entities and Record Registration of Branches and Representative Offices' was adopted.

The Law introduces amendments to several legislative acts regulating the issues of registration of legal entities and record registration of branches and representative offices.

The amendments are aimed at simplifying the procedure for registration of legal entities, branches and representative offices established in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Changes and amendments to the laws on registration can be divided into two main categories:

- changes relating to the registration (re-registration) of legal entities, branches and representative offices;

- changes related to the reorganisation, activity termination and liquidation of legal entities, branches and representative offices.

Below, we discuss each of these categories.

Changes relating to the registration (re-registration) of legal entities,branches and representative offices

1. Eliminate the concepts such as the Uniform State Register of Legal Entities and the Register of Branches and Representative Offices.

   All information on the registered legal entities, branches and representative offices from January 2013 is kept in the National Register of Business Identification Numbers.

2. Legal entities which are small businesses are registered by filing an e-application. Such legal entities are not subject to the grounds for refusal of state registration (re-registration).

3. Abolishe the issue of a hard copy of the State (Record) Registration Certificates for legal entities, branches and representative offices.

   The document confirming the fact of state (record) registration (re-registration) of a legal entity (branch, representative office) is the Certificate of Registration.

   Certificate of State (record) Registration (Re-Registration) of a legal entity (branch, representative office) issued prior to this Law shall be valid until the termination of the legal entity.

4. Remove the requirements to private business entities, except for non-profit organisations and joint stock companies:

   to notify the state registering authority on the changes to the foundation documents of legal entities that do not involve re-registration. However, the entity must notify the registration authority of the new actual address in case of the change of location; to submit Charters...