Unofficial translation 
 
 
 
  
Approved  
    by the Government Decree         of the Kyrgyz Republic  
 from September 15, 2008 N 517 
 
Regulation 
on fees for registration and granting the right  
to use traditional knowledge 
 
(As amended by the Decree of the Government of the Kyrgyz Repub lic of August 7, 2018 No. 363) 
 
         Section I  
      General provisions 
1. This Regulation establishes the procedure, amounts and terms  of payment 
of fees for performing legally s ignificant actions related to r egistration and 
granting the right to use traditional knowledge, provided for b y the law of the 
Kyrgyz Republic "On protection of traditional knowledge", as we ll as the grounds 
for exemption from payment of  fees and reducing their size. 
(As amended by the Decree of the Go vernment of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 
363 of August 7, 2018) 
2. The amounts of duties provide d for in this Regulation are se t in the 
national currency of the Ky rgyz Republic - soms. 
3. (The paragraph became invalid in acco rdance with the Decree of the 
Government of the Kyrgyz Repub lic No. 363 of August 7, 2018) 
The document confirming payment of the fee is a copy of the pay ment order 
that has the bank's stamp on payment or the bank's receipt for payment of fees in 
cash or by transfer from the personal account. 
The document confirming payment of duties, shall contain the re gistration 
number of the application for re gistration and granting the rig ht to use traditional 
knowledge, or the number of applications for registration and g ranting the right to 
use registered traditional knowle dge (hereinafter - the applica tion of traditional 
knowledge), or the number of the certificate on registration an d granting the right 
to use traditional knowledge, or t he number of the certificate of registration and 
granting the right to use registered traditional knowledge (her einafter - certificate), 
and the name of the legal action for which the fee was paid. If  the registration 
number for the application for traditional knowledge has not ye t been assigned, the 
specified document, along with the name of the action for which  the fee was paid, must contain the name of the traditional knowledge and the name  of the applicant. 
A document that does not contain the specified information is i nvalid. 
(As amended by the Decree of Gover nment of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 363 
of August 7, 2018) 
4. Compliance of the amount of th e paid fee with the establishe d amount is 
determined on the da te of its payment. 
5. The amount of the fee paid is not subject to refund, except in cases when 
its payment was made in an amount exceeding that established by  this Regulation, 
or when the action for which th e fee was paid was not performed . 
6. The overpaid amount of the fee is returned in accordance wit h the 
established procedure or, at the request of the applicant, is c ounted against the 
payment of other fees provided fo r in this Regulation, the paym ent of which is 
allowed on the date of f iling the application. 
7. Persons who are holders of tr aditional knowledge are granted  t h e  
following benefits for the payment of fees established by secti on II of this 
Regulation: 
a) participants of the Great Pa triotic War or persons equated t o them, 
persons with disabilities of the first and second disability gr oups, as well as state 
bodies and institutions financed from the national budget, are completely exempt 
from paying duties; 
b) individuals pay 10 percent of the amount of fees; 
c) non-profit organizations, with the exception of organization s provided for 
in subparagraph "a" of this paragr aph, pay 30 percent of the am ount of fees. 
(As amended by the Decree of Gover nment of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 363 
of August 7, 2018) 
 
Section II  
 
Fees for registration and granti ng the right to use traditional  knowledge 
N                    
                              Purpose of the fee                                            
   Amount of the fee in soms 
1 Submitting an application for traditional knowledge and 
conducting its review   
                 1080.0  
 
The document confirming payment of the fee is submitted simulta neously 
with the application for traditi onal knowledge to the authorize d state body in the 
field of intellectual property. 
N                    
                              Purpose of the fee                                            
   Amount of the fee in soms 
2 Registration of traditional knowledge and issuance of  certificate                   900,0  
 
  The document confirming payment of the fee is submitted withi n two 
months from the date of receipt by the applicant of the decisio n to register and / or 
grant the right to use traditional knowledge. 
A document confirming payment of  the fee may be submitted withi n three 
months from the date of expiration of the two-month period. In this case, the fee is 
increased by 50 percent. 
If a document confirming payment of the fee in the prescribed a mount is not 
submitted within the specified per iod, the registration of trad itional knowledge and 
the issuance of a certifi cate is not performed. 
N                    
                              Purpose of the fee                                            
   Amount of the fee in soms 
3 Publication in the official Bulletin of information about 
traditional knowledge   
                 540.0 
 
  The publication of informatio n about traditional knowledge in  t h e  o f f i c i a l  
bulletin is carried out at the re quest of the owner of traditio nal knowledge. 
The document confirming payment of the fee is submitted within three 
months from the date of entering information in the State regis ter of traditional 
knowledge. 
If a document confirming the payment of a fee in the prescribed  amount is 
not submitted, publication of i nformation about traditional kno wledge in the 
official bulletin is not carried out. 
N                    
                              Purpose of the fee                                            
   Amount of the fee in soms 
4  
                       Renewal of the certificate  
                   863.0 
 
The document confirming payment of the fee is submitted simulta neously 
with the application for extension of the specified period. 
If the application is not accompanied by a document confirming payment of 
the fee, the application is c onsidered to be undelivered. 
N                    
                              Purpose of the fee                                            
   Amount of the fee in soms 
5 Granting a six month period for extending the expired certificate                 
                        575.0 
 The document confirming payment of the fee is submitted simulta neously 
with the request for renewal within six months from the date of  expiration of the 
last year of registration. 
If the request is not accompani ed by a document confirming paym ent of the 
fee in the prescribed amount, the  request is considered unsubst antiated. 
N                    
                              Purpose of the fee                                            
   Amount of the fee in soms 
6 Making changes and corrections to the State register of traditional knowledge and to the certificate at the initiative of 
the applicant  
 
                       251.0 
 
  The document confirming payment of the fee for making changes  i s  
submitted simultaneously with the  application for making change s. 
At failure to submit together with application the document, ce rtifying fee 
payment in duly amount, alterations  into the State register of TK shall not be filed. 
N                    
                              Purpose of the fee                                            
   Amount of the fee in soms 
7 Registration of the contract for the use of traditional knowledge and making changes to  the State register of 
traditional knowledge and the certificate      
                  1080.0 
                       
8 Making changes to the registered contract for the use of traditional knowledge -  
                   251,0 
 
  The document confirming payment fee shall be provided togethe r with 
application for registration of the contract on the use of trad itional knowledge, a 
statement on changes in the registered agreement for the use of  traditional 
knowledge. 
At failure to submit together with application the document, ce rtifying fee 
payment in duly amount, registra tion of agreement for use of tr aditional knowledge 
and amendments to the contract was not made. 
 
(As amended by the Decree of Government of the Kyrgyz Republic No. 363 of August 7, 2018)