WT/COMTD/PTA3/N/1  
 
14 October 2020  
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Committee on Trade and Development  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF PREFERENTIAL  TRADE ARRANGEMENT  
1. Notifying  Member : Kazakhstan  
2. Date of notification:  13 October  2020 
3. Notification provision in the Transparency Mechanism for Preferential Trade 
Arrangements (WT/L/806):  
[X] Paragraph 1(a)  
(PTAs falling under paragraph 2 of the Enabling Clause, with the exception of 
paragraph  2(c)) 
[   ] Paragraph 1(b)  
(PTAs taking the form of preferential treatment accorded by any Member to products of 
least-developed countries)  
[   ] Paragraph 1(c)   
(Any other non -reciprocal preferential treatment to products authorised under the WTO 
Agreement)   
4. Number of beneficiaries (including of any sub -schemes):  
103 developing and 50 least developed countries  
5. Date of entry into force:  10 October 2016 
6. Date of last renewal (if applicable):  
7. Brief description of the Preferential Trade Arrangement:   
The GSP scheme in Kazakhstan is being implemented in the context of the Kazakhstan’s 
membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) . The Regulation on the Terms  and 
Procedures for the Application of the Common System of Tariff Preferences of the  Eurasian 
Economic Union (approved by the Decision of the Council of the EAEU N° 47 of 
6 April 2016) came into force on  10 October 2016.  
 
In respect of preferential goods imported into the customs territory of the 
Eurasian  Economic Union and originating from developing countries benefiting from the 
Common System  of Tariff Preferences of the Eurasian Economic Union, the import customs 
duties at 75% of the MFN duty rates are applied.  
  
The preferential goods  imported into customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union and 
originating from least -developed countries benefit ing the Common  System of Tariff 
Preferences of the Eurasian Economic Union are eligible for duty -free access.  
The rules of origin governing the Common System of Tariff Preferences of the 
Eurasian   Economic Union were notified to the WTO in 2018 
(document  G/RO/LDC/N/KAZ/ 2) according to paragraph 4 of Annex II  of the Agreement 
on Rules of Origin (G/RO/N/84)  and paragraph 4.3 of the 2015 Ministerial Decision on 
preferential rules of origin for least  developed countries (WT/L/917/Add.1).  WT/COMTD/PTA3/N/1  
 
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  8. Text and any related instruments (e.g. regulations, annexes, schedules, 
protocols) are:  
[X] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format) in English  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s) in English : 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/act/trade/dotp/commonSytem/Documents/%d0
%9f%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b6%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b5%20%d0%9
5%d0%a1%d0%a2%d0%9f_eng.pdf  
(The Regulation on the Terms and Procedures for the Application of the Common System 
of Tariff Preferences of the Eurasian Economic Union)  
 
http://adilet.zan.kz/eng/docs/Z1400000240  
(Article 36 of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014)  
 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/act/trade/dotp/commonSytem/Documents/Rules
%20of%20origin%20for%20DC%20and%20LDC%20%28new%29+COVID%20%28GPS
%29.pdf  
(Preferential rules o f origin for developing and least -developed countries)  
 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/act/trade/dotp/commonSytem/Documents/%d0
%9f%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%8c%20%d1%81%d1%
82%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd -
%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%b 7%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%
b5%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%b9%2029.07.20_eng.pdf  
 (List of developing and least -developed countries benefiting from the GSP scheme)  
 
http://www.eurasiancommission.org/en/act/trade/dotp/commonSytem/Documents/%d0
%9f%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%b5%d0 %bd%d1%8c%20%d0%bf%d1%
80%d0%b5%d1%84%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d1%86%d0%b8%d0%b0%d
0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d1%8b%d1%85%20%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1
%80%d0%be%d0%b2%20%28%d0%bf%d0%be%20%d1%81%d0%be%d1%81%d1%
82%d0%be%d1%8f%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%8e%20%d0%bd%d0%b0%2005.06.20%2 9
%20-%20eng.pdf  
(List of goods originating from developing and least -developed countries)