G/SPS/N/KAZ/52  
 
20 February 2020  
(20-1309) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  KAZAKHSTAN  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Committee for Quality Control and Safety of Goods and Services 
of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  non-smoking tobacco and non -tobacco products "snus"  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Decree of the Chief Medical Officer of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan "On the prohibition of the importation, production, sale and distribution of 
non-smoking tobacco and non -tobacco products "snus" . Language(s): Kazakh and 
Russian . Number of pages: 6 
6. Description of content:  The Committee for Quality Control and Safety of Goods and 
Services of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan introduces the 
prohibition of the importation, production, sale and distr ibution of non -smoking tobacco 
and non -tobacco products "snus"  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Non-smoking 
tobacco and non -tobacco products (mixtures) with a high nicotine content of up to 250  mg 
are widespread among children and adole scents because of availability, cheapness and 
legality. Consumption of these products causes neurotoxic disorders, leading to impaired 
consciousness, to nicotine addiction. Given that the average lethal dose of nicotine is 
0.5-1 mg per kilogram of weight, then with a low weight of children and adolescents, such 
a dose can be fatal.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/KAZ/52  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant internation al standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  There is no international standard since this is a new product. 
The problem of the consumption of non -tobacco snus (sucking, chewing mixtures) is that 
under the guise of tobacco products manufacturers produce products containing nicotine 
in high doses up to 250 mg per pillow and, as a result, when it is laid under the lip, the 
blood simultaneously receives nicotine in high doses that can cause death in children and 
adolescents.  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
12 December 2019  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address , fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
Department for Foreign Trade Activity  
8 Mangilik Yel ave., "House of Ministries" Adm. Bldg., Entrance 7  
Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000  
Tel: +(77 172) 743 761  
+(77 172) 768 602  
Fax: +(77 172) 768 804  
E-mail: wto.kaz.ntf@gmail.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notifica tion Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
Department for Foreign Trade Activity 8 Mangilik Yel ave., "House of Ministries" Adm. 
Bldg., Entrance 7  
Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakhstan, 010000  
Tel: +(77 172) 743 761  
+(77 172) 768 602  
Fax: +(77 172) 768 804  
E-mail: wto.kaz.ntf@gmail.com  
Committee for Quality Control and Safety of Goods and Services of the Ministry of 
Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
8 Mangilik Yel ave., "House of Ministries" Adm. Bldg., Entrance 10, office 213,  
Nur-Sultan, Republic of Kazakh stan, 010000  
tel.+(77 172) 742 713  
+(77 172) 742 535,  
E-mail: r.ermekpaeva@dsm.gov.kz