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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/KAZ/60/Rev.1 
16 November 2005 
 (05-5384) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Kazakhstan Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF KAZAKHSTAN 
 
Information on Progress of the Plan of Measures of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
for 2004-2006 for Bringing of the National Legislation on Standardization  
and Certification in Compliance with the WTO Agreement on  
Technical Barriers to trade (TBT)  
(April – October 2005)  
 
Revision  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 14 November 2005,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.   
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April - October 2005 
1. Improvement of legislation in the fi eld of standardization and certification 
1.1 Quarters I-IV   Continuation of work on effective laws revision (30 
laws) with an aim of their adjustment to the requirements of the Law of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan "On Technical Regulating".   The terms of reference has been elaborated  for the purpose of the formation of  
the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Amendments and Addenda to Legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan with in connection with adoption 
of the Law of the Republic of K azakhstan "On Technical Regulating". 
 The Government Resolution "On Accreditati on in the Republic of Kazakhstan" 
No. 800 of 1 August 2005 has been adopted by the Government of the Republic 
of Kazakhstan. 
1.2 Quarters I – II  
Quarters III – IV  Working out of high priority of technical 
regulations (general): 
 - On Perfumery and Cosmetics; 
- On Electromagnetic Compatibility; 
- On Medicines; - On Industrial Wastes; 
- On Potable Water and Water of Rivers; 
- On Feedstaff and Feed Additives; - On Safety of Vehicles; 
- On Safety of Medical and Diagnostic 
Equipment; 
- On Environmental Safety; 
- On Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; and 
- On Safety of Animal Products. At the first stage proposals and expertise has been made with respect to eight 
regulatory legal acts in the field of technical regulating (RLA TR): 
 1)  On Safety of Toys; 
2)  On Safety of Medical and Diagnostic Equipment; 
3)  On Industrial Wastes; 4)  On Electromagnetic Compatibility; 
5)  On Safety of Chemical Products; 
6)  On Potable Water; 7)  On Feedstuff  and Feed Additives; and 
8)  On Seeds and Planting Stock. 
1.3 Quarters III – IV  Working out of technical regulations (specific). Specific technical regulations in the field of standard ization and certification 
have been prepared and approved by the Committee on Technical Regulating, 
registered in the Ministry of Justice including but not limited to: 
 
1) Regulations on Training and Attestation of the Experts-Auditors on 
Standardization, Conformity Verification and Accreditation approved by the Order of the Chairman of the Co mmittee on Technical Regulating and 
Metrology of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan of 22 April 2005 No. 11 8, listed in the Register of the 
Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 27 April 2005, 
No. 3597; 
2) Regulations on Publication and Prov ision of Users with the Standards and 
Normative Instruments in the Field of Standardization, Metrology, 
Certification, Accreditation, Catalogues and Directories of Standards and 
Information About Them, approved by the Order of the Acting Chairman of the Committee on Technical Regulating and Metrology of the Ministry of  
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Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan  of 15 April 2005 
No. 107; 
3) Regulations on Registration and Implementation of the International, 
Regional, National Standards, Classi fiers of Technical and Economic 
Information, Regulations and Recommendations of the Foreign States in the Field of Standardization, conformity Verification and Accreditation Within 
the Territory of the Republic of Kaza khstan, approved by the Order of the 
Chairman of the Committee on Technical Regulating and Metrology of the 
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 
13 May 2005 No. 135, listed in the Register of the Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan of  31 May 2005, No. 3658; 
4) Regulations on Elaboration, Co-ordination, Registration, Approval, 
Examination, Alteration, Cancellation and Implementation of the State Standards and Classifiers of the Te chnical and Economic Information, 
approved by the Order of the Chairman of the Committee on Technical 
Regulating and Metrology of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 4 April 2005 No. 98; 
5) Regulations on Elaboration and Approval of Plans and Programs of the 
State Standardization, approved by the Order of the Acting Chairman of the 
Committee on Technical Regulating and Metrology of the Ministry of 
Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 15 April 2005 
No. 106, listed in the Register of the Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 12 May 2005, No. 3639; 
6) The derivative types of regulatory legal acts on conformity recognition have 
been approved by the Order of the Chairman of the Committee on 
Technical Regulating and Metrology of the Ministry of Industry and Trade 
of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 119 of 22 April 2005:  
 
 6.1 Rules of Conducting Inspections by the Accredited Conformity 
Assessment Body; 
 6.2  Rules of Suspension or Cancellation of the Validity of Issued 
Certificates of Conformity or the Validity of Registration of 
Conformity Declarations; and 
 6.3   Rules of recognition of Foreign Certificates of Conformity, 
Conformity Marks, Testing Reports, and Other Documents in the 
Field of Conformity Assessment. 
 
A Project of RLA TR the Registration Order of Safety Passports on Products is 
being underway of the final stage.  
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1.4 Within a year Participation in elaboration of international models 
of technical regulations in the framework of national technical regulations harmonization of 
Inter-governmental Council on Standardization, 
Certification and Metrology of Commonwealth of Independent State (CIS). The draft Law of the Republic of Kazakhs tan "On Grain" has been prepared and 
sent out for co-ordination (y et only within Kazakhstan). 
 
The expertise of 11 international models of technical regulations has been 
established.  
1.5 Within a year Participation in the development and harmonization 
of national technical regulations models in the 
framework of Eurasian Economical Community.  Kazakhstan took part in the development of national technical regulation models 
in the framework of Eurasian Economi cal Community.  The first version of 
technical regulation was given consideration on the eighth session of the 
Committee on Technical Regulating, Veteri nary and Phytosanitary Requirements 
and Measures; and assigned for adaptation with the subsequent consideration of 
it on the ninth session of the given Committee.    
2.  Development and harmonization of the national system of standard ization and certification with  the international requiremen ts 
2.1 Quarter I  Development of the draft regulatory legal acts for 
enforcement of the Law "On Technical Regulating": 
 - "On Order of Creation, Introduction and Use of 
the Technical Regulations and Standards by 
the National Information Fund"; 
- "On Order of Development of Regulations and 
Methods of Researches (Tests) and 
Measurements as well as the Regulations of Sampling for Making Researches (Tests) and 
Measurements for Application of the Technical 
Regulations".  Order of the acting Chairman of the Committee on Technical Regulating and 
Metrology of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
of 15 April 2005 No. 107 "On Approval of the Regulations on Publication and Provision of Users with the standards an d Normative Instruments in the Field of 
Standardization, Metrology, Certification, Accreditation, Catalogues and 
Directories of Standards and Information About Them" has been approved and listed in the Register of the Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
of 27 April 2005, No. 3598.  
2.2 Quarters I - II  Continuation of the analysis of acting sectoral 
regulatory documents with the aim of their 
harmonization with the international requirements. Within the framework of participation in the Clusters Initiative, the analysis of 
the data bases of ISO, MEC of Germany, Great Britain, European directives and 
standards was conducted with a view of the possibility of harmonization of 
domestic standards with the latter during their development or their direct 
application, including the following fields:  
 - Oil; 
- Metallurgy, textile products; 
- Transport; - Transport logistics; 
- Construction materials; 
- Services; and - Food.  
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2.3 Quarters I - IV Development and revision of acting basic national 
systems of standardization, certification, accreditation and provision  of measurements 
uniformity in aims of bringing into conformity with 
the requirements of the Law of RK "On Technical Regulating". The following basic standards have been developed and approved:  
 -  ST RK "GSTR RK "The Order of Implementation of Compliance 
Conformation of Household Appliances"; 
-  ST RK "Risks Management. Analysis Methods on the Basis of Reliability 
Flow Scheme"; 
-  ST RK "GSTR RK "The Order of Implementation of Compliance 
Conformation of Grain and its Conversion Products";  
-  ST RK "The order of standards development for Satisfaction of Needs of 
Elderly and Disabled People", draft ST RK "Information and documentation. Provision of Catalogues of Standards"; 
-  ST RK GSTR. Order of Reference to Standards in Technical Regulations, 
Standards, Other Normative and Technical Documents"; 
-  ST RK "Biosafety.  Raw materials and Food. Method of Identification of 
Genetically Modified Sources (GMS) of Plant Origins with Application of 
Biological Microchip; 
-  ST RK "Raw Materials and Food.  Method of Identification of Genetically 
Modified Sources (GMS) of Plant Origins; 
-  ST RK "Safety of Children and Standards. General Requirements"; and -  ST RK GSTR "Catalogization of Products. Terms and Definitions.  
 
The following standards have been worked out and are on the stage of approval:   
 
-  ST RK "Labour Management. Terms and Definitions"; 
-  ST RK "Package Standards. Consumer Requirements; -  ST RK "Packaging of Dangerous Goods. Test methods."; 
-  ST RK "Package. Marking Signs"; 
-  ST RK GSTR RK "Telecommunication Facility Conformation of 
Compliance. General requirements;  
-  ST RK "The Order of Compliance Conformation of Telecommunication 
Facility". On the stage of the analysis of comments and suggestions and 
compilation of opinion summary; and 
-  ST RK "Risk Management. Reliability Management systems. HAZARD 
Analysis of Technological Systems". 
 
Eight ST RK "Sensory Test. Methodology.  General Management of Measurement of Odor Sense, After-Taste and Taste Thresholds in a Way of 
Forced three-Alternative Choice.  
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2.4 Quarters I - II  Implementation of the sectoral programs (plans) of 
harmonization of the standards with the international norms. Continuation of implementation of the Plan on Accelerated Transition of 
Enterprises to International standards ISO of 9000, 14000 series for 2004-2005.  
Coordination of technical committees of real sector work (6, 15, 18, 20, 21, 33, 
37, 49, 54 and others) on implementation of standards, included into the plan of "harmonization of the national system of  standardization and certification with 
the international standards". 
 
The intergovernmental model of the tech nical regulation "On Grain" has been 
elaborated, sent out and coordinated with Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Healthcare, Ministry of Tr ansport and Communication, Grain Research Institute 
named after Barayev and other interested parties and presented for consideration 
to the Committee on Technical Regulating and Metrology.  
-   The analysis of expertise of 11 inter-governmental models of technical 
regulations has been made for harmonization of normative legal acts in the field of technical regulating, expert advice have been presented; and 
-  An expertise of the first stage of ei ght regulatory legal acts in the field of 
technical regulating in various industries has been established.  
 
The applied-scientific research has be en conducting in the field of quality 
(according to the time schedule the first stage is closed) including: 
 
-  study of international experience in the field of development and 
implementation of management systems; and 
-  conducting of scientific research for problem analysis , appearing in the 
course of implementation of international standards ISO 9000 and 
standards, based on the principles of   HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical 
Control Point) in the field of produc tion and realization of food products, 
including enterprises in the spheres of small and middle business. 
2.5 Quarters I – II  Formation of new technical committees in the field 
of emergencies, healthcare, veterinary, application 
of atomic power, labour safety in mineral resource 
industry and agro-industrial sectors of economy.   The Technical Committee on StandardizationNo. 55 "Architecture, Urban 
Construction and Construction." has been established on the basis of "Project 
Academy KAZGOR". 
2.6 Half year I  Negotiations on accession of Kazakhstan into 
International Accreditation Forum (IAF), 
International Laboratories Accreditation Centre 
(ILAC). The Action Plan on preparation for accessi on to the International Accreditation 
Forum (IAF), International Laboratories Accreditation Centre (ILAC) for 2005-
2007 has been approved by the Decree of the Committee No. 5 of 
10 January 2005. Besides, the representatives of the Committee took part in the General Assembly of International Or ganizations ILAC, CAC MACQ (Central 
Asian Cooperation for Metrology, Accredita tion, Certification, and Quality).   
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2.7 Half year I  Negotiations with WTO members on entering into 
agreement with them on  mutual acceptance of 
results of conformance evaluation.   Joint operation on Transportation Map with USAID, which has been worked out 
with the aim of mutual acceptance of cer tification and accreditation procedures.  
For this purpose, the subsequent actio ns are envisaged:  (i) transition of 
compliance recognition bodies and laboratories to international ISO/MEC 
standards; (ii) training of auditors-experts on international level; and (iii) accession of accredited complian ce recognition bodies and IAF\ILAC 
laboratories to international associations.     
 
The work in the field of conformity asse ssment in Kazakhstan is carried out by 
144 bodies on conf ormation of recognition and by 394 laboratories accredited by 
the national system.  Four of them ar e accredited for conformity to ST RK 
17025-2001 "General Requirements for Testing and Metering Laboratories". 
 With support of the TACIS Program "Tra de Promotion in Kazakhstan" several 
laboratories in Kazakhstan have been work ing on bringing of 10 laboratories in 
line with the requirements of the international standard ISO/MEC 17025. 
2.8 Within a year Continuation of works on stimulation of quality 
management system and environment protection 
implementation. According to the Action Plan for Implementation of the Industrial Innovative 
Development Strategy on Quality Management System Implementation for 
2003-2005, the following steps have been done:  
 Recommendations on creation of quality management system based on HA ССP 
principles have been elaborated. 
 The following applied works have been done: 
 
-  the study of international experience in the field of quality management 
system. 
-  the research for problem analysis, appearing at the time of implementation 
of international standards ISO 9000, based on the HA ССP principles in the 
field of production and sale of food, including small and middle business. 
-  the work on rendering consulting services in the field implementation of the 
quality management system on "Kokshetauzholdary" and "Genplan" has 
been in process.  
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2.9 According to the working 
plan  Participation in the meetings of working groups of 
international technical committees for development and acceptance of standards.  Kazakhstan is a member of International Standardization Organization (ISO), in 
2004 Kazakhstan became associ ated member of MEC, that  allows our country to 
get the standards of these organizations and use them at the development of laws 
and standards.  Besides there is an opportunity to work in international technical 
standardization committees and participate in the development of standards.  Thus technical committees work in the framework of ISO 136:  "Ferroalloy", 
ISO/TC 23 on agricultural equipment, TC ISO 47 "Water quality", where the 
representatives of the given industries may work and we can assist in this.  Over 
the period of April-October 2005 Kazakhstan did not participate in the work of 
sessions of working groups of international technical committees in the development and adoption of standards.   
3.  Information and assistance 
3.1 I (II) half year Evaluation of the experience of other countries 
including participation of Kazakh specialists in the 
following fields:   
- Creation and implementation of the technical 
regulations in the field of electromagnetic compatibility. The Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
has drafted the Transport Code, whic h is considered and directed for 
modification taking into account the requirements of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Technical Regulating". 
3.2 Quarter-yearly Preparation and publication of materials on reforms 
of technical regulation system in mass media.  "Uspeh" (Success) magazine provides answers to questions of magazines 
"Delovoy Mir" (Business World), "Novos ti Gosstandarta" (Gosstandart News).  
Also the Four Days of Information on implementation of new system of technical regulating in Kazakhstan have been held.   
 
Participated in:   
-  International Conference on Quality Management systems (QMS) 
-  the conference held by the power engineering specialists; 
- Inter-Ministerial Governmental commission on WTO issues; 
- International Forum of Light Industry Producers; - International forum of heads of organizations and quality managers; 
- six meetings of the groups of cluste r initiatives (for all seven clusters, on 
logistics, polish, paint and moisture-f ree mixtures, textile products and oil 
and gas equipment); and 
- A round table discussion with technical committees was organized and 
according to the results of discussi on, press-release was published.   
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3.3 Within a year Conducting seminars  on the issues of the technical 
regulation in different branches and sectors of the economy in Kazakhstan. The Committee has approved the time table of seminars for 2004-2005, 
according to which 99 seminars and round table discussions in 14 regions, as 
well as in Almaty and Astana and 133 actions in mass media on realization of 
Law "On Technical Regulating" there have been conducted.  Besides the 
questions of technical regulation were the discussion topics during the Four Days of Information conducted in Astana and Almaty. 
 
Training seminars on the questions implementation of the Law "On Technical 
Regulating", round table discussions on the question of development of 
normative legal acts in the field of techni cal regulating (Ministry of Industry and 
trade, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ministry on Emergency, 
Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population, Ministry of Finance, 
Ministry of Healthcare, Ministry of Preservation of the Environment, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of 
Energy and Mineral Resources, Info rmatization and Co mmunication Agency, 
National Security Committee) have been conducted.  
In July, the Single Enquiry Point on SPS/TBT has been established by the Joint 
Decree of Ministers of Agriculture, I ndustry and Trade, Healthcare which is 
functioning since 1 January 2005.  It deals with notification of country-members 
of WTO about the applied and draft technical regulations and sanitary and 
phytosanitary measures.  
With the aim of transparency of the work  on technical regulating, Informational 
bulletin has been issued since the beginning of 2005.  It publishes the composition of experts' councils, draft technical regulation, decisions adopted in 
the field of technical regulating, seminars and panel meetings concerning the 
given questions.  
 
The information concerning the situation and development perspectives of technical regulating system in  Kazakhstan is always renewing on the web-site of 
the Committee on Technical Regulating and Metrology of the Ministry of 
Industry and Trade.  
3.4 Within a year Acquisition and transition of acting (150 order) 
international directives and standards (150 order) on 
different kinds of products, including, determining 
the requirements for food, meat, and diary products, children food and fresh fru its, transport vehicles, 
toys, with a purpose of conducting of analysis and 
their using as a basis for development of technical regulations of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Nowadays the Public Fund of standards contains more than 45,800 normative 
documents, including 65% of documents which are to be in electronic version.   
During the this period the foundation was supplemented with additional 
normative documents and technical literature (table 1).  
During three years in the framework of state-financed program 041 
"Development and Acquisition of International, Regional and National Standards in the Field of Standardization, Metrology and Certification" about 300  
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necessary international and foreign standards for harmonization were acquired in 
paper and electronic versions:  
-  GOST data base  – 80 items of directions; 
-  Classifiers  – 3 items; -  OIML -117 items. (metrological documents); 
-  ISO, ISO/MEC, Codex Stan. MEC, BS EN - 61 items;  
-  methodical instructions, inter-governmental recommendations, state 
standards of the Russian Federation - 39 items.  The work on automation of 
the Fund has been in process; 
-  Execution of budget programs; 
-  implementation of budget program  according to the Agreement No. 51/6 of 
24 April 2005, for rendering of services in the field of government procurement on budgetary program 001 "Maintenance of the activity of the 
authorized body in the field of industry and trade", sub-program 017 
"Maintenance of functioning of informational systems and soft and hardware of the bodies", that is: 
 
During April, May, June, July, August, September of 2005 there the following services were rendered in accordance with the schedule:   
 
-  scanning and translation of international standards ISO and MEC into 
electronic versions – 720 (formation of CD-disk); and 
-  processing and presentation of in ter-governmental standards and state 
standards of the Russian Federation – 237, modifications of standards for actualization-11 (forming of CD-disk). 
 
Normative documents scanned and translated into electronic version and kept on 
CD disk have been stored in the Stat e Fund on standards according to the 
procedure established in ST RK 1.21-2001 "State Fund of Standards of the Republic of Kazakhstan, its Gathering, Maintenance and Storage".  
3.5 Within a year Continuation of work on improvement of the 
information centre on interaction with WTO on the 
above-mentioned directions.  Maintenance of the SPS/TBT Enquiry Point: 
 
-  the notifications of WTO Secretar iat, countries members of WTO are 
translated, processed and distributed to the Ministries and departments, as 
well as placed on the web-site: www.memst.kz.  
-  Correspondence with international standard organization and sub-
committees ISO – DEVCO and COPOLCO has been carried out 
systematically. 
-  support of: four servers,  providing the access to e-mail, Internet, data bases; 
computers of forty stations, commutation, network equipment and software  
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of institutional officers.    
-  the work with clients on programs is conducted constantly;  -  adaptation and correction of errors is conducted systematically;  
-  collection and analysis of reports pr esented by the certification bodies on 
the issued certificates, including  the work on thei r processing;  
-  correspondence with international bodies has been carried out; 
-  translation of documents has been provided upon request of GosStandard; 
-  copying and distribution of programs on CDs, developed by the department; 
-  updating of software and data base "Standards of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan" is made twice a year, as well as the updating of clients' programs; and 
-  the work on concluding of treaties with 9 new clients on usage of databases 
of  ST RK is conducted. 
 
Over the passed period of 2005 two foundational normative legal documents 
concerning the work actualization of TBT/SPS Enquiry Point have been approved and the following work has been done:   
 
-  The Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On approval 
of the Regulations on Functioning and Forming of Enquiry Point on 
Technical Barriers in Trade, Sanita ry and Phytosanitary Measures" of 
11 July 2005 No. 718; 
-  the rules "On Approval of the Form, Regulations on Filling Out and 
Presentation of Notifications of Enqu iry Point on Technical Barriers in 
Trade, Sanitary and Phytosanitary  Measures" (participation in). 
-  a draft of Bulletin of the Enquiry Point on TBT/SPS has been prepared;  
-  the work on support, updating and registration in ADS-4, as well as two 
web-sites design is made; 
-  the Information Day "Enquiry Poin t on Technical Barriers in Trade, 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures on the process of Kazakhstan accession to the WTO"; and 
-  the first meeting of the Working Party on information exchange with 
Ministries and Departments of the Republic of Kazakhstan regarding TBT/SPS measures with the Enquiry Point.  
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3.6 Within a year Organization and implementation of training on use 
of international terminological dictionaries and data bases, assistance in organization of translation 
agency on the territory of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan.  In 2005 under the supervision of the Department of Planning of Scientific 
Research, Classification and Coding, the translation branch has been established, which has translated 37 standards of 60 ones envisaged by this agency.  
 
 
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