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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/KAZ/61/Rev.1 
16 November 2005 
 (05-5359) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Kazakhstan Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF KAZAKHSTAN 
 
Information on the Progress of Action Plan fo r Harmonization of the National Legislation  
of the Republic of Kazakhstan on San itary and Epidemiological Safety,  
Veterinary and Plant Health with the Provisions of the WTO Agreement on  
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures for 2004-2006  
 
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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January – October  2005 
I.  Food Safety 
1. During the year Harmonization of top-priority documents of 
sanitary and epidemiological system standardization of the Rep ublic of Kazakhstan with 
International standards. 
2. During the year Gradual harmonization of laboratory control 
methods with top-priority index of introducing goods. Harmonization of 50 top priority sanitary rules, hygiene standards and laboratory 
methods of controls with international standards, and their state registration in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been done.    
3. During the year Modernization of laboratories of sanitary and 
epidemiological service. Measures on modernization of sanitary and epidemiological expertise centres of 
regions, the city of republican importance (Almaty), the capital will be performed by 
means of special transfers from the Republican Budget within a period from 2006 to 2009, including but not limited to the funds of KZT 1,703,500 provided for 2006. 
4. During the year Establishment of reference-laboratories on the basis 
of the Republic sanitary and epidemiologic station 
on:   
- determination of maximum allowable 
concentration of harmful substances in food 
products;  
-  diagnostics of bacterial and viral infections, 
including extrahazardous an d new infections.     In 2005 for the establishment of reference-laboratories on the basis of the 
Republican Sanitary and Epidemiological Station (RSES) there were provided 
KZT 44,350.  On the basis of the RSES multifunctional reference-laboratory by the 
decree of the Minister of Health Ca re of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 
29 June 2005, registered under No. 309 has been established.  Tender procedures 
have been implemented, contracts concluded for the delivery of the 38 items of 
laboratory equipment. 
5. 2-3 quarter of 2005 Establishment of sanitary and quarantine stations 
on the borders of the Re public of Kazakhstan. This year, 24 sanitary and epidemiologic stations for control action of passengers, 
carriages, train staff, vehicles, loads, pe rforming any hazard for population health in 
the places of crossing the border of the Republic of Kazakhstan have been 
established.  
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6. During the year Training the sanitary-epidemiological service 
specialists. Within the framework of sanitary and ep idemiological staff training, Centre of 
Disease Control of Healthcare and Social  Protection Department of the USA (CDC) 
organized and implemented courses on applied epidemiology.  
 
Also RGKP "High School of Public Health Protection" of the Ministry of Healthcare in cooperation with Program of Food Safety in Europe, World Health Organization 
and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organized and held training 
seminars for specialists in the following learning modules:  
- risk analysis and system of critical point  risk analysis as the risk management 
method; 
- foodstuff legislation; 
- food microbiology and laboratory methods; 
- epidemiological supervision over diseases of food origin; and - monitoring of food chemical contamination and laboratory methods. 
II. Veterinary 
7. During the year Harmonization with International requirements and 
recommendations:  
 
1)  Instructional guidelines on diagnostics of 
zoogenous infectious diseases; and 
2)  The rules of identification of markets and 
organizations, dealing with production and 
realization of products and raw materials of 
animal origin.   At present, veterinary laboratories apply diagnostic tests recommended by 
International Epizootic Bureau (IEB).  Within the framework of the Ministry of 
Agriculture instructional guidelines for laboratory diagnostics of zoogenous 
infectious diseases of 11 February 2005 have been adopted.  It provides for special 
tests appointed for procedures of interna tional commerce, such as ELISA and IFA. 
 
The analysis of the acting regulatory legal act "The rules of identification markets, 
organizations dealing with production, provision (slaughtering) of animals, storage, rendering and realization of products and raw materials of animal origin, veterinary 
medicine, feeding stuff and feed additives" for harmonization with International 
requirements has been held. Changes and Addenda for corresponding regulatory legal acts will be introduced and approved by the decree of the Ministry of 
Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhs tan in the first qu arter of 2006.   
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8. During the year  Development of veterinary standards of risk 
assessment of safety of animal origin products in accordance with interna tional requirements: 
 
1)  Veterinary standards of contents of phosphor-
organic, chloral-organic pesticides and salines 
of heavy metals in the animal origin products; 
2)  Veterinary standards of contents of radio 
nuclides in animal origin products; and 
3)  Veterinary standards of contents antibiotics, 
bio-stimulants and hormonal agents in animal origin products. In GU "National Centre for Monitoring, Reference and Laboratory Diagnostics and 
Methodology of Veterinary", the work of development of regulatory-legal standards in the sector of technical management on safety of produce is being carried out, 
which shall include veterinary standards on storage of phosphor-organic and chloral-
organic pesticides, salines of heavy metal, radio nuclides, antibiotics, bio stimulants 
and hormonal agents in  produce of animal origin.  In the second part of 2006 the 
regulatory-legal acts will be approved by the Order of Ministry of Agriculture of the 
Republic of Kazakhstan.   
9. During the year  Equipment of the state institution "National Centre 
for Monitoring, Reference, Laboratory Diagnostics 
and Methodology in Veterinary Medicine". In accordance with the State Agriculture and Food Program fo r 2003-2005 by the 
method of quotations, laboratory equipment for GU "National Centre for 
Monitoring, Reference, Laboratory Diagnostics and Methodology in Veterinary Medicine liquid chromatograph, atom-absorbing spectrometer, laminar box, 
microscopes, distillers, thermostats, freeze-d rier, low-temperature fridge), laboratory 
furniture, office equipment and other things on the sum of KZT 20,809.9 million 
have been purchased. 
III.  Plant Health 
10. During the year  Preparation of documents and carrying out 
procedures on joining The International Convention of Plants Protection. The draft Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan about joining 
The International Convention of Plants Pr otection with concurrence with concerned 
ministries have been elaborated and circ ulated among ministri es and agencies for 
proposals and coordination. 
11. During the year  Carrying out sampling under quarantine 
examination and expertise in accordance with international requirements. Currently, the analysis of sampling me thods under quarantin e examination and 
expertise in accordance with international requirements is being carried out, and according to its results, the amendments will be made in relevant GOSTs in the 1st 
quarter of 2006. 
12. During the year  Increase in numb er of personnel of state inspectors 
on quarantine of plants for 592 units. 274 quarantine inspectors have been appointed, 146 from those were appointed for 
enhancement of work of  border checkpoints.  
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13. During the year  Maintenance and material-technical equipment of: 
 - Republican quarantine laboratories; and 
- Republican introductionary-quarantine 
nurseries. In accordance with State Agriculture  and Food Program for 2003-2005: 
 - GU "Republican Quarantine Laboratory" was equipped with modern equipment 
for the sum of KZT 14.7 million; 
- The Republican Introductionary Quarantine Nursery for small fruits was 
equipped with the modern equipment with the total value of KZT 4.6 million; 
and 
- Republican introduction-quarantine nursery for grain was equipped with the 
modern equipment with the total value of KZT 9.8. 
14. During the year  Training of state inspectors on quarantine of plants 
on the base of scientific institutions of the Russian 
Federation. For education and training of state insp ectors on plant health  on the base of 
scientific institutions of the Russian Federation, the calculations on the necessary 
funding for including into Republic Budget Program on bringing the state program of plants health provision of the Repu blic of Kazakhstan in to compliance with 
international sanitary and phytosanitary measures WTO for 2006 have been 
prepared. 
15. During the year  Retraining and skill upgrading of the inspectors on 
quarantine of plants on the base of the Republican 
Quarantine Laboratory (Almaty). On the basis of the Republic Quarantine Laboratory, the courses of training and skill 
upgrading of 14 specialists have been held .  Currently, more 14 state inspectors of 
the border checkpoints on plant health of Almaty Oblast-Territory Department of 
Ministry of Agriculture of  the Republic of Kazakhstan are being trained.  
 
 
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