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WT/ACC/KAZ/68 
4 April 2012 
 (12-1817) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Kazakhstan Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF KAZAKHSTAN 
 
Legislation 
 
  
 The following submissions, from the Delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, are available 
for consultation1 from the Secretariat (Accessions Division, Room 130) and can be obtained in 
electronic format upon request from accessions@wto.org:  I. Legislation of the Customs Union 
Codes/Treaties 
1. Customs Code of the Customs Union; 
2. Treaty "On Functioning of the Customs Union within the Multilateral Trade System" dated 
19 May 2011; 
3. Treaty "On the Creation of the Common Customs Territory and Establishment of the Customs 
Union" dated 6 December 2007; 
4. The List of International Treaties which Form Contractual and Legal Base of the 
Customs Union, ratified by the Decision of  EurAsEC Interstate Council No. 14 dated 
27 November 2009;  
5. Treaty on Judicial Recourse to the EurAsEC C ourt of the Economic operators on Disputes 
within the Framework of the CU and Peculiarities of the Judicial Procedure on Them, 
Approved by the Decision of the Inters tate Council of EurAsEC No. 534 dated 
9 December 2010; 
Agreements 
6. Agreement on the Procedure for the Movement of Cash Monetary Funds and (or) Monetary 
Instruments by Individuals Across the Customs Border of the Customs Union dated 
5 July 2010; 
7. Agreement on the Particularities of Customs Tran sit of Goods Transported by Rail within the 
Customs Territory of the Customs Union dated 21 May 2010; 
8. Agreement on the Rules of Licensing in th e Area of Foreign Merchandise Trade dated 
9 July 2009; 
                                                      
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  9. Agreement on the Introduction and Applicati on of Measures Affecting Foreign Trade in 
Goods on a Common Customs Territory to Third Countries dated 9 June 2009; 
10. Agreement on Common Rules for Determining the Country of Origin of Goods dated 
25 January 2008; 
11. Agreement on Common Measures for Non-Ta riff Regulation with Regard to the 
Third Countries dated 25 January 2008; 
12. Agreement on Common System of Customs a nd Tariff Regulation dated 25 January 2008; 
13. Agreement on Customs Valuation of Goods Tran sferred through the Customs Border of the 
Customs Union dated 25 January 2008; 
14. Agreement on the Principles of Indirect Ta x Collection at Export and Import of Goods, 
Performing Work and Rendering Services in the Customs Union dated 25 January 2008; 
15. Agreement on Regime and Implementation of  Tariff Quota dated 12 December 2008; 
16. Agreement on Rules of the Origin of Goods, Originating from Developing and 
Least-Developed Countries dated 12 December 2008; 
Protocols 
17. Protocol "On the Order of Levying of Indirect  Taxes in View of Performance of Works and 
Rendering Services in the Customs Union" dated 11 December 2009; 
18. Protocol "On the Procedure for Levying Indirect Taxes and the Mechanism of Control over 
their Payment for Exports and Imports of Goods in a Customs Union" dated 11 December 2009; 
19. Protocol "On Amending of the Agreement 'On the Principles of Levying Indirect Taxes on 
Exports and Imports of Goods, Works, Serv ices in the CU'" dated 25 January 2008; 
20. Protocol "On Amendments and Additions to th e Agreement on the Determination of Customs 
Value of Goods, Transferring across Customs Border of the Customs Union" dated 25 January 2008; 
21. Protocol "On Conditions and Procedure for U se in Exceptional Cases of the Rates of Import 
Customs Duties other than Common Customs Tariff Rates" dated 12 December 2008; 
22. Protocol "On the Procedure of Entry into Force of International Treaties Aimed at 
Establishing the Contractual and Legal Framewor k of the Customs Union, Accession to them 
and Withdrawal from them" dated 6 October 2007"; 
Decisions/Resolutions 
23. Decision No. 18 "On Common Customs Tariff Regulation of the Customs Union of the 
Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kaza khstan and Russian Federation" dated 
27 November 2009;   WT/ACC/KAZ/68 
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  24. Decision of the EurAsEC Intergovernmental Council No. 15 Concerning the Issues of the 
Organization of Functioning of the Commission of the Customs Union dated 27 November 2009; 
25. Statute of the Court of the Eurasian Economic Community approved by the Resolution of the 
EurAsEC Interstate Council No. 122 of 27 April 2003; 
26. CU Decision No. 130 "On Common Tariff Regul ation of the Customs Union Between the 
Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kaza khstan and the Russian Federation" dated 
27 November 2009; 
27. CU Decision No. 865 "On the List of Goods in Respect of which from 1 January 2012, Tariff 
Rate Quotas as well as Volumes of Tariff Rate Quotas are Established for Imports into the 
Territory of the Customs Union Member Countries" dated 18 November 2011; and 
28. Decision of the Customs Union Commission No. 308 on "Regulation on Introduction of 
Changes on Control Measures of Foreign Trad e in the Customs Union Commission (as in 
Force on the Customs Union Co mmission No. 553 dated 2 Marc h 2011)" dated 18 June 2010. 
II. Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
Codes 
29. Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 99 Concerning Taxes and Other Obligatory 
Payments to the Budget (the Ta x Code) dated 10 December 2008; 
30. Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 296 -IV Concerning the Customs Business in the 
Republic of Kazakhsta n dated 30 June 2010; 
Laws 
31. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 57 "O n Currency Regulation and Currency Control" 
dated 13 June 2005; 
32. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 567 Co ncerning Communications dated 5 July 2004; 
33. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 373 Co ncerning Investments dated 8 January 2003; 
34. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 272 Concerning Natural Monopolies and Regulated 
Markets dated 9 July 1998; 
35. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 221 "On Or der of Review of Requests of Natural and 
Juridical Persons" dated 12 January 2007; 
36. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 136 C oncerning Pension Support in the Republic of 
Kazakhstan dated 20 June 1997; 
37. Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 527-IV "On National Security of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan" dated 6 January 2012; WT/ACC/KAZ/68 
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  Resolutions 
38. Resolution of the Government of the Republic  of Kazakhstan No. 24 "On Approval of the 
Rates of Customs Fees Collected by Cu stoms Bodies" dated 21 January 2011; 
39. Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 269 "On Certain Issues of 
Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas Volumes for Im portation of Certain Kinds of Meat" dated 
24 March 2011; and 
40. Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 336 "On Certain Issues of 
Allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas Volumes for Im portation of Certain Kinds of Meat among 
Participants of Foreign Trade Ac tivity for 2012" dated 15 March 2012. 
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