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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/KAZ/60 
26 May 2005 
 
 (05-2141) 
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 a nd Certification in Compliance with the  
WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)  
  
 The following submission, dated 23 May 2005, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 
  
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Page 2 (October 2004 – April 2005) 
Item 
No. Time limits 
(Year, 
quarter) Name of measure Justification of the necessity from the point of view of conformity with the 
provisions of Agreement on technical barriers to trade 
2004 
1.  Improvement of legislation in the fi eld of standardization and certification 
1.1 Quarters I-II   Development and adoption of the Draft Law of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan "On technical regulation" 
 (i) Carrying out the evaluation of the draft law and issue 
recommendations aimed at bringing the legislation of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan into conformity with the provisions of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement); and 
(ii) Amendment into the draft law based on the recommendations and 
preparation of the comments on cl arification of its provisions.  The Law "On Technical Regulation" had been adopted on 
9 November 2004. 
1.3 Quarters III - 
IV  
 
  
 
 Development of the regulatory legal acts for the enforcement of the Law 
"On technical regulation": 
 
- "On authorized body on technical regulation in the Republic of 
Kazakhstan". 
- "On order of establishment and activity of the Expert Council on 
Technical Regulation"". 
- "On organization and execution of the state control of the observance 
of the technical regulations".   In the framework of implementation of the Law of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan "On Technical Regulation" the following normative legal acts 
have been adopted: Prime Minister of RK Ordinance No. 64-r dated 
25 March 2005 "On Measures to Ex ecute Law of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan "On Technical Regulatio n" and Government Resolution 
No. 1237 of 26 November 2004 "Certain Issues of the Ministry of Industry 
and Trade of the Republic of Kazakhs tan", which approved the Provisions 
on Technical Regulation and Metrology Committee. 
1.5 Quarter IV  Making changes and additions to the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan 
due to adoption of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On technical 
regulation"  Proposals have been elaborated to amend the Law of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan "On Food Product Quality an d Safety" so as to bring it in line 
with the Law of the Republic of K azakhstan "On Technical Regulations". 
2. Development and harmonization of the na tional system of standardization and certi fication with the in ternational requirement s  
2.1 Quarter IV  Development and revision of the basic standards of the national systems of 
standardization, certification, accred itation and ensuring uniformity of 
measurements in aims of brining it into conformity with the requirements 
of Law of RK "On technical regulation".  Taking into account the requirements of the Law of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan "On Technical Regulation" , 27 standards of the national 
standardizing, certification and accreditation system were revised. 
2.3 Quarter IV  Improvement of the network of test centres. Purchase and provision of the 
mobile laboratories supplied with equipment and measurement tools.  Kazakhstan purchased 5 mobile labora tories equipped with instruments 
and measurement tools.  
It is planned to accredit 10 laboratories at the international level in 
accordance with ST RK ISO 17025 standard.  
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quarter) Name of measure Justification of the necessity from the point of view of conformity with the 
provisions of Agreement on technical barriers to trade 
3.  Information and assistance 
3.1 Quarters III- 
IV  Training of the Kazakh specialists in development and implementation of 
the technical regulations, organization of their training in foreign 
countries.  The program on training and upgrade the qualification of specialist as 
expert auditors on standardization and product certification to be held in 
2005 includes issues on technical regulation based on the study of the 
foreign experience in this area. 
3.2 Quarter IV  Evaluation of the studying experience of other countries with the 
participation of the Kazakh specia lists in the following fields:  
 
- Creation and implementation of the technical regulations in the field 
of electromagnetic compatibility  Under UNCTAD/WTO "Assisting Trade in Kazakhstan" project the 
experts studied the experience of the Great Britain and Slovak Republic in 
technical regulation. 
3.3 Quarters II- 
IV  Conducting seminars on the issues of the technical regulation in different 
branches and sectors of the economy in Kazakhstan. A workshop on technical regulati on took place in Astana City in 
November, involving representatives of local enterprises. 
3.5 In the course 
of the year Development and improvement of the information centre on interaction 
with WTO including provision of the centre with the equipment and software. 
 
Technical equipping of the Centre with the telecommunication equipment 
and office equipment for functioning of the Automatic Information System 
(AIS) for on-line interaction with th e WTO Secretariat and WTO member-
countries: 
 
- Data basis server for creation of  the storage and copying systems; 
- Radio Ethernet for creation of the uniform local network; 
- Purchase of the Software and financing of the expenses for allocation 
of the channels for creation and functioning of the local automatic information systems of the Centre; interdepartmental corporative 
network of Kazakhstan: 
  - Oracle Database Enterprise Edition – corporate edition of the 
server for the projects of the system of a large and medium 
scale; 
 - Delphi 7 Studio Enterprise Edition – complete decision for 
development of the corporate proposals starting from design up 
to un-crunching by architecture managed by model (MDA) that allows to integrate the modelling, development and un-
crunching of the attachments of the systems of electronic In the framework of improvement of the work of the WTO interaction 
information centre (enquiry point), 25  pieces of equipment were purchased 
in 2004 for prompt online interaction with the WTO Members on technical 
regulation and standards issues.  
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quarter) Name of measure Justification of the necessity from the point of view of conformity with the 
provisions of Agreement on technical barriers to trade 
business.   
 - CRYSTAL REPORT S 9, Advanced, Solution Suite, Full 
Product w/CBT, Crystal Care (5 Pack) – facility for creation of 
the reports; 
 - Purchase of complete and bibliographic data bases on technical 
regulations and international standards for harmonization of the 
technical regulations and creation of their data bases; 
 - Training and consulting on or ganization of the remote access, 
archiving of the data bases, application of up-to-date 
informational technologies using the Centre. 
2005 
1.  Improvement of legislation in the fi eld of standardization and certification 
1.2  
 
Quarters I - II  
  
 
Quarters III - 
IV  
 Development of the primary technical regulations (general): 
 
- On perfume and cosmetic products; 
- On electromagnetic compatibility; - On medicines; 
- On industrial wastes; 
- On drinking water and water from water bodies; 
- On fodder and fodder additives; 
- On safety of transport facilities; - On safety of medical and diagnostic equipment; 
- On ecological safety; 
- On sanitary and phytosanitary measures. We started elaboration of the first drafts of the following 8 technical 
regulations: 
 
- On Toys Safety; - On Medical Equipmen t and Medical Items; 
- On Seeds and Plant Stock; 
- On Forage and Feed Additives; 
- On Industrial Wastes; 
- On Electromagnetic Compatibility; - On Chemical Products Safety; 
- On Potable Water. 
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 le gal acts for enforcement of the Law 
"On technical regulations": 
 
- "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".  11 draft by-laws were el aborated to ensure execu tion of certain provisions 
of the Law of the Republic of K azakhstan "On Technical Regulation", 
including: 
 - "Procedure on accountin g and application of international, regional, 
and national standards, classifiers of technical and economic data, 
rules and recommendations of foreign countries on standardizing, recognition and accreditation in the territory of the Republic of 
Kazakhstan"; 
- "Procedure on recognition"; - "Procedure on filling in and submitting notifications by the Enquiry  
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No. Time limits 
(Year, 
quarter) Name of measure Justification of the necessity from the point of view of conformity with the 
provisions of Agreement on technical barriers to trade 
Point on Technical Barriers to Trade, Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Measures". 
2.2 Quarters I - II  Continuation of the analysis of acting sectoral regulatory documents in 
aims of their harmonization with the international requirements. The existing legal framework of the Republic of Kazakhstan on food, 
light, oil and gas industry, as well as on tourist services, transport and 
metallurgy sectors is under analysis. 
2.3 Quarters I - 
IV Development and revision of acting basic national systems of 
standardization, certification, accredita tion and provision of measurements 
uniformity in aims of bringing into conformity with the requirements of 
the Law of RK "On technical regulation". Kazakhstan elaborated and submitted for comments drafts of 10 main 
standards on standardizing,  recognition an d accreditation. 
2.4 Quarters I - II  Implementation of the sectoral programs (plans) of harmonization of the 
standards with the international norms. Under the sectoral Program of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic 
of Kazakhstan on Standardizing they elaborated 62 draft state standards 
for agricultural products and processed products. 
3. Information and assistance 
3.2 Quarterly  Preparation and publication of the materials on technical regulation system 
reform in mass media.   National newspaper Yegemen Kazakst an published an article about 
reforming the system of technical regulation in the Republic of Kazakhstan. 
3.3 In the course 
of the year Conducting in Kazakhstan of the seminars on issues of the technical 
regulation in different branches and sectors of the economy. Workshops on technical regulation issues were held in a number of 
regions as well as in Astana and Almaty cities, involving representatives 
of local enterprises. 
 
 
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